Popular baby names in Kansas, 1912

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1912 were Mary for girls (369 babies) and John for boys (281). Social Security records list 13,119 babies born in Kansas in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1912

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

Girls

Leota: 19 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Berniece: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Fern: 43 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Maxine: 47 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Velma: 79 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Wilma: 67 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Opal: 71 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Freda: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Juanita: 51 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Faye: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Dale: 30 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Merle: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dean: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ivan: 25 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lyle: 24 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Leland: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Delbert: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Virgil: 38 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Glen: 25 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	369	–	1
2	Helen	252	–	2
3	Dorothy	242	–	3
4	Mildred	216	↑1	6
5	Margaret	203	↓1	4
6	Ruth	196	–	5
7	Marie	105	↑8	10
8	Thelma	104	↑2	26
9	Frances	103	↓2	9
10	Alice	99	↑4	11
11	Gladys	91	↑2	19
12	Hazel	91	↓1	25
13	Edith	88	↓1	31
14	Elizabeth	88	↑5	8
15	Esther	82	↓6	33
16	Velma	79	↑19	88
17	Irene	78	↑9	22
18	Anna	77	↑6	7
19	Edna	77	↓11	16
20	Florence	76	↓2	12
21	Evelyn	75	↓1	13
22	Ruby	74	↓6	23
23	Ethel	72	↓6	18
24	Louise	72	↑9	17
25	Opal	71	↓4	85
26	Marjorie	67	↑2	56
27	Wilma	67	↓5	99
28	Vera	66	↓5	68
29	Lois	64	↑19	63
30	Lucille	64	↓3	32
31	Pauline	64	–	38
32	Virginia	60	↑6	20
33	Grace	59	↓8	24
34	Elsie	58	↑5	42
35	Josephine	56	new	28
36	Martha	55	↓6	29
37	Nellie	54	↑5	59
38	Agnes	52	↓6	40
39	Clara	52	↓5	34
40	Juanita	51	new	>100
41	Mabel	51	↓12	46
42	Bertha	49	↑2	36
43	Viola	48	new	52
44	Bernice	47	↓1	51
45	Maxine	47	new	>100
46	Doris	45	↓10	48
47	Katherine	45	new	53
48	Eva	44	new	49
49	Fern	43	new	>100
50	Lillian	42	↓5	14

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	John	281	–	1
2	William	238	↑3	2
3	Robert	188	↑4	4
4	James	187	↓1	3
5	Charles	182	↓3	7
6	George	161	↓2	6
7	Harold	144	↓1	13
8	Frank	110	–	9
9	Ralph	103	↑1	23
10	Paul	100	↑11	14
11	Joseph	97	↑9	5
12	Raymond	94	↑2	18
13	Kenneth	93	↓4	33
14	Clarence	86	↑3	21
15	Edward	80	↑3	8
16	Carl	79	↓1	24
17	Harry	77	↓1	16
18	Richard	77	↑4	19
19	Earl	71	↑4	34
20	Howard	71	↑5	25
21	Lawrence	70	↑5	38
22	Walter	69	↑2	11
23	Albert	65	↑4	17
24	Donald	62	↓13	27
25	Eugene	61	↑9	41
26	Arthur	60	↑2	15
27	Henry	60	↓14	12
28	Thomas	59	↑7	10
29	Roy	56	↓10	31
30	Lloyd	55	↑7	70
31	Fred	54	↓19	26
32	Ernest	51	↑15	32
33	Elmer	48	↓4	47
34	Glenn	47	new	84
35	Floyd	46	↑9	59
36	Cecil	41	↓5	76
37	Everett	40	↑6	96
38	Edwin	38	new	54
39	Francis	38	↓3	35
40	Virgil	38	↓8	>100
41	Jack	37	↓11	28
42	Louis	37	new	20
43	Melvin	37	↑6	71
44	Herbert	36	↓4	39
45	Clyde	35	↑1	65
46	Leo	35	new	49
47	Lester	35	new	58
48	Marion	33	new	>100
49	Ray	33	↓8	77
50	Clifford	32	–	62

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