Most popular girls’ names in Kansas, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	982
2	Betty	890
3	Dorothy	654
4	Helen	441
5	Virginia	421
6	Margaret	363
7	Ruth	331
8	Marjorie	317
9	Doris	293
10	Mildred	243
11	Frances	227
12	Evelyn	205
13	Lois	200
14	Wilma	182
15	Maxine	175
16	Norma	172
17	Elizabeth	163
18	Anna	161
19	Alice	151
20	Esther	145
21	Martha	137
22	Barbara	136
23	Juanita	135
24	Phyllis	131
25	Irene	126

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wanda	125
27	Edna	118
28	Lucille	116
29	Jean	115
30	Pauline	112
31	Thelma	110
32	Ruby	109
33	Patricia	103
34	Marie	101
35	Shirley	100
35	Vera	100
37	Florence	99
38	Edith	98
39	Hazel	96
40	Ethel	90
41	Bonnie	89
42	Eleanor	87
42	Louise	87
44	Geraldine	85
44	Velma	85
46	Gladys	83
47	Clara	81
47	Josephine	81
49	June	79
50	Opal	76
51	Lillian	75
52	Viola	74
53	Catherine	73
54	Donna	72
55	Katherine	71
55	Leona	71
57	Elsie	68
58	Kathryn	66
58	Rose	66
60	Grace	64
60	Vivian	64
62	Margie	61
63	Laura	60
64	Emma	59
64	Naomi	59
66	Roberta	57
67	Lola	55
68	Agnes	54
68	Fern	54
70	Dolores	53
71	Bernice	52
71	Bessie	52
71	Eva	52
74	Ella	50
74	Gertrude	50
74	Ida	50
77	Kathleen	49
77	Rita	49
79	Georgia	48
79	Lorene	48
81	Arlene	47
81	Charlotte	47
81	Marian	47
84	Anita	45
84	Beulah	45
84	Darlene	45
84	Jeanne	45
88	Alma	44
88	Eileen	44
88	Nellie	44
91	Bertha	43
91	Joyce	43
91	Violet	43
94	Bette	42
94	Ellen	42
94	Erma	42
94	Eunice	42
94	Mabel	42
94	Peggy	42
94	Rosemary	42