Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1911

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1911 were Helen for girls (185 babies) and John for boys (98). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 5,360 babies born in Nebraska in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1911

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: 29 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Maxine: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Goldie: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Velma: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Leona: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Vivian: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Erma: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bernice: 50 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Wilma: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Opal: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Cecil: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Donald: 38 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Leonard: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lloyd: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bernard: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Harold: 48 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Elmer: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Carl: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Clarence: 26 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Helen	185	↑1	2
2	Mary	142	↓1	1
3	Dorothy	136	↑1	4
4	Ruth	108	↓1	5
5	Mildred	104	↑1	8
6	Margaret	83	↓1	3
7	Marie	74	–	9
8	Alice	69	↑3	11
9	Evelyn	66	↓1	16
10	Esther	59	↓1	34
11	Irene	57	↑1	21
12	Edna	56	↑1	17
13	Hazel	55	↑11	25
14	Florence	54	↑3	12
15	Clara	51	↑10	33
16	Bernice	50	↑7	51
17	Rose	49	↑14	14
18	Gladys	48	↓2	18
19	Agnes	47	↑1	39
20	Ethel	46	↑9	15
21	Frances	46	↓11	10
22	Grace	42	↑8	23
23	Anna	40	↓4	6
24	Lucille	40	↓9	32
25	Edith	39	↑3	31
26	Elizabeth	39	↓12	7
27	Leona	39	↑8	76
28	Lillian	39	↓1	13
29	Elsie	37	↓8	41
30	Mabel	36	↓12	43
31	Vivian	36	new	80
32	Marjorie	35	↑16	59
33	Gertrude	34	↓7	30
34	Vera	33	↓2	67
35	Velma	32	new	90
36	Viola	32	↑4	47
37	Martha	31	↑1	28
38	Ruby	31	↓2	22
39	Fern	29	new	>100
40	Opal	29	↓1	81
41	Thelma	29	↓19	27
42	Eva	28	↑2	46
43	Doris	27	↓10	56
44	Emma	27	↓1	35
45	Laura	27	↑2	57
46	Ann	26	new	53
47	Louise	26	↓10	19
48	Ella	24	new	63
49	Beulah	23	new	79
50	Eleanor	23	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	John	98	–	1
2	William	79	–	2
3	George	63	↑4	4
4	Robert	60	↓1	5
5	James	58	↓1	3
6	Edward	50	↑6	9
7	Harold	48	↓1	16
8	Charles	45	↓3	7
9	Donald	38	↑6	36
10	Joseph	34	↑3	6
11	Frank	33	↓3	8
12	Carl	27	↓3	26
13	Henry	27	↑4	11
14	Paul	27	↓4	17
15	Clarence	26	↓4	23
16	Leonard	26	↑15	46
17	Harry	25	↑1	13
18	Walter	23	↑3	12
19	Raymond	22	↑1	19
20	Arthur	20	↓6	18
21	Fred	20	↓5	22
22	Ralph	20	↑11	24
23	Albert	19	↑3	15
24	Earl	18	↑3	34
25	Francis	18	↓3	33
26	Howard	18	↑4	28
27	Richard	18	↑1	20
28	Thomas	18	↑8	10
29	Bernard	17	new	54
30	Cecil	17	new	76
31	Jack	17	↑4	25
32	Roy	17	↓3	31
33	Alfred	16	new	39
34	Elmer	16	↓10	48
35	Lloyd	16	↑12	74
36	Ernest	15	↓4	32
37	Kenneth	15	↓14	40
38	Lawrence	15	↓19	37
39	Alvin	13	new	89
40	David	13	new	27
41	Gerald	12	↑2	88
42	Glenn	12	↓4	>100
43	Herbert	12	new	41
44	Louis	12	↑4	21
45	Vernon	12	new	96
46	Edwin	11	new	60
47	Floyd	11	↓5	57
48	Ivan	11	new	>100
49	Wayne	11	–	>100
50	Arnold	10	↓16	>100

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