Popular baby names in Kansas, 1924

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1924 were Mary for girls (952 babies) and Robert for boys (1,021). Social Security records list 32,882 babies born in Kansas in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1924

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: 18 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Darlene: 42 babies, 5× the national rate
Neva: 30 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Leota: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Nadine: 44 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Letha: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maxine: 194 babies, 4× the national rate
Wilma: 190 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bonnie: 104 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bernadine: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Darrel: 23 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Orval: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Loren: 47 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rex: 42 babies, 5× the national rate
Eldon: 41 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Darrell: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Duane: 52 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cleo: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dale: 149 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dean: 72 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	952	–	1
2	Betty	945	–	4
3	Dorothy	658	–	2
4	Helen	461	–	3
5	Virginia	393	–	7
6	Margaret	339	–	5
7	Ruth	328	–	6
8	Doris	301	↑1	9
9	Marjorie	270	↓1	17
10	Mildred	226	–	8
11	Lois	225	↑2	22
12	Frances	203	↓1	10
13	Norma	199	↑3	40
14	Maxine	194	↑1	77
15	Wilma	190	↓1	67
16	Evelyn	187	↓4	12
17	Anna	160	↑1	13
18	Phyllis	153	↑6	44
19	Alice	150	–	15
20	Barbara	145	↑2	28
21	Wanda	144	↑5	74
22	Elizabeth	142	↓5	11
23	Martha	141	↓2	21
24	Esther	138	↓4	51
25	Jean	121	↑4	16
26	Juanita	116	↓3	48
27	Patricia	116	↑6	35
28	Florence	112	↑9	20
29	Thelma	110	↑2	33
30	Shirley	109	↑5	19
31	Ruby	108	↑1	26
32	Edna	107	↓5	31
33	Hazel	105	↑6	42
34	Bonnie	104	↑7	>100
35	Geraldine	102	↑9	58
36	Irene	101	↓11	18
37	Pauline	100	↓7	38
38	Vera	98	↓2	85
39	Marie	95	↓5	14
40	Ethel	93	–	39
41	Edith	91	↓3	36
42	Velma	90	↑3	>100
43	Gladys	89	↑3	30
44	Elsie	86	new	61
45	Eleanor	83	↓3	29
46	Lucille	81	↓18	37
47	Louise	80	↓4	24
48	Rose	80	new	25
49	Opal	78	↑1	>100
50	Donna	77	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Robert	1,021	–	1
2	William	726	–	3
3	John	661	–	2
4	James	553	–	4
5	Charles	529	–	5
6	Donald	400	↑1	10
7	Harold	351	↓1	13
8	Richard	342	↑2	8
9	Kenneth	318	↑2	19
10	Jack	306	↓1	17
11	George	298	↓3	6
12	Paul	224	–	14
13	Ralph	211	↑2	23
14	Raymond	211	↓1	15
15	Edward	176	↑1	9
16	Eugene	168	↑2	25
17	Frank	164	↓3	12
18	Dale	149	↑3	84
19	Clarence	144	↑3	29
20	Walter	144	↑3	16
21	Arthur	139	↑3	20
22	Melvin	139	↑11	48
23	Albert	137	↑2	21
24	Joseph	137	↓7	7
25	Lawrence	136	↑3	36
26	Carl	134	↓7	27
27	Marvin	134	↑4	50
28	Thomas	133	↑1	11
29	Billy	131	new	63
30	Harry	131	↓4	22
31	Francis	129	↑11	34
32	Earl	127	↓12	33
33	Howard	124	↓6	26
34	Roy	122	↓2	31
35	Leonard	115	↑5	38
36	Wayne	114	↓2	74
37	Glenn	110	new	79
38	Lloyd	106	↓3	61
39	Vernon	106	↑11	68
40	Joe	104	↓4	35
41	Warren	101	↓11	58
42	Gerald	100	↓3	49
43	Henry	98	↓6	18
44	Bill	97	↑5	92
45	Calvin	97	new	44
46	Fred	95	↓3	32
47	Leroy	93	new	53
48	Floyd	91	↓4	66
49	Leo	90	↓4	51
50	Elmer	88	↓9	57

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