Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Kansas, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	662
2	Patricia	373
3	Judith	350
4	Barbara	348
5	Judy	331
6	Carol	328
6	Sharon	328
8	Karen	277
9	Shirley	255
10	Nancy	240
11	Betty	231
12	Carolyn	222
13	Donna	217
13	Joyce	217
15	Linda	216
16	Marilyn	202
17	Janice	199
18	Sandra	196
19	Beverly	149
19	Virginia	149
21	Dorothy	143
22	Phyllis	141
23	Janet	129
24	Ruth	127
25	Margaret	124
26	Helen	103
27	Bonnie	101
28	Joan	99
29	Norma	95
30	Lois	91
31	Connie	89
32	Doris	88
33	Peggy	82
34	Martha	81
35	Darlene	77
36	Marjorie	75
37	Elizabeth	74
38	Alice	72
39	Kay	71
40	Gloria	66
41	Frances	64
42	Anita	63
42	Delores	63
44	Carole	62
45	Wanda	61
46	Jean	60
47	Brenda	57
48	Charlotte	56
49	Roberta	55
50	Jane	54

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Larry	713
2	Robert	621
3	James	554
4	John	553
5	Gary	509
6	Richard	461
7	Donald	368
8	William	363
9	Charles	355
10	Ronald	318
11	Jerry	299
12	David	291
13	Kenneth	207
14	George	154
15	Thomas	148
16	Gerald	139
17	Dennis	137
18	Paul	136
19	Michael	133
20	Roger	124
21	Harold	121
21	Raymond	121
23	Jack	117
24	Dale	102
25	Lawrence	94
26	Frank	87
27	Carl	85
27	Jim	85
27	Wayne	85
30	Don	84
31	Melvin	80
32	Edward	78
33	Bill	76
33	Billy	76
33	Marvin	76
36	Ralph	74
37	Norman	73
38	Joseph	66
39	Leroy	65
39	Walter	65
41	Phillip	64
42	Darrell	63
42	Eugene	63
44	Joe	62
45	Jimmy	60
46	Fred	59
47	Arthur	58
48	Terry	57
49	Earl	55
49	Gene	55