Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Nebraska, 1917

Recorded as girls

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

Recorded as boys

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