Popular baby names in Kansas, 1947

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1947 were Linda for girls (1,387 babies) and Robert for boys (926). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,529 babies born in Kansas in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1947

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: 27 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Ladonna: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Patty: 53 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sheryl: 71 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Deanna: 49 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sondra: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Patti: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Karla: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Vickie: 58 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cindy: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Merle: 28 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Galen: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Darrel: 36 babies, 5× the national rate
Eldon: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rex: 40 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Loren: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kent: 50 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dwayne: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Doug: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Max: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	1,387	–	1
2	Mary	812	–	2
3	Patricia	490	↑1	3
4	Sharon	473	↓1	9
5	Barbara	458	↑1	4
6	Nancy	452	↑1	7
7	Carol	415	↓2	6
8	Donna	352	↑3	10
9	Judy	346	↓1	14
10	Karen	337	↓1	13
11	Sandra	337	↓1	5
12	Cheryl	278	↑8	24
13	Susan	275	↑3	8
14	Connie	267	↓1	43
15	Janet	261	↑2	23
16	Carolyn	260	↓1	15
17	Janice	256	↓5	22
18	Judith	255	↓4	12
19	Marilyn	254	↓1	29
20	Joyce	243	↑2	20
21	Shirley	204	↓2	19
22	Betty	182	↓1	17
23	Kathleen	173	↑2	11
24	Pamela	171	↑3	28
25	Beverly	166	↑1	31
26	Margaret	161	↓3	16
27	Peggy	151	↑2	42
28	Sherry	132	↑5	67
29	Cynthia	130	↑14	33
30	Diana	130	–	48
31	Jane	129	↓3	36
32	Diane	127	↑10	18
33	Phyllis	123	↑2	37
34	Virginia	122	↓10	34
35	Ruth	121	↓3	44
36	Vicki	115	↓5	>100
37	Martha	108	↑1	32
38	Rita	108	↑2	60
39	Gloria	105	–	27
40	Marsha	102	↑4	88
41	Dorothy	101	↓7	26
42	Elizabeth	99	↓5	25
43	Kathy	97	↓2	64
44	Kathryn	96	new	55
45	Marcia	95	new	81
46	Anita	94	↑3	94
47	Bonnie	91	↓11	35
48	Brenda	87	new	21
49	Sue	84	↓3	69
50	Jo	83	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Robert	926	–	2
2	John	870	↑1	3
3	James	853	↓1	1
4	Larry	724	↑1	10
5	David	682	↑1	6
6	Michael	629	↑1	7
7	Richard	626	↓3	5
8	William	571	↑1	4
9	Gary	568	↓1	12
10	Charles	485	↑1	9
11	Ronald	468	↓1	11
12	Dennis	420	↑3	17
13	Donald	373	↓1	13
14	Kenneth	348	↓1	15
15	Thomas	316	↓1	8
16	Steven	312	↑5	24
17	Terry	308	–	26
18	Jerry	291	↓2	20
19	Stephen	239	–	21
20	Roger	230	↓2	25
21	George	186	↑1	16
22	Paul	177	↓2	18
23	Mike	172	–	65
24	Steve	156	↑13	58
25	Jim	154	–	77
26	Douglas	141	↑7	31
27	Gerald	140	↓3	28
28	Edward	135	–	19
29	Jack	135	↓3	37
30	Danny	134	↓3	39
31	Bill	132	↓1	76
32	Dale	124	↑2	63
33	Wayne	124	↑11	30
34	Harold	114	↑1	35
35	Ronnie	114	↓4	61
36	Alan	110	new	45
37	Mark	108	new	47
38	Daniel	107	↓2	22
39	Joseph	106	↓7	14
40	Bruce	105	↑5	29
41	Raymond	98	↓12	27
42	Frank	96	↓3	23
43	Gregory	95	new	33
44	Carl	94	new	40
45	Don	94	↓2	86
46	Fred	86	new	56
47	Stanley	84	new	67
48	Keith	83	↑2	91
49	Roy	83	–	48
50	Rodney	81	new	94

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