Popular baby names in Kansas, 1928

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1928 were Mary for girls (861 babies) and Robert for boys (994). Social Security records list 28,979 babies born in Kansas in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1928

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: 20 babies, 9× the national rate
Velda: 17 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Leota: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Neva: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Nadine: 38 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dona: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jo: 63 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dixie: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Nola: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Erma: 64 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Gail: 20 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Eldon: 57 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Loren: 50 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Darrel: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Harlan: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ivan: 43 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Delmar: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dale: 146 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Duane: 66 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Max: 75 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	861	–	1
2	Betty	791	–	2
3	Dorothy	487	–	3
4	Helen	325	–	4
5	Norma	324	↑3	23
6	Virginia	276	↓1	9
7	Doris	272	↓1	7
8	Barbara	234	↑3	8
9	Ruth	219	–	6
10	Margaret	214	↓3	5
11	Lois	202	↓1	18
12	Donna	200	↑2	61
13	Patricia	200	↑6	11
14	Shirley	198	↑8	10
15	Marjorie	196	↓3	29
16	Phyllis	182	↓3	26
17	Wilma	170	↓1	69
18	Evelyn	148	↑2	17
19	Mildred	146	↓2	15
20	Wanda	144	↑1	63
21	Frances	143	↓3	13
22	Bonnie	134	↑2	89
23	Alice	129	↓8	19
24	Martha	125	↑2	22
25	Joan	114	↑5	27
26	Dolores	108	↑13	20
27	Jean	106	–	12
28	Maxine	103	↓3	84
29	Juanita	102	↓1	58
30	Elizabeth	101	↓1	14
31	Joyce	101	–	30
32	Anna	100	↓9	16
33	Marilyn	90	↑5	38
34	Rose	90	–	24
35	Esther	88	↑2	66
36	Peggy	88	↑5	76
37	Thelma	82	↓2	40
38	Velma	77	↑12	>100
39	Edna	71	↑6	45
40	Ruby	68	↓7	34
41	Geraldine	67	↓1	50
42	Gloria	67	new	25
43	Beverly	65	↓7	46
44	Delores	64	new	94
45	Erma	64	new	>100
46	Jo	63	new	>100
47	Vera	62	↓5	92
48	Gladys	61	new	41
49	Vivian	61	↓1	78
50	Edith	60	↓1	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Robert	994	–	1
2	Donald	647	↑1	7
3	James	534	↑2	3
4	John	516	–	2
5	Charles	497	↑1	5
6	William	484	↓4	4
7	Richard	370	–	6
8	Harold	298	–	14
9	Jack	294	–	15
10	Kenneth	284	↑1	17
11	George	273	↓1	8
12	Billy	193	↑2	27
13	Paul	178	↑2	13
14	Raymond	158	↓2	16
15	Dale	146	↑3	75
16	Eugene	143	–	20
17	Marvin	141	↑5	46
18	Ralph	141	↓5	24
19	Edward	140	↑1	10
20	Joseph	131	↑4	9
21	Bill	128	↑10	64
22	Thomas	128	↑1	11
23	Clarence	122	↓2	35
24	Gerald	122	↑12	41
25	Howard	118	↑2	31
26	Earl	117	↓7	37
27	Melvin	117	↑6	48
28	Wayne	117	↓2	69
29	Carl	115	↓1	28
30	Vernon	113	↑20	70
31	Frank	111	↓14	12
32	Lawrence	109	↓7	38
33	Francis	104	↑5	40
34	Norman	103	↑8	39
35	Bobby	98	new	65
36	David	98	↑3	19
37	Roy	98	↓2	34
38	Walter	98	↓8	18
39	Albert	95	↓7	23
40	Joe	92	↑6	30
41	Lloyd	92	–	59
42	Arthur	91	↑1	22
43	Herbert	90	new	25
44	Harry	88	↓15	26
45	Don	86	↑4	84
46	Elmer	85	new	63
47	Leonard	84	↓7	42
48	Alfred	83	new	33
49	Bob	79	↓15	95
50	Ray	77	new	57

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