Most popular girls’ names in Kansas, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Betty	928
2	Mary	905
3	Dorothy	561
4	Helen	375
5	Virginia	312
6	Doris	300
7	Ruth	298
8	Margaret	297
9	Norma	267
10	Marjorie	227
11	Lois	216
12	Barbara	193
13	Frances	183
14	Wilma	172
15	Phyllis	167
16	Shirley	163
17	Mildred	161
18	Evelyn	159
19	Wanda	153
20	Alice	146
21	Patricia	144
22	Anna	137
23	Donna	134
24	Martha	131
25	Bonnie	126

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jean	116
27	Maxine	112
28	Juanita	109
29	Edna	104
29	Elizabeth	104
29	Thelma	104
32	Esther	99
32	Irene	99
34	Marie	93
35	June	90
36	Peggy	87
36	Ruby	87
38	Pauline	86
38	Rose	86
40	Florence	85
41	Edith	84
42	Velma	82
43	Gloria	80
43	Joan	80
45	Vera	77
46	Joyce	76
47	Geraldine	75
47	Louise	75
47	Lucille	75
50	Hazel	73
51	Eleanor	72
51	Roberta	72
53	Gladys	70
54	Clara	67
55	Marilyn	65
55	Opal	65
57	Leona	64
58	Vivian	62
59	Dolores	59
60	Erma	58
61	Audrey	57
61	Ethel	57
63	Emma	56
64	Elsie	55
65	Josephine	54
66	Marian	53
67	Grace	52
68	Bernice	51
68	Margie	51
70	Ellen	50
71	Bertha	48
71	Billie	48
71	Carol	48
71	Catherine	48
71	Darlene	48
71	Georgia	48
71	Laura	48
78	Lola	47
78	Naomi	47
78	Rosemary	47
78	Viola	47
82	Arlene	46
83	Delores	45
83	Ida	45
83	Nadine	45
86	Alma	44
86	Ella	44
88	Charlotte	43
88	Eva	43
88	Katherine	43
91	Fern	42
91	Julia	42
91	Kathryn	42
94	Bette	41
95	Kathleen	40
95	Lila	40
95	Lillian	40
98	Beulah	39
98	Loretta	39
100	Marion	38
100	Nellie	38