Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,035
2	William	576
3	Donald	566
4	John	538
5	James	526
6	Charles	482
7	Richard	415
8	Harold	305
9	Jack	302
10	George	300
11	Kenneth	283
12	Raymond	180
13	Ralph	174
14	Billy	172
15	Paul	170
16	Eugene	169
17	Frank	149
18	Dale	146
19	Earl	140
19	Edward	140
21	Clarence	136
21	Marvin	136
23	Thomas	135
24	Joseph	132
25	Lawrence	127

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wayne	122
27	Howard	114
28	Carl	113
29	Harry	111
29	Walter	111
31	Bill	108
32	Albert	106
32	Melvin	106
34	Bob	105
35	Roy	104
36	Gerald	103
37	Floyd	102
37	Francis	102
39	David	101
39	Leonard	101
41	Lloyd	99
41	Norman	99
43	Arthur	97
44	Gene	91
45	Leroy	88
46	Joe	83
47	Dean	81
48	Glenn	80
49	Don	79
50	Vernon	76
51	Elmer	75
51	Ray	75
53	Henry	74
54	Leo	73
55	Virgil	72
56	Bobby	68
56	Merle	68
58	Clifford	67
58	Louis	67
60	Ernest	66
61	Fred	64
61	Marion	64
63	Keith	62
63	Max	62
65	Clyde	61
66	Glen	58
67	Alvin	57
68	Duane	55
69	Herbert	53
69	Ronald	53
71	Alfred	52
72	Bernard	51
73	Edwin	50
73	Loren	50
73	Wilbur	50
76	Leon	48
76	Warren	48
78	Lee	47
78	Russell	47
80	Lester	46
80	Stanley	46
82	Delbert	45
83	Lyle	44
83	Orville	44
85	Eldon	43
85	Gilbert	43
85	Milton	43
88	Everett	42
88	Lewis	42
90	Billie	41
90	Ivan	41
90	Jerry	41
93	Jimmie	40
94	Cecil	39
94	Chester	39
94	Leslie	39
94	Victor	39
98	Herman	38
99	Jesse	37
99	Theodore	37
99	Willard	37