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Top names in Nebraska

Name: Top baby names in Nebraska, 1910
Creator: Social Security Administration

The names most likely to appear on 1910 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,931 Nebraska births in 1910 across 256 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Nebraska more than they say America.

#68Merleoutside the national top 200
#71Friedaoutside the national top 200
#74Lilaoutside the national top 200
#74Ervin#199 nationally
#77Lyleoutside the national top 200
#80Milooutside the national top 200
#54Fern#174 nationally
#83Ronaldoutside the national top 200
#59Glen#165 nationally
#85Alta#191 nationally
#97Fayeoutside the national top 200
#56Otto#155 nationally

Girls

#1Mary161US #1
#2Helen134US #2
#3Ruth114US #5
#4Dorothy99US #4
#5Margaret96US #3
#6Mildred91US #8
#7Marie80US #9
#8Evelyn71US #17
#9Esther67US #38
#10Frances54US #11
#11Alice52US #10
#12Irene52US #21
#13Edna51US #18
#14Elizabeth50US #7
#15Lucille50US #31
#16Gladys49US #15
#17Florence47US #12
#18Mabel46US #46
#19Anna45US #6
#20Agnes44US #41
#21Elsie43US #44
#22Thelma42US #25
#23Bernice41US #58
#24Hazel41US #24
#25Clara40US #32
#26Gertrude39US #26
#27Lillian39US #14
#28Edith36US #35
#29Ethel36US #13
#30Grace34US #23
#31Rose33US #16
#32Vera33US #71
#33Doris32US #64
#34Alma30US #61
#35Leona30US #79
#36Ruby30US #27
#37Louise28US #20
#38Martha28US #28
#39Opal27US #87
#40Viola27US #48
#41Pearl26US #39
#42Bertha25US #33
#43Emma25US #34
#44Eva25US #45
#45Virginia25US #29
#46Blanche24US #74
#47Laura24US #53
#48Marjorie24US #68
#49Myrtle24US #43
#50Nellie24US #51
#51Violet24US #89
#52Ida23US #47
#53Josephine23US #30
#54Fern20US #174
#55Bessie19US #37
#56Ella19US #62
#57Pauline19US #42
#58Stella19US #72
#59Ellen18US #88
#60Velma18US #90
#61Catherine17US #22
#62Erma17US #140
#63Jessie17US #63
#64Lois17US #76
#65Lucile17US #118
#66Hilda16US #109
#67Irma16US #149
#68Marguerite16US #84
#69Minnie16US #50
#70Wilma16US #119
#71Frieda15
#72Inez15US #97
#73Eleanor14US #55
#74Lila14
#75Genevieve13US #98
#76Kathryn13US #80
#77Sylvia13US #92
#78Ann12US #52
#79Betty12US #69
#80Jean12US #77
#81Julia12US #49
#82Katherine12US #57
#83Marian12US #106
#84Norma12US #159
#85Alta11US #191
#86Beulah11US #82
#87Verna11US #130
#88Ada10US #94
#89Charlotte10US #99
#90Lela10US #161
#91Lena10US #66
#92Luella10US #184
#93Marion10US #59
#94Anne9US #67
#95Della9US #137
#96Eunice9US #113
#97Faye9
#98Geraldine9US #148
#99Goldie9US #139
#100Iva9US #168

Boys

#1John93US #1
#2William63US #3
#3Robert57US #4
#4James51US #2
#5Charles50US #7
#6Harold38US #18
#7George36US #5
#8Frank33US #8
#9Carl28US #26
#10Paul27US #15
#11Clarence26US #20
#12Edward26US #9
#13Joseph26US #6
#14Arthur25US #17
#15Donald24US #44
#16Fred24US #22
#17Henry24US #10
#18Harry23US #16
#19Lawrence22US #35
#20Raymond21US #19
#21Walter21US #13
#22Francis20US #36
#23Kenneth20US #43
#24Elmer19US #48
#25Leo19US #51
#26Albert18US #14
#27Earl18US #33
#28Richard18US #21
#29Roy18US #29
#30Howard17US #27
#31Leonard17US #46
#32Ernest15US #31
#33Ralph14US #28
#34Arnold13US #126
#35Jack13US #23
#36Thomas13US #12
#37Clifford12US #66
#38Glenn12US #97
#39Everett11US #88
#40Chester10US #61
#41Eugene10US #39
#42Floyd10US #55
#43Gerald10US #105
#44Harvey10US #89
#45Herman10US #52
#46Lee10US #49
#47Lloyd10US #67
#48Louis10US #24
#49Wayne10US #141
#50Andrew9US #42
#51David9US #30
#52Edwin9US #71
#53Frederick9US #69
#54Herbert9US #41
#55Melvin9US #75
#56Otto9US #155
#57Virgil9US #111
#58Alvin8US #85
#59Glen8US #165
#60Joe8US #25
#61Leslie8US #102
#62Lewis8US #65
#63Vernon8US #94
#64Bernard7US #62
#65Claude7US #78
#66Emil7US #161
#67Julius7US #95
#68Merle7
#69Orville7US #142
#70Russell7US #58
#71Willard7US #121
#72Alfred6US #38
#73Cecil6US #77
#74Ervin6US #199
#75Jacob6US #117
#76Jesse6US #60
#77Lyle6
#78Marion6US #108
#79Marvin6US #84
#80Milo6
#81Milton6US #76
#82Oliver6US #103
#83Ronald6
#84Victor6US #90
#85Wilbur6US #104
#86Ben5US #79
#87Daniel5US #53
#88Homer5US #98
#89Jerry5US #131
#90Lester5US #64
#91Max5US #115
#92Norman5US #63
#93Peter5US #56
#94Ray5US #68
#95Stanley5US #47

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.