Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Nebraska, 1916

Recorded as girls

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

Recorded as boys

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