Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1918

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1918 were Mary for girls (486 babies) and John for boys (495). Social Security records list 23,903 babies born in Nebraska in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1918

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

Girls

Darlene: 19 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Fern: 80 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Maxine: 163 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Beth: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Iola: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Berniece: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ione: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Donna: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Erma: 54 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Iona: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Lavern: 22 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Lyle: 78 babies, 7× the national rate
Dale: 113 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Keith: 41 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Harlan: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Vern: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Laverne: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dean: 37 babies, 5× the national rate
Duane: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Orval: 17 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	486	↑1	1
2	Dorothy	480	↑1	3
3	Helen	451	↓2	2
4	Ruth	334	–	5
5	Mildred	308	↑1	6
6	Margaret	291	↓1	4
7	Evelyn	236	–	11
8	Frances	230	↑1	8
9	Marjorie	202	↑4	34
10	Doris	195	↑1	19
11	Virginia	194	↑5	7
12	Marie	188	↓4	12
13	Irene	187	↓3	16
14	Alice	172	↓2	13
15	Maxine	163	↑4	87
16	Lucille	161	↓2	29
17	Elizabeth	133	↑3	9
18	Esther	129	↓3	38
19	Florence	120	↓1	14
20	Lois	120	↑2	42
21	Bernice	112	↑3	41
22	Betty	108	↑12	21
23	Hazel	102	↑7	33
24	Wilma	102	↑2	82
25	Vera	101	↑2	68
26	Gladys	99	↓5	22
27	Ruby	98	↑12	27
28	Edna	96	↓11	23
29	Viola	96	↑4	59
30	Thelma	94	↓1	32
31	Jean	90	↑10	37
32	Leona	90	↑5	79
33	Anna	89	↓8	10
34	Eleanor	89	↑2	26
35	Josephine	88	↑12	24
36	Lillian	87	↓13	15
37	Elsie	85	↑3	49
38	Agnes	84	↓3	47
39	Clara	84	new	43
40	Grace	82	↓9	31
41	Pauline	81	↓13	35
42	Fern	80	new	>100
43	Louise	79	–	18
44	Edith	77	↑2	30
45	Vivian	77	new	72
46	Martha	76	↓2	25
47	June	75	new	66
48	Ethel	73	↓3	28
49	Gertrude	72	new	39
50	Phyllis	72	↓2	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	John	495	–	1
2	Robert	495	–	4
3	Harold	319	↑1	13
4	William	314	↓1	2
5	George	294	↑3	6
6	Donald	292	–	18
7	James	286	↓2	3
8	Charles	262	↓1	5
9	Richard	182	–	12
10	Edward	181	↑1	8
11	Frank	181	↑3	9
12	Kenneth	180	↑1	27
13	Raymond	167	↓3	15
14	Leonard	147	↑4	41
15	Paul	146	↓3	14
16	Joseph	136	↓1	7
17	Jack	133	↑7	21
18	Walter	131	↓2	11
19	Ralph	127	↑6	22
20	Arthur	124	↓3	17
21	Carl	124	↓2	25
22	Harry	120	↓2	20
23	Dale	113	↑8	>100
24	Earl	112	↑3	31
25	Elmer	112	↑5	44
26	Clarence	109	↑2	23
27	Lloyd	108	↓4	51
28	Henry	107	↓2	16
29	Howard	105	↓8	26
30	Albert	101	↓1	19
31	Roy	94	↑12	32
32	Gerald	92	↑3	72
33	Wayne	92	↑11	91
34	Francis	88	↓2	30
35	Marvin	86	↑12	68
36	Leo	85	–	48
37	Lawrence	82	↓15	38
38	Melvin	81	↓5	56
39	Lyle	78	↑11	>100
40	Vernon	77	↑2	66
41	Victor	77	new	63
42	Edwin	74	↓4	55
43	Fred	74	↓6	33
44	Thomas	73	↓3	10
45	Alfred	71	new	42
46	Herbert	68	new	40
47	Lester	68	↑1	62
48	Bernard	67	↓8	47
49	Floyd	66	↓4	61
50	Eugene	64	↓4	35

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