Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Kansas, 1926

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Betty	928
2	Mary	905
3	Dorothy	561
4	Helen	375
5	Virginia	312
6	Doris	300
7	Ruth	298
8	Margaret	297
9	Norma	267
10	Marjorie	227
11	Lois	216
12	Barbara	193
13	Frances	183
14	Wilma	172
15	Phyllis	167
16	Shirley	163
17	Mildred	161
18	Evelyn	159
19	Wanda	153
20	Alice	146
21	Patricia	144
22	Anna	137
23	Donna	134
24	Martha	131
25	Bonnie	126
26	Jean	116
27	Maxine	112
28	Juanita	109
29	Edna	104
29	Elizabeth	104
29	Thelma	104
32	Esther	99
32	Irene	99
34	Marie	93
35	June	90
36	Peggy	87
36	Ruby	87
38	Pauline	86
38	Rose	86
40	Florence	85
41	Edith	84
42	Velma	82
43	Gloria	80
43	Joan	80
45	Vera	77
46	Joyce	76
47	Geraldine	75
47	Louise	75
47	Lucille	75
50	Hazel	73

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,026
2	William	615
3	John	585
4	James	550
5	Donald	520
6	Charles	477
7	Richard	366
8	Harold	318
9	Kenneth	305
10	George	278
11	Jack	263
12	Raymond	194
13	Paul	187
14	Edward	162
15	Ralph	161
16	Frank	150
17	Walter	148
18	Dale	145
19	Billy	142
20	Eugene	141
21	Clarence	132
22	Earl	126
23	Carl	124
24	Lawrence	120
25	Joseph	118
26	Gerald	117
27	Roy	116
28	Melvin	115
29	Bill	112
29	Harry	112
29	Marvin	112
32	Howard	110
32	Wayne	110
34	Glenn	106
34	Lloyd	106
36	Arthur	105
37	Francis	102
37	Joe	102
39	Albert	95
39	Thomas	95
41	David	90
41	Vernon	90
43	Edwin	84
43	Floyd	84
43	Leonard	84
46	Elmer	82
47	Bob	80
48	Leo	79
48	Virgil	79
50	Norman	77