Popular baby names in Kansas, 1929

The most popular baby names in Kansas in 1929 were Mary for girls (845 babies) and Robert for boys (971). Social Security records list 28,321 babies born in Kansas in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Kansas in 1929

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: 28 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Leta: 18 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Darlene: 73 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Nola: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Neva: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ila: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Wilma: 184 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rosella: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Wilda: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Donna: 211 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 15 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Darrel: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Eldon: 47 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Loren: 39 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Darrell: 46 babies, 5× the national rate
Merlin: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Dale: 161 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Delbert: 56 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Duane: 72 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dwight: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Kansas, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	845	–	1
2	Betty	759	–	2
3	Dorothy	452	–	3
4	Norma	295	↑1	25
5	Doris	284	↑2	6
6	Barbara	279	↑2	7
7	Helen	264	↓3	4
8	Virginia	254	↓2	11
9	Ruth	235	–	8
10	Margaret	223	–	5
11	Patricia	221	↑2	10
12	Shirley	214	↑2	9
13	Donna	211	↓1	47
14	Lois	208	↓3	17
15	Phyllis	205	↑1	24
16	Marjorie	195	↓1	30
17	Wilma	184	–	66
18	Wanda	172	↑2	61
19	Joan	149	↑6	13
20	Mildred	134	↓1	18
21	Dolores	131	↑5	14
22	Evelyn	131	↓4	19
23	Joyce	126	↑8	23
24	Alice	122	↓1	21
25	Frances	116	↓4	16
26	Bonnie	114	↓4	86
27	Martha	109	↓3	27
28	Anna	108	↑4	20
29	Jean	108	↓2	12
30	Peggy	100	↑6	70
31	Juanita	97	↓2	60
32	Thelma	97	↑5	41
33	Marilyn	95	–	33
34	Maxine	94	↓6	85
35	Carol	87	new	63
36	Delores	86	↑8	74
37	Elizabeth	83	↓7	15
38	Rose	83	↓4	26
39	Beverly	80	↑4	39
40	Marie	77	new	22
41	Irene	76	new	29
42	Velma	75	↓4	>100
43	Ruby	74	↓3	36
44	Darlene	73	new	>100
45	Geraldine	73	↓4	43
46	Florence	68	new	35
47	Edna	67	↓8	51
48	Louise	62	new	31
49	Ramona	62	new	>100
50	Esther	61	↓15	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Robert	971	–	1
2	Donald	643	–	7
3	James	530	–	2
4	William	528	↑2	4
5	John	509	↓1	3
6	Charles	457	↓1	5
7	Richard	409	–	6
8	Jack	270	↑1	14
9	Harold	266	↓1	16
10	Kenneth	259	–	18
11	George	244	–	8
12	Billy	179	–	23
13	Paul	170	–	13
14	David	164	↑22	17
15	Raymond	163	↓1	15
16	Dale	161	↓1	73
17	Edward	139	↑2	10
18	Eugene	136	↓2	20
19	Ralph	136	↓1	26
20	Marvin	135	↓3	46
21	Frank	122	↑10	12
22	Bill	119	↓1	63
23	Earl	119	↑3	36
24	Gerald	118	–	33
25	Carl	117	↑4	28
26	Joseph	115	↓6	9
27	Thomas	109	↓5	11
28	Bob	104	↑21	89
29	Clarence	103	↓6	37
30	Joe	101	↑10	30
31	Lawrence	100	↑1	38
32	Melvin	100	↓5	49
33	Walter	100	↑5	19
34	Wayne	100	↓6	69
35	Bobby	99	–	50
36	Norman	97	↓2	40
37	Don	94	↑8	78
38	Howard	94	↓13	31
39	Lloyd	92	↑2	62
40	Roy	91	↓3	35
41	Leonard	89	↑6	42
42	Vernon	88	↓12	71
43	Floyd	86	new	58
44	Albert	85	↓5	24
45	Arthur	85	↓3	22
46	Elmer	81	–	70
47	Francis	81	↓14	39
48	Harry	77	↓4	27
49	Herbert	75	↓6	25
50	Leroy	75	new	51

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