Popular baby names in Kansas, 1925

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1925 were Betty for girls (986 babies) and Robert for boys (1,030). Betty ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 31,730 babies born in Kansas in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1925

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

Girls

Vada: 40 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Twila: 21 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Velda: 18 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Leta: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Leota: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Neva: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Charlene: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Darlene: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Wilma: 204 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Donna: 117 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Eldon: 44 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Loren: 46 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dean: 83 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dale: 155 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Duane: 57 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Darrell: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bob: 82 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dwight: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Keith: 65 babies, 4× the national rate
Leland: 47 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Betty	986	↑1	3
2	Mary	925	↓1	1
3	Dorothy	615	–	2
4	Helen	432	–	4
5	Virginia	359	–	7
6	Margaret	317	–	5
7	Doris	298	↑1	8
8	Ruth	290	↓1	6
9	Marjorie	264	–	21
10	Norma	253	↑3	34
11	Mildred	219	↓1	9
12	Lois	210	↓1	18
13	Wilma	204	↑2	62
14	Alice	174	↑5	15
15	Evelyn	173	↑1	12
16	Frances	170	↓4	11
17	Barbara	158	↑3	22
18	Maxine	154	↓4	79
19	Wanda	147	↑2	72
20	Anna	140	↓3	13
21	Phyllis	138	↓3	40
22	Patricia	137	↑5	28
23	Elizabeth	130	↓1	10
24	Martha	128	↓1	23
25	Shirley	120	↑5	17
26	Donna	117	↑24	>100
27	Pauline	112	↑10	38
28	Ruby	111	↑3	30
29	Edna	106	↑3	37
30	Jean	106	↓5	14
31	Marie	105	↑8	16
32	Esther	103	↓8	56
33	Irene	103	↑3	19
34	Thelma	103	↓5	35
35	Juanita	101	↓9	49
36	Bonnie	100	↓2	>100
37	Hazel	99	↓4	45
38	Gladys	95	↑5	33
39	Lucille	92	↑7	41
40	Geraldine	89	↓5	54
41	June	88	new	39
42	Florence	87	↓14	24
43	Vera	86	↓5	86
44	Elsie	82	–	63
45	Joan	82	new	66
46	Peggy	80	new	>100
47	Ethel	79	↓7	43
48	Emma	78	new	57
49	Viola	78	new	84
50	Louise	76	↓3	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Robert	1,030	–	1
2	William	666	–	3
3	John	659	–	2
4	James	541	–	4
5	Charles	508	–	5
6	Donald	446	–	10
7	Richard	345	↑1	8
8	George	324	↑3	6
9	Harold	303	↓2	14
10	Jack	296	–	17
11	Kenneth	286	↓2	19
12	Paul	238	–	13
13	Raymond	191	↑1	15
14	Edward	169	↑1	9
15	Frank	158	↑2	12
16	Dale	155	↑2	86
17	Joseph	149	↑7	7
18	Eugene	148	↓2	24
19	Ralph	147	↓6	25
20	Carl	145	↑6	28
21	Thomas	145	↑7	11
22	Walter	145	↓2	16
23	Lawrence	143	↑2	36
24	Billy	140	↑5	49
25	Melvin	135	↓3	50
26	Howard	132	↑7	26
27	Clarence	124	↓8	30
28	Harry	124	↑2	23
29	Lloyd	124	↑9	62
30	Gerald	123	↑12	45
31	Wayne	120	↑5	74
32	Albert	119	↓9	21
33	Earl	116	↓1	31
34	David	112	new	22
35	Francis	112	↓4	35
36	Marvin	112	↓9	51
37	Vernon	108	↑2	67
38	Roy	104	↓4	32
39	Bill	103	↑5	84
40	Glenn	102	↓3	77
41	Arthur	97	↓20	20
42	Joe	96	↓2	34
43	Floyd	95	↑5	58
44	Calvin	94	↑1	47
45	Leonard	94	↓10	38
46	Leo	92	↑3	54
47	Elmer	90	↑3	61
48	Clifford	83	new	59
49	Dean	83	new	>100
50	Bob	82	new	>100

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