Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Kansas, 1951

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	968
2	Mary	747
3	Patricia	593
4	Deborah	455
5	Susan	439
6	Barbara	428
7	Nancy	395
8	Debra	369
9	Pamela	354
10	Karen	349
11	Sharon	325
12	Sandra	319
13	Carol	309
14	Donna	303
15	Janet	297
16	Kathleen	274
17	Janice	265
18	Connie	262
19	Cynthia	243
20	Cheryl	234
21	Brenda	201
22	Joyce	193
23	Carolyn	188
24	Marilyn	187
25	Rebecca	180
26	Judith	178
27	Diana	168
28	Beverly	160
29	Kathy	158
30	Judy	157
31	Marsha	156
32	Kathryn	154
33	Diane	148
34	Margaret	147
35	Vicki	144
36	Peggy	142
37	Jane	141
38	Rita	140
39	Shirley	138
40	Betty	135
41	Elizabeth	134
42	Paula	121
43	Marcia	120
43	Teresa	120
45	Catherine	109
45	Katherine	109
47	Martha	108
48	Ruth	104
49	Virginia	101
50	Vickie	100

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,009
2	Robert	925
3	John	887
4	David	874
5	James	841
6	Steven	666
7	Richard	655
8	William	582
9	Gary	516
10	Larry	482
11	Ronald	460
12	Thomas	458
13	Charles	441
14	Donald	416
15	Stephen	345
16	Dennis	344
17	Mark	336
18	Kenneth	330
19	Terry	304
20	Daniel	247
21	Gregory	232
22	Jerry	223
23	Roger	203
24	Bruce	181
25	Douglas	179
26	Paul	176
27	Edward	165
28	George	158
29	Joseph	157
30	Timothy	150
31	Stanley	140
32	Dale	135
33	Danny	133
34	Gerald	132
35	Patrick	129
36	Alan	124
37	Jack	121
38	Rodney	117
39	Randall	115
39	Randy	115
41	Lawrence	112
42	Keith	108
43	Raymond	103
44	Craig	102
45	Harold	96
46	Wayne	90
47	Frank	83
48	Roy	81
49	Philip	78
50	Carl	77