Popular baby names in Kansas, 1959

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1959 were Mary for girls (537 babies) and David for boys (986). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,548 babies born in Kansas in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1959

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: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Marla: 49 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dee: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Coleen: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gayla: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Karla: 56 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ladonna: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sondra: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jerri: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Tonya: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Kenton: 16 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Galen: 22 babies, 8× the national rate
Monte: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kendall: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kelly: 94 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Max: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Loren: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brad: 87 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rex: 47 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kent: 87 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	537	↑1	1
2	Debra	536	↓1	7
3	Linda	484	↑1	3
4	Susan	449	↓1	2
5	Karen	415	–	4
6	Brenda	375	↑2	16
7	Cynthia	364	↓1	8
8	Pamela	360	↓1	12
9	Donna	335	↑10	5
10	Patricia	312	–	6
11	Teresa	308	↑4	24
12	Kathy	302	↓3	15
13	Nancy	288	↑1	14
14	Julie	280	↓3	26
15	Lisa	276	↑11	10
16	Cindy	273	↑2	25
17	Debbie	259	↑3	20
18	Deborah	253	↓5	9
19	Cheryl	247	↓7	18
20	Janet	239	↓4	28
21	Sandra	229	↑1	13
22	Lori	225	↑13	27
23	Carol	209	↓2	22
24	Kimberly	207	↓1	33
25	Sharon	206	–	17
26	Barbara	204	↓9	11
27	Diane	204	–	19
28	Denise	201	–	29
29	Tammy	199	↓5	31
30	Connie	198	↑4	48
31	Rhonda	188	↑1	45
32	Rebecca	187	↓2	38
33	Terri	177	↓4	46
34	Kim	166	↑5	35
35	Michelle	159	new	47
36	Diana	158	↓5	49
37	Elizabeth	153	↓4	21
38	Judy	148	↑6	41
39	Kathleen	134	↓2	23
40	Laura	133	↑5	30
41	Janice	124	↓1	37
42	Vicki	124	↓6	73
43	Robin	121	↑4	32
44	Peggy	118	↓6	57
45	Theresa	115	↑4	34
46	Cathy	112	↓5	39
47	Paula	112	↑1	51
48	Joyce	110	↓5	50
49	Kelly	108	new	74
50	Kathryn	105	↓8	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	David	986	–	2
2	Michael	975	–	1
3	Mark	820	↑2	6
4	Robert	749	↓1	5
5	James	729	↓1	3
6	John	723	–	4
7	Steven	534	↑1	10
8	Richard	490	↓1	8
9	William	483	–	7
10	Kevin	453	–	14
11	Timothy	378	↑2	12
12	Gary	345	↑4	20
13	Gregory	314	↑2	23
14	Thomas	314	↓2	9
15	Charles	307	↓4	11
16	Daniel	300	↑5	18
17	Kenneth	293	–	15
18	Donald	287	↑4	19
19	Larry	286	–	25
20	Ronald	285	↓6	21
21	Jeffrey	279	↑3	16
22	Terry	269	↑1	33
23	Randy	262	↓5	31
24	Scott	247	↑2	24
25	Brian	245	–	22
26	Dennis	242	↑2	29
27	Douglas	239	↓7	30
28	Paul	201	↓1	17
29	Craig	200	↑15	44
30	Jerry	187	↓1	36
31	Mike	185	↑1	37
32	Ricky	182	↓1	34
33	Steve	177	↑2	41
34	Bruce	175	↓1	38
35	Joseph	168	↓1	13
36	Stephen	165	↓6	28
37	Randall	163	–	59
38	Roger	155	↓2	47
39	Dale	147	↑3	49
40	Alan	141	↑1	50
41	Bradley	136	↑6	>100
42	Danny	131	↓2	48
43	Edward	131	–	27
44	Patrick	131	↓5	43
45	Keith	126	↓7	39
46	Christopher	121	new	35
47	Curtis	114	new	75
48	Anthony	113	↓2	26
49	Rodney	112	–	67
50	Russell	112	↓5	56

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