Top baby names in Kansas, 1914

Recorded as girls

RankNameBabies
1Mary527
2Helen337
3Dorothy315
4Margaret242
5Mildred231
6Ruth229
7Frances142
8Anna128
9Thelma120
10Marie116
11Irene113
12Elizabeth112
13Ruby111
14Evelyn110
15Esther107
15Hazel107
17Florence105
17Lois105
19Edna103
20Wilma100
21Alice97
21Virginia97
23Gladys94
23Marjorie94
23Pauline94
26Louise91
26Maxine91
28Ethel87
29Lucille80
30Vera77
31Velma76
32Clara73
32Grace73
34Martha67
35Doris66
35Edith66
37Opal64
38Viola61
39Bertha60
40Josephine59
40Marguerite59
42Bernice58
42Katherine58
44Leona57
45Elsie56
45Mabel56
47Gertrude54
47Juanita54
49Alma50
50Fern49

Recorded as boys

RankNameBabies
1John440
2William381
3Charles293
4Robert257
5James242
6George225
7Harold212
8Kenneth169
9Paul157
10Frank146
11Donald128
12Joseph126
13Raymond125
14Edward118
15Albert114
16Clarence112
17Walter111
18Ralph106
19Howard103
20Harry100
21Roy99
22Carl97
22Lawrence97
24Arthur91
25Earl90
26Thomas89
27Henry88
28Richard87
29Francis74
30Ernest70
31Eugene67
32Fred66
33Elmer64
34Floyd63
34Lloyd63
36Clifford62
36Jack62
38Dale61
39Leonard58
40Louis57
41Leo56
42Gerald54
43Russell53
43Vernon53
45David50
45Glenn50
47Joe49
48Cecil48
48Glen48
48Lester48