Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1915

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1915 were Helen for girls (431 babies) and John for boys (429). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 20,308 babies born in Nebraska in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1915

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

Girls

Gretchen: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Alyce: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Fern: 48 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Frieda: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Opal: 93 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lydia: 40 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maxine: 75 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Elaine: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Erma: 47 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Vern: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lyle: 50 babies, 6× the national rate
Dean: 31 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ivan: 37 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Merle: 33 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dale: 57 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Wayne: 76 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Leland: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Eldon: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Anton: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Helen	431	–	2
2	Mary	371	–	1
3	Dorothy	354	–	3
4	Ruth	321	–	5
5	Margaret	253	–	4
6	Mildred	232	–	6
7	Evelyn	218	–	10
8	Marie	202	↑1	11
9	Irene	180	↓1	17
10	Frances	171	↑1	9
11	Esther	149	↑4	33
12	Lucille	144	↑1	29
13	Alice	141	↓3	13
14	Doris	128	↓2	34
15	Gladys	125	↑19	21
16	Hazel	123	↑3	26
17	Marjorie	120	↓3	39
18	Edna	116	↑6	20
19	Ethel	98	↑18	23
20	Anna	97	↑2	7
21	Elizabeth	95	↑4	8
22	Rose	95	↓5	16
23	Virginia	94	↑9	12
24	Opal	93	↑19	90
25	Lillian	91	↑2	15
26	Wilma	87	↑10	80
27	Edith	85	↑15	31
28	Lois	85	↓10	47
29	Pauline	85	↑12	32
30	Bernice	84	↓2	42
31	Louise	84	↑16	18
32	Florence	83	↓12	14
33	Leona	83	↓3	74
34	Agnes	81	↓8	45
35	Eleanor	81	↓6	28
36	Gertrude	81	↑4	35
37	Elsie	77	↑2	41
38	Viola	77	↓17	59
39	Clara	76	↓16	38
40	Maxine	75	↑4	98
41	Thelma	74	↓3	30
42	Ruby	72	↓26	24
43	Grace	70	↓12	27
44	Martha	70	↓11	25
45	Emma	69	↑4	40
46	Vera	67	↑2	65
47	Josephine	66	↓12	22
48	Mabel	63	↓3	62
49	Velma	61	↓3	94
50	June	55	new	96

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	John	429	–	1
2	William	335	–	2
3	Robert	334	–	4
4	Harold	281	↑3	12
5	George	257	↓1	6
6	Donald	224	↑2	20
7	Charles	211	↓2	7
8	James	205	↓2	3
9	Edward	177	↑1	8
10	Richard	154	↑2	15
11	Kenneth	153	↑3	28
12	Raymond	152	↑1	16
13	Frank	149	↓4	9
14	Walter	147	↑2	11
15	Joseph	132	↓4	5
16	Paul	128	↓1	13
17	Clarence	126	–	24
18	Arthur	125	↑4	18
19	Carl	117	↑2	22
20	Elmer	115	↑3	45
21	Henry	114	↓2	14
22	Leonard	114	↑4	44
23	Ralph	111	↑2	21
24	Howard	97	–	25
25	Harry	95	↓7	19
26	Albert	90	↓6	17
27	Lawrence	90	↑7	37
28	Floyd	89	↑3	59
29	Melvin	86	↑11	60
30	Francis	83	↑6	29
31	Thomas	83	↑7	10
32	Earl	82	↑1	33
33	Wayne	76	↑10	97
34	Gerald	75	new	78
35	Leo	74	↓5	47
36	Ernest	72	↓8	35
37	Fred	71	↓10	26
38	Louis	71	↓3	23
39	Edwin	68	–	53
40	Roy	68	↓11	32
41	Alfred	67	–	42
42	Willard	67	new	58
43	Lloyd	66	↓11	62
44	Bernard	63	new	48
45	Clifford	63	↓3	61
46	Russell	63	↑2	51
47	Jack	62	–	27
48	Joe	61	new	38
49	Ray	61	new	67
50	Alvin	58	↓5	81

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