Popular baby names in Kansas, 1946

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1946 were Linda for girls (750 babies) and Robert for boys (892). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 34,500 babies born in Kansas in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1946

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

Girls

Sherryl: 19 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Jolene: 21 babies, 8× the national rate
Ladonna: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Vicky: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sheryl: 73 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Connie: 277 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Vicki: 111 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Myrna: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Deanna: 46 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dixie: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 26 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Darrel: 32 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Eldon: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Loren: 31 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kent: 40 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Leland: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Max: 35 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lyle: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Denny: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Merle: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Linda	750	↑1	2
2	Mary	739	↓1	1
3	Sharon	541	–	9
4	Patricia	506	↑1	3
5	Carol	468	↓1	5
6	Barbara	417	–	4
7	Nancy	397	↑3	7
8	Judy	395	↓1	11
9	Karen	356	↓1	15
10	Sandra	308	↑3	6
11	Donna	290	–	13
12	Janice	290	↑3	22
13	Connie	277	↑3	45
14	Judith	274	↓2	10
15	Carolyn	271	↓6	12
16	Susan	262	↑6	8
17	Janet	251	↓3	21
18	Marilyn	235	↑1	29
19	Shirley	229	↓2	18
20	Cheryl	223	↓2	27
21	Betty	199	↓1	14
22	Joyce	192	↓1	20
23	Margaret	157	–	17
24	Virginia	145	–	31
25	Kathleen	138	↑7	16
26	Beverly	133	↓1	30
27	Pamela	126	↑9	34
28	Jane	122	↑5	35
29	Peggy	122	↑8	43
30	Diana	119	↓3	42
31	Vicki	111	↑7	>100
32	Ruth	109	↓4	38
33	Sherry	107	↑16	73
34	Dorothy	102	↓5	23
35	Phyllis	96	↓9	41
36	Bonnie	95	↓6	33
37	Elizabeth	95	↑4	25
38	Martha	91	↓4	32
39	Gloria	90	↓4	26
40	Rita	85	↑2	56
41	Kathy	84	new	79
42	Diane	83	↓2	19
43	Cynthia	81	new	46
44	Marsha	81	new	98
45	Alice	80	↑1	44
46	Sue	80	new	61
47	Lois	79	↓3	55
48	Helen	78	↓17	36
49	Anita	76	new	84
50	Jean	75	↓5	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Robert	892	–	2
2	James	834	–	1
3	John	792	–	3
4	Richard	685	↑1	5
5	Larry	662	↓1	11
6	David	588	↑2	6
7	Michael	506	↑4	7
8	Gary	505	↓2	12
9	William	465	↓2	4
10	Ronald	462	↓1	10
11	Charles	413	↓1	9
12	Donald	360	–	13
13	Kenneth	307	–	15
14	Thomas	299	↑2	8
15	Dennis	296	–	17
16	Jerry	278	↓2	20
17	Terry	212	–	26
18	Roger	188	–	23
19	Stephen	183	↑1	24
20	Paul	161	↑1	18
21	Steven	157	↑2	28
22	George	151	↓3	16
23	Mike	138	↑1	64
24	Gerald	137	↓2	27
25	Jim	137	↑2	73
26	Jack	136	↑3	35
27	Danny	130	↑4	46
28	Edward	130	–	19
29	Raymond	127	↑1	25
30	Bill	123	↓5	72
31	Ronnie	121	↑4	54
32	Joseph	118	–	14
33	Douglas	116	–	34
34	Dale	113	↑2	62
35	Harold	113	↓9	33
36	Daniel	110	↑13	21
37	Steve	108	↑8	69
38	Tom	96	new	87
39	Frank	95	↓2	22
40	Marvin	91	↓6	88
41	Joe	89	↑6	37
42	Lawrence	87	–	31
43	Don	85	–	79
44	Wayne	85	↓6	29
45	Bruce	84	new	32
46	Jimmy	82	–	42
47	Phillip	82	new	83
48	Billy	81	↓4	45
49	Roy	81	↓8	43
50	Keith	79	new	96

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