Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Kansas, 1920

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	890
2	Dorothy	626
3	Helen	521
4	Betty	417
5	Ruth	383
6	Virginia	378
7	Margaret	363
8	Mildred	351
9	Evelyn	264
10	Frances	245
10	Marjorie	245
12	Doris	228
13	Maxine	227
14	Lois	187
15	Wilma	184
16	Alice	179
17	Anna	174
18	Elizabeth	164
19	Esther	159
20	Marie	155
21	Ruby	152
22	Thelma	150
23	Lucille	142
24	Edna	135
25	Martha	134
26	Hazel	131
27	Irene	129
28	Florence	126
28	Pauline	126
30	Gladys	120
30	Vera	120
32	Juanita	114
33	Edith	110
34	Geraldine	107
35	Ethel	102
35	Vivian	102
37	Jean	101
37	Opal	101
37	Velma	101
40	Clara	99
40	Louise	99
42	Josephine	97
43	Rose	91
44	Elsie	88
45	Eleanor	85
46	Lillian	84
47	Fern	83
48	Norma	82
49	Grace	81
50	Eva	79

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	735
2	John	651
3	William	623
4	James	492
5	Charles	488
6	Harold	367
7	George	361
8	Donald	334
9	Richard	287
10	Raymond	280
11	Paul	240
12	Jack	231
13	Kenneth	212
14	Edward	198
15	Walter	190
16	Frank	185
17	Joseph	184
17	Ralph	184
19	Clarence	183
20	Carl	172
21	Warren	171
22	Lawrence	168
23	Albert	155
23	Eugene	155
25	Harry	154
26	Thomas	148
27	Arthur	139
28	Leonard	135
29	Roy	133
30	Howard	129
31	Earl	126
32	Gerald	122
33	Lloyd	119
34	Dale	117
35	Melvin	114
36	Ernest	112
37	Vernon	109
38	Henry	107
39	Elmer	106
40	Glenn	105
40	Leo	105
42	Francis	102
42	Fred	102
44	Wayne	97
45	Floyd	95
46	Marvin	94
47	David	92
48	Chester	87
48	Clyde	87
48	Joe	87