Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Kansas, 1916

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	757
2	Helen	571
3	Dorothy	549
4	Ruth	399
5	Margaret	377
6	Mildred	348
7	Frances	249
8	Virginia	220
9	Alice	209
10	Elizabeth	183
11	Evelyn	178
12	Anna	174
13	Irene	171
14	Hazel	169
15	Marjorie	168
16	Edna	164
17	Maxine	163
18	Esther	161
18	Marie	161
20	Doris	159
21	Lucille	157
22	Ruby	151
23	Wilma	150
24	Lois	147
25	Thelma	142
26	Florence	139
27	Pauline	133
28	Martha	127
29	Edith	118
30	Gladys	114
31	Opal	113
32	Elsie	111
32	Ethel	111
32	Josephine	111
35	Velma	107
36	Vera	104
37	Leona	103
38	Betty	95
39	Grace	92
40	Bernice	91
41	Clara	90
41	Louise	90
43	Juanita	83
44	Viola	79
45	Agnes	78
45	Beulah	78
47	Catherine	77
48	Rose	76
49	Eleanor	75
49	Emma	75

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	590
2	William	485
3	Charles	483
4	Robert	446
5	James	382
6	Harold	314
7	George	309
8	Paul	217
9	Joseph	205
10	Donald	201
11	Kenneth	197
12	Ralph	191
13	Edward	189
14	Raymond	188
15	Richard	181
16	Walter	170
17	Clarence	166
18	Frank	163
19	Harry	152
20	Lawrence	151
21	Carl	142
22	Howard	139
23	Arthur	137
24	Albert	129
25	Earl	125
26	Jack	120
27	Roy	115
28	Henry	111
29	Thomas	110
30	Francis	109
31	Elmer	107
32	Ernest	103
33	Eugene	99
33	Joe	99
35	Floyd	98
35	Lloyd	98
37	Fred	96
38	Glenn	94
39	Leo	93
39	Melvin	93
41	Wayne	88
42	Dale	84
43	Louis	82
44	Leonard	81
44	Victor	81
46	Chester	79
47	Clifford	78
48	Vernon	76
49	Marvin	75
50	David	72