Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Nebraska, 1912

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Helen	257
2	Mary	215
3	Dorothy	209
4	Ruth	159
5	Margaret	153
6	Mildred	138
7	Marie	104
8	Alice	101
9	Frances	96
10	Evelyn	87
11	Irene	80
12	Edna	78
12	Esther	78
14	Florence	73
15	Hazel	65
16	Bernice	64
16	Lillian	64
18	Gladys	63
19	Lucille	62
20	Marjorie	60
21	Doris	59
21	Elsie	59
23	Anna	58
24	Viola	56
25	Grace	55
26	Agnes	54
26	Elizabeth	54
28	Clara	53
28	Rose	53
30	Thelma	52
31	Mabel	51
32	Gertrude	48
32	Ruby	48
34	Vera	45
34	Wilma	45
36	Louise	44
37	Edith	43
37	Leona	43
39	Laura	42
39	Martha	42
41	Ethel	39
42	Violet	38
43	Lois	37
43	Virginia	37
45	Alma	35
45	Fern	35
47	Velma	34
48	Emma	33
48	Myrtle	33
50	Ellen	32

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	225
2	William	173
3	Harold	135
4	James	117
5	George	112
6	Charles	111
7	Robert	109
8	Edward	92
9	Raymond	89
10	Walter	86
11	Donald	84
12	Richard	82
13	Frank	77
14	Clarence	76
15	Arthur	75
16	Joseph	73
17	Elmer	72
18	Ralph	71
19	Henry	67
20	Kenneth	66
21	Paul	62
22	Howard	59
23	Lawrence	58
24	Carl	55
24	Harry	55
26	Albert	52
27	Leonard	46
28	Edwin	43
28	Louis	43
28	Roy	43
31	Leo	42
32	Earl	41
33	Fred	37
33	Marvin	37
33	Thomas	37
36	Herbert	36
37	Lloyd	35
37	Melvin	35
39	Clifford	34
39	Herman	34
41	Francis	33
41	Wayne	33
43	Ernest	32
44	Lester	31
45	Alfred	30
45	Virgil	30
47	Floyd	29
47	Lyle	29
47	Victor	29
50	Arnold	27