Nebraska · 1918

Top 100 names in Nebraska, 1918, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#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	Lois	120
#20	Florence	120
#21	Bernice	112
#22	Betty	108
#23	Hazel	102
#24	Wilma	102
#25	Vera	101
#26	Gladys	99
#27	Ruby	98
#28	Viola	96
#29	Edna	96
#30	Thelma	94
#31	Leona	90
#32	Jean	90
#33	Eleanor	89
#34	Anna	89
#35	Josephine	88
#36	Lillian	87
#37	Elsie	85
#38	Clara	84
#39	Agnes	84
#40	Grace	82
#41	Pauline	81
#42	Fern	80
#43	Louise	79
#44	Edith	77
#45	Vivian	77
#46	Martha	76
#47	June	75
#48	Ethel	73
#49	Gertrude	72
#50	Phyllis	72
#51	Lorraine	65
#52	Rose	65
#53	Eva	63
#54	Emma	62
#55	Opal	61
#56	Velma	61
#57	Mabel	56
#58	Catherine	55
#59	Kathryn	54
#60	Erma	54
#61	Marian	52
#62	Sylvia	52
#63	Norma	52
#64	Geraldine	51
#65	Genevieve	51
#66	Verna	50
#67	Violet	50
#68	Eileen	49
#69	Pearl	49
#70	Marion	48
#71	Ellen	47
#72	Charlotte	46
#73	Katherine	46
#74	Ann	46
#75	Barbara	45
#76	Arlene	44
#77	Elaine	44
#78	Alma	43
#79	Beulah	42
#80	Eunice	42
#81	Marguerite	42
#82	Bertha	41
#83	Nellie	39
#84	Blanche	39
#85	Jane	37
#86	Alberta	37
#87	Loretta	37
#88	Bessie	36
#89	Irma	34
#90	Marcella	34
#91	Georgia	34
#92	Ida	34
#93	Luella	33
#94	Laverne	32
#95	Anne	32
#96	Ella	31
#97	Joan	31
#98	Harriet	30
#99	Rachel	30
#100	Donna	30

Uniquely popular in Nebraska

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Fern	80	64	12
Maxine	163	130	28
Berniece	20	16	4
Donna	30	24	6
Erma	54	43	13
Gwendolyn	23	18	6
Luella	33	26	8
Laverne	32	25	8
Arlene	44	35	12
Wilma	102	81	28
Elaine	44	35	13
Lila	21	17	6

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.