Popular baby names in Kansas, 1949

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1949 were Linda for girls (1,168 babies) and Robert for boys (898). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,748 babies born in Kansas in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1949

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

Girls

Twila: 15 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Jolene: 27 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Dee: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Deanna: 46 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jeanie: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dana: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sonja: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sheryl: 77 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lila: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Karla: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 40 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Eldon: 25 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Darrel: 36 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Marlin: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Monte: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kent: 50 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Max: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Merle: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Daryl: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Leland: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	1,168	–	1
2	Mary	796	–	2
3	Patricia	513	↑1	3
4	Barbara	407	↓1	4
5	Sharon	381	–	10
6	Nancy	364	↑1	7
7	Carol	353	↓1	8
8	Susan	341	–	5
9	Karen	326	–	11
10	Donna	281	↑2	12
11	Connie	279	–	43
12	Sandra	272	↓2	6
13	Janice	253	↑2	24
14	Janet	246	–	23
15	Pamela	241	↑3	21
16	Deborah	228	↑16	15
17	Judy	223	↓4	20
18	Kathleen	222	↑8	9
19	Carolyn	217	↓3	17
20	Cheryl	211	↓3	28
21	Joyce	211	↓2	26
22	Cynthia	207	–	27
23	Shirley	206	↓3	18
24	Marilyn	205	↓1	33
25	Judith	198	↓4	16
26	Brenda	173	↑7	13
27	Diana	149	–	48
28	Rebecca	149	↑19	40
29	Betty	148	↓4	22
30	Margaret	148	↓6	14
31	Kathy	143	↑18	42
32	Beverly	140	↓3	31
33	Jane	138	↑2	41
34	Diane	137	↑6	19
35	Peggy	134	↓5	38
36	Vicki	132	↓8	70
37	Kathryn	126	↑8	52
38	Rita	117	↓2	54
39	Virginia	116	↑2	39
40	Sherry	110	↓9	68
41	Marsha	107	↓3	79
42	Paula	106	↑4	55
43	Phyllis	106	↓1	50
44	Ruth	106	–	47
45	Catherine	97	new	37
46	Teresa	95	↓3	82
47	Elizabeth	93	↓13	25
48	Helen	89	new	46
49	Martha	89	↓10	34
50	Dorothy	88	new	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Robert	898	–	2
2	John	865	↑1	3
3	James	856	↓1	1
4	Michael	814	–	5
5	David	760	–	6
6	Larry	595	↑1	10
7	Richard	579	↓1	7
8	William	547	↑2	4
9	Gary	496	–	12
10	Ronald	469	↓2	11
11	Charles	445	–	9
12	Steven	431	↑3	20
13	Donald	390	–	13
14	Thomas	381	–	8
15	Stephen	330	↑3	19
16	Dennis	328	↓4	16
17	Kenneth	317	↓1	15
18	Terry	240	↓1	28
19	Jerry	226	–	23
20	Roger	191	–	25
21	Daniel	188	↑3	22
22	Paul	184	↓1	17
23	Mark	176	↑10	24
24	Douglas	170	↑11	29
25	George	169	↓3	18
26	Joseph	152	–	14
27	Gerald	150	↑3	33
28	Gregory	133	↑11	31
29	Danny	131	↓4	40
30	Edward	131	↓3	21
31	Dale	120	↓2	54
32	Steve	115	↓4	68
33	Patrick	113	↑12	39
34	Frank	106	↑16	27
35	Harold	106	↑1	42
36	Jack	104	↓5	47
37	Mike	103	↓14	88
38	Alan	102	↑5	45
39	Raymond	102	↓1	30
40	Bruce	97	↓6	26
41	Timothy	95	new	34
42	Rodney	93	↑4	87
43	Stanley	93	↓1	60
44	Randall	90	new	79
45	Bill	88	↓8	>100
46	Keith	86	new	85
47	Phillip	85	new	66
48	Carl	84	↑1	43
49	Jim	83	↓17	>100
50	Ralph	81	new	50

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