Popular baby names in Kansas, 1954

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1954 were Debra for girls (850 babies) and Michael for boys (1,181). Debra ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 46,260 babies born in Kansas in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1954

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: 35 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dee: 29 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Sondra: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Deanna: 53 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jana: 41 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Janelle: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Ladonna: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Gayla: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cheri: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lana: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Eldon: 30 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Galen: 29 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Gale: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Loren: 36 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Max: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lyle: 41 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ken: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Leland: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Monte: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kent: 73 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Debra	850	–	6
2	Linda	703	–	2
3	Mary	655	–	1
4	Susan	552	↑2	5
5	Patricia	548	↓1	4
6	Deborah	547	↓1	3
7	Cynthia	433	↑3	10
8	Karen	410	↑3	8
9	Pamela	404	↓2	12
10	Nancy	383	↓2	9
11	Barbara	362	↓2	7
12	Janet	337	–	19
13	Sandra	308	↑3	13
14	Carol	305	↓1	15
15	Donna	302	↓1	11
16	Rebecca	274	↑1	26
17	Sharon	272	↓2	16
18	Brenda	257	↑1	18
19	Teresa	251	↑7	34
20	Connie	250	↓2	39
21	Cheryl	239	↑3	22
22	Kathy	219	↓2	23
23	Janice	217	–	25
24	Kathleen	204	↓2	14
25	Joyce	190	–	28
26	Marilyn	181	↓5	35
27	Vicki	179	↑15	50
28	Diane	177	↑2	17
29	Denise	174	↑14	24
30	Rhonda	169	↑11	71
31	Paula	164	↑5	38
32	Beverly	154	↑12	31
33	Kathryn	154	↓2	51
34	Diana	151	↓5	57
35	Judy	149	↓3	29
36	Elizabeth	146	↓2	20
37	Vickie	140	↑10	69
38	Carolyn	139	↓10	27
39	Jane	128	↓4	49
40	Margaret	128	↓3	21
41	Peggy	128	↓14	48
42	Shirley	128	↓4	33
43	Judith	126	↓3	30
44	Sherry	126	new	62
45	Rita	122	–	67
46	Marsha	117	↓13	86
47	Betty	111	↑1	36
48	Marcia	107	↑2	90
49	Catherine	106	↓10	32
50	Julie	105	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	1,181	–	1
2	David	1,145	–	5
3	Robert	915	–	2
4	James	913	–	3
5	John	778	–	4
6	Steven	756	–	11
7	Richard	684	–	7
8	William	628	–	6
9	Mark	599	↑1	12
10	Gary	578	↓1	9
11	Donald	443	↑5	14
12	Charles	434	↓1	10
13	Ronald	409	↓1	15
14	Thomas	406	↓1	8
15	Larry	395	↓1	19
16	Kenneth	349	↑1	17
17	Daniel	344	↑2	18
18	Dennis	329	↓3	21
19	Terry	309	↑1	27
20	Randy	307	↑2	33
21	Gregory	293	–	25
22	Douglas	286	↑1	29
23	Paul	269	↑4	16
24	Stephen	262	↓6	20
25	Roger	240	↓1	34
26	Timothy	240	↓1	26
27	Joseph	204	↑1	13
28	Jerry	201	↓2	31
29	Jeffrey	198	↑9	23
30	Kevin	195	↑13	28
31	Bruce	167	↓2	30
32	Rodney	161	–	66
33	Dale	159	↓2	50
34	Edward	158	↓1	22
35	Randall	157	↓5	55
36	George	152	↓2	24
37	Patrick	152	↓1	38
38	Alan	144	↑4	43
39	Danny	126	↓4	42
40	Stanley	126	–	58
41	Craig	119	↓2	51
42	Ricky	119	↑5	46
43	Keith	117	↑6	45
44	Lawrence	116	–	39
45	Scott	116	↑5	40
46	Gerald	112	↓9	44
47	Raymond	104	↓2	35
48	Jack	100	↓7	57
49	Bradley	99	new	>100
50	Darrell	96	new	95

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