Popular baby names in Kansas, 1922

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1922 were Mary for girls (979 babies) and Robert for boys (898). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,076 babies born in Kansas in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1922

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: 15 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Darlene: 36 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Leta: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Nadine: 49 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Verda: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Maxine: 213 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Winona: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Neva: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Letha: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Deloris: 20 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Daryl: 20 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Darrel: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Eldon: 58 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Gale: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Loren: 42 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Rex: 42 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dean: 64 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Merle: 55 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Keith: 62 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Duane: 40 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Mary	979	–	1
2	Betty	706	↑1	6
3	Dorothy	631	↓1	2
4	Helen	525	–	3
5	Margaret	402	–	4
6	Virginia	402	↑1	7
7	Marjorie	331	↑2	16
8	Ruth	323	↓2	5
9	Doris	276	↑1	11
10	Mildred	247	↓2	8
11	Frances	220	–	10
12	Maxine	213	↑1	82
13	Evelyn	188	↓1	13
14	Lois	176	–	35
15	Alice	167	↑2	15
16	Anna	152	↑2	12
17	Elizabeth	150	↓1	9
18	Irene	145	↑1	17
19	Norma	142	↑19	46
20	Wilma	140	↓5	77
21	Esther	136	↑8	44
22	Thelma	133	↑3	31
23	Martha	129	↑8	21
24	Ruby	124	↓4	26
25	Pauline	122	↑2	36
26	Hazel	118	↑4	37
27	Phyllis	114	↑22	53
28	Jean	113	↓2	20
29	Edna	112	↓7	29
30	Juanita	112	↑4	57
31	Vera	112	↑11	79
32	Gladys	108	–	25
33	Lucille	108	↓10	33
34	Wanda	108	new	92
35	Barbara	107	↓7	40
36	Florence	107	↓12	18
37	Edith	105	↓4	34
38	Marie	105	↓17	14
39	Geraldine	100	↑4	58
40	Louise	95	↓5	22
41	Opal	92	↑5	>100
42	Ethel	87	↓3	32
43	Eleanor	83	new	28
44	June	81	↓3	45
45	Leona	80	↓5	>100
46	Josephine	79	↑4	27
47	Emma	78	new	50
48	Velma	76	↓12	>100
49	Bonnie	75	new	>100
50	Clara	75	↓2	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Robert	898	–	2
2	William	670	↑1	3
3	John	650	↓1	1
4	James	521	–	4
5	Charles	489	–	5
6	Harold	374	↑1	13
7	George	329	↓1	6
8	Donald	325	–	12
9	Richard	291	↑3	9
10	Kenneth	279	↓1	21
11	Jack	256	↓1	18
12	Paul	239	↓1	14
13	Raymond	231	↑1	16
14	Ralph	211	↓1	23
15	Edward	203	–	8
16	Joseph	195	↑1	7
17	Frank	185	↓1	10
18	Eugene	177	↑3	25
19	Clarence	156	↓1	29
20	Walter	154	↑5	15
21	Roy	153	↑3	32
22	Lawrence	147	↑5	36
23	Thomas	146	↑9	11
24	Harry	143	↓4	22
25	Albert	141	↓3	20
26	Melvin	132	↑5	50
27	Earl	130	↓4	31
28	Howard	130	–	26
29	Marvin	125	↑8	56
30	Carl	124	–	30
31	Dale	122	↓2	89
32	Francis	117	↑1	34
33	Wayne	117	↑2	78
34	Vernon	112	↑11	68
35	Floyd	111	↑9	61
36	Lloyd	110	–	59
37	Arthur	106	↓11	19
38	Leonard	104	↓4	38
39	Elmer	103	↓1	54
40	Henry	101	–	17
41	Glenn	99	↓2	79
42	Fred	95	↓1	33
43	Leo	95	↓1	51
44	Gerald	92	new	58
45	Clifford	90	new	63
46	Warren	89	↓27	45
47	Billy	87	new	90
48	Ernest	84	↓1	37
49	Joe	83	–	35
50	David	78	↓7	24

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