Popular baby names in Kansas, 1927

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1927 were Mary for girls (987 babies) and Robert for boys (1,035). Social Security records list 30,277 babies born in Kansas in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1927

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: 19 babies, 8× the national rate
Vada: 15 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Verla: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Leta: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Leota: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Neva: 29 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Berniece: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Darlene: 65 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dixie: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ila: 27 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 17 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Merle: 68 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Loren: 50 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Orval: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Eldon: 43 babies, 5× the national rate
Bobbie: 32 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dean: 81 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Darrell: 36 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dale: 146 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lavern: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	987	↑1	1
2	Betty	933	↓1	3
3	Dorothy	514	–	2
4	Helen	371	–	4
5	Virginia	303	–	8
6	Doris	286	–	7
7	Margaret	263	↑1	5
8	Norma	262	↑1	26
9	Ruth	237	↓2	6
10	Lois	226	↑1	19
11	Barbara	222	↑1	10
12	Marjorie	201	↓2	25
13	Phyllis	192	↑2	29
14	Donna	186	↑9	70
15	Alice	169	↑5	17
16	Wilma	163	↓2	68
17	Mildred	161	–	11
18	Frances	159	↓5	12
19	Patricia	159	↑2	18
20	Evelyn	158	↓2	15
21	Wanda	145	↓2	66
22	Shirley	144	↓6	9
23	Anna	135	↓1	16
24	Bonnie	121	↑1	100
25	Maxine	121	↑2	87
26	Martha	119	↓2	24
27	Jean	116	↓1	14
28	Juanita	116	–	55
29	Elizabeth	106	↑1	13
30	Joan	101	↑14	41
31	Joyce	97	↑15	35
32	Irene	96	↑1	21
33	Ruby	92	↑4	30
34	Rose	90	↑5	23
35	Thelma	88	↓4	38
36	Beverly	87	new	57
37	Esther	87	↓5	65
38	Marilyn	84	new	46
39	Dolores	83	new	34
40	Geraldine	78	↑7	58
41	Peggy	78	↓5	96
42	Vera	75	↑3	89
43	Florence	74	↓3	28
44	Hazel	73	↑6	53
45	Edna	72	↓16	40
46	Marie	72	↓12	20
47	June	70	↓12	43
48	Vivian	70	new	77
49	Edith	69	↓8	48
50	Velma	67	↓8	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Robert	1,035	–	1
2	William	576	–	4
3	Donald	566	↑2	8
4	John	538	↓1	2
5	James	526	↓1	3
6	Charles	482	–	5
7	Richard	415	–	6
8	Harold	305	–	14
9	Jack	302	↑2	16
10	George	300	–	7
11	Kenneth	283	↓2	18
12	Raymond	180	–	15
13	Ralph	174	↑2	24
14	Billy	172	↑5	31
15	Paul	170	↓2	13
16	Eugene	169	↑4	20
17	Frank	149	↓1	12
18	Dale	146	–	81
19	Earl	140	↑3	33
20	Edward	140	↓6	10
21	Clarence	136	–	32
22	Marvin	136	↑9	47
23	Thomas	135	↑17	11
24	Joseph	132	↑1	9
25	Lawrence	127	↓1	37
26	Wayne	122	↑7	67
27	Howard	114	↑5	28
28	Carl	113	↓5	26
29	Harry	111	↑1	25
30	Walter	111	↓13	17
31	Bill	108	↓2	69
32	Albert	106	↑7	23
33	Melvin	106	↓5	48
34	Bob	105	↑13	100
35	Roy	104	↓8	34
36	Gerald	103	↓10	38
37	Floyd	102	↑7	53
38	Francis	102	↓1	36
39	David	101	↑2	21
40	Leonard	101	↑5	40
41	Lloyd	99	↓6	58
42	Norman	99	↑8	39
43	Arthur	97	↓7	22
44	Gene	91	new	72
45	Leroy	88	new	51
46	Joe	83	↓8	30
47	Dean	81	new	>100
48	Glenn	80	↓14	76
49	Don	79	new	90
50	Vernon	76	↓8	71

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