Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Kansas, 1948

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,367
2	Mary	727
3	Barbara	503
4	Patricia	439
5	Sharon	434
6	Carol	362
7	Nancy	359
8	Susan	354
9	Karen	324
10	Sandra	289
11	Connie	288
11	Donna	288
13	Judy	278
14	Janet	270
15	Janice	269
16	Carolyn	239
17	Cheryl	230
18	Pamela	220
19	Joyce	218
20	Shirley	207
21	Judith	201
22	Cynthia	189
23	Marilyn	186
24	Margaret	176
25	Betty	170
26	Kathleen	169
27	Diana	146
28	Vicki	134
29	Beverly	130
29	Peggy	130
31	Sherry	119
32	Deborah	113
33	Brenda	112
33	Elizabeth	112
33	Jane	112
33	Rita	112
37	Bonnie	111
37	Marsha	111
39	Martha	110
40	Diane	105
40	Virginia	105
42	Phyllis	98
43	Teresa	97
44	Ruth	95
45	Kathryn	93
46	Paula	92
47	Rebecca	91
47	Sheryl	91
49	Kathy	90
50	Marcia	86

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	896
2	James	867
3	John	795
4	Michael	704
5	David	693
6	Richard	614
7	Larry	608
8	Ronald	523
9	Gary	498
10	William	474
11	Charles	405
12	Dennis	388
13	Donald	369
14	Thomas	359
15	Steven	332
16	Kenneth	323
17	Terry	255
18	Stephen	253
19	Jerry	249
20	Roger	205
21	Paul	175
22	George	174
23	Mike	164
24	Daniel	153
25	Danny	135
26	Joseph	132
27	Edward	131
28	Steve	130
29	Dale	129
30	Gerald	128
31	Jack	126
32	Jim	123
33	Mark	119
34	Bruce	115
35	Douglas	112
36	Harold	109
37	Bill	108
38	Raymond	107
39	Gregory	105
40	Ronnie	98
41	Lawrence	97
41	Stanley	97
43	Alan	94
43	Wayne	94
45	Patrick	90
46	Rodney	86
46	Tom	86
48	Joe	85
49	Carl	82
49	Frank	82