Most popular girls’ names in Nebraska, 1917

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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
51	Gertrude	65
52	Clara	64
53	Catherine	63
54	Fern	61
55	Eva	60
56	Pearl	59
57	Vivian	57
58	Mabel	56
59	Bertha	53
59	June	53
59	Marian	53
59	Violet	53
63	Geraldine	49
64	Eileen	48
64	Erma	48
66	Arlene	47
66	Charlotte	47
68	Marguerite	46
69	Barbara	42
69	Katherine	42
69	Sylvia	42
72	Alma	41
72	Genevieve	41
74	Ann	40
74	Irma	40
74	Laura	40
74	Norma	40
78	Beulah	39
79	Blanche	37
79	Eunice	37
79	Harriet	37
79	Loretta	37
83	Georgia	36
83	Lola	36
83	Lydia	36
86	Audrey	35
86	Ella	35
86	Lucile	35
89	Julia	34
89	Verna	34
91	Anne	33
91	Elaine	33
91	Ellen	33
91	Lorraine	33
91	Marion	33
91	Myrtle	33
91	Nellie	33
98	Jane	32
99	Bessie	29
99	Luella	29