Most popular girls’ names in Kansas, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Betty	986
2	Mary	925
3	Dorothy	615
4	Helen	432
5	Virginia	359
6	Margaret	317
7	Doris	298
8	Ruth	290
9	Marjorie	264
10	Norma	253
11	Mildred	219
12	Lois	210
13	Wilma	204
14	Alice	174
15	Evelyn	173
16	Frances	170
17	Barbara	158
18	Maxine	154
19	Wanda	147
20	Anna	140
21	Phyllis	138
22	Patricia	137
23	Elizabeth	130
24	Martha	128
25	Shirley	120

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donna	117
27	Pauline	112
28	Ruby	111
29	Edna	106
29	Jean	106
31	Marie	105
32	Esther	103
32	Irene	103
32	Thelma	103
35	Juanita	101
36	Bonnie	100
37	Hazel	99
38	Gladys	95
39	Lucille	92
40	Geraldine	89
41	June	88
42	Florence	87
43	Vera	86
44	Elsie	82
44	Joan	82
46	Peggy	80
47	Ethel	79
48	Emma	78
48	Viola	78
50	Louise	76
50	Rose	76
52	Edith	74
53	Velma	73
54	Joyce	71
55	Gloria	69
56	Eva	65
57	Margie	63
58	Eleanor	61
58	Rosemary	61
60	Opal	60
61	Bernice	58
62	Vivian	57
63	Grace	56
64	Clara	55
64	Josephine	55
64	Kathryn	55
67	Arlene	54
67	Marilyn	54
69	Lillian	53
70	Agnes	52
70	Carol	52
70	Georgia	52
70	Leona	52
70	Marian	52
75	Alberta	50
76	Billie	49
76	Erma	49
76	Lila	49
76	Naomi	49
80	Violet	48
81	Catherine	47
81	Ella	47
83	Katherine	46
83	Roberta	46
85	Charlotte	45
85	Fern	45
87	Jeanne	44
87	Nellie	44
89	Alma	43
89	Bette	43
89	Dora	43
89	Jessie	43
89	Rita	43
94	Ellen	42
94	Kathleen	42
96	Beulah	41
96	Dolores	41
98	Gertrude	40
98	Vada	40
100	Jacqueline	39
100	Julia	39
100	Laura	39
100	Pearl	39