Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Kansas, 1949

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,168
2	Mary	796
3	Patricia	513
4	Barbara	407
5	Sharon	381
6	Nancy	364
7	Carol	353
8	Susan	341
9	Karen	326
10	Donna	281
11	Connie	279
12	Sandra	272
13	Janice	253
14	Janet	246
15	Pamela	241
16	Deborah	228
17	Judy	223
18	Kathleen	222
19	Carolyn	217
20	Cheryl	211
20	Joyce	211
22	Cynthia	207
23	Shirley	206
24	Marilyn	205
25	Judith	198
26	Brenda	173
27	Diana	149
27	Rebecca	149
29	Betty	148
29	Margaret	148
31	Kathy	143
32	Beverly	140
33	Jane	138
34	Diane	137
35	Peggy	134
36	Vicki	132
37	Kathryn	126
38	Rita	117
39	Virginia	116
40	Sherry	110
41	Marsha	107
42	Paula	106
42	Phyllis	106
42	Ruth	106
45	Catherine	97
46	Teresa	95
47	Elizabeth	93
48	Helen	89
48	Martha	89
50	Dorothy	88

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	898
2	John	865
3	James	856
4	Michael	814
5	David	760
6	Larry	595
7	Richard	579
8	William	547
9	Gary	496
10	Ronald	469
11	Charles	445
12	Steven	431
13	Donald	390
14	Thomas	381
15	Stephen	330
16	Dennis	328
17	Kenneth	317
18	Terry	240
19	Jerry	226
20	Roger	191
21	Daniel	188
22	Paul	184
23	Mark	176
24	Douglas	170
25	George	169
26	Joseph	152
27	Gerald	150
28	Gregory	133
29	Danny	131
29	Edward	131
31	Dale	120
32	Steve	115
33	Patrick	113
34	Frank	106
34	Harold	106
36	Jack	104
37	Mike	103
38	Alan	102
38	Raymond	102
40	Bruce	97
41	Timothy	95
42	Rodney	93
42	Stanley	93
44	Randall	90
45	Bill	88
46	Keith	86
47	Phillip	85
48	Carl	84
49	Jim	83
50	Ralph	81