Popular baby names in Kansas, 1961

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1961 were Lisa for girls (449 babies) and David for boys (1,022). Lisa ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,726 babies born in Kansas in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1961

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

Girls

Janell: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Janelle: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Gayla: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jana: 59 babies, 4× the national rate
Leann: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Kristy: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sondra: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Deana: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kristi: 41 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dana: 111 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kent: 99 babies, 4× the national rate
Darrel: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Monte: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Darin: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bret: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bradley: 163 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lyle: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Max: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Kelly: 93 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Lisa	449	↑6	2
2	Mary	427	↓1	1
3	Linda	378	↑2	4
4	Lori	377	↑11	14
5	Brenda	372	↓3	11
6	Susan	367	↓3	3
7	Karen	336	↓1	5
8	Debra	311	↓4	13
9	Pamela	294	–	15
10	Julie	280	↑3	23
11	Teresa	280	↓1	18
12	Cynthia	255	↓4	8
13	Sandra	255	↑4	9
14	Kimberly	247	↑2	22
15	Patricia	238	↓4	6
16	Tammy	234	↓2	28
17	Nancy	229	↑3	16
18	Barbara	225	↑5	12
19	Cheryl	218	↑2	20
20	Janet	212	↓1	32
21	Kathy	212	↑1	25
22	Donna	210	↓10	7
23	Deborah	209	↑5	10
24	Cindy	206	↓6	33
25	Debbie	202	↓1	31
26	Michelle	202	↑11	34
27	Denise	189	↑4	30
28	Carol	181	↓2	24
29	Sharon	177	–	17
30	Rhonda	166	–	46
31	Connie	164	↓6	50
32	Kim	152	↑1	36
33	Diane	150	↑1	26
34	Robin	150	↑7	27
35	Kelly	148	↓3	45
36	Rebecca	148	↓9	44
37	Terri	148	↓2	51
38	Laura	143	–	21
39	Diana	134	–	56
40	Sherry	132	↑8	53
41	Elizabeth	131	↓5	19
42	Angela	121	new	38
43	Tina	121	↑7	41
44	Jennifer	119	new	47
45	Carla	115	–	77
46	Dana	111	new	>100
47	Laurie	110	new	43
48	Theresa	109	↑1	35
49	Vicki	107	new	76
50	Paula	104	↓4	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	1,022	–	2
2	Michael	895	–	1
3	Mark	794	–	6
4	John	720	↑2	3
5	James	719	↓1	4
6	Robert	662	↓1	5
7	Kevin	491	–	14
8	Steven	444	–	10
9	William	401	–	7
10	Richard	393	–	8
11	Jeffrey	361	↑3	11
12	Brian	302	↑5	20
13	Scott	298	↑8	19
14	Gary	289	↓2	21
15	Thomas	286	↑3	9
16	Timothy	277	↓5	15
17	Douglas	272	↑7	28
18	Kenneth	256	↑5	16
19	Daniel	255	↑1	17
20	Gregory	253	↓1	23
21	Larry	252	↑1	30
22	Charles	251	↓9	13
23	Terry	229	↑2	32
24	Ronald	222	↓8	24
25	Donald	221	↓10	22
26	Mike	214	↑1	36
27	Paul	211	↑1	18
28	Randy	204	↓2	33
29	Roger	174	↑11	47
30	Dennis	171	–	34
31	Christopher	168	↑15	26
32	Bradley	163	–	87
33	Alan	162	↑4	51
34	Steve	153	–	45
35	Todd	147	new	46
36	Joseph	146	↓5	12
37	Bruce	143	↓4	40
38	Jerry	143	↓9	37
39	Craig	141	↓4	43
40	Stephen	141	↑5	27
41	Eric	133	new	38
42	Jeff	133	↑2	49
43	Keith	133	↓1	35
44	Russell	132	↑4	55
45	Rodney	127	new	72
46	Randall	126	↓10	63
47	Anthony	124	↓6	25
48	Chris	124	new	57
49	Dale	122	–	58
50	Danny	121	↓12	54

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