Most popular girls’ names in Kansas, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	855
2	Helen	566
3	Dorothy	526
4	Margaret	392
5	Ruth	366
6	Mildred	336
7	Virginia	272
8	Frances	219
9	Alice	181
9	Marjorie	181
11	Evelyn	179
12	Elizabeth	173
13	Maxine	171
14	Pauline	169
14	Wilma	169
16	Anna	167
17	Doris	165
18	Esther	160
19	Lois	157
20	Lucille	154
21	Hazel	150
22	Gladys	147
23	Marie	141
24	Thelma	139
25	Edna	138

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Florence	138
27	Ruby	137
28	Betty	134
29	Opal	123
30	Edith	122
31	Irene	119
32	Martha	112
33	Velma	109
34	Ethel	101
34	Leona	101
36	Louise	100
37	Josephine	98
37	Vera	98
39	Grace	97
40	Bernice	94
41	Viola	92
42	Elsie	88
43	Lillian	81
44	Agnes	80
45	Juanita	78
46	Clara	77
47	Bertha	76
47	Kathryn	76
49	Gertrude	72
50	Eleanor	71
50	Eva	71
52	Geraldine	70
53	Marguerite	69
54	Emma	68
55	Jean	67
56	Fern	65
56	Nellie	65
58	Vivian	63
58	Winifred	63
60	Laura	62
61	June	60
62	Catherine	59
62	Mabel	59
64	Barbara	57
65	Erma	56
65	Myrtle	56
65	Pearl	56
68	Georgia	54
69	Beulah	53
69	Katherine	53
69	Rose	53
72	Alberta	52
72	Charlotte	52
72	Lola	52
75	Bessie	51
75	Verna	51
77	Alma	50
77	Ida	50
79	Genevieve	49
79	Marian	49
79	Violet	49
82	Ann	48
82	Ella	48
84	Minnie	47
84	Phyllis	47
86	Julia	44
86	Lena	44
86	Lorene	44
89	Jessie	42
90	Eunice	41
90	Norma	41
92	Ellen	40
92	Sarah	40
92	Wanda	40
95	Naomi	39
95	Olive	39
97	Blanche	38
98	Roberta	36
99	Mable	35
99	Neva	35
99	Stella	35