Most popular girls’ names in Kansas, 1916

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	757
2	Helen	571
3	Dorothy	549
4	Ruth	399
5	Margaret	377
6	Mildred	348
7	Frances	249
8	Virginia	220
9	Alice	209
10	Elizabeth	183
11	Evelyn	178
12	Anna	174
13	Irene	171
14	Hazel	169
15	Marjorie	168
16	Edna	164
17	Maxine	163
18	Esther	161
18	Marie	161
20	Doris	159
21	Lucille	157
22	Ruby	151
23	Wilma	150
24	Lois	147
25	Thelma	142

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Florence	139
27	Pauline	133
28	Martha	127
29	Edith	118
30	Gladys	114
31	Opal	113
32	Elsie	111
32	Ethel	111
32	Josephine	111
35	Velma	107
36	Vera	104
37	Leona	103
38	Betty	95
39	Grace	92
40	Bernice	91
41	Clara	90
41	Louise	90
43	Juanita	83
44	Viola	79
45	Agnes	78
45	Beulah	78
47	Catherine	77
48	Rose	76
49	Eleanor	75
49	Emma	75
49	Katherine	75
52	Fern	70
52	Lillian	70
52	Nellie	70
55	June	67
56	Eva	66
56	Vivian	66
58	Alma	64
59	Pearl	63
60	Bertha	62
60	Mabel	62
62	Charlotte	61
62	Jessie	61
64	Barbara	58
65	Kathryn	57
66	Marguerite	56
67	Gertrude	55
68	Laura	54
69	Erma	53
70	Ida	52
70	Violet	52
72	Phyllis	51
73	Geraldine	50
74	Bessie	49
74	Ellen	49
76	Blanche	48
76	Jean	48
76	Marian	48
79	Julia	47
80	Alberta	46
81	Minnie	45
81	Naomi	45
83	Myrtle	44
83	Roberta	44
85	Georgia	43
85	Norma	43
87	Beatrice	42
87	Lola	42
89	Ada	41
90	Jane	40
91	Genevieve	39
91	Lorene	39
93	Ann	37
93	Della	37
93	Olive	37
96	Dora	36
96	Sarah	36
98	Geneva	35
98	Loretta	35
100	Audrey	34