Popular baby names in Kansas, 1952

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1952 were Linda for girls (825 babies) and Michael for boys (1,129). Michael ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,134 babies born in Kansas in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1952

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, 6× the national rate
Gayla: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Deanna: 42 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jana: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Marla: 40 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dee: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jeanie: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sondra: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sheryl: 81 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Karla: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 24 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Gale: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Max: 44 babies, 5× the national rate
Darrel: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dwayne: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rex: 63 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Loren: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Leland: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kent: 61 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lyle: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	825	–	1
2	Mary	724	–	2
3	Deborah	613	↑1	4
4	Patricia	574	↓1	3
5	Debra	540	↑3	9
6	Susan	450	↓1	5
7	Nancy	447	–	7
8	Barbara	427	↓2	6
9	Karen	410	↑1	8
10	Carol	348	↑3	12
11	Janet	338	↑4	19
12	Pamela	327	↓3	17
13	Cynthia	325	↑6	18
14	Sharon	308	↓3	14
15	Donna	302	↓1	13
16	Sandra	275	↓4	10
17	Connie	264	↑1	44
18	Janice	253	↓1	23
19	Kathleen	248	↓3	11
20	Rebecca	219	↑5	30
21	Cheryl	215	↓1	31
22	Brenda	205	↓1	15
23	Kathy	194	↑6	29
24	Joyce	183	↓2	27
25	Judith	178	↑1	25
26	Marilyn	178	↓2	38
27	Peggy	171	↑9	43
28	Diane	165	↑5	16
29	Margaret	160	↑5	21
30	Carolyn	156	↓7	24
31	Judy	156	↓1	26
32	Vicki	152	↑3	61
33	Diana	149	↓6	51
34	Jane	139	↑3	42
35	Kathryn	139	↓3	48
36	Teresa	138	↑8	52
37	Catherine	136	↑8	34
38	Rita	135	–	66
39	Marsha	134	↓8	75
40	Vickie	133	↑10	76
41	Beverly	130	↓13	35
42	Paula	129	–	47
43	Elizabeth	124	↓2	22
44	Shirley	124	↓5	28
45	Betty	117	↓5	32
46	Ruth	111	↑2	57
47	Bonnie	110	new	41
48	Christine	110	new	20
49	Marcia	107	↓6	80
50	Martha	104	↓3	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Michael	1,129	–	4
2	David	946	↑2	5
3	Robert	931	↓1	2
4	John	884	↓1	3
5	James	878	–	1
6	Richard	673	↑1	7
7	Steven	664	↓1	11
8	William	601	–	6
9	Gary	571	–	10
10	Thomas	470	↑2	8
11	Larry	460	↓1	14
12	Charles	438	↑1	9
13	Mark	434	↑4	17
14	Donald	406	–	13
15	Ronald	406	↓4	15
16	Stephen	354	↓1	21
17	Dennis	349	↓1	18
18	Kenneth	324	–	16
19	Daniel	313	↑1	20
20	Terry	300	↓1	29
21	Jerry	256	↑1	26
22	Douglas	252	↑3	28
23	Roger	222	–	30
24	Gregory	220	↓3	24
25	Randy	199	↑15	41
26	Timothy	198	↑4	27
27	Paul	195	↓1	19
28	Edward	193	↓1	23
29	George	169	↓1	22
30	Joseph	167	↓1	12
31	Bruce	164	↓7	25
32	Dale	163	–	46
33	Alan	137	↑3	42
34	Randall	137	↑5	63
35	Stanley	134	↓4	58
36	Danny	131	↓3	40
37	Craig	127	↑7	59
38	Patrick	125	↓3	37
39	Gerald	121	↓5	39
40	Rodney	117	↓2	84
41	Jack	113	↓4	52
42	Raymond	111	↑1	33
43	Wayne	107	↑3	38
44	Jeffrey	105	new	31
45	Keith	105	↓3	49
46	Phillip	105	new	74
47	Carl	94	↑3	45
48	Frank	93	↓1	32
49	Kevin	85	new	43
50	Lawrence	85	↓9	35

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