Popular baby names in Kansas, 1948

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1948 were Linda for girls (1,367 babies) and Robert for boys (896). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,832 babies born in Kansas in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1948

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: 25 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Twila: 15 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Jana: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Karla: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Deanna: 51 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Sheri: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sheryl: 91 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Sondra: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dana: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Connie: 288 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 27 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Eldon: 23 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Darrel: 32 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Gale: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Merle: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Max: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Loren: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kent: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Leland: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Daryl: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	1,367	–	1
2	Mary	727	–	2
3	Barbara	503	↑2	3
4	Patricia	439	↓1	4
5	Sharon	434	↓1	9
6	Carol	362	↑1	8
7	Nancy	359	↓1	7
8	Susan	354	↑5	5
9	Karen	324	↑1	12
10	Sandra	289	↑1	6
11	Connie	288	↑3	43
12	Donna	288	↓4	11
13	Judy	278	↓4	16
14	Janet	270	↑1	24
15	Janice	269	↑2	23
16	Carolyn	239	–	14
17	Cheryl	230	↓5	25
18	Pamela	220	↑6	22
19	Joyce	218	↑1	21
20	Shirley	207	↑1	20
21	Judith	201	↓3	15
22	Cynthia	189	↑7	27
23	Marilyn	186	↓4	33
24	Margaret	176	↑2	13
25	Betty	170	↓3	18
26	Kathleen	169	↓3	10
27	Diana	146	↑3	48
28	Vicki	134	↑8	81
29	Beverly	130	↓4	31
30	Peggy	130	↓3	38
31	Sherry	119	↓3	61
32	Deborah	113	new	30
33	Brenda	112	↑15	17
34	Elizabeth	112	↑8	26
35	Jane	112	↓4	39
36	Rita	112	↑2	59
37	Bonnie	111	↑10	34
38	Marsha	111	↑2	76
39	Martha	110	↓2	32
40	Diane	105	↓8	19
41	Virginia	105	↓7	36
42	Phyllis	98	↓9	46
43	Teresa	97	new	82
44	Ruth	95	↓9	45
45	Kathryn	93	↓1	54
46	Paula	92	new	52
47	Rebecca	91	new	50
48	Sheryl	91	new	>100
49	Kathy	90	↓6	55
50	Marcia	86	↓5	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Robert	896	–	2
2	James	867	↑1	1
3	John	795	↓1	3
4	Michael	704	↑2	6
5	David	693	–	5
6	Richard	614	↑1	7
7	Larry	608	↓3	11
8	Ronald	523	↑3	10
9	Gary	498	–	12
10	William	474	↓2	4
11	Charles	405	↓1	9
12	Dennis	388	–	17
13	Donald	369	–	14
14	Thomas	359	↑1	8
15	Steven	332	↑1	23
16	Kenneth	323	↓2	15
17	Terry	255	–	26
18	Stephen	253	↑1	20
19	Jerry	249	↓1	21
20	Roger	205	–	24
21	Paul	175	↑1	18
22	George	174	↓1	16
23	Mike	164	–	68
24	Daniel	153	↑14	22
25	Danny	135	↑5	39
26	Joseph	132	↑13	13
27	Edward	131	↑1	19
28	Steve	130	↓4	60
29	Dale	129	↑3	56
30	Gerald	128	↓3	30
31	Jack	126	↓2	43
32	Jim	123	↓7	86
33	Mark	119	↑4	29
34	Bruce	115	↑6	28
35	Douglas	112	↓9	33
36	Harold	109	↓2	36
37	Bill	108	↓6	84
38	Raymond	107	↑3	27
39	Gregory	105	↑4	32
40	Ronnie	98	↓5	59
41	Lawrence	97	new	31
42	Stanley	97	↑5	65
43	Alan	94	↓7	46
44	Wayne	94	↓11	34
45	Patrick	90	new	48
46	Rodney	86	↑4	92
47	Tom	86	new	94
48	Joe	85	new	47
49	Carl	82	↓5	42
50	Frank	82	↓8	25

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