Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1917

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1917 were Helen for girls (480 babies) and John for boys (438). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 22,616 babies born in Nebraska in 1917 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1917

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

Girls

Laverna: 15 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Darlene: 20 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Ardis: 15 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Ferne: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Berniece: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Alyce: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Leota: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Iola: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Fern: 61 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Maxine: 125 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Keith: 46 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Harlan: 21 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Dale: 94 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lyle: 60 babies, 6× the national rate
Darrell: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Merle: 44 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Delmar: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Anton: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dean: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Eldon: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1917

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Helen	480	–	2
2	Mary	439	↑1	1
3	Dorothy	407	↓1	3
4	Ruth	356	–	5
5	Margaret	279	–	4
6	Mildred	267	–	6
7	Evelyn	211	↑1	11
8	Marie	190	↑3	12
9	Frances	183	↓2	9
10	Irene	174	↓1	17
11	Doris	168	↑1	25
12	Alice	163	↑1	13
13	Marjorie	155	↑1	36
14	Lucille	142	↑1	29
15	Esther	138	↓5	38
16	Virginia	138	↑2	10
17	Edna	126	–	20
18	Florence	125	↓2	14
19	Maxine	125	↑7	93
20	Elizabeth	121	–	8
21	Gladys	121	↑7	23
22	Lois	116	↓1	43
23	Lillian	107	↑15	15
24	Bernice	102	↑1	42
25	Anna	99	↓6	7
26	Wilma	98	↓2	82
27	Vera	94	↑13	66
28	Pauline	92	↓5	33
29	Thelma	92	↑10	32
30	Hazel	89	↓8	31
31	Grace	88	↓4	30
32	Opal	88	new	95
33	Viola	88	–	59
34	Betty	85	new	34
35	Agnes	82	↑13	48
36	Eleanor	82	–	26
37	Leona	81	↓2	80
38	Rose	81	↓9	16
39	Ruby	81	↓9	27
40	Elsie	80	↑3	50
41	Jean	80	new	40
42	Velma	79	–	99
43	Louise	78	↓12	19
44	Martha	77	↓10	22
45	Ethel	72	↓13	24
46	Edith	70	↑3	28
47	Josephine	70	↓10	21
48	Phyllis	69	↓4	92
49	Emma	68	↑1	46
50	Kathryn	66	↓4	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	John	438	–	1
2	Robert	403	–	4
3	William	326	–	2
4	Harold	295	↑3	12
5	James	270	–	3
6	Donald	264	–	20
7	Charles	262	↓3	7
8	George	237	–	6
9	Richard	201	↑2	14
10	Raymond	185	↑2	16
11	Edward	181	↓2	8
12	Paul	174	↑3	13
13	Kenneth	150	↓3	27
14	Frank	147	–	9
15	Joseph	145	↓2	5
16	Walter	138	–	11
17	Arthur	137	↑2	17
18	Leonard	127	–	41
19	Carl	118	↑5	24
20	Harry	117	↑1	19
21	Howard	117	↑7	26
22	Lawrence	114	↑21	36
23	Lloyd	113	–	53
24	Jack	108	↑6	22
25	Ralph	108	↓3	21
26	Henry	104	↓9	15
27	Earl	101	↑2	32
28	Clarence	97	↓8	25
29	Albert	96	↓2	18
30	Elmer	96	↑6	45
31	Dale	94	↑2	>100
32	Francis	90	↑8	30
33	Melvin	90	↓7	57
34	Ernest	89	↑8	37
35	Gerald	89	–	69
36	Leo	80	↑5	47
37	Fred	77	↓12	29
38	Edwin	76	new	55
39	Louis	76	↓8	23
40	Bernard	74	↓1	49
41	Thomas	74	↑6	10
42	Vernon	73	↑4	71
43	Roy	71	↓9	33
44	Wayne	71	↓12	96
45	Floyd	69	↓7	62
46	Eugene	68	new	39
47	Marvin	68	↓10	68
48	Lester	63	new	61
49	Glen	62	↓4	>100
50	Lyle	60	new	>100

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