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Baby names in Nebraska, 1910s

1910–1919 · 157,895 recorded births

Helen was the most common name given in Nebraska across the 1910s, with 3,348 births in the decade. The state recorded 157,895 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Nebraska in the 1910s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Lumir4032×
Wauneta2711×
Orneta510×
Merna39
Thaine11
Darlene84
Ardith46
Lyle394

Top 25 in the 1910s

RankNameBirths
#1Helen3,348
#2John3,301
#3Mary3,205
#4Dorothy3,020
#5Robert2,777
#6Ruth2,502
#7William2,453
#8Margaret2,180
#9Harold1,975
#10Mildred1,928
#11George1,820
#12James1,784
#13Charles1,753
#14Donald1,707
#15Evelyn1,609
#16Marie1,403
#17Irene1,340
#18Frances1,330
#19Edward1,289
#20Raymond1,219
#21Alice1,216
#22Richard1,209
#23Frank1,173
#24Kenneth1,148
#25Doris1,111

Other decades in Nebraska

All Nebraska names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org