Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1912

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1912 were Helen for girls (257 babies) and John for boys (225). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,215 babies born in Nebraska in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1912

Names given at least 15 times in Nebraska that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Fern: 35 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Wilma: 45 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Goldie: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Faye: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Luella: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Verna: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Erma: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Freda: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Leona: 43 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bernice: 64 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 29 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Leland: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dale: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ervin: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Wayne: 33 babies, 5× the national rate
Glen: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Delbert: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Virgil: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Emil: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Elmer: 72 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Helen	257	–	2
2	Mary	215	–	1
3	Dorothy	209	–	3
4	Ruth	159	–	5
5	Margaret	153	↑1	4
6	Mildred	138	↓1	6
7	Marie	104	–	10
8	Alice	101	–	11
9	Frances	96	↑12	9
10	Evelyn	87	↓1	13
11	Irene	80	–	22
12	Edna	78	–	16
13	Esther	78	↓3	33
14	Florence	73	–	12
15	Hazel	65	↓2	25
16	Bernice	64	–	51
17	Lillian	64	↑11	14
18	Gladys	63	–	19
19	Lucille	62	↑5	32
20	Marjorie	60	↑12	56
21	Doris	59	↑22	48
22	Elsie	59	↑7	42
23	Anna	58	–	7
24	Viola	56	↑12	52
25	Grace	55	↓3	24
26	Agnes	54	↓7	40
27	Elizabeth	54	↓1	8
28	Clara	53	↓13	34
29	Rose	53	↓12	15
30	Thelma	52	↑11	26
31	Mabel	51	↓1	46
32	Gertrude	48	↑1	30
33	Ruby	48	↑5	23
34	Vera	45	–	68
35	Wilma	45	new	99
36	Louise	44	↑11	17
37	Edith	43	↓12	31
38	Leona	43	↓11	76
39	Laura	42	↑6	57
40	Martha	42	↓3	29
41	Ethel	39	↓21	18
42	Violet	38	new	83
43	Lois	37	new	63
44	Virginia	37	new	20
45	Alma	35	new	62
46	Fern	35	↓7	>100
47	Velma	34	↓12	88
48	Emma	33	↓4	35
49	Myrtle	33	new	50
50	Ellen	32	new	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	John	225	–	1
2	William	173	–	2
3	Harold	135	↑4	13
4	James	117	↑1	3
5	George	112	↓2	6
6	Charles	111	↑2	7
7	Robert	109	↓3	4
8	Edward	92	↓2	8
9	Raymond	89	↑10	18
10	Walter	86	↑8	11
11	Donald	84	↓2	27
12	Richard	82	↑15	19
13	Frank	77	↓2	9
14	Clarence	76	↑1	21
15	Arthur	75	↑5	15
16	Joseph	73	↓6	5
17	Elmer	72	↑17	47
18	Ralph	71	↑4	23
19	Henry	67	↓6	12
20	Kenneth	66	↑17	33
21	Paul	62	↓7	14
22	Howard	59	↑4	25
23	Lawrence	58	↑15	38
24	Carl	55	↓12	24
25	Harry	55	↓8	16
26	Albert	52	↓3	17
27	Leonard	46	↓11	45
28	Edwin	43	↑18	54
29	Louis	43	↑15	20
30	Roy	43	↑2	31
31	Leo	42	new	49
32	Earl	41	↓8	34
33	Fred	37	↓12	26
34	Marvin	37	new	83
35	Thomas	37	↓7	10
36	Herbert	36	↑7	39
37	Lloyd	35	↓2	70
38	Melvin	35	new	71
39	Clifford	34	new	62
40	Herman	34	new	50
41	Francis	33	↓16	35
42	Wayne	33	↑7	>100
43	Ernest	32	↓7	32
44	Lester	31	new	58
45	Alfred	30	↓12	40
46	Virgil	30	new	>100
47	Floyd	29	–	59
48	Lyle	29	new	>100
49	Victor	29	new	81
50	Arnold	27	–	99

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