Popular baby names in Kansas, 1926

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1926 were Betty for girls (928 babies) and Robert for boys (1,026). Betty ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 30,447 babies born in Kansas in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1926

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: 19 babies, 9× the national rate
Twila: 20 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Neva: 36 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Leta: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Melva: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Nadine: 45 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Darlene: 48 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Letha: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Berniece: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Patty: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Delmar: 27 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Loren: 49 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Darrel: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Eldon: 43 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rex: 35 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dale: 145 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dean: 74 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Merle: 46 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Laverne: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Alva: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Betty	928	–	3
2	Mary	905	–	1
3	Dorothy	561	–	2
4	Helen	375	–	4
5	Virginia	312	–	8
6	Doris	300	↑1	7
7	Ruth	298	↑1	6
8	Margaret	297	↓2	5
9	Norma	267	↑1	29
10	Marjorie	227	↓1	22
11	Lois	216	↑1	19
12	Barbara	193	↑5	16
13	Frances	183	↑3	10
14	Wilma	172	↓1	67
15	Phyllis	167	↑6	33
16	Shirley	163	↑9	14
17	Mildred	161	↓6	9
18	Evelyn	159	↓3	13
19	Wanda	153	–	66
20	Alice	146	↓6	17
21	Patricia	144	↑1	23
22	Anna	137	↓2	15
23	Donna	134	↑3	90
24	Martha	131	–	24
25	Bonnie	126	↑11	>100
26	Jean	116	↑4	12
27	Maxine	112	↓9	85
28	Juanita	109	↑7	52
29	Edna	104	–	38
30	Elizabeth	104	↓7	11
31	Thelma	104	↑3	36
32	Esther	99	–	62
33	Irene	99	–	21
34	Marie	93	↓3	18
35	June	90	↑6	40
36	Peggy	87	↑10	>100
37	Ruby	87	↓9	30
38	Pauline	86	↓11	39
39	Rose	86	new	25
40	Florence	85	↑2	26
41	Edith	84	new	42
42	Velma	82	new	>100
43	Gloria	80	new	20
44	Joan	80	↑1	51
45	Vera	77	↓2	84
46	Joyce	76	new	44
47	Geraldine	75	↓7	54
48	Louise	75	↑2	27
49	Lucille	75	↓10	43
50	Hazel	73	↓13	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Robert	1,026	–	1
2	William	615	–	4
3	John	585	–	2
4	James	550	–	3
5	Donald	520	↑1	9
6	Charles	477	↓1	5
7	Richard	366	–	7
8	Harold	318	↑1	14
9	Kenneth	305	↑2	18
10	George	278	↓2	6
11	Jack	263	↓1	16
12	Raymond	194	↑1	15
13	Paul	187	↓1	13
14	Edward	162	–	10
15	Ralph	161	↑4	24
16	Frank	150	↓1	12
17	Walter	148	↑5	17
18	Dale	145	↓2	84
19	Billy	142	↑5	40
20	Eugene	141	↓2	23
21	Clarence	132	↑6	29
22	Earl	126	↑11	32
23	Carl	124	↓3	26
24	Lawrence	120	↓1	36
25	Joseph	118	↓8	8
26	Gerald	117	↑4	41
27	Roy	116	↑11	34
28	Melvin	115	↓3	47
29	Bill	112	↑10	74
30	Harry	112	↓2	25
31	Marvin	112	↑5	50
32	Howard	110	↓6	27
33	Wayne	110	↓2	68
34	Glenn	106	↑6	75
35	Lloyd	106	↓6	60
36	Arthur	105	↑5	20
37	Francis	102	↓2	35
38	Joe	102	↑4	33
39	Albert	95	↓7	21
40	Thomas	95	↓19	11
41	David	90	↓7	22
42	Vernon	90	↓5	66
43	Edwin	84	new	55
44	Floyd	84	↓1	53
45	Leonard	84	–	38
46	Elmer	82	↑1	61
47	Bob	80	↑3	>100
48	Leo	79	↓2	54
49	Virgil	79	new	>100
50	Norman	77	new	39

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