Popular baby names in Kansas, 1955

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1955 were Debra for girls (856 babies) and David for boys (1,165). Debra ranked #4 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,849 babies born in Kansas in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1955

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

Girls

Charla: 15 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Sondra: 26 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jolene: 34 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Gayla: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jana: 39 babies, 4× the national rate
Kristi: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Ronda: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Karla: 47 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lana: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dana: 58 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Kenton: 15 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Galen: 24 babies, 7× the national rate
Eldon: 18 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Kent: 94 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rex: 63 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darrel: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Loren: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Monte: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kelly: 46 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bradley: 107 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Debra	856	–	4
2	Mary	718	↑1	1
3	Linda	619	↓1	3
4	Susan	542	–	5
5	Patricia	514	–	6
6	Deborah	510	–	2
7	Cynthia	419	–	11
8	Nancy	394	↑2	9
9	Pamela	393	–	12
10	Karen	370	↓2	8
11	Barbara	340	–	7
12	Janet	329	–	20
13	Donna	291	↑2	10
14	Sandra	286	↓1	13
15	Rebecca	274	↑1	27
16	Teresa	274	↑3	26
17	Brenda	264	↑1	18
18	Sharon	260	↓1	16
19	Carol	259	↓5	15
20	Connie	234	–	35
21	Cheryl	220	–	19
22	Kathy	218	–	22
23	Kathleen	208	↑1	17
24	Janice	207	↓1	25
25	Diane	197	↑3	14
26	Denise	195	↑3	23
27	Joyce	168	↓2	29
28	Rhonda	163	↑2	71
29	Diana	158	↑5	55
30	Paula	152	↑1	39
31	Kathryn	151	↑2	59
32	Sherry	149	↑12	56
33	Marilyn	147	↓7	49
34	Elizabeth	146	↑2	21
35	Vicki	145	↓8	52
36	Beverly	132	↓4	34
37	Catherine	129	↑12	28
38	Peggy	126	↑3	51
39	Vickie	126	↓2	68
40	Carolyn	122	↓2	30
41	Rita	118	↑4	72
42	Terri	118	new	85
43	Margaret	116	↓3	24
44	Jane	111	↓5	50
45	Lisa	110	new	48
46	Shirley	110	↓4	37
47	Cathy	109	new	44
48	Judy	108	↓13	32
49	Betty	107	↓2	36
50	Jean	104	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	David	1,165	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,152	↓1	1
3	Robert	864	–	4
4	James	829	–	3
5	John	817	–	5
6	Steven	762	–	10
7	Mark	645	↑2	9
8	Richard	630	↓1	7
9	William	570	↓1	6
10	Gary	495	–	12
11	Donald	407	–	14
12	Charles	387	–	11
13	Ronald	379	–	18
14	Thomas	371	–	8
15	Terry	357	↑4	28
16	Larry	355	↓1	19
17	Gregory	354	↑4	24
18	Daniel	334	↓1	17
19	Randy	333	↑1	30
20	Kenneth	325	↓4	15
21	Dennis	308	↓3	23
22	Timothy	306	↑4	22
23	Douglas	291	↓1	29
24	Stephen	282	–	21
25	Paul	232	↓2	16
26	Roger	229	↓1	37
27	Kevin	215	↑3	27
28	Jeffrey	206	↑1	20
29	Joseph	200	↓2	13
30	Randall	182	↑5	53
31	Jerry	181	↓3	33
32	Rodney	176	–	65
33	Bruce	163	↓2	32
34	Dale	150	↓1	52
35	Craig	147	↑6	50
36	Edward	146	↓2	25
37	Patrick	143	–	41
38	Alan	141	–	43
39	Scott	140	↑6	38
40	George	138	↓4	26
41	Ricky	132	↑1	46
42	Keith	127	↑1	39
43	Gerald	120	↑3	48
44	Danny	117	↓5	45
45	Carl	110	new	47
46	Stanley	110	↓6	64
47	Bradley	107	↑2	>100
48	Jack	107	–	60
49	Wayne	106	new	44
50	Raymond	102	↓3	36

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