Popular baby names in Kansas, 1918

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1918 were Mary for girls (884 babies) and John for boys (662). Social Security records list 30,676 babies born in Kansas in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1918

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

Girls

Nadine: 45 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Marjory: 23 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Vada: 19 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Maxine: 214 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Fern: 89 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Charlene: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Leota: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Avis: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maurine: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Beth: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Dean: 56 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Loren: 42 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Merle: 54 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dale: 94 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Eldon: 33 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dwight: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Wayne: 110 babies, 4× the national rate
Doyle: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ivan: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Keith: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	884	–	1
2	Helen	588	–	2
3	Dorothy	549	–	3
4	Margaret	443	–	4
5	Ruth	396	–	5
6	Mildred	321	–	6
7	Virginia	290	–	7
8	Frances	267	–	8
9	Evelyn	223	↑2	11
10	Marjorie	218	–	34
11	Maxine	214	↑2	87
12	Betty	207	↑16	21
13	Lois	181	↑6	42
14	Doris	179	↑3	19
15	Alice	175	↓6	13
16	Thelma	169	↑8	32
17	Anna	168	↓1	10
18	Elizabeth	160	↓6	9
19	Marie	154	↑4	12
20	Hazel	153	↑1	33
21	Wilma	148	↓6	82
22	Irene	146	↑9	16
23	Ruby	146	↑4	27
24	Esther	144	↓6	38
25	Gladys	144	↓3	22
26	Pauline	133	↓12	35
27	Edith	127	↑3	30
28	Lucille	124	↓8	29
29	Florence	123	↓3	14
30	Edna	121	↓5	23
31	Louise	119	↑5	18
32	Vera	117	↑6	68
33	Josephine	116	↑4	24
34	Ethel	115	–	28
35	Martha	114	↓3	25
36	Opal	109	↓7	94
37	Velma	104	↓4	>100
38	Eva	95	new	55
39	Juanita	93	↑6	85
40	Viola	92	↑1	59
41	Grace	91	↓2	31
42	Fern	89	new	>100
43	Clara	87	↑3	43
44	Elsie	87	↓2	49
45	Leona	84	↓10	79
46	Bernice	83	↓6	41
47	Kathryn	83	↑1	63
48	Jean	81	new	37
49	Marguerite	80	new	86
50	Vivian	79	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	John	662	–	1
2	Robert	622	↑1	4
3	William	535	↓1	2
4	Charles	446	↑1	5
5	James	439	↓1	3
6	George	387	–	6
7	Harold	303	–	13
8	Donald	252	↑3	18
9	Raymond	237	–	15
10	Paul	219	↓2	14
11	Kenneth	210	↓1	27
12	Edward	201	↑3	8
13	Ralph	198	↑3	22
14	Richard	195	–	12
15	Jack	192	↑8	21
16	Frank	184	↓4	9
17	Clarence	181	↑1	23
18	Joseph	175	↓5	7
19	Lawrence	174	↑1	38
20	Carl	159	↓3	25
21	Albert	154	↑4	19
22	Walter	152	↓3	11
23	Harry	143	↑1	20
24	Lloyd	142	↑4	51
25	Arthur	139	↑2	17
26	Roy	139	↓5	32
27	Francis	127	↑5	30
28	Fred	127	↑11	33
29	Earl	123	↓3	31
30	Melvin	121	↑1	56
31	Thomas	119	↓2	10
32	Leonard	117	↑8	41
33	Elmer	116	↓3	44
34	Howard	116	↓12	26
35	Wayne	110	↑11	91
36	Eugene	109	↑1	35
37	Ernest	108	↓4	37
38	Henry	108	↓4	16
39	Glenn	101	↑2	84
40	Gerald	100	↑4	72
41	Floyd	99	↓5	61
42	Joe	99	↑3	34
43	Leo	99	↑7	48
44	Dale	94	↓6	>100
45	Clifford	93	↓10	60
46	Leroy	93	new	57
47	Marvin	90	↓5	68
48	Chester	87	new	54
49	Vernon	86	–	66
50	Virgil	86	↓7	99

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