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Baby names in Kansas, 1920s

1920–1929 · 313,948 recorded births

Robert was the most common name given in Kansas across the 1920s, with 9,491 births in the decade. The state recorded 313,948 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Kansas in the 1920s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Melverine613×
Guydra5
Sang5
Twila187
Galen110
Eldon468
Velda142
Bernita69

Top 25 in the 1920s

RankNameBirths
#1Robert9,491
#2Mary9,384
#3Betty7,929
#4William6,215
#5John6,140
#6Dorothy5,820
#7James5,381
#8Charles5,031
#9Donald4,539
#10Helen4,284
#11Virginia3,468
#12Richard3,361
#13Harold3,350
#14Margaret3,186
#15George3,119
#16Ruth3,026
#17Doris2,833
#18Jack2,799
#19Kenneth2,794
#20Marjorie2,575
#21Mildred2,226
#22Paul2,167
#23Norma2,103
#24Raymond2,070
#25Lois2,049

Other decades in Kansas

All Kansas names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org