Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Nebraska, 1918

Recorded as girls

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

Recorded as boys

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