Most popular girls’ names in Kansas, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,058
2	Dorothy	622
3	Betty	574
4	Helen	569
5	Margaret	405
6	Ruth	382
7	Virginia	370
8	Mildred	338
9	Marjorie	329
10	Doris	295
11	Frances	261
12	Evelyn	223
13	Maxine	200
14	Lois	199
15	Wilma	197
16	Elizabeth	196
17	Alice	176
18	Anna	171
19	Irene	161
20	Ruby	148
21	Marie	147
22	Edna	141
23	Lucille	137
24	Florence	134
24	Thelma	134

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jean	130
27	Pauline	129
28	Barbara	124
28	Esther	124
28	Hazel	124
28	Martha	124
32	Gladys	123
33	Edith	118
33	Juanita	118
35	Louise	113
36	Velma	108
36	Viola	108
38	Norma	107
39	Ethel	105
40	Leona	102
41	June	101
42	Vera	96
43	Geraldine	94
43	Kathryn	94
45	Grace	91
46	Opal	90
47	Rose	89
48	Clara	88
49	Phyllis	87
50	Josephine	83
50	Lillian	83
50	Vivian	83
53	Katherine	78
54	Eleanor	77
55	Elsie	76
55	Emma	76
57	Bernice	74
58	Bertha	71
59	Roberta	69
60	Violet	68
61	Wanda	67
62	Eva	66
63	Gertrude	65
63	Pearl	65
65	Fern	64
66	Ellen	61
67	Patricia	60
68	Beulah	59
68	Genevieve	59
68	Margie	59
71	Laura	58
72	Georgia	57
72	Nellie	57
74	Marguerite	56
74	Shirley	56
76	Lola	55
76	Lorene	55
78	Alma	54
78	Catherine	54
78	Ella	54
81	Myrtle	53
82	Bonnie	52
82	Ida	52
82	Marian	52
85	Kathleen	51
86	Arlene	50
87	Eileen	49
87	Lorraine	49
89	Audrey	46
89	Bessie	46
91	Erma	45
91	Mabel	45
91	Nadine	45
94	Charlotte	44
94	Jessie	44
96	Agnes	43
96	Geneva	43
96	Rita	43
99	Anita	42
99	Dolores	42
99	Jeanne	42
99	Winifred	42