Popular baby names in Kansas, 1953

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1953 were Debra for girls (793 babies) and Michael for boys (1,112). Debra ranked #7 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,645 babies born in Kansas in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1953

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, 5.8× the national rate
Sondra: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dena: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jana: 31 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Deanna: 40 babies, 4× the national rate
Karla: 42 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dana: 48 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Darla: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sheryl: 87 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marla: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 36 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Kendall: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Eldon: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Monty: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kirby: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Monte: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Merle: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Max: 32 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rex: 57 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Randal: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Debra	793	↑4	7
2	Linda	752	↓1	2
3	Mary	733	↓1	1
4	Patricia	588	–	4
5	Deborah	553	↓2	3
6	Susan	493	–	5
7	Pamela	406	↑5	10
8	Nancy	399	↓1	8
9	Barbara	391	↓1	6
10	Cynthia	391	↑3	12
11	Karen	385	↓2	9
12	Janet	350	↓1	19
13	Carol	294	↓3	16
14	Donna	286	↑1	13
15	Sharon	282	↓1	15
16	Sandra	280	–	11
17	Rebecca	271	↑3	24
18	Connie	256	↓1	47
19	Brenda	237	↑3	18
20	Kathy	230	↑3	23
21	Marilyn	226	↑5	36
22	Kathleen	218	↓3	14
23	Janice	215	↓5	22
24	Cheryl	208	↓3	28
25	Joyce	200	↓1	26
26	Teresa	191	↑10	42
27	Peggy	175	–	44
28	Carolyn	165	↑2	25
29	Diana	163	↑4	55
30	Diane	161	↓2	17
31	Kathryn	156	↑4	48
32	Judy	150	↓1	27
33	Marsha	145	↑6	83
34	Elizabeth	143	↑9	21
35	Jane	142	↓1	43
36	Paula	142	↑6	40
37	Margaret	141	↓8	20
38	Shirley	137	↑6	29
39	Catherine	131	↓2	35
40	Judith	129	↓15	30
41	Rhonda	125	new	85
42	Vicki	125	↓10	61
43	Denise	123	new	31
44	Beverly	121	↓3	34
45	Rita	120	↓7	64
46	Martha	118	↑4	41
47	Vickie	117	↓7	79
48	Betty	112	↓3	33
49	Christine	112	↓1	32
50	Marcia	111	↓1	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Michael	1,112	–	3
2	David	1,058	–	5
3	Robert	962	–	1
4	James	870	↑1	2
5	John	802	↓1	4
6	Steven	701	↑1	11
7	Richard	684	↓1	7
8	William	608	–	6
9	Gary	492	–	10
10	Mark	474	↑3	12
11	Charles	469	↑1	9
12	Ronald	448	↑3	15
13	Thomas	441	↓3	8
14	Larry	419	↓3	18
15	Dennis	405	↑2	19
16	Donald	401	↓2	14
17	Kenneth	330	↑1	17
18	Stephen	314	↓2	21
19	Daniel	311	–	20
20	Terry	303	–	30
21	Gregory	247	↑3	24
22	Randy	233	↑3	35
23	Douglas	230	↓1	27
24	Roger	228	↓1	31
25	Timothy	218	↑1	26
26	Jerry	210	↓5	29
27	Paul	208	–	16
28	Joseph	198	↑2	13
29	Bruce	178	↑2	28
30	Randall	170	↑4	64
31	Dale	161	↑1	48
32	Rodney	161	↑8	58
33	Edward	158	↓5	23
34	George	151	↓5	22
35	Danny	140	↑1	41
36	Patrick	133	↑2	39
37	Gerald	131	↑2	42
38	Jeffrey	126	↑6	25
39	Craig	125	↓2	60
40	Stanley	125	↓5	62
41	Jack	119	–	57
42	Alan	116	↓9	43
43	Kevin	114	↑6	36
44	Lawrence	113	↑6	37
45	Raymond	108	↓3	34
46	Wayne	108	↓3	40
47	Ricky	93	new	51
48	Micheal	92	new	88
49	Keith	91	↓4	47
50	Scott	90	new	46

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