Popular baby names in Kansas, 1962

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1962 were Lisa for girls (480 babies) and David for boys (929). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 41,818 babies born in Kansas in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1962

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: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dixie: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Janelle: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Deann: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ladonna: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Karla: 76 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jolene: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Deana: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dee: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sondra: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 26 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Monte: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kendall: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Darin: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lyle: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Loren: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Monty: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shane: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bradley: 157 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kent: 89 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	480	–	1
2	Mary	425	–	2
3	Brenda	380	↑2	12
4	Lori	376	–	11
5	Susan	361	↑1	3
6	Linda	340	↓3	5
7	Kimberly	330	↑7	16
8	Karen	326	↓1	4
9	Julie	275	↑1	22
10	Teresa	264	↑1	18
11	Pamela	253	↓2	13
12	Debra	249	↓4	15
13	Tammy	246	↑3	23
14	Cynthia	240	↓2	8
15	Patricia	224	–	6
16	Sandra	220	↓3	10
17	Kelly	219	↑18	38
18	Michelle	203	↑8	31
19	Janet	196	↑1	35
20	Deborah	189	↑3	9
21	Rhonda	187	↑9	45
22	Kathy	184	↓1	27
23	Cindy	183	↑1	34
24	Donna	181	↓2	7
25	Sharon	181	↑4	17
26	Debbie	172	↓1	32
27	Denise	171	–	30
28	Nancy	169	↓11	19
29	Barbara	166	↓11	14
30	Cheryl	164	↓11	24
31	Connie	163	–	51
32	Robin	162	↑2	25
33	Laura	161	↑5	21
34	Angela	156	↑8	36
35	Kim	154	↓3	37
36	Carol	153	↓8	28
37	Tina	152	↑6	33
38	Rebecca	146	↓2	47
39	Elizabeth	135	↑2	20
40	Diane	131	↓7	26
41	Terri	130	↓4	54
42	Tracy	125	new	55
43	Diana	120	↓4	57
44	Sherry	118	↓4	48
45	Sheila	117	new	52
46	Jennifer	116	↓2	41
47	Sherri	106	new	82
48	Stephanie	103	new	70
49	Theresa	100	↓1	40
50	Kathleen	98	new	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	929	–	2
2	Michael	850	–	1
3	Mark	740	–	6
4	John	707	–	3
5	James	649	–	4
6	Robert	639	–	5
7	Kevin	485	–	14
8	Scott	441	↑5	11
9	William	428	–	7
10	Steven	407	↓2	12
11	Jeffrey	396	–	10
12	Richard	388	↓2	8
13	Gary	324	↑1	22
14	Brian	303	↓2	20
15	Timothy	295	↑1	16
16	Douglas	269	↑1	27
17	Gregory	267	↑3	21
18	Charles	262	↑4	15
19	Daniel	246	–	17
20	Kenneth	246	↓2	18
21	Ronald	245	↑3	25
22	Thomas	243	↓7	9
23	Donald	227	↑2	23
24	Larry	215	↓3	31
25	Randy	210	↑3	35
26	Terry	202	↓3	34
27	Joseph	194	↑9	13
28	Mike	192	↓2	39
29	Todd	171	↑6	30
30	Troy	170	new	67
31	Roger	160	↓2	47
32	Bradley	157	–	87
33	Jeff	157	↑9	44
34	Christopher	155	↓3	26
35	Jerry	154	↑3	38
36	Patrick	147	new	40
37	Paul	145	↓10	19
38	Steve	144	↓4	46
39	Stephen	143	↑1	28
40	Alan	141	↓7	53
41	Keith	130	↑2	36
42	Dennis	126	↓12	37
43	Craig	120	↓4	51
44	Anthony	119	↑3	24
45	Danny	118	↑5	54
46	Bruce	113	↓9	41
47	Eric	112	↓6	33
48	Dale	111	↑1	62
49	Edward	111	new	29
50	Ricky	107	new	50

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