Popular baby names in Kansas, 1956

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1956 were Debra for girls (822 babies) and Michael for boys (1,127). Debra ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 46,809 babies born in Kansas in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1956

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

Girls

Deann: 15 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Gayla: 25 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dee: 27 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jolene: 28 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lea: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jana: 36 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ronda: 36 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Glenna: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sondra: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Denice: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 32 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Eldon: 23 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Merle: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kent: 99 babies, 4× the national rate
Kelly: 68 babies, 4× the national rate
Max: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Monte: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Casey: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brad: 86 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Monty: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Debra	822	–	2
2	Mary	629	–	1
3	Linda	574	–	3
4	Susan	521	–	5
5	Cynthia	511	↑2	8
6	Deborah	482	–	4
7	Karen	464	↑3	7
8	Patricia	441	↓3	6
9	Pamela	402	–	12
10	Nancy	339	↓2	11
11	Donna	326	↑2	10
12	Barbara	305	↓1	9
13	Sharon	285	↑5	13
14	Cheryl	283	↑7	18
15	Sandra	280	↓1	14
16	Janet	268	↓4	21
17	Teresa	267	↓1	24
18	Brenda	258	↓1	19
19	Carol	254	–	16
20	Kathy	242	↑2	20
21	Rebecca	240	↓6	27
22	Connie	219	↓2	43
23	Denise	195	↑3	23
24	Kathleen	190	↓1	17
25	Janice	182	↓1	26
26	Cindy	167	new	37
27	Joyce	164	–	30
28	Rhonda	164	–	62
29	Diana	162	–	56
30	Diane	160	↓5	15
31	Elizabeth	160	↑3	22
32	Paula	157	↓2	47
33	Vicki	149	↑2	57
34	Terri	146	↑8	81
35	Kim	143	new	38
36	Theresa	141	new	32
37	Sherry	136	↓5	54
38	Margaret	130	↑5	25
39	Peggy	130	↓1	63
40	Carolyn	128	–	33
41	Kathryn	128	↓10	60
42	Jane	127	↑2	50
43	Julie	126	new	48
44	Kimberly	126	new	74
45	Catherine	122	↓8	28
46	Shirley	119	–	41
47	Beverly	118	↓11	40
48	Lisa	118	↓3	31
49	Debbie	117	new	39
50	Rita	117	↓9	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Michael	1,127	↑1	1
2	David	1,054	↓1	4
3	James	894	↑1	2
4	Robert	874	↓1	3
5	Mark	745	↑2	8
6	John	730	↓1	5
7	Steven	704	↓1	10
8	William	585	↑1	6
9	Richard	579	↓1	7
10	Gary	458	–	13
11	Ronald	427	↑2	15
12	Donald	412	↓1	14
13	Charles	402	↓1	11
14	Thomas	390	–	9
15	Larry	366	↑1	21
16	Gregory	364	↑1	24
17	Kenneth	362	↑3	16
18	Kevin	344	↑9	22
19	Randy	335	–	28
20	Daniel	332	↓2	18
21	Timothy	310	↑1	19
22	Douglas	302	↑1	29
23	Terry	302	↓8	31
24	Stephen	291	–	23
25	Dennis	282	↓4	26
26	Paul	234	↓1	17
27	Jeffrey	226	↑1	20
28	Joseph	214	↑1	12
29	Bruce	211	↑4	33
30	Jerry	193	↑1	35
31	Alan	181	↑7	44
32	Roger	176	↓6	41
33	Scott	171	↑6	34
34	Patrick	168	↑3	40
35	Rodney	165	↓3	65
36	Brian	155	new	32
37	Randall	148	↓7	54
38	Edward	143	↓2	25
39	Ricky	140	↑2	43
40	Dale	139	↓6	50
41	Danny	139	↑3	46
42	Craig	138	↓7	51
43	Anthony	130	new	30
44	Keith	130	↓2	36
45	Russell	122	new	52
46	George	120	↓6	27
47	Bradley	111	–	>100
48	Lawrence	108	new	42
49	Raymond	108	↑1	39
50	Carl	107	↓5	48

← Kansas 1955 Kansas: all years · US 1956 Kansas 1957 →