Popular baby names in Kansas, 1945

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1945 were Mary for girls (644 babies) and Robert for boys (743). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,895 babies born in Kansas in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1945

Names given at least 15 times in Kansas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Jolene: 18 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Deanna: 58 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Vicky: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Sondra: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Connie: 195 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Vicki: 82 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sheryl: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Vickie: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Beth: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Patty: 33 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 17 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Daryl: 26 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Eldon: 23 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Darrel: 27 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Loren: 37 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Merle: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Max: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ivan: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Leland: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Duane: 53 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	644	–	1
2	Linda	633	↑1	2
3	Sharon	517	↓1	8
4	Carol	418	–	5
5	Patricia	382	↑1	4
6	Barbara	332	↓1	3
7	Judy	306	–	13
8	Karen	292	–	16
9	Carolyn	285	↑2	12
10	Nancy	283	↓1	7
11	Donna	246	↑2	17
12	Judith	235	↓2	9
13	Sandra	224	↓1	6
14	Janet	222	↑5	20
15	Janice	198	↑2	24
16	Connie	195	↑4	47
17	Shirley	194	↓1	14
18	Cheryl	193	↑5	32
19	Marilyn	191	↓5	27
20	Betty	188	↓5	11
21	Joyce	187	↓3	18
22	Susan	151	↑2	10
23	Margaret	137	↓2	15
24	Virginia	120	↓2	28
25	Beverly	117	–	37
26	Phyllis	109	↑4	40
27	Diana	103	↑11	43
28	Ruth	98	↓2	33
29	Dorothy	95	↓2	21
30	Bonnie	94	↓2	35
31	Helen	93	–	31
32	Kathleen	91	–	19
33	Jane	85	↑14	36
34	Martha	85	↓5	30
35	Gloria	83	↑9	23
36	Pamela	83	↓1	42
37	Peggy	82	↑6	45
38	Vicki	82	new	>100
39	Ann	79	new	39
40	Diane	79	↓7	22
41	Elizabeth	77	↓4	26
42	Rita	77	new	59
43	Joan	75	↓9	25
44	Lois	72	↓8	48
45	Jean	69	↑3	38
46	Alice	68	↓4	41
47	Frances	66	↓7	34
48	Kathryn	66	new	65
49	Sherry	63	↓10	>100
50	Marcia	62	–	88

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Robert	743	–	2
2	James	735	↑1	1
3	John	687	↓1	3
4	Larry	615	–	11
5	Richard	545	–	5
6	Gary	496	–	13
7	William	488	–	4
8	David	474	–	6
9	Ronald	369	–	10
10	Charles	359	–	7
11	Michael	356	–	9
12	Donald	326	–	12
13	Kenneth	285	↑1	16
14	Jerry	248	↓1	20
15	Dennis	244	↑1	19
16	Thomas	219	↓1	8
17	Terry	199	↑5	33
18	Roger	180	–	22
19	George	151	↓2	15
20	Stephen	139	↑5	26
21	Paul	133	↓2	17
22	Gerald	127	↓1	25
23	Steven	126	↑26	43
24	Mike	116	↑10	69
25	Bill	115	↑5	66
26	Harold	112	↓3	28
27	Jim	112	–	68
28	Edward	109	↑1	18
29	Jack	100	↓9	32
30	Raymond	96	↓6	23
31	Danny	94	↑7	56
32	Joseph	94	↑5	14
33	Douglas	87	↑2	29
34	Marvin	87	↑9	80
35	Ronnie	87	↑1	67
36	Dale	86	↓8	61
37	Frank	86	↓11	21
38	Wayne	83	↑3	35
39	Fred	81	↑5	51
40	Carl	80	↓9	39
41	Roy	80	↑5	40
42	Lawrence	79	↑3	30
43	Don	77	↓4	73
44	Billy	76	↓4	42
45	Steve	76	new	79
46	Jimmy	75	↓4	41
47	Joe	74	↓14	36
48	Tommy	67	new	75
49	Daniel	66	↓2	24
50	Ralph	65	↓18	44

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