Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Kansas, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Debra	793
2	Linda	752
3	Mary	733
4	Patricia	588
5	Deborah	553
6	Susan	493
7	Pamela	406
8	Nancy	399
9	Barbara	391
9	Cynthia	391
11	Karen	385
12	Janet	350
13	Carol	294
14	Donna	286
15	Sharon	282
16	Sandra	280
17	Rebecca	271
18	Connie	256
19	Brenda	237
20	Kathy	230
21	Marilyn	226
22	Kathleen	218
23	Janice	215
24	Cheryl	208
25	Joyce	200
26	Teresa	191
27	Peggy	175
28	Carolyn	165
29	Diana	163
30	Diane	161
31	Kathryn	156
32	Judy	150
33	Marsha	145
34	Elizabeth	143
35	Jane	142
35	Paula	142
37	Margaret	141
38	Shirley	137
39	Catherine	131
40	Judith	129
41	Rhonda	125
41	Vicki	125
43	Denise	123
44	Beverly	121
45	Rita	120
46	Martha	118
47	Vickie	117
48	Betty	112
48	Christine	112
50	Marcia	111

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,112
2	David	1,058
3	Robert	962
4	James	870
5	John	802
6	Steven	701
7	Richard	684
8	William	608
9	Gary	492
10	Mark	474
11	Charles	469
12	Ronald	448
13	Thomas	441
14	Larry	419
15	Dennis	405
16	Donald	401
17	Kenneth	330
18	Stephen	314
19	Daniel	311
20	Terry	303
21	Gregory	247
22	Randy	233
23	Douglas	230
24	Roger	228
25	Timothy	218
26	Jerry	210
27	Paul	208
28	Joseph	198
29	Bruce	178
30	Randall	170
31	Dale	161
31	Rodney	161
33	Edward	158
34	George	151
35	Danny	140
36	Patrick	133
37	Gerald	131
38	Jeffrey	126
39	Craig	125
39	Stanley	125
41	Jack	119
42	Alan	116
43	Kevin	114
44	Lawrence	113
45	Raymond	108
45	Wayne	108
47	Ricky	93
48	Micheal	92
49	Keith	91
50	Scott	90