Popular baby names in Kansas, 1914

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1914 were Mary for girls (527 babies) and John for boys (440). Social Security records list 17,740 babies born in Kansas in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1914

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

Girls

Velda: 15 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Maxine: 91 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Leota: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Neva: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Fern: 49 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Wilma: 100 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Velma: 76 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lela: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Elma: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lorene: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 26 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Dale: 61 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Orval: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dean: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dwight: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Merle: 27 babies, 5× the national rate
Eldon: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rex: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Glen: 48 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ivan: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	527	–	1
2	Helen	337	–	2
3	Dorothy	315	–	3
4	Margaret	242	↑1	4
5	Mildred	231	↓1	7
6	Ruth	229	–	5
7	Frances	142	↑1	9
8	Anna	128	↑2	6
9	Thelma	120	↑2	26
10	Marie	116	↑3	10
11	Irene	113	↑5	22
12	Elizabeth	112	–	8
13	Ruby	111	↑1	24
14	Evelyn	110	↑3	11
15	Esther	107	–	35
16	Hazel	107	↓7	29
17	Florence	105	↑2	13
18	Lois	105	↑14	51
19	Edna	103	↑2	19
20	Wilma	100	↑2	95
21	Alice	97	↓14	12
22	Virginia	97	↓2	14
23	Gladys	94	–	20
24	Marjorie	94	↑13	45
25	Pauline	94	↑8	34
26	Louise	91	↑2	17
27	Maxine	91	↑14	>100
28	Ethel	87	↓4	21
29	Lucille	80	↓11	30
30	Vera	77	↓3	68
31	Velma	76	↑5	92
32	Clara	73	↑8	37
33	Grace	73	↑2	25
34	Martha	67	↓9	27
35	Doris	66	↓6	36
36	Edith	66	↓5	31
37	Opal	64	↓7	89
38	Viola	61	↑4	57
39	Bertha	60	↑8	41
40	Josephine	59	↓14	23
41	Marguerite	59	↑9	84
42	Bernice	58	↓3	43
43	Katherine	58	↑3	48
44	Leona	57	new	79
45	Elsie	56	↓2	46
46	Mabel	56	↓1	58
47	Gertrude	54	new	32
48	Juanita	54	new	94
49	Alma	50	new	69
50	Fern	49	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	John	440	–	1
2	William	381	–	2
3	Charles	293	–	7
4	Robert	257	↑1	4
5	James	242	↓1	3
6	George	225	–	6
7	Harold	212	–	14
8	Kenneth	169	–	30
9	Paul	157	–	13
10	Frank	146	–	9
11	Donald	128	↑4	23
12	Joseph	126	↑1	5
13	Raymond	125	↓2	16
14	Edward	118	↑2	8
15	Albert	114	↑4	15
16	Clarence	112	↓2	22
17	Walter	111	–	10
18	Ralph	106	↓6	21
19	Howard	103	↑5	26
20	Harry	100	↑2	19
21	Roy	99	↓3	32
22	Carl	97	↓1	24
23	Lawrence	97	↓3	35
24	Arthur	91	↑5	18
25	Earl	90	↑3	33
26	Thomas	89	↓1	11
27	Henry	88	↓4	12
28	Richard	87	↓1	17
29	Francis	74	↑6	31
30	Ernest	70	–	38
31	Eugene	67	↑9	43
32	Fred	66	↓1	28
33	Elmer	64	↑14	46
34	Floyd	63	–	58
35	Lloyd	63	↑3	66
36	Clifford	62	new	62
37	Jack	62	↑13	27
38	Dale	61	new	>100
39	Leonard	58	↓7	45
40	Louis	57	↑4	20
41	Leo	56	↓5	47
42	Gerald	54	↑6	81
43	Russell	53	↓4	49
44	Vernon	53	new	83
45	David	50	new	29
46	Glenn	50	↓20	91
47	Joe	49	↓6	34
48	Cecil	48	↓5	79
49	Glen	48	new	>100
50	Lester	48	↓13	57

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