Most popular girls’ names in Nebraska, 1918

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

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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
51	Lorraine	65
51	Rose	65
53	Eva	63
54	Emma	62
55	Opal	61
55	Velma	61
57	Mabel	56
58	Catherine	55
59	Erma	54
59	Kathryn	54
61	Marian	52
61	Norma	52
61	Sylvia	52
64	Genevieve	51
64	Geraldine	51
66	Verna	50
66	Violet	50
68	Eileen	49
68	Pearl	49
70	Marion	48
71	Ellen	47
72	Ann	46
72	Charlotte	46
72	Katherine	46
75	Barbara	45
76	Arlene	44
76	Elaine	44
78	Alma	43
79	Beulah	42
79	Eunice	42
79	Marguerite	42
82	Bertha	41
83	Blanche	39
83	Nellie	39
85	Alberta	37
85	Jane	37
85	Loretta	37
88	Bessie	36
89	Georgia	34
89	Ida	34
89	Irma	34
89	Marcella	34
93	Luella	33
94	Anne	32
94	Laverne	32
96	Ella	31
96	Joan	31
98	Donna	30
98	Harriet	30
98	Janet	30
98	Lucile	30
98	Mae	30
98	Rachel	30