State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,360 Nebraska births in 1911 across 274 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#48Ivanoutside the national top 200
#52Ervinoutside the national top 200
#57Deanoutside the national top 200
#59Lyleoutside the national top 200
#62Daleoutside the national top 200
#66Myronoutside the national top 200
#39Fern#172 nationally
#76Erwinoutside the national top 200
#78Keithoutside the national top 200
#63Don#184 nationally
#89Conradoutside the national top 200
#90Delbertoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Helen185US #2
#2Mary142US #1
#3Dorothy136US #4
#4Ruth108US #5
#5Mildred104US #8
#6Margaret83US #3
#7Marie74US #9
#8Alice69US #11
#9Evelyn66US #16
#10Esther59US #34
#11Irene57US #21
#12Edna56US #17
#13Hazel55US #25
#14Florence54US #12
#15Clara51US #33
#16Bernice50US #51
#17Rose49US #14
#18Gladys48US #18
#19Agnes47US #39
#20Ethel46US #15
#21Frances46US #10
#22Grace42US #23
#23Anna40US #6
#24Lucille40US #32
#25Edith39US #31
#26Elizabeth39US #7
#27Leona39US #76
#28Lillian39US #13
#29Elsie37US #41
#30Mabel36US #43
#31Vivian36US #80
#32Marjorie35US #59
#33Gertrude34US #30
#34Vera33US #67
#35Velma32US #90
#36Viola32US #47
#37Martha31US #28
#38Ruby31US #22
#39Fern29US #172
#40Opal29US #81
#41Thelma29US #27
#42Eva28US #46
#43Doris27US #56
#44Emma27US #35
#45Laura27US #57
#46Ann26US #53
#47Louise26US #19
#48Ella24US #63
#49Beulah23US #79
#50Eleanor23US #49
#51Wilma23US #102
#52Pearl21US #48
#53Virginia21US #26
#54Nellie20US #54
#55Goldie19US #140
#56Maxine19US #152
#57Minnie19US #52
#58Alma18US #62
#59Blanche18US #75
#60Ida18US #45
#61Pauline18US #38
#62Bessie17US #40
#63Ellen17US #84
#64Erma17US #138
#65Josephine17US #29
#66Katherine17US #55
#67Charlotte16US #95
#68Lois16US #68
#69Bertha15US #36
#70Irma15US #137
#71Julia15US #44
#72Loretta15US #118
#73Myrtle15US #50
#74Faye14US #184
#75Kathryn14US #73
#76Lydia14US #142
#77Mae14US #71
#78Marguerite14US #87
#79Catherine13US #20
#80Eunice13US #109
#81Genevieve13US #93
#82Audrey12US #154
#83Cecelia12US #175
#84Georgia12US #96
#85Harriet12US #115
#86Inez12US #99
#87Jennie12US #85
#88Olive12US #121
#89Betty11US #69
#90Dora11US #104
#91Henrietta11US #144
#92Hilda11US #101
#93Lena11US #70
#94Norma11US #153
#95Stella11US #72
#96Sylvia11US #82
#97Wanda11US #189
#98Ada10US #97
#99Anne10US #64
#100Frieda10

Boys

#1John98US #1
#2William79US #2
#3George63US #4
#4Robert60US #5
#5James58US #3
#6Edward50US #9
#7Harold48US #16
#8Charles45US #7
#9Donald38US #36
#10Joseph34US #6
#11Frank33US #8
#12Carl27US #26
#13Henry27US #11
#14Paul27US #17
#15Clarence26US #23
#16Leonard26US #46
#17Harry25US #13
#18Walter23US #12
#19Raymond22US #19
#20Arthur20US #18
#21Fred20US #22
#22Ralph20US #24
#23Albert19US #15
#24Earl18US #34
#25Francis18US #33
#26Howard18US #28
#27Richard18US #20
#28Thomas18US #10
#29Bernard17US #54
#30Cecil17US #76
#31Jack17US #25
#32Roy17US #31
#33Alfred16US #39
#34Elmer16US #48
#35Lloyd16US #74
#36Ernest15US #32
#37Kenneth15US #40
#38Lawrence15US #37
#39Alvin13US #89
#40David13US #27
#41Gerald12US #88
#42Glenn12US #111
#43Herbert12US #41
#44Louis12US #21
#45Vernon12US #96
#46Edwin11US #60
#47Floyd11US #57
#48Ivan11
#49Wayne11US #126
#50Arnold10US #108
#51Chester10US #58
#52Ervin10
#53Joe10US #29
#54Leo10US #51
#55Lester10US #65
#56Clifford9US #62
#57Dean9
#58Lee9US #67
#59Lyle9
#60Ray9US #71
#61Victor9US #81
#62Dale8
#63Don8US #184
#64Everett8US #102
#65Homer8US #95
#66Myron8
#67Oliver8US #115
#68Otto8US #150
#69Stanley8US #44
#70Andrew7US #42
#71Melvin7US #73
#72Roger7US #139
#73Wesley7US #131
#74Willard7US #114
#75Clyde6US #61
#76Erwin6
#77Frederick6US #52
#78Keith6
#79Leroy6US #59
#80Lewis6US #66
#81Martin6US #75
#82Maurice6US #99
#83Milton6US #70
#84Orville6US #146
#85Russell6US #55
#86Sam6US #47
#87Virgil6US #107
#88Wilbur6US #101
#89Conrad5
#90Delbert5
#91Edgar5US #83
#92Emmett5
#93Glen5US #145
#94Herman5US #49
#95Julius5US #104
#96Leslie5US #117
#97Merle5
#98Norris5
#99Oscar5US #68
#100Rudolph5US #155

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑44Goldie#55
↑43Cecil#30
↑39Alfred#33
↑37Beulah#49
↑35Bernard#29
↑35Lester#55
↑34Ray#60
↑32Ann#46

Falling

↓49Herman#94
↓37Stella#95
↓35Leslie#96
↓34Glen#93
↓30Virgil#87
↓29Frieda#100
↓29Leo#54
↓29Merle#97

Every state

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