Popular baby names in Kansas, 1957

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1957 were Debra for girls (728 babies) and Michael for boys (1,092). Debra ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 46,012 babies born in Kansas in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1957

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

Girls

Dee: 32 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jolene: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Janelle: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ladonna: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Deanna: 58 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gayla: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jana: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kristy: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Karla: 58 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dana: 89 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 24 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Eldon: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Darrel: 34 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kirby: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Justin: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Max: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Leland: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kent: 94 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Monty: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dallas: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Debra	728	–	4
2	Mary	615	–	1
3	Cynthia	536	↑2	7
4	Susan	505	–	2
5	Linda	501	↓2	3
6	Karen	439	↑1	5
7	Patricia	405	↑1	8
8	Brenda	396	↑10	13
9	Deborah	394	↓3	6
10	Pamela	349	↓1	12
11	Nancy	342	↓1	11
12	Teresa	312	↑5	24
13	Cheryl	301	↑1	16
14	Janet	300	↑2	23
15	Barbara	284	↓3	9
16	Cindy	271	↑10	19
17	Kathy	264	↑3	20
18	Carol	263	↑1	18
19	Sharon	257	↓6	14
20	Donna	239	↓9	10
21	Sandra	238	↓6	15
22	Rebecca	225	↓1	34
23	Julie	194	↑20	28
24	Diana	186	↑5	43
25	Connie	185	↓3	47
26	Rhonda	184	↑2	52
27	Denise	176	↓4	25
28	Diane	173	↑2	17
29	Kimberly	173	↑15	42
30	Kathleen	165	↓6	21
31	Joyce	161	↓4	40
32	Janice	156	↓7	32
33	Vicki	151	–	51
34	Lisa	150	↑14	26
35	Paula	150	↓3	49
36	Debbie	147	↑13	27
37	Terri	145	↓3	68
38	Kim	139	↓3	35
39	Elizabeth	133	↓8	22
40	Catherine	129	↑5	37
41	Judy	128	new	38
42	Vickie	128	new	70
43	Kathryn	122	↓2	65
44	Carolyn	118	↓4	33
45	Robin	115	new	30
46	Peggy	114	↓7	62
47	Theresa	110	↓11	36
48	Laura	108	new	31
49	Tammy	107	new	>100
50	Cathy	106	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	1,092	–	1
2	David	1,039	–	3
3	James	853	–	2
4	Robert	792	–	4
5	Mark	745	–	7
6	John	713	–	5
7	Steven	636	–	10
8	Richard	604	↑1	8
9	William	548	↓1	6
10	Charles	394	↑3	11
11	Gary	385	↓1	13
12	Ronald	383	↓1	17
13	Kevin	376	↑5	20
14	Donald	371	↓2	15
15	Thomas	366	↓1	9
16	Daniel	360	↑4	16
17	Larry	357	↓2	22
18	Timothy	349	↑3	19
19	Kenneth	334	↓2	14
20	Gregory	328	↓4	23
21	Douglas	314	↑1	30
22	Randy	306	↓3	31
23	Terry	293	–	33
24	Jeffrey	241	↑3	21
25	Dennis	239	–	28
26	Stephen	227	↓2	24
27	Paul	225	↓1	18
28	Joseph	194	–	12
29	Jerry	191	↑1	35
30	Scott	191	↑3	32
31	Brian	187	↑5	26
32	Roger	182	–	42
33	Edward	162	↑5	25
34	Bruce	161	↓5	34
35	Ricky	148	↑4	40
36	Rodney	148	↓1	70
37	Patrick	145	↓3	41
38	George	140	↑8	29
39	Danny	139	↑2	45
40	Keith	139	↑4	36
41	Randall	136	↓4	59
42	Dale	135	↓2	50
43	Alan	124	↓12	48
44	Russell	118	↑1	54
45	Gerald	117	new	51
46	Bradley	116	↑1	>100
47	Craig	111	↓5	55
48	Steve	110	new	44
49	Martin	109	new	69
50	Rick	108	new	87

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