Most popular girls’ names in Kansas, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	884
2	Helen	588
3	Dorothy	549
4	Margaret	443
5	Ruth	396
6	Mildred	321
7	Virginia	290
8	Frances	267
9	Evelyn	223
10	Marjorie	218
11	Maxine	214
12	Betty	207
13	Lois	181
14	Doris	179
15	Alice	175
16	Thelma	169
17	Anna	168
18	Elizabeth	160
19	Marie	154
20	Hazel	153
21	Wilma	148
22	Irene	146
22	Ruby	146
24	Esther	144
24	Gladys	144

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Pauline	133
27	Edith	127
28	Lucille	124
29	Florence	123
30	Edna	121
31	Louise	119
32	Vera	117
33	Josephine	116
34	Ethel	115
35	Martha	114
36	Opal	109
37	Velma	104
38	Eva	95
39	Juanita	93
40	Viola	92
41	Grace	91
42	Fern	89
43	Clara	87
43	Elsie	87
45	Leona	84
46	Bernice	83
46	Kathryn	83
48	Jean	81
49	Marguerite	80
50	Vivian	79
51	Geraldine	78
52	Rose	75
53	Barbara	74
53	Eleanor	74
53	Lola	74
56	Catherine	73
56	Gertrude	73
56	Lillian	73
59	Pearl	71
60	Laura	70
61	Agnes	69
61	Nellie	69
63	Bertha	67
64	Norma	65
65	June	62
66	Ida	61
67	Ellen	58
68	Katherine	57
69	Georgia	56
69	Myrtle	56
69	Phyllis	56
72	Erma	55
72	Genevieve	55
72	Wanda	55
75	Ella	54
76	Alma	52
76	Julia	52
76	Winifred	52
79	Bessie	51
79	Charlotte	51
79	Emma	51
79	Mabel	51
79	Roberta	51
84	Beulah	50
84	Jessie	50
86	Eunice	49
87	Sarah	46
88	Lorraine	45
88	Marian	45
88	Nadine	45
88	Naomi	45
92	Alberta	44
93	Violet	43
94	Loretta	42
95	Jane	41
96	Freda	40
96	Lorene	40
98	Eileen	39
98	Olive	39
100	Bonnie	38
100	Verna	38