Kansas · 1918

Top 100 names in Kansas, 1918, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	884
#2	Helen	588
#3	Dorothy	549
#4	Margaret	443
#5	Ruth	396
#6	Mildred	321
#7	Virginia	290
#8	Frances	267
#9	Evelyn	223
#10	Marjorie	218
#11	Maxine	214
#12	Betty	207
#13	Lois	181
#14	Doris	179
#15	Alice	175
#16	Thelma	169
#17	Anna	168
#18	Elizabeth	160
#19	Marie	154
#20	Hazel	153
#21	Wilma	148
#22	Ruby	146
#23	Irene	146
#24	Gladys	144
#25	Esther	144
#26	Pauline	133
#27	Edith	127
#28	Lucille	124
#29	Florence	123
#30	Edna	121
#31	Louise	119
#32	Vera	117
#33	Josephine	116
#34	Ethel	115
#35	Martha	114
#36	Opal	109
#37	Velma	104
#38	Eva	95
#39	Juanita	93
#40	Viola	92
#41	Grace	91
#42	Fern	89
#43	Elsie	87
#44	Clara	87
#45	Leona	84
#46	Kathryn	83
#47	Bernice	83
#48	Jean	81
#49	Marguerite	80
#50	Vivian	79
#51	Geraldine	78
#52	Rose	75
#53	Eleanor	74
#54	Barbara	74
#55	Lola	74
#56	Catherine	73
#57	Lillian	73
#58	Gertrude	73
#59	Pearl	71
#60	Laura	70
#61	Agnes	69
#62	Nellie	69
#63	Bertha	67
#64	Norma	65
#65	June	62
#66	Ida	61
#67	Ellen	58
#68	Katherine	57
#69	Myrtle	56
#70	Phyllis	56
#71	Georgia	56
#72	Erma	55
#73	Wanda	55
#74	Genevieve	55
#75	Ella	54
#76	Winifred	52
#77	Alma	52
#78	Julia	52
#79	Mabel	51
#80	Bessie	51
#81	Roberta	51
#82	Emma	51
#83	Charlotte	51
#84	Jessie	50
#85	Beulah	50
#86	Eunice	49
#87	Sarah	46
#88	Marian	45
#89	Nadine	45
#90	Naomi	45
#91	Lorraine	45
#92	Alberta	44
#93	Violet	43
#94	Loretta	42
#95	Jane	41
#96	Lorene	40
#97	Freda	40
#98	Olive	39
#99	Eileen	39
#100	Verna	38

Uniquely popular in Kansas

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Nadine	45	28	4
Marjory	23	14	2
Maxine	214	134	28
Fern	89	56	12
Leota	22	14	3
Avis	22	14	4
Lola	74	46	14
Neva	21	13	4
Wilma	148	93	28
Velma	104	65	21
Letha	20	13	4
Berniece	20	13	4

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.