Popular baby names in Kansas, 1921

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1921 were Mary for girls (1,058 babies) and Robert for boys (787). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 33,935 babies born in Kansas in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1921

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

Girls

Twila: 16 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Neva: 35 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Winona: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Letha: 30 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Nadine: 45 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Leota: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Maxine: 200 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Wilda: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Darlene: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Wilma: 197 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Gail: 17 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Eldon: 51 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dwight: 35 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dean: 61 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rex: 41 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dale: 134 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Duane: 37 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Keith: 64 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Loren: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Merlin: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	1,058	–	1
2	Dorothy	622	–	2
3	Betty	574	↑1	8
4	Helen	569	↓1	3
5	Margaret	405	↑2	4
6	Ruth	382	↓1	5
7	Virginia	370	↓1	6
8	Mildred	338	–	7
9	Marjorie	329	↑2	16
10	Doris	295	↑2	13
11	Frances	261	↓1	9
12	Evelyn	223	↓3	12
13	Maxine	200	–	77
14	Lois	199	–	38
15	Wilma	197	–	72
16	Elizabeth	196	↑2	10
17	Alice	176	↓1	15
18	Anna	171	↓1	11
19	Irene	161	↑8	18
20	Ruby	148	↑1	26
21	Marie	147	↓1	14
22	Edna	141	↑2	27
23	Lucille	137	–	31
24	Florence	134	↑4	17
25	Thelma	134	↓3	30
26	Jean	130	↑11	25
27	Pauline	129	↑2	37
28	Barbara	124	new	40
29	Esther	124	↓10	42
30	Hazel	124	↓4	34
31	Martha	124	↓6	21
32	Gladys	123	↓2	24
33	Edith	118	–	33
34	Juanita	118	↓2	57
35	Louise	113	↑6	22
36	Velma	108	↑3	>100
37	Viola	108	new	66
38	Norma	107	↑10	51
39	Ethel	105	↓4	32
40	Leona	102	new	92
41	June	101	new	50
42	Vera	96	↓11	76
43	Geraldine	94	↓9	62
44	Kathryn	94	new	64
45	Grace	91	↑4	35
46	Opal	90	↓8	>100
47	Rose	89	↓4	20
48	Clara	88	↓8	45
49	Phyllis	87	new	60
50	Josephine	83	↓8	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Robert	787	–	2
2	John	697	–	1
3	William	665	–	3
4	James	567	–	4
5	Charles	540	–	5
6	George	362	↑1	6
7	Harold	354	↓1	12
8	Donald	312	–	13
9	Kenneth	299	↑4	22
10	Jack	271	↑2	18
11	Paul	266	–	14
12	Richard	246	↓3	10
13	Ralph	216	↑5	23
14	Raymond	212	↓4	16
15	Edward	203	↓1	8
16	Frank	200	–	9
17	Joseph	195	–	7
18	Clarence	185	↑1	28
19	Warren	180	↑2	24
20	Harry	168	↑5	21
21	Eugene	166	↑3	26
22	Albert	163	↑1	20
23	Earl	160	↑8	31
24	Roy	150	↑5	32
25	Walter	147	↓10	15
26	Arthur	145	↑1	19
27	Lawrence	145	↓5	37
28	Howard	140	↑2	27
29	Dale	134	↑5	93
30	Carl	129	↓10	30
31	Melvin	129	↑4	53
32	Thomas	129	↓6	11
33	Francis	127	↑9	35
34	Leonard	119	↓6	39
35	Wayne	119	↑9	81
36	Lloyd	118	↓3	58
37	Marvin	117	↑9	59
38	Elmer	108	↑1	48
39	Glenn	108	↑1	80
40	Henry	107	↓2	17
41	Fred	104	↑2	33
42	Leo	103	↓1	50
43	David	96	↑4	25
44	Floyd	96	↑1	63
45	Vernon	96	↓8	68
46	Edwin	93	new	54
47	Ernest	92	↓11	38
48	Chester	91	–	56
49	Joe	89	↑1	36
50	Lester	89	new	66

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