Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Kansas, 1917

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	855
2	Helen	566
3	Dorothy	526
4	Margaret	392
5	Ruth	366
6	Mildred	336
7	Virginia	272
8	Frances	219
9	Alice	181
9	Marjorie	181
11	Evelyn	179
12	Elizabeth	173
13	Maxine	171
14	Pauline	169
14	Wilma	169
16	Anna	167
17	Doris	165
18	Esther	160
19	Lois	157
20	Lucille	154
21	Hazel	150
22	Gladys	147
23	Marie	141
24	Thelma	139
25	Edna	138
25	Florence	138
27	Ruby	137
28	Betty	134
29	Opal	123
30	Edith	122
31	Irene	119
32	Martha	112
33	Velma	109
34	Ethel	101
34	Leona	101
36	Louise	100
37	Josephine	98
37	Vera	98
39	Grace	97
40	Bernice	94
41	Viola	92
42	Elsie	88
43	Lillian	81
44	Agnes	80
45	Juanita	78
46	Clara	77
47	Bertha	76
47	Kathryn	76
49	Gertrude	72
50	Eleanor	71

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	598
2	William	548
3	Robert	544
4	James	469
5	Charles	411
6	George	324
7	Harold	320
8	Paul	259
9	Raymond	208
10	Kenneth	199
11	Donald	195
12	Frank	193
13	Joseph	188
14	Richard	181
15	Edward	177
16	Ralph	176
17	Carl	155
17	Clarence	155
19	Walter	154
20	Lawrence	146
21	Roy	140
22	Howard	139
23	Jack	137
24	Harry	133
25	Albert	132
25	Earl	132
27	Arthur	126
28	Lloyd	120
29	Thomas	117
30	Elmer	115
31	Melvin	107
32	Francis	106
33	Ernest	101
33	Henry	101
35	Clifford	100
36	Floyd	99
37	Eugene	98
38	Dale	97
38	Fred	97
40	Leonard	96
41	Glenn	94
42	Marvin	91
42	Virgil	91
44	Gerald	89
45	Joe	88
46	Wayne	83
47	Ray	82
48	David	80
49	Vernon	79
50	Leo	77