Name Legacy

Baby names in Nevada, 1910s

1910–1919 · 3,749 recorded births

John was the most common name given in Nevada across the 1910s, with 283 births in the decade. The state recorded 3,749 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Nevada 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
Jack71
June25
George149
John283
William218
Anita13
Alice68
Virginia68

Top 25 in the 1910s

RankNameBirths
#1John283
#2Mary220
#3William218
#4George149
#5James143
#6Robert139
#7Dorothy117
#8Helen113
#9Charles110
#10Margaret99
#11Frank80
#12Ruth79
#13Edward75
#14Jack71
#15Alice68
#15Joseph68
#15Virginia68
#18Mildred63
#19Thomas62
#20Frances48
#20Marie48
#22Louise45
#23Donald44
#23Irene44
#23Josephine44

Other decades in Nevada

All Nevada 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