Kansas · 1923

Top 100 names in Kansas, 1923, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	982
#2	Betty	890
#3	Dorothy	654
#4	Helen	441
#5	Virginia	421
#6	Margaret	363
#7	Ruth	331
#8	Marjorie	317
#9	Doris	293
#10	Mildred	243
#11	Frances	227
#12	Evelyn	205
#13	Lois	200
#14	Wilma	182
#15	Maxine	175
#16	Norma	172
#17	Elizabeth	163
#18	Anna	161
#19	Alice	151
#20	Esther	145
#21	Martha	137
#22	Barbara	136
#23	Juanita	135
#24	Phyllis	131
#25	Irene	126
#26	Wanda	125
#27	Edna	118
#28	Lucille	116
#29	Jean	115
#30	Pauline	112
#31	Thelma	110
#32	Ruby	109
#33	Patricia	103
#34	Marie	101
#35	Vera	100
#36	Shirley	100
#37	Florence	99
#38	Edith	98
#39	Hazel	96
#40	Ethel	90
#41	Bonnie	89
#42	Eleanor	87
#43	Louise	87
#44	Geraldine	85
#45	Velma	85
#46	Gladys	83
#47	Josephine	81
#48	Clara	81
#49	June	79
#50	Opal	76
#51	Lillian	75
#52	Viola	74
#53	Catherine	73
#54	Donna	72
#55	Leona	71
#56	Katherine	71
#57	Elsie	68
#58	Rose	66
#59	Kathryn	66
#60	Grace	64
#61	Vivian	64
#62	Margie	61
#63	Laura	60
#64	Emma	59
#65	Naomi	59
#66	Roberta	57
#67	Lola	55
#68	Fern	54
#69	Agnes	54
#70	Dolores	53
#71	Eva	52
#72	Bessie	52
#73	Bernice	52
#74	Gertrude	50
#75	Ida	50
#76	Ella	50
#77	Kathleen	49
#78	Rita	49
#79	Georgia	48
#80	Lorene	48
#81	Arlene	47
#82	Marian	47
#83	Charlotte	47
#84	Beulah	45
#85	Jeanne	45
#86	Darlene	45
#87	Anita	45
#88	Eileen	44
#89	Nellie	44
#90	Alma	44
#91	Violet	43
#92	Bertha	43
#93	Joyce	43
#94	Erma	42
#95	Peggy	42
#96	Rosemary	42
#97	Eunice	42
#98	Mabel	42
#99	Bette	42
#100	Ellen	42

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
Darlene	45	27	4
Nadine	40	24	5
Charlene	21	13	3
Ila	28	17	4
Willa	23	14	4
Wilma	182	110	31
Maxine	175	105	30
Fern	54	32	10
Donna	72	43	13
Bonnie	89	54	17
Alta	26	16	5
Elnora	23	14	5

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.