Most popular girls’ names in Kansas, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	890
2	Dorothy	626
3	Helen	521
4	Betty	417
5	Ruth	383
6	Virginia	378
7	Margaret	363
8	Mildred	351
9	Evelyn	264
10	Frances	245
10	Marjorie	245
12	Doris	228
13	Maxine	227
14	Lois	187
15	Wilma	184
16	Alice	179
17	Anna	174
18	Elizabeth	164
19	Esther	159
20	Marie	155
21	Ruby	152
22	Thelma	150
23	Lucille	142
24	Edna	135
25	Martha	134

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Hazel	131
27	Irene	129
28	Florence	126
28	Pauline	126
30	Gladys	120
30	Vera	120
32	Juanita	114
33	Edith	110
34	Geraldine	107
35	Ethel	102
35	Vivian	102
37	Jean	101
37	Opal	101
37	Velma	101
40	Clara	99
40	Louise	99
42	Josephine	97
43	Rose	91
44	Elsie	88
45	Eleanor	85
46	Lillian	84
47	Fern	83
48	Norma	82
49	Grace	81
50	Eva	79
51	Viola	78
52	Leona	77
53	Phyllis	76
54	June	75
55	Barbara	73
55	Beulah	73
55	Nellie	73
58	Wanda	71
59	Catherine	70
60	Gertrude	68
61	Bernice	66
61	Violet	66
63	Ellen	65
64	Lola	64
65	Kathryn	63
65	Nadine	63
67	Agnes	60
67	Katherine	60
67	Marguerite	60
67	Roberta	60
71	Bertha	58
71	Georgia	58
71	Laura	58
74	Verna	57
75	Ida	56
75	Jessie	56
75	Lorene	56
78	Emma	55
79	Alberta	53
79	Geneva	53
81	Patricia	52
82	Alma	51
82	Bonnie	51
82	Mabel	51
82	Marian	51
86	Blanche	50
86	Julia	50
86	Pearl	50
89	Jane	48
90	Charlotte	47
90	Genevieve	47
92	Eileen	46
93	Rosemary	45
94	Bessie	44
94	Dolores	44
94	Eunice	44
94	Shirley	44
98	Winifred	43
99	Erma	41
99	Kathleen	41