Popular baby names in Kansas, 1920

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1920 were Mary for girls (890 babies) and Robert for boys (735). Robert ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,400 babies born in Kansas in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1920

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: 63 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Velda: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Elda: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Maxine: 227 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Darlene: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Fern: 83 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Verda: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Neva: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Leota: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Wilma: 184 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Eldon: 48 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Loren: 41 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Harley: 35 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Keith: 58 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ivan: 57 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dale: 117 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Duane: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Delbert: 59 babies, 4× the national rate
Merle: 49 babies, 4× the national rate
Rex: 37 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Mary	890	–	1
2	Dorothy	626	–	2
3	Helen	521	–	3
4	Betty	417	↑5	11
5	Ruth	383	↓1	5
6	Virginia	378	↑1	7
7	Margaret	363	↓2	4
8	Mildred	351	↓2	6
9	Evelyn	264	↑3	12
10	Frances	245	–	9
11	Marjorie	245	↓3	24
12	Doris	228	↑1	14
13	Maxine	227	↓2	81
14	Lois	187	↑2	38
15	Wilma	184	↑4	78
16	Alice	179	↑1	15
17	Anna	174	↓3	10
18	Elizabeth	164	–	8
19	Esther	159	↑5	39
20	Marie	155	–	13
21	Ruby	152	↑4	26
22	Thelma	150	↑5	31
23	Lucille	142	↑3	29
24	Edna	135	↓1	27
25	Martha	134	↑6	23
26	Hazel	131	↓4	34
27	Irene	129	↓12	17
28	Florence	126	–	16
29	Pauline	126	↓8	36
30	Gladys	120	↓1	22
31	Vera	120	↑1	75
32	Juanita	114	↑2	61
33	Edith	110	↓3	32
34	Geraldine	107	↑4	60
35	Ethel	102	–	30
36	Vivian	102	↑7	64
37	Jean	101	new	33
38	Opal	101	↓2	>100
39	Velma	101	↓2	>100
40	Clara	99	↑4	44
41	Louise	99	↑4	19
42	Josephine	97	↓9	28
43	Rose	91	↑5	20
44	Elsie	88	↓5	51
45	Eleanor	85	new	25
46	Lillian	84	new	18
47	Fern	83	new	>100
48	Norma	82	new	69
49	Grace	81	↓8	37
50	Eva	79	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Robert	735	↑1	3
2	John	651	↓1	1
3	William	623	–	2
4	James	492	–	4
5	Charles	488	–	5
6	Harold	367	↑1	12
7	George	361	↓1	6
8	Donald	334	–	16
9	Richard	287	↑4	10
10	Raymond	280	↑1	15
11	Paul	240	↓1	14
12	Jack	231	↑2	20
13	Kenneth	212	↓4	23
14	Edward	198	↑1	8
15	Walter	190	↑5	13
16	Frank	185	–	9
17	Joseph	184	–	7
18	Ralph	184	↓6	22
19	Clarence	183	–	26
20	Carl	172	↑3	27
21	Warren	171	new	39
22	Lawrence	168	↑2	36
23	Albert	155	↓1	19
24	Eugene	155	↑1	30
25	Harry	154	↓4	21
26	Thomas	148	↑4	11
27	Arthur	139	↓9	18
28	Leonard	135	↑3	38
29	Roy	133	↑4	32
30	Howard	129	↓1	24
31	Earl	126	↓5	31
32	Gerald	122	↑15	64
33	Lloyd	119	↓1	58
34	Dale	117	↓6	>100
35	Melvin	114	↑10	54
36	Ernest	112	↑7	37
37	Vernon	109	↑12	65
38	Henry	107	↓11	17
39	Elmer	106	↑3	45
40	Glenn	105	↓6	80
41	Leo	105	↓5	48
42	Francis	102	↓7	34
43	Fred	102	↑1	33
44	Wayne	97	↓7	86
45	Floyd	95	↓7	61
46	Marvin	94	↓7	62
47	David	92	new	25
48	Chester	87	new	55
49	Clyde	87	new	68
50	Joe	87	↓10	35

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