Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Kansas, 1923

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	982
2	Betty	890
3	Dorothy	654
4	Helen	441
5	Virginia	421
6	Margaret	363
7	Ruth	331
8	Marjorie	317
9	Doris	293
10	Mildred	243
11	Frances	227
12	Evelyn	205
13	Lois	200
14	Wilma	182
15	Maxine	175
16	Norma	172
17	Elizabeth	163
18	Anna	161
19	Alice	151
20	Esther	145
21	Martha	137
22	Barbara	136
23	Juanita	135
24	Phyllis	131
25	Irene	126
26	Wanda	125
27	Edna	118
28	Lucille	116
29	Jean	115
30	Pauline	112
31	Thelma	110
32	Ruby	109
33	Patricia	103
34	Marie	101
35	Shirley	100
35	Vera	100
37	Florence	99
38	Edith	98
39	Hazel	96
40	Ethel	90
41	Bonnie	89
42	Eleanor	87
42	Louise	87
44	Geraldine	85
44	Velma	85
46	Gladys	83
47	Clara	81
47	Josephine	81
49	June	79
50	Opal	76

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	984
2	William	657
3	John	652
4	James	567
5	Charles	564
6	Harold	414
7	Donald	346
8	George	338
9	Jack	310
10	Richard	290
11	Kenneth	269
12	Paul	255
13	Raymond	250
14	Frank	193
15	Ralph	192
16	Edward	185
17	Joseph	180
18	Eugene	168
19	Carl	165
20	Earl	162
21	Dale	157
22	Clarence	155
23	Walter	151
24	Arthur	145
25	Albert	136
26	Harry	134
27	Howard	132
28	Lawrence	131
29	Thomas	128
30	Warren	126
31	Marvin	123
32	Roy	119
33	Melvin	117
34	Wayne	107
35	Lloyd	106
36	Joe	105
37	Henry	104
38	Ernest	103
38	Gerald	103
38	Leonard	103
41	Elmer	101
41	Francis	101
43	Fred	99
44	Floyd	97
45	Leo	95
46	David	94
46	Dean	94
48	Louis	87
49	Bill	86
50	Vernon	85