Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1919

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1919 were Mary for girls (435 babies) and Robert for boys (506). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 22,402 babies born in Nebraska in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1919

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: 26 babies, 11× the national rate
Fern: 62 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Joy: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Maxine: 165 babies, 5× the national rate
Berniece: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Delores: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Alyce: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Donna: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Wilma: 111 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Frieda: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Lavern: 23 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Dean: 62 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Dale: 120 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Keith: 51 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Merlin: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Vern: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lyle: 60 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Darrell: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Eldon: 32 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Delmar: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	435	–	1
2	Dorothy	422	–	3
3	Helen	408	–	2
4	Ruth	350	–	5
5	Margaret	322	↑1	4
6	Evelyn	259	↑1	11
7	Mildred	222	↓2	6
8	Irene	198	↑5	16
9	Doris	186	↑1	18
10	Virginia	183	↑1	7
11	Frances	173	↓3	9
12	Marie	170	–	12
13	Marjorie	169	↓4	33
14	Maxine	165	↑1	85
15	Alice	159	↓1	13
16	Lois	151	↑4	40
17	Lucille	141	↓1	27
18	Betty	130	↑4	15
19	Esther	116	↓1	38
20	Ruby	114	↑7	24
21	Florence	113	↓2	14
22	Gladys	113	↑4	21
23	Wilma	111	↑1	86
24	Elizabeth	105	↓7	8
25	Bernice	100	↓4	42
26	Edna	96	↑2	22
27	Hazel	90	↓4	32
28	Rose	90	new	19
29	June	88	↑18	64
30	Viola	88	↓1	58
31	Jean	86	–	37
32	Lillian	86	↑4	17
33	Leona	85	↓1	90
34	Pauline	80	↑7	36
35	Thelma	79	↓5	31
36	Clara	75	↑3	43
37	Lorraine	75	new	62
38	Martha	75	↑8	25
39	Anna	73	↓6	10
40	Elsie	73	↓3	47
41	Ethel	73	↑7	28
42	Louise	73	↑1	20
43	Eleanor	72	↓9	30
44	Edith	71	–	29
45	Phyllis	71	↑5	84
46	Norma	70	new	83
47	Geraldine	69	new	68
48	Opal	67	new	98
49	Agnes	66	↓11	50
50	Gertrude	65	↓1	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Robert	506	↑1	4
2	John	449	↓1	1
3	William	344	↑1	2
4	Donald	280	↑2	17
5	Harold	259	↓2	13
6	George	255	↓1	6
7	James	232	–	3
8	Charles	228	–	5
9	Raymond	198	↑4	14
10	Kenneth	182	↑2	26
11	Richard	171	↓2	12
12	Paul	158	↑3	15
13	Frank	153	↓2	9
14	Edward	150	↓4	8
15	Jack	140	↑2	21
16	Joseph	136	–	7
17	Ralph	122	↑2	22
18	Dale	120	↑5	>100
19	Walter	119	↓1	11
20	Leonard	118	↓6	39
21	Clarence	116	↑5	25
22	Melvin	101	↑16	56
23	Arthur	100	↓3	19
24	Howard	99	↑5	24
25	Harry	95	↓3	20
26	Elmer	92	↓1	44
27	Henry	92	↑1	16
28	Thomas	92	↑16	10
29	Gerald	91	↑3	70
30	Wayne	89	↑3	90
31	Lloyd	88	↓4	58
32	Vernon	87	↑8	65
33	Earl	85	↓9	31
34	Lawrence	85	↑3	38
35	Roy	82	↓4	32
36	Carl	80	↓15	29
37	Albert	78	↓7	18
38	Eugene	78	↑12	33
39	Leroy	75	new	55
40	Ernest	71	new	36
41	Floyd	70	↑8	59
42	Francis	70	↓8	34
43	Marvin	67	↓8	63
44	Clifford	66	new	60
45	Glenn	66	new	84
46	Lester	66	↑1	62
47	Leo	65	↓11	49
48	Alvin	64	new	76
49	Edwin	63	↓7	52
50	Dean	62	new	>100

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