Popular baby names in Kansas, 1958

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1958 were Debra for girls (566 babies) and David for boys (1,066). Debra ranked #6 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,458 babies born in Kansas in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1958

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

Girls

Twila: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dixie: 27 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Janelle: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Sondra: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ladonna: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Deanna: 68 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tamra: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dee: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gayla: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jana: 38 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 20 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Marlin: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kendall: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Loren: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kent: 95 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Max: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Leland: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kelly: 85 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lynn: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Darrel: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Debra	566	–	6
2	Mary	555	–	1
3	Susan	458	↑1	2
4	Linda	456	↑1	3
5	Karen	418	↑1	4
6	Cynthia	390	↓3	8
7	Pamela	379	↑3	11
8	Brenda	338	–	16
9	Kathy	332	↑8	14
10	Patricia	330	↓3	5
11	Julie	302	↑12	23
12	Cheryl	299	↑1	13
13	Deborah	269	↓4	7
14	Nancy	269	↓3	12
15	Teresa	257	↓3	26
16	Janet	250	↓2	28
17	Barbara	248	↓2	9
18	Cindy	242	↓2	25
19	Donna	237	↑1	10
20	Debbie	233	↑16	24
21	Carol	216	↓3	20
22	Sandra	215	↓1	15
23	Kimberly	214	↑6	39
24	Tammy	213	↑25	44
25	Sharon	205	↓6	17
26	Lisa	203	↑8	19
27	Diane	186	↑1	18
28	Denise	179	↓1	27
29	Terri	177	↑8	51
30	Rebecca	171	↓8	41
31	Diana	169	↓7	45
32	Rhonda	167	↓6	48
33	Elizabeth	163	↑6	22
34	Connie	161	↓9	50
35	Lori	160	new	30
36	Vicki	152	↓3	57
37	Kathleen	147	↓7	21
38	Peggy	144	↑8	42
39	Kim	142	↓1	40
40	Janice	136	↓8	35
41	Cathy	123	↑9	34
42	Kathryn	122	↑1	58
43	Joyce	115	↓12	46
44	Judy	115	↓3	36
45	Laura	115	↑3	29
46	Sheryl	113	new	>100
47	Robin	112	↓2	32
48	Paula	109	↓13	53
49	Theresa	108	↓2	33
50	Tamara	106	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	David	1,066	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,024	↓1	1
3	Robert	774	↑1	4
4	James	746	↓1	3
5	Mark	735	–	7
6	John	639	–	5
7	Richard	527	↑1	8
8	Steven	523	↓1	10
9	William	479	–	6
10	Kevin	420	↑3	20
11	Charles	367	↓1	11
12	Thomas	362	↑3	9
13	Timothy	345	↑5	13
14	Ronald	331	↓2	19
15	Gregory	324	↑5	23
16	Gary	322	↓5	17
17	Kenneth	310	↑2	14
18	Randy	309	↑4	32
19	Larry	299	↓2	22
20	Douglas	287	↑1	30
21	Daniel	283	↓5	16
22	Donald	274	↓8	18
23	Terry	265	–	33
24	Jeffrey	256	–	21
25	Brian	241	↑6	24
26	Scott	213	↑4	25
27	Paul	211	–	15
28	Dennis	210	↓3	29
29	Jerry	201	–	35
30	Stephen	189	↓4	26
31	Ricky	182	↑4	34
32	Mike	174	new	40
33	Bruce	171	↑1	36
34	Joseph	168	↓6	12
35	Steve	154	↑13	44
36	Roger	152	↓4	47
37	Randall	149	↑4	62
38	Keith	142	↑2	37
39	Patrick	140	↓2	42
40	Danny	139	↓1	45
41	Alan	138	↑2	49
42	Dale	136	–	46
43	Edward	125	↓10	28
44	Craig	121	↑3	53
45	Russell	121	↓1	54
46	Anthony	115	new	27
47	Bradley	115	↓1	>100
48	Rick	114	↑2	77
49	Rodney	113	↓13	65
50	Raymond	105	new	43

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