Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1914

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1914 were Helen for girls (324 babies) and John for boys (337). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 14,522 babies born in Nebraska in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1914

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: 41 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Laverne: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Maxine: 50 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Erma: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Wilma: 59 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Frieda: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Leona: 64 babies, 3× the national rate
Loretta: 37 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Arlene: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Opal: 51 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Dean: 29 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Anton: 21 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Dale: 46 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lyle: 33 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Merle: 26 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Delbert: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Wayne: 48 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Orville: 38 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ivan: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marvin: 58 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Helen	324	↑1	2
2	Mary	288	↓1	1
3	Dorothy	274	–	3
4	Ruth	241	↑1	5
5	Margaret	194	↓1	4
6	Mildred	173	–	7
7	Evelyn	159	↑1	11
8	Irene	123	↓1	22
9	Marie	116	–	10
10	Alice	106	–	12
11	Frances	100	↑2	9
12	Doris	94	↑17	36
13	Lucille	89	↑9	30
14	Marjorie	88	↑17	45
15	Esther	85	↓4	35
16	Ruby	85	↑22	24
17	Rose	82	↑3	15
18	Lois	81	↑8	51
19	Hazel	80	–	29
20	Florence	79	↑1	13
21	Viola	72	↓6	57
22	Anna	69	↑2	6
23	Clara	68	↓6	37
24	Edna	68	↓10	19
25	Elizabeth	67	↓7	8
26	Agnes	66	↑7	44
27	Lillian	65	↑17	16
28	Bernice	64	↓12	43
29	Eleanor	64	new	28
30	Leona	64	↑5	79
31	Grace	63	↑12	25
32	Virginia	63	–	14
33	Martha	61	↓6	27
34	Gladys	60	↓22	20
35	Josephine	59	↑5	23
36	Wilma	59	↓6	95
37	Ethel	56	↑9	21
38	Thelma	56	↓15	26
39	Elsie	55	↓14	46
40	Gertrude	53	↓1	32
41	Pauline	53	↑4	34
42	Edith	51	–	31
43	Opal	51	↓6	89
44	Maxine	50	↓3	>100
45	Mabel	47	↓9	58
46	Velma	47	new	92
47	Louise	46	↑1	17
48	Vera	46	↓20	68
49	Emma	45	–	39
50	Catherine	41	new	18

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	John	337	–	1
2	William	267	↑1	2
3	Robert	230	↑1	4
4	George	202	↑1	6
5	Charles	178	↑2	7
6	James	171	–	3
7	Harold	167	↓5	14
8	Donald	149	–	23
9	Frank	146	↑2	9
10	Edward	132	–	8
11	Joseph	120	↑6	5
12	Richard	120	↑4	17
13	Raymond	119	↓1	16
14	Kenneth	113	↑4	30
15	Paul	109	↓6	13
16	Walter	108	↓2	10
17	Clarence	103	↓4	22
18	Harry	91	↓3	19
19	Henry	87	–	12
20	Albert	86	↑4	15
21	Carl	86	–	24
22	Arthur	83	↓2	18
23	Elmer	80	↑2	46
24	Howard	80	↑4	26
25	Ralph	77	↑2	21
26	Leonard	68	↑3	45
27	Fred	67	↑9	28
28	Ernest	64	new	38
29	Roy	62	↑10	32
30	Leo	61	–	47
31	Floyd	60	–	58
32	Lloyd	60	↑2	66
33	Earl	59	↓10	33
34	Lawrence	59	↓12	35
35	Louis	59	↓9	20
36	Francis	58	↓4	31
37	Marvin	58	↑1	75
38	Thomas	55	↓3	11
39	Edwin	54	↑4	53
40	Melvin	49	↑5	59
41	Alfred	48	↑8	41
42	Clifford	48	↑4	62
43	Wayne	48	↑7	>100
44	Dale	46	new	>100
45	Alvin	45	new	78
46	Glenn	44	↑1	91
47	Jack	44	↓14	27
48	Russell	42	new	49
49	David	41	new	29
50	Herman	40	new	51

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