Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1910

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1910 were Mary for girls (161 babies) and John for boys (93). Social Security records list 4,931 babies born in Nebraska in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in Nebraska that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Fern: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Frieda: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Erma: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Irma: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Esther: 67 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Opal: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Vera: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Leona: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lucile: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bernice: 41 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Donald: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Leo: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Elmer: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kenneth: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lawrence: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Leonard: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Carl: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Harold: 38 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Francis: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Earl: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	161	1
2	Helen	134	2
3	Ruth	114	5
4	Dorothy	99	4
5	Margaret	96	3
6	Mildred	91	8
7	Marie	80	9
8	Evelyn	71	17
9	Esther	67	38
10	Frances	54	11
11	Alice	52	10
12	Irene	52	21
13	Edna	51	18
14	Elizabeth	50	7
15	Lucille	50	31
16	Gladys	49	15
17	Florence	47	12
18	Mabel	46	46
19	Anna	45	6
20	Agnes	44	41
21	Elsie	43	44
22	Thelma	42	25
23	Bernice	41	58
24	Hazel	41	24
25	Clara	40	32
26	Gertrude	39	26
27	Lillian	39	14
28	Edith	36	35
29	Ethel	36	13
30	Grace	34	23
31	Rose	33	16
32	Vera	33	71
33	Doris	32	64
34	Alma	30	61
35	Leona	30	79
36	Ruby	30	27
37	Louise	28	20
38	Martha	28	28
39	Opal	27	87
40	Viola	27	48
41	Pearl	26	39
42	Bertha	25	33
43	Emma	25	34
44	Eva	25	45
45	Virginia	25	29
46	Blanche	24	74
47	Laura	24	53
48	Marjorie	24	68
49	Myrtle	24	43
50	Nellie	24	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	John	93	1
2	William	63	3
3	Robert	57	4
4	James	51	2
5	Charles	50	7
6	Harold	38	18
7	George	36	5
8	Frank	33	8
9	Carl	28	26
10	Paul	27	15
11	Clarence	26	20
12	Edward	26	9
13	Joseph	26	6
14	Arthur	25	17
15	Donald	24	44
16	Fred	24	22
17	Henry	24	10
18	Harry	23	16
19	Lawrence	22	35
20	Raymond	21	19
21	Walter	21	13
22	Francis	20	36
23	Kenneth	20	43
24	Elmer	19	48
25	Leo	19	51
26	Albert	18	14
27	Earl	18	33
28	Richard	18	21
29	Roy	18	29
30	Howard	17	27
31	Leonard	17	46
32	Ernest	15	31
33	Ralph	14	28
34	Arnold	13	>100
35	Jack	13	23
36	Thomas	13	12
37	Clifford	12	66
38	Glenn	12	97
39	Everett	11	88
40	Chester	10	61
41	Eugene	10	39
42	Floyd	10	55
43	Gerald	10	>100
44	Harvey	10	89
45	Herman	10	52
46	Lee	10	49
47	Lloyd	10	67
48	Louis	10	24
49	Wayne	10	>100
50	Andrew	9	42

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