Popular baby names in Kansas, 1916

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1916 were Mary for girls (757 babies) and John for boys (590). Social Security records list 27,979 babies born in Kansas in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1916

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: 27 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Neva: 33 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Letha: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Maxine: 163 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Berniece: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Nadine: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Fern: 70 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Wilma: 150 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Velma: 107 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Elma: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Gail: 17 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Eldon: 40 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Vern: 19 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dean: 45 babies, 6× the national rate
Loren: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dale: 84 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Merle: 41 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Cleo: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ivan: 43 babies, 4× the national rate
Orval: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Mary	757	–	1
2	Helen	571	↑1	2
3	Dorothy	549	↓1	3
4	Ruth	399	–	5
5	Margaret	377	–	4
6	Mildred	348	–	6
7	Frances	249	–	9
8	Virginia	220	↑1	10
9	Alice	209	↑2	13
10	Elizabeth	183	↑15	8
11	Evelyn	178	↓3	11
12	Anna	174	↑1	7
13	Irene	171	↑5	17
14	Hazel	169	↓4	31
15	Marjorie	168	↑12	37
16	Edna	164	–	19
17	Maxine	163	↑2	96
18	Esther	161	↓4	34
19	Marie	161	↑1	12
20	Doris	159	↓5	32
21	Lucille	157	↑8	30
22	Ruby	151	↓1	23
23	Wilma	150	↓6	82
24	Lois	147	↓12	43
25	Thelma	142	↓2	29
26	Florence	139	↓4	14
27	Pauline	133	↓3	33
28	Martha	127	–	24
29	Edith	118	↓3	28
30	Gladys	114	↑2	22
31	Opal	113	↓1	91
32	Elsie	111	↑10	48
33	Ethel	111	–	25
34	Josephine	111	↑3	21
35	Velma	107	↓1	99
36	Vera	104	–	66
37	Leona	103	↑9	75
38	Betty	95	new	44
39	Grace	92	↓1	26
40	Bernice	91	↓5	42
41	Clara	90	↑2	39
42	Louise	90	↓11	18
43	Juanita	83	↓3	90
44	Viola	79	↓5	59
45	Agnes	78	↑2	50
46	Beulah	78	new	97
47	Catherine	77	new	20
48	Rose	76	↓3	15
49	Eleanor	75	↓8	27
50	Emma	75	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	John	590	–	1
2	William	485	–	2
3	Charles	483	–	6
4	Robert	446	–	4
5	James	382	–	3
6	Harold	314	↑1	13
7	George	309	↓1	7
8	Paul	217	–	12
9	Joseph	205	↑3	5
10	Donald	201	–	20
11	Kenneth	197	↓2	27
12	Ralph	191	↑1	21
13	Edward	189	↑7	8
14	Raymond	188	↑1	16
15	Richard	181	↓1	15
16	Walter	170	↑3	11
17	Clarence	166	↑5	24
18	Frank	163	↓7	9
19	Harry	152	↑6	19
20	Lawrence	151	↑1	38
21	Carl	142	↓3	23
22	Howard	139	↓6	25
23	Arthur	137	↓6	18
24	Albert	129	–	17
25	Earl	125	↑4	32
26	Jack	120	↑1	26
27	Roy	115	↑1	33
28	Henry	111	↓5	14
29	Thomas	110	↑10	10
30	Francis	109	↑1	31
31	Elmer	107	↑13	45
32	Ernest	103	↑5	36
33	Eugene	99	↓7	39
34	Joe	99	↑14	35
35	Floyd	98	↓3	60
36	Lloyd	98	↓3	58
37	Fred	96	↑1	29
38	Glenn	94	↓4	84
39	Leo	93	↓3	47
40	Melvin	93	↑5	57
41	Wayne	88	↑5	98
42	Dale	84	new	>100
43	Louis	82	↑6	22
44	Leonard	81	↓14	42
45	Victor	81	new	78
46	Chester	79	↓4	54
47	Clifford	78	new	61
48	Vernon	76	new	75
49	Marvin	75	↑1	66
50	David	72	new	28

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