State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,978 Nebraska births in 1913 across 430 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#34Fern#166 nationally
#90Luellaoutside the national top 200
#90Erwinoutside the national top 200
#91Deanoutside the national top 200
#87Lyle#196 nationally
#95Elvaoutside the national top 200
#97Ivanoutside the national top 200
#55Dale#155 nationally
#92Delbert#184 nationally
#98Eileen#184 nationally
#71Lydia#154 nationally
#61Erma#140 nationally

Girls

#1Mary255US #1
#2Helen238US #2
#3Dorothy215US #3
#4Margaret184US #4
#5Ruth169US #5
#6Mildred166US #6
#7Irene114US #21
#8Evelyn111US #12
#9Marie107US #10
#10Alice102US #11
#11Esther96US #32
#12Gladys85US #19
#13Frances82US #9
#14Edna78US #18
#15Viola72US #52
#16Bernice70US #45
#17Clara67US #36
#18Elizabeth66US #8
#19Hazel66US #27
#20Rose66US #14
#21Florence62US #13
#22Lucille62US #31
#23Thelma62US #26
#24Anna60US #7
#25Elsie59US #40
#26Lois57US #59
#27Martha57US #28
#28Vera57US #68
#29Doris55US #44
#30Wilma55US #92
#31Marjorie54US #48
#32Virginia52US #15
#33Agnes49US #41
#34Fern48US #166
#35Leona47US #74
#36Mabel47US #56
#37Opal47US #86
#38Ruby47US #23
#39Gertrude45US #33
#40Josephine45US #24
#41Maxine45US #119
#42Edith44US #29
#43Grace44US #25
#44Lillian44US #16
#45Pauline44US #35
#46Ethel43US #20
#47Eva41US #50
#48Louise41US #17
#49Emma38US #38
#50Blanche35US #76
#51Pearl34US #55
#52Marian32US #93
#53Catherine31US #22
#54Eleanor31US #34
#55Kathryn31US #66
#56Vivian31US #83
#57Charlotte30US #87
#58Velma30US #89
#59Violet30US #82
#60Ella29US #70
#61Erma29US #140
#62Genevieve29US #84
#63Sylvia29US #72
#64Beulah27US #85
#65Jean27US #60
#66Minnie27US #63
#67Myrtle26US #53
#68Ann25US #46
#69Ida25US #49
#70Katherine25US #54
#71Lydia25US #154
#72Nellie25US #58
#73Alma24US #64
#74Bessie24US #47
#75Hilda24US #105
#76Irma24US #144
#77Verna24US #126
#78Bertha23US #39
#79Betty22US #67
#80Laura22US #62
#81Ellen21US #88
#82Loretta21US #118
#83Marguerite21US #78
#84Jane20US #81
#85Jessie20US #61
#86Lucile19US #128
#87Sarah19US #43
#88Inez18US #98
#89Lola18US #130
#90Luella18
#91Marion18US #51
#92Norma18US #139
#93Phyllis18US #122
#94Beatrice17US #37
#95Elva17
#96Alberta16US #108
#97Audrey16US #136
#98Eileen16US #184
#99Lena16US #73
#100Anne15US #57

Boys

#1John279US #1
#2Harold191US #13
#3William191US #2
#4Robert174US #4
#5George147US #6
#6James147US #3
#7Charles144US #7
#8Donald115US #25
#9Paul106US #14
#10Edward102US #8
#11Frank102US #9
#12Raymond99US #18
#13Clarence94US #21
#14Walter94US #11
#15Harry92US #15
#16Richard91US #19
#17Joseph88US #5
#18Kenneth87US #33
#19Henry78US #12
#20Arthur69US #17
#21Carl69US #23
#22Lawrence67US #35
#23Earl64US #31
#24Albert60US #16
#25Elmer58US #45
#26Louis58US #20
#27Ralph58US #22
#28Howard56US #26
#29Leonard56US #46
#30Leo54US #48
#31Floyd51US #58
#32Francis51US #30
#33Jack51US #28
#34Lloyd51US #67
#35Thomas50US #10
#36Fred48US #27
#37Gerald46US #84
#38Marvin45US #77
#39Roy45US #32
#40Chester41US #56
#41Lester39US #59
#42Bernard37US #52
#43Edwin37US #55
#44Herbert37US #39
#45Melvin37US #61
#46Clifford36US #68
#47Glenn36US #85
#48Vernon36US #83
#49Alfred34US #42
#50Wayne33US #113
#51Woodrow33US #44
#52Ernest31US #34
#53Stanley31US #41
#54Arnold30US #92
#55Dale30US #155
#56Norman30US #57
#57Herman29US #53
#58Everett28US #97
#59Glen28US #129
#60Alvin27US #82
#61Ray27US #73
#62Eugene26US #43
#63Victor26US #80
#64Virgil26US #107
#65Willard26US #99
#66Emil25US #143
#67Joe25US #37
#68Cecil24US #74
#69Leroy24US #63
#70Theodore24US #60
#71Wilbur24US #91
#72Russell23US #50
#73Clyde21US #64
#74Harvey21US #93
#75Leslie21US #105
#76David20US #29
#77Martin20US #75
#78Gilbert19US #103
#79Maurice19US #95
#80Orville19US #120
#81Otto19US #146
#82Claude18US #88
#83Peter18US #51
#84Vincent18US #66
#85Allen17US #100
#86Daniel17US #54
#87Lyle17US #196
#88Max17US #101
#89Sam17US #65
#90Erwin16
#91Dean15
#92Delbert15US #184
#93Samuel15US #36
#94Andrew14US #47
#95Archie14US #134
#96Gordon14US #94
#97Ivan14
#98Jacob14US #117
#99Marion14US #111
#100Frederick13US #49

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑48Woodrow#51
↑36Maxine#41
↑30Chester#40
↑30Norman#56
↑27Charlotte#57
↑26Jack#33
↑25Bernard#42
↑23Marian#52

Falling

↓41Laura#80
↓39Lyle#87
↓31Ellen#81
↓28Alma#73
↓27Lillian#44
↓20Marguerite#83
↓20Frederick#100
↓19Bertha#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.