Popular baby names in Kansas, 1960

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1960 were Mary for girls (513 babies) and David for boys (1,009). Social Security records list 43,938 babies born in Kansas in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1960

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

Girls

Gayla: 28 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Janelle: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dee: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jana: 38 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jolene: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Deana: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marla: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ladonna: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Christie: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Leann: 18 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 18 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Monte: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Delbert: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Darrel: 32 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Loren: 30 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jerald: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kent: 90 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rex: 49 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Max: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kendall: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	513	–	1
2	Brenda	447	↑4	13
3	Susan	436	↑1	2
4	Debra	403	↓2	8
5	Linda	382	↓2	3
6	Karen	379	↓1	4
7	Lisa	362	↑8	6
8	Cynthia	318	↓1	9
9	Pamela	304	↓1	14
10	Teresa	302	↑1	19
11	Patricia	282	↓1	7
12	Donna	276	↓3	5
13	Julie	271	↑1	28
14	Tammy	261	↑15	31
15	Lori	259	↑7	20
16	Kimberly	251	↑8	26
17	Sandra	247	↑4	11
18	Cindy	244	↓2	30
19	Janet	242	↑1	32
20	Nancy	241	↓7	15
21	Cheryl	239	↓2	17
22	Kathy	234	↓10	21
23	Barbara	231	↑3	12
24	Debbie	223	↓7	24
25	Connie	203	↑5	47
26	Carol	198	↓3	23
27	Rebecca	188	↑5	38
28	Deborah	187	↓10	10
29	Sharon	183	↓4	16
30	Rhonda	182	↑1	44
31	Denise	171	↓3	29
32	Kelly	166	↑17	52
33	Kim	164	↑1	34
34	Diane	160	↓7	22
35	Terri	158	↓2	49
36	Elizabeth	155	↑1	18
37	Michelle	155	↓2	39
38	Laura	145	↑2	25
39	Diana	141	↓3	53
40	Cathy	118	↑6	46
41	Robin	118	↑2	33
42	Janice	113	↓1	41
43	Judy	111	↓5	48
44	Becky	109	new	>100
45	Carla	108	new	>100
46	Paula	108	↑1	55
47	Kathleen	107	↓8	27
48	Sherry	104	new	54
49	Theresa	104	↓4	35
50	Tina	103	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	1,009	–	1
2	Michael	885	–	2
3	Mark	826	–	6
4	James	702	↑1	3
5	Robert	687	↓1	5
6	John	663	–	4
7	Kevin	499	↑3	15
8	Steven	461	↓1	10
9	William	459	–	7
10	Richard	454	↓2	8
11	Timothy	355	–	11
12	Gary	290	–	22
13	Charles	289	↑2	13
14	Jeffrey	288	↑7	14
15	Donald	283	↑3	19
16	Ronald	282	↑4	21
17	Brian	281	↑8	20
18	Thomas	281	↓4	9
19	Gregory	270	↓6	24
20	Daniel	267	↓4	17
21	Scott	267	↑3	23
22	Larry	260	↓3	28
23	Kenneth	251	↓6	16
24	Douglas	249	↑3	30
25	Terry	228	↓3	34
26	Randy	220	↓3	32
27	Mike	206	↑4	36
28	Paul	198	–	18
29	Jerry	191	↑1	37
30	Dennis	188	↓4	31
31	Joseph	175	↑4	12
32	Bradley	164	↑9	90
33	Bruce	157	↑1	39
34	Steve	157	↓1	43
35	Craig	154	↓6	41
36	Randall	154	↑1	59
37	Alan	147	↑3	50
38	Danny	147	↑4	48
39	Edward	144	↑4	26
40	Roger	144	↓2	47
41	Anthony	141	↑7	25
42	Keith	140	↑3	35
43	Ricky	140	↓11	38
44	Jeff	139	new	49
45	Stephen	135	↓9	27
46	Christopher	129	–	29
47	Patrick	128	↓3	45
48	Russell	128	↑2	56
49	Dale	127	↓10	54
50	Tim	119	new	60

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