Popular baby names in Kansas, 1950

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1950 were Linda for girls (1,062 babies) and Robert for boys (920). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,846 babies born in Kansas in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1950

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: 33 babies, 9× the national rate
Ronda: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Deanna: 36 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Karla: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shari: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dixie: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sheryl: 74 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dana: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Connie: 263 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marla: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 34 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Darrel: 31 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Eldon: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Gale: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Monty: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Merle: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Max: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lyle: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Delbert: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kent: 44 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	1,062	–	1
2	Mary	681	–	2
3	Patricia	474	–	3
4	Barbara	432	–	4
5	Carol	389	↑2	9
6	Susan	379	↑2	5
7	Nancy	364	↓1	6
8	Sharon	323	↓3	11
9	Deborah	318	↑7	7
10	Janet	311	↑4	18
11	Donna	297	↓1	13
12	Karen	292	↓3	12
13	Pamela	288	↑2	17
14	Sandra	270	↓2	8
15	Connie	263	↓4	44
16	Janice	254	↓3	22
17	Cheryl	238	↑3	29
18	Kathleen	228	–	10
19	Joyce	202	↑2	27
20	Judith	198	↑5	21
21	Cynthia	192	↑1	23
22	Judy	182	↓5	25
23	Carolyn	179	↓4	20
24	Marilyn	172	–	37
25	Shirley	162	↓2	19
26	Rebecca	152	↑2	36
27	Diana	151	–	47
28	Vicki	148	↑8	61
29	Brenda	146	↓3	14
30	Margaret	146	–	15
31	Kathy	141	–	38
32	Betty	131	↓3	26
33	Marsha	130	↑8	68
34	Kathryn	128	↑3	46
35	Peggy	127	–	41
36	Jane	126	↓3	39
37	Diane	123	↓3	16
38	Beverly	117	↓6	31
39	Rita	106	↓1	56
40	Elizabeth	105	↑7	24
41	Teresa	105	↑5	81
42	Debra	104	new	59
43	Virginia	103	↓4	43
44	Martha	102	↑5	32
45	Marcia	98	new	77
46	Gloria	97	new	30
47	Bonnie	95	new	33
48	Catherine	95	↓3	34
49	Sherry	94	↓9	62
50	Glenda	91	new	87

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Robert	920	–	2
2	Michael	897	↑2	4
3	James	843	–	1
4	John	833	↓2	3
5	David	796	–	5
6	Richard	632	↑1	7
7	Larry	564	↓1	11
8	William	559	–	6
9	Gary	523	–	10
10	Steven	508	↑2	16
11	Ronald	449	↓1	12
12	Charles	424	↓1	9
13	Thomas	407	↑1	8
14	Dennis	367	↑2	17
15	Donald	328	↓2	14
16	Kenneth	304	↑1	15
17	Stephen	301	↓2	19
18	Mark	278	↑5	23
19	Terry	273	↓1	30
20	Daniel	224	↑1	21
21	Jerry	223	↓2	24
22	Gregory	193	↑6	25
23	Roger	192	↓3	27
24	Joseph	176	↑2	13
25	Paul	175	↓3	18
26	Douglas	169	↓2	28
27	George	145	↓2	20
28	Edward	142	↑2	22
29	Dale	139	↑2	49
30	Gerald	133	↓3	34
31	Danny	131	↓2	39
32	Alan	122	↑6	41
33	Jack	120	↑3	48
34	Timothy	119	↑7	32
35	Bruce	116	↑5	26
36	Harold	115	↓1	45
37	Patrick	112	↓4	38
38	Stanley	107	↑5	60
39	Randall	104	↑5	70
40	Rodney	104	↑2	88
41	Wayne	104	new	35
42	Raymond	100	↓3	31
43	Randy	97	new	80
44	Frank	93	↓10	29
45	Lawrence	92	new	33
46	Phillip	82	↑1	64
47	Marvin	79	new	93
48	Darrell	77	new	>100
49	Philip	74	new	53
50	Steve	74	↓18	83

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