Popular baby names in Kansas, 1919

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1919 were Mary for girls (829 babies) and John for boys (612). Social Security records list 29,449 babies born in Kansas in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1919

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: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Nadine: 47 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Leota: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Enid: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Maxine: 211 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Fern: 68 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Berniece: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Wilma: 162 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Neva: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lorena: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Eldon: 47 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dale: 118 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Loren: 38 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ivan: 44 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dean: 44 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Harlan: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Virgil: 89 babies, 4× the national rate
Keith: 36 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dwight: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Wayne: 105 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	829	–	1
2	Dorothy	585	↑1	3
3	Helen	566	↓1	2
4	Ruth	403	↑1	5
5	Margaret	382	↓1	4
6	Mildred	321	–	6
7	Virginia	300	–	7
8	Marjorie	256	↑2	33
9	Betty	245	↑3	15
10	Frances	244	↓2	9
11	Maxine	211	–	85
12	Evelyn	203	↓3	11
13	Doris	196	↑1	18
14	Anna	184	↑3	10
15	Irene	180	↑7	16
16	Lois	173	↓3	40
17	Alice	168	↓2	13
18	Elizabeth	162	–	8
19	Wilma	162	↑2	86
20	Marie	161	↓1	12
21	Pauline	153	↑5	36
22	Hazel	152	↓2	32
23	Edna	147	↑7	22
24	Esther	146	–	38
25	Ruby	144	↓2	24
26	Lucille	140	↑2	27
27	Thelma	136	↓11	31
28	Florence	135	↑1	14
29	Gladys	122	↓4	21
30	Edith	117	↓3	29
31	Martha	117	↑4	25
32	Vera	115	–	65
33	Josephine	111	–	26
34	Juanita	104	↑5	73
35	Ethel	101	↓1	28
36	Opal	98	–	98
37	Velma	95	–	>100
38	Geraldine	87	new	68
39	Elsie	85	↑5	47
40	June	85	new	64
41	Grace	83	–	34
42	Viola	82	↓2	58
43	Vivian	82	↑7	72
44	Clara	81	↓1	43
45	Louise	79	↓14	20
46	Alma	78	new	76
47	Leona	78	↓2	90
48	Rose	77	new	19
49	Bernice	76	↓3	42
50	Marguerite	72	↓1	96

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	John	612	–	1
2	Robert	597	–	4
3	William	535	–	2
4	James	451	↑1	3
5	Charles	428	↓1	5
6	George	319	–	6
7	Harold	311	–	13
8	Donald	246	–	17
9	Kenneth	246	↑2	26
10	Paul	236	–	15
11	Raymond	210	↓2	14
12	Ralph	209	↑1	22
13	Richard	193	↑1	12
14	Jack	192	↑1	21
15	Edward	187	↓3	8
16	Frank	182	–	9
17	Joseph	168	↑1	7
18	Arthur	149	↑7	19
19	Clarence	148	↓2	25
20	Walter	147	↑2	11
21	Harry	146	↑2	20
22	Albert	145	↓1	18
23	Carl	137	↓3	29
24	Lawrence	130	↓5	38
25	Eugene	124	↑11	33
26	Earl	122	↑3	31
27	Henry	119	↑11	16
28	Dale	118	↑16	>100
29	Howard	118	↑5	24
30	Thomas	118	↑1	10
31	Leonard	116	↑1	39
32	Lloyd	114	↓8	58
33	Roy	114	↓7	32
34	Glenn	112	↑5	84
35	Francis	107	↓8	34
36	Leo	105	↑7	49
37	Wayne	105	↓2	90
38	Floyd	102	↑3	59
39	Marvin	96	↑8	63
40	Joe	90	↑2	35
41	Virgil	89	↑9	>100
42	Elmer	86	↓9	44
43	Ernest	86	↓6	36
44	Fred	83	↓16	30
45	Melvin	83	↓15	56
46	Leroy	81	–	55
47	Gerald	80	↓7	70
48	Clifford	79	↓3	60
49	Vernon	79	–	65
50	Herbert	78	new	40

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