Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Kansas, 1918

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	884
2	Helen	588
3	Dorothy	549
4	Margaret	443
5	Ruth	396
6	Mildred	321
7	Virginia	290
8	Frances	267
9	Evelyn	223
10	Marjorie	218
11	Maxine	214
12	Betty	207
13	Lois	181
14	Doris	179
15	Alice	175
16	Thelma	169
17	Anna	168
18	Elizabeth	160
19	Marie	154
20	Hazel	153
21	Wilma	148
22	Irene	146
22	Ruby	146
24	Esther	144
24	Gladys	144
26	Pauline	133
27	Edith	127
28	Lucille	124
29	Florence	123
30	Edna	121
31	Louise	119
32	Vera	117
33	Josephine	116
34	Ethel	115
35	Martha	114
36	Opal	109
37	Velma	104
38	Eva	95
39	Juanita	93
40	Viola	92
41	Grace	91
42	Fern	89
43	Clara	87
43	Elsie	87
45	Leona	84
46	Bernice	83
46	Kathryn	83
48	Jean	81
49	Marguerite	80
50	Vivian	79

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	662
2	Robert	622
3	William	535
4	Charles	446
5	James	439
6	George	387
7	Harold	303
8	Donald	252
9	Raymond	237
10	Paul	219
11	Kenneth	210
12	Edward	201
13	Ralph	198
14	Richard	195
15	Jack	192
16	Frank	184
17	Clarence	181
18	Joseph	175
19	Lawrence	174
20	Carl	159
21	Albert	154
22	Walter	152
23	Harry	143
24	Lloyd	142
25	Arthur	139
25	Roy	139
27	Francis	127
27	Fred	127
29	Earl	123
30	Melvin	121
31	Thomas	119
32	Leonard	117
33	Elmer	116
33	Howard	116
35	Wayne	110
36	Eugene	109
37	Ernest	108
37	Henry	108
39	Glenn	101
40	Gerald	100
41	Floyd	99
41	Joe	99
41	Leo	99
44	Dale	94
45	Clifford	93
45	Leroy	93
47	Marvin	90
48	Chester	87
49	Vernon	86
49	Virgil	86