Popular baby names in Kansas, 1917

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1917 were Mary for girls (855 babies) and John for boys (598). Social Security records list 28,656 babies born in Kansas in 1917 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1917

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: 32 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Nadine: 34 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Neva: 35 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Maxine: 171 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Maurine: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Glenna: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Wilma: 169 babies, 4× the national rate
Willa: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Fern: 65 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Opal: 123 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 42 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Dale: 97 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ivan: 59 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Orval: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Merle: 50 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dean: 39 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Leland: 41 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rex: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dwight: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Virgil: 91 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1917

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Mary	855	–	1
2	Helen	566	–	2
3	Dorothy	526	–	3
4	Margaret	392	↑1	4
5	Ruth	366	↓1	5
6	Mildred	336	–	6
7	Virginia	272	↑1	10
8	Frances	219	↓1	9
9	Alice	181	–	13
10	Marjorie	181	↑5	36
11	Evelyn	179	–	11
12	Elizabeth	173	↓2	8
13	Maxine	171	↑4	93
14	Pauline	169	↑13	33
15	Wilma	169	↑8	82
16	Anna	167	↓4	7
17	Doris	165	↑3	25
18	Esther	160	–	38
19	Lois	157	↑5	43
20	Lucille	154	↑1	29
21	Hazel	150	↓7	31
22	Gladys	147	↑8	23
23	Marie	141	↓4	12
24	Thelma	139	↑1	32
25	Edna	138	↓9	20
26	Florence	138	–	14
27	Ruby	137	↓5	27
28	Betty	134	↑10	34
29	Opal	123	↑2	95
30	Edith	122	↓1	28
31	Irene	119	↓18	17
32	Martha	112	↓4	22
33	Velma	109	↑2	99
34	Ethel	101	↓1	24
35	Leona	101	↑2	80
36	Louise	100	↑6	19
37	Josephine	98	↓3	21
38	Vera	98	↓2	66
39	Grace	97	–	30
40	Bernice	94	–	42
41	Viola	92	↑3	59
42	Elsie	88	↓10	50
43	Lillian	81	new	15
44	Agnes	80	↑1	48
45	Juanita	78	↓2	87
46	Clara	77	↓5	41
47	Bertha	76	new	51
48	Kathryn	76	new	60
49	Gertrude	72	new	37
50	Eleanor	71	↓1	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	John	598	–	1
2	William	548	–	2
3	Robert	544	↑1	4
4	James	469	↑1	3
5	Charles	411	↓2	7
6	George	324	↑1	6
7	Harold	320	↓1	12
8	Paul	259	–	13
9	Raymond	208	↑5	16
10	Kenneth	199	↑1	27
11	Donald	195	↓1	20
12	Frank	193	↑6	9
13	Joseph	188	↓4	5
14	Richard	181	↑1	14
15	Edward	177	↓2	8
16	Ralph	176	↓4	21
17	Carl	155	↑4	24
18	Clarence	155	↓1	25
19	Walter	154	↓3	11
20	Lawrence	146	–	36
21	Roy	140	↑6	33
22	Howard	139	–	26
23	Jack	137	↑3	22
24	Harry	133	↓5	19
25	Albert	132	↓1	18
26	Earl	132	↓1	32
27	Arthur	126	↓4	17
28	Lloyd	120	↑8	53
29	Thomas	117	–	10
30	Elmer	115	↑1	45
31	Melvin	107	↑9	57
32	Francis	106	↓2	30
33	Ernest	101	↓1	37
34	Henry	101	↓6	15
35	Clifford	100	↑12	59
36	Floyd	99	↓1	62
37	Eugene	98	↓4	39
38	Dale	97	↑4	>100
39	Fred	97	↓2	29
40	Leonard	96	↑4	41
41	Glenn	94	↓3	86
42	Marvin	91	↑7	68
43	Virgil	91	new	>100
44	Gerald	89	new	69
45	Joe	88	↓11	35
46	Wayne	83	↓5	96
47	Ray	82	new	74
48	David	80	↑2	28
49	Vernon	79	↓1	71
50	Leo	77	↓11	47

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