Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1916

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1916 were Helen for girls (440 babies) and John for boys (458). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 21,660 babies born in Nebraska in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1916

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

Girls

Myrna: 16 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Neva: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Gretchen: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ione: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Leota: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Alyce: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Berniece: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Fern: 57 babies, 4× the national rate
Maxine: 96 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Arline: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Milo: 22 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Vern: 18 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Rolland: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Keith: 35 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dale: 82 babies, 6× the national rate
Lyle: 52 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dean: 32 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Glen: 66 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Harlan: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Maynard: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Helen	440	–	2
2	Dorothy	424	↑1	3
3	Mary	413	↓1	1
4	Ruth	350	–	5
5	Margaret	325	–	4
6	Mildred	227	–	6
7	Frances	195	↑3	9
8	Evelyn	191	↓1	11
9	Irene	175	–	17
10	Esther	174	↑1	34
11	Marie	172	↓3	12
12	Doris	167	↑2	32
13	Alice	151	–	13
14	Marjorie	136	↑3	37
15	Lucille	127	↓3	30
16	Florence	120	↑16	14
17	Edna	119	↑1	19
18	Virginia	119	↑5	10
19	Anna	114	↑1	7
20	Elizabeth	112	↑1	8
21	Lois	112	↑7	43
22	Hazel	106	↓6	31
23	Pauline	99	↑6	33
24	Wilma	99	↑2	82
25	Bernice	97	↑5	42
26	Maxine	96	↑14	96
27	Grace	94	↑16	26
28	Gladys	90	↓13	22
29	Rose	89	↓7	15
30	Ruby	89	↑12	23
31	Louise	87	–	18
32	Ethel	86	↓13	25
33	Viola	85	↑5	59
34	Martha	83	↑10	24
35	Leona	81	↓2	75
36	Eleanor	78	↓1	27
37	Josephine	78	↑10	21
38	Lillian	78	↓13	16
39	Thelma	78	↑2	29
40	Vera	78	↑6	66
41	Vivian	78	new	77
42	Velma	76	↑7	99
43	Elsie	74	↓6	48
44	Phyllis	73	new	95
45	Gertrude	69	↓9	35
46	Kathryn	69	new	60
47	Clara	67	↓8	39
48	Agnes	66	↓14	50
49	Edith	66	↓22	28
50	Emma	62	↓5	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	John	458	–	1
2	Robert	409	↑1	4
3	William	361	↓1	2
4	Charles	262	↑3	6
5	James	247	↑3	3
6	Donald	237	–	20
7	Harold	237	↓3	13
8	George	217	↓3	7
9	Edward	198	–	8
10	Kenneth	182	↑1	27
11	Richard	172	↓1	15
12	Raymond	167	–	16
13	Joseph	153	↑2	5
14	Frank	152	↓1	9
15	Paul	135	↑1	12
16	Walter	126	↓2	11
17	Henry	120	↑4	14
18	Leonard	119	↑4	42
19	Arthur	117	↓1	18
20	Clarence	117	↓3	24
21	Harry	116	↑4	19
22	Ralph	105	↑1	21
23	Lloyd	101	↑20	58
24	Carl	98	↓5	23
25	Fred	94	↑12	29
26	Melvin	94	↑3	57
27	Albert	93	↓1	17
28	Howard	93	↓4	25
29	Earl	92	↑3	32
30	Jack	86	↑17	26
31	Louis	86	↑7	22
32	Wayne	85	↑1	98
33	Dale	82	new	>100
34	Roy	82	↑6	33
35	Gerald	81	↓1	76
36	Elmer	78	↓16	45
37	Marvin	73	new	66
38	Floyd	71	↓10	60
39	Bernard	70	↑5	49
40	Francis	70	↓10	31
41	Leo	70	↓6	47
42	Ernest	69	↓6	36
43	Lawrence	68	↓16	38
44	Clifford	66	↑1	61
45	Glen	66	new	>100
46	Vernon	66	new	75
47	Thomas	64	↓16	10
48	Glenn	63	new	84
49	Herbert	60	new	40
50	Willard	58	↓8	69

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