Most popular girls’ names in Kansas, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	952
2	Betty	945
3	Dorothy	658
4	Helen	461
5	Virginia	393
6	Margaret	339
7	Ruth	328
8	Doris	301
9	Marjorie	270
10	Mildred	226
11	Lois	225
12	Frances	203
13	Norma	199
14	Maxine	194
15	Wilma	190
16	Evelyn	187
17	Anna	160
18	Phyllis	153
19	Alice	150
20	Barbara	145
21	Wanda	144
22	Elizabeth	142
23	Martha	141
24	Esther	138
25	Jean	121

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Juanita	116
26	Patricia	116
28	Florence	112
29	Thelma	110
30	Shirley	109
31	Ruby	108
32	Edna	107
33	Hazel	105
34	Bonnie	104
35	Geraldine	102
36	Irene	101
37	Pauline	100
38	Vera	98
39	Marie	95
40	Ethel	93
41	Edith	91
42	Velma	90
43	Gladys	89
44	Elsie	86
45	Eleanor	83
46	Lucille	81
47	Louise	80
47	Rose	80
49	Opal	78
50	Donna	77
51	June	75
51	Viola	75
53	Leona	72
54	Bernice	70
55	Lillian	66
56	Arlene	65
56	Peggy	65
58	Laura	64
59	Clara	62
60	Ellen	61
61	Josephine	60
62	Emma	59
63	Joan	58
63	Lola	58
65	Charlotte	57
65	Marian	57
65	Vivian	57
68	Grace	56
68	Roberta	56
70	Joyce	55
70	Kathryn	55
70	Naomi	55
73	Bertha	52
73	Jeanne	52
75	Eva	51
76	Catherine	50
77	Georgia	49
77	Margie	49
79	Jane	47
80	Agnes	46
80	Ella	46
80	Gertrude	46
80	Violet	46
84	Alberta	44
84	Alma	44
84	Dolores	44
84	Katherine	44
84	Marilyn	44
84	Nadine	44
84	Rosemary	44
91	Bessie	43
91	Erma	43
93	Audrey	42
93	Billie	42
93	Darlene	42
93	Eunice	42
93	Rita	42
98	Eileen	41
98	Jessie	41
100	Genevieve	40