Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1913

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1913 were Mary for girls (255 babies) and John for boys (279). Social Security records list 11,978 babies born in Nebraska in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1913

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: 48 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Maxine: 45 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Wilma: 55 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Luella: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Elva: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Erma: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lydia: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Opal: 47 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Irma: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Faye: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Dean: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dale: 30 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Erwin: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lyle: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Glen: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Emil: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Wayne: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gerald: 46 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Delbert: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Otto: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	255	↑1	1
2	Helen	238	↓1	2
3	Dorothy	215	–	3
4	Margaret	184	↑1	4
5	Ruth	169	↓1	5
6	Mildred	166	–	6
7	Irene	114	↑4	21
8	Evelyn	111	↑2	12
9	Marie	107	↓2	10
10	Alice	102	↓2	11
11	Esther	96	↑2	32
12	Gladys	85	↑6	19
13	Frances	82	↓4	9
14	Edna	78	↓2	18
15	Viola	72	↑9	52
16	Bernice	70	–	45
17	Clara	67	↑11	36
18	Elizabeth	66	↑9	8
19	Hazel	66	↓4	27
20	Rose	66	↑9	14
21	Florence	62	↓7	13
22	Lucille	62	↓3	31
23	Thelma	62	↑7	26
24	Anna	60	↓1	7
25	Elsie	59	↓3	40
26	Lois	57	↑17	59
27	Martha	57	↑13	28
28	Vera	57	↑6	68
29	Doris	55	↓8	44
30	Wilma	55	↑5	92
31	Marjorie	54	↓11	48
32	Virginia	52	↑12	15
33	Agnes	49	↓7	41
34	Fern	48	↑12	>100
35	Leona	47	↑3	74
36	Mabel	47	↓5	56
37	Opal	47	new	86
38	Ruby	47	↓5	23
39	Gertrude	45	↓7	33
40	Josephine	45	new	24
41	Maxine	45	new	>100
42	Edith	44	↓5	29
43	Grace	44	↓18	25
44	Lillian	44	↓27	16
45	Pauline	44	new	35
46	Ethel	43	↓5	20
47	Eva	41	new	50
48	Louise	41	↓12	17
49	Emma	38	↓1	38
50	Blanche	35	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	John	279	–	1
2	Harold	191	↑1	13
3	William	191	↓1	2
4	Robert	174	↑3	4
5	George	147	–	6
6	James	147	↓2	3
7	Charles	144	↓1	7
8	Donald	115	↑3	25
9	Paul	106	↑12	14
10	Edward	102	↓2	8
11	Frank	102	↑2	9
12	Raymond	99	↓3	18
13	Clarence	94	↑1	21
14	Walter	94	↓4	11
15	Harry	92	↑10	15
16	Richard	91	↓4	19
17	Joseph	88	↓1	5
18	Kenneth	87	↑2	33
19	Henry	78	–	12
20	Arthur	69	↓5	17
21	Carl	69	↑3	23
22	Lawrence	67	↑1	35
23	Earl	64	↑9	31
24	Albert	60	↑2	16
25	Elmer	58	↓8	45
26	Louis	58	↑3	20
27	Ralph	58	↓9	22
28	Howard	56	↓6	26
29	Leonard	56	↓2	46
30	Leo	54	↑1	48
31	Floyd	51	↑16	58
32	Francis	51	↑9	30
33	Jack	51	new	28
34	Lloyd	51	↑3	67
35	Thomas	50	–	10
36	Fred	48	↓3	27
37	Gerald	46	new	84
38	Marvin	45	↓4	77
39	Roy	45	↓9	32
40	Chester	41	new	56
41	Lester	39	↑3	59
42	Bernard	37	new	52
43	Edwin	37	↓15	55
44	Herbert	37	↓8	39
45	Melvin	37	↓7	61
46	Clifford	36	↓7	68
47	Glenn	36	new	85
48	Vernon	36	new	83
49	Alfred	34	↓4	42
50	Wayne	33	↓8	>100

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