Popular baby names in Kansas, 1951

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1951 were Linda for girls (968 babies) and Michael for boys (1,009). Michael ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,928 babies born in Kansas in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1951

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

Girls

Donita: 18 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Leanna: 15 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Dee: 21 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jana: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Deanna: 51 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jolene: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Gayla: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ladonna: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Marla: 39 babies, 5× the national rate
Sondra: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 48 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Eldon: 29 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Darrel: 31 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Monty: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Max: 38 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Merle: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kent: 57 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kelly: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Daryl: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lyle: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	968	–	1
2	Mary	747	–	2
3	Patricia	593	–	3
4	Deborah	455	↑5	4
5	Susan	439	↑1	6
6	Barbara	428	↓2	5
7	Nancy	395	–	7
8	Debra	369	↑34	18
9	Pamela	354	↑4	16
10	Karen	349	↑2	8
11	Sharon	325	↓3	13
12	Sandra	319	↑2	9
13	Carol	309	↓8	11
14	Donna	303	↓3	12
15	Janet	297	↓5	19
16	Kathleen	274	↑2	10
17	Janice	265	↓1	21
18	Connie	262	↓3	44
19	Cynthia	243	↑2	20
20	Cheryl	234	↓3	30
21	Brenda	201	↑8	14
22	Joyce	193	↓3	28
23	Carolyn	188	–	22
24	Marilyn	187	–	41
25	Rebecca	180	↑1	32
26	Judith	178	↓6	25
27	Diana	168	–	50
28	Beverly	160	↑10	33
29	Kathy	158	↑2	35
30	Judy	157	↓8	26
31	Marsha	156	↑2	76
32	Kathryn	154	↑2	45
33	Diane	148	↑4	15
34	Margaret	147	↓4	17
35	Vicki	144	↓7	58
36	Peggy	142	↓1	40
37	Jane	141	↓1	43
38	Rita	140	↑1	61
39	Shirley	138	↓14	27
40	Betty	135	↓8	29
41	Elizabeth	134	↓1	23
42	Paula	121	new	51
43	Marcia	120	↑2	74
44	Teresa	120	↓3	63
45	Catherine	109	↑3	34
46	Katherine	109	new	55
47	Martha	108	↓3	38
48	Ruth	104	new	53
49	Virginia	101	↓6	47
50	Vickie	100	new	87

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Michael	1,009	↑1	4
2	Robert	925	↓1	2
3	John	887	↑1	3
4	David	874	↑1	5
5	James	841	↓2	1
6	Steven	666	↑4	13
7	Richard	655	↓1	7
8	William	582	–	6
9	Gary	516	–	10
10	Larry	482	↓3	11
11	Ronald	460	–	12
12	Thomas	458	↑1	8
13	Charles	441	↓1	9
14	Donald	416	↑1	15
15	Stephen	345	↑2	19
16	Dennis	344	↓2	17
17	Mark	336	↑1	20
18	Kenneth	330	↓2	16
19	Terry	304	–	30
20	Daniel	247	–	21
21	Gregory	232	↑1	25
22	Jerry	223	↓1	24
23	Roger	203	–	29
24	Bruce	181	↑11	26
25	Douglas	179	↑1	27
26	Paul	176	↓1	18
27	Edward	165	↑1	23
28	George	158	↓1	22
29	Joseph	157	↓5	14
30	Timothy	150	↑4	28
31	Stanley	140	↑7	54
32	Dale	135	↓3	49
33	Danny	133	↓2	41
34	Gerald	132	↓4	36
35	Patrick	129	↑2	39
36	Alan	124	↓4	40
37	Jack	121	↓4	48
38	Rodney	117	↑2	84
39	Randall	115	–	66
40	Randy	115	↑3	56
41	Lawrence	112	↑4	33
42	Keith	108	new	59
43	Raymond	103	↓1	32
44	Craig	102	new	63
45	Harold	96	↓9	46
46	Wayne	90	↓5	37
47	Frank	83	↓3	31
48	Roy	81	new	52
49	Philip	78	–	55
50	Carl	77	new	43

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