Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Kansas, 1927

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	987
2	Betty	933
3	Dorothy	514
4	Helen	371
5	Virginia	303
6	Doris	286
7	Margaret	263
8	Norma	262
9	Ruth	237
10	Lois	226
11	Barbara	222
12	Marjorie	201
13	Phyllis	192
14	Donna	186
15	Alice	169
16	Wilma	163
17	Mildred	161
18	Frances	159
18	Patricia	159
20	Evelyn	158
21	Wanda	145
22	Shirley	144
23	Anna	135
24	Bonnie	121
24	Maxine	121
26	Martha	119
27	Jean	116
27	Juanita	116
29	Elizabeth	106
30	Joan	101
31	Joyce	97
32	Irene	96
33	Ruby	92
34	Rose	90
35	Thelma	88
36	Beverly	87
36	Esther	87
38	Marilyn	84
39	Dolores	83
40	Geraldine	78
40	Peggy	78
42	Vera	75
43	Florence	74
44	Hazel	73
45	Edna	72
45	Marie	72
47	June	70
47	Vivian	70
49	Edith	69
50	Velma	67

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,035
2	William	576
3	Donald	566
4	John	538
5	James	526
6	Charles	482
7	Richard	415
8	Harold	305
9	Jack	302
10	George	300
11	Kenneth	283
12	Raymond	180
13	Ralph	174
14	Billy	172
15	Paul	170
16	Eugene	169
17	Frank	149
18	Dale	146
19	Earl	140
19	Edward	140
21	Clarence	136
21	Marvin	136
23	Thomas	135
24	Joseph	132
25	Lawrence	127
26	Wayne	122
27	Howard	114
28	Carl	113
29	Harry	111
29	Walter	111
31	Bill	108
32	Albert	106
32	Melvin	106
34	Bob	105
35	Roy	104
36	Gerald	103
37	Floyd	102
37	Francis	102
39	David	101
39	Leonard	101
41	Lloyd	99
41	Norman	99
43	Arthur	97
44	Gene	91
45	Leroy	88
46	Joe	83
47	Dean	81
48	Glenn	80
49	Don	79
50	Vernon	76