Popular baby names in Kansas, 1910

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1910 were Mary for girls (251 babies) and John for boys (129). Social Security records list 6,971 babies born in Kansas in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in Kansas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Fern: 26 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Velma: 66 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Faye: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Opal: 46 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Erma: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Freda: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Wilma: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Juanita: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Naomi: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Goldie: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Glenn: 24 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Marion: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Floyd: 33 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Vernon: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Clifford: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ralph: 46 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kenneth: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lloyd: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Melvin: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Harold: 58 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	251	1
2	Helen	172	2
3	Dorothy	144	4
4	Ruth	144	5
5	Mildred	127	8
6	Margaret	118	3
7	Thelma	84	25
8	Frances	81	11
9	Hazel	78	24
10	Edna	69	18
11	Gladys	68	15
12	Velma	66	90
13	Alice	65	10
14	Irene	64	21
15	Anna	63	6
16	Florence	60	12
17	Ethel	59	13
18	Elizabeth	55	7
19	Esther	53	38
20	Lucille	53	31
21	Marie	53	9
22	Bertha	52	33
23	Edith	52	35
24	Evelyn	48	17
25	Nellie	48	51
26	Clara	46	32
27	Opal	46	87
28	Martha	45	28
29	Virginia	43	29
30	Pauline	42	42
31	Rose	42	16
32	Vera	40	71
33	Elsie	39	44
34	Doris	38	64
35	Josephine	37	30
36	Louise	37	20
37	Marjorie	37	68
38	Viola	37	48
39	Pearl	36	39
40	Ruby	36	27
41	Eva	35	45
42	Lois	35	76
43	Grace	34	23
44	Leona	33	79
45	Bernice	32	58
46	Agnes	31	41
47	Jessie	31	63
48	Emma	30	34
49	Gertrude	30	26
50	Mabel	29	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	John	129	1
2	William	104	3
3	Charles	76	7
4	James	71	2
5	George	63	5
6	Robert	61	4
7	Harold	58	18
8	Paul	55	15
9	Frank	50	8
10	Ralph	46	28
11	Clarence	43	20
12	Joseph	37	6
13	Albert	35	14
14	Floyd	33	55
15	Howard	33	27
16	Raymond	33	19
17	Walter	33	13
18	Harry	32	16
19	Kenneth	32	43
20	Roy	32	29
21	Ernest	29	31
22	Fred	29	22
23	Jack	28	23
24	Thomas	28	12
25	Carl	27	26
26	Arthur	26	17
27	Earl	25	33
28	Edward	24	9
29	Glenn	24	97
30	Clifford	23	66
31	Donald	23	44
32	Henry	23	10
33	Lawrence	23	35
34	Richard	23	21
35	Elmer	21	48
36	Francis	21	36
37	Herbert	20	41
38	Leonard	20	46
39	Lloyd	19	67
40	Alfred	18	38
41	Leroy	18	50
42	Lester	17	64
43	Eugene	16	39
44	Joe	16	25
45	Chester	15	61
46	Marion	15	>100
47	Melvin	15	75
48	Vernon	15	94
49	Lee	14	49
50	Leo	13	51

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