State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,215 Nebraska births in 1912 across 397 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#48Lyle#181 nationally
#72Lelandoutside the national top 200
#46Fern#167 nationally
#77Ervin#196 nationally
#88Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#92Fayeoutside the national top 200
#94Merleoutside the national top 200
#75Delbert#180 nationally
#95Luella#200 nationally
#100Antonoutside the national top 200
#62Dale#159 nationally
#96Forrest#187 nationally

Girls

#1Helen257US #2
#2Mary215US #1
#3Dorothy209US #3
#4Ruth159US #5
#5Margaret153US #4
#6Mildred138US #6
#7Marie104US #10
#8Alice101US #11
#9Frances96US #9
#10Evelyn87US #13
#11Irene80US #22
#12Edna78US #16
#13Esther78US #33
#14Florence73US #12
#15Hazel65US #25
#16Bernice64US #51
#17Lillian64US #14
#18Gladys63US #19
#19Lucille62US #32
#20Marjorie60US #56
#21Doris59US #48
#22Elsie59US #42
#23Anna58US #7
#24Viola56US #52
#25Grace55US #24
#26Agnes54US #40
#27Elizabeth54US #8
#28Clara53US #34
#29Rose53US #15
#30Thelma52US #26
#31Mabel51US #46
#32Gertrude48US #30
#33Ruby48US #23
#34Vera45US #68
#35Wilma45US #99
#36Louise44US #17
#37Edith43US #31
#38Leona43US #76
#39Laura42US #57
#40Martha42US #29
#41Ethel39US #18
#42Violet38US #83
#43Lois37US #63
#44Virginia37US #20
#45Alma35US #62
#46Fern35US #167
#47Velma34US #88
#48Emma33US #35
#49Myrtle33US #50
#50Ellen32US #86
#51Josephine32US #28
#52Ann31US #47
#53Beulah31US #80
#54Eleanor31US #39
#55Eva31US #49
#56Opal31US #85
#57Pauline31US #38
#58Vivian31US #84
#59Bertha30US #36
#60Ella30US #69
#61Ida30US #45
#62Kathryn28US #71
#63Marguerite28US #79
#64Pearl28US #54
#65Catherine27US #21
#66Blanche26US #75
#67Jean26US #64
#68Nellie26US #59
#69Verna26US #126
#70Bessie24US #43
#71Goldie23US #158
#72Erma22US #141
#73Katherine22US #53
#74Mae22US #74
#75Marian22US #93
#76Lola21US #127
#77Maxine21US #134
#78Minnie21US #60
#79Genevieve20US #92
#80Hilda20US #104
#81Anne19US #58
#82Georgia19US #101
#83Julia19US #44
#84Charlotte18US #91
#85Sylvia18US #77
#86Harriet17US #113
#87Norma17US #137
#88Audrey16US #145
#89Dora16US #110
#90Freda16US #173
#91Olga16US #154
#92Faye15
#93Irma15US #146
#94Lucile15US #129
#95Luella15US #200
#96Amelia14US #160
#97Della14US #148
#98Eunice14US #109
#99Inez14US #100
#100Jessie14US #65

Boys

#1John225US #1
#2William173US #2
#3Harold135US #13
#4James117US #3
#5George112US #6
#6Charles111US #7
#7Robert109US #4
#8Edward92US #8
#9Raymond89US #18
#10Walter86US #11
#11Donald84US #27
#12Richard82US #19
#13Frank77US #9
#14Clarence76US #21
#15Arthur75US #15
#16Joseph73US #5
#17Elmer72US #47
#18Ralph71US #23
#19Henry67US #12
#20Kenneth66US #33
#21Paul62US #14
#22Howard59US #25
#23Lawrence58US #38
#24Carl55US #24
#25Harry55US #16
#26Albert52US #17
#27Leonard46US #45
#28Edwin43US #54
#29Louis43US #20
#30Roy43US #31
#31Leo42US #49
#32Earl41US #34
#33Fred37US #26
#34Marvin37US #83
#35Thomas37US #10
#36Herbert36US #39
#37Lloyd35US #70
#38Melvin35US #71
#39Clifford34US #62
#40Herman34US #50
#41Francis33US #35
#42Wayne33US #118
#43Ernest32US #32
#44Lester31US #58
#45Alfred30US #40
#46Virgil30US #111
#47Floyd29US #59
#48Lyle29US #181
#49Victor29US #81
#50Arnold27US #99
#51Gerald27US #87
#52Ray26US #77
#53Glenn25US #84
#54Alvin24US #86
#55Clyde24US #65
#56Glen24US #139
#57Joe24US #36
#58Vernon24US #90
#59Jack23US #28
#60Russell23US #56
#61Stanley23US #43
#62Dale22US #159
#63David22US #29
#64Theodore22US #52
#65Cecil21US #76
#66Harvey21US #91
#67Bernard20US #60
#68Eugene20US #41
#69Milton18US #64
#70Chester17US #55
#71Lee17US #78
#72Leland17
#73Leroy17US #66
#74Martin17US #75
#75Delbert16US #180
#76Emil16US #146
#77Ervin16US #196
#78Willard16US #105
#79Everett15US #96
#80Frederick15US #51
#81Rudolph15US #141
#82Wilbur15US #92
#83Archie14US #130
#84Gordon14US #93
#85Morris14US #82
#86Norman14US #61
#87Ivan13US #173
#88Laurence13
#89Orville13US #136
#90Claude12US #89
#91Edgar12US #85
#92Leslie12US #108
#93Maurice12US #95
#94Merle12
#95Peter12US #48
#96Forrest11US #187
#97Guy11US #140
#98Roland11US #127
#99Woodrow11US #46
#100Anton10

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑54Herman#40
↑41Virgil#46
↑37Glen#56
↑33Melvin#38
↑25Lois#43
↑25Russell#60
↑24Myrtle#49
↑23Leo#31

Falling

↓39Ivan#87
↓38Bernard#67
↓35Cecil#65
↓28Jack#59
↓27Vivian#58
↓25Ervin#77
↓23Irma#93
↓23David#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.