State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,522 Nebraska births in 1914 across 484 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#68Deanoutside the national top 200
#75Merleoutside the national top 200
#51Fern#172 nationally
#83Antonoutside the national top 200
#61Lyle#178 nationally
#76Delbert#184 nationally
#96Friedaoutside the national top 200
#97Laverneoutside the national top 200
#44Dale#142 nationally
#95Ivan#193 nationally
#57Erma#147 nationally
#84Lydia#168 nationally

Girls

#1Helen324US #2
#2Mary288US #1
#3Dorothy274US #3
#4Ruth241US #5
#5Margaret194US #4
#6Mildred173US #7
#7Evelyn159US #11
#8Irene123US #22
#9Marie116US #10
#10Alice106US #12
#11Frances100US #9
#12Doris94US #36
#13Lucille89US #30
#14Marjorie88US #45
#15Esther85US #35
#16Ruby85US #24
#17Rose82US #15
#18Lois81US #51
#19Hazel80US #29
#20Florence79US #13
#21Viola72US #57
#22Anna69US #6
#23Clara68US #37
#24Edna68US #19
#25Elizabeth67US #8
#26Agnes66US #44
#27Lillian65US #16
#28Bernice64US #43
#29Eleanor64US #28
#30Leona64US #79
#31Grace63US #25
#32Virginia63US #14
#33Martha61US #27
#34Gladys60US #20
#35Josephine59US #23
#36Wilma59US #95
#37Ethel56US #21
#38Thelma56US #26
#39Elsie55US #46
#40Gertrude53US #32
#41Pauline53US #34
#42Edith51US #31
#43Opal51US #89
#44Maxine50US #114
#45Mabel47US #58
#46Velma47US #92
#47Louise46US #17
#48Vera46US #68
#49Emma45US #39
#50Catherine41US #18
#51Fern41US #172
#52Kathryn39US #63
#53Vivian39US #81
#54Alma38US #69
#55Loretta37US #122
#56Ella36US #72
#57Erma36US #147
#58Eva36US #52
#59Violet36US #83
#60Laura35US #59
#61Ida34US #49
#62Genevieve33US #76
#63Beulah31US #96
#64Marguerite31US #84
#65Nellie31US #61
#66Barbara30US #82
#67Bertha30US #41
#68Ellen30US #86
#69Pearl30US #56
#70Katherine29US #48
#71Blanche27US #80
#72Jean27US #54
#73Norma27US #128
#74Sarah27US #47
#75Betty26US #62
#76Inez26US #101
#77Myrtle26US #60
#78Julia25US #42
#79June25US #132
#80Stella25US #65
#81Hilda24US #103
#82Marian24US #90
#83Lola23US #144
#84Lydia23US #168
#85Minnie23US #67
#86Georgia22US #107
#87Geraldine22US #123
#88Kathleen22US #110
#89Lucile22US #129
#90Sylvia22US #70
#91Ann21US #40
#92Irma20US #146
#93Jessie20US #64
#94Mae20US #85
#95Bessie19US #55
#96Frieda19
#97Laverne19
#98Ada18US #106
#99Beatrice18US #38
#100Charlotte18US #88

Boys

#1John337US #1
#2William267US #2
#3Robert230US #4
#4George202US #6
#5Charles178US #7
#6James171US #3
#7Harold167US #14
#8Donald149US #23
#9Frank146US #9
#10Edward132US #8
#11Joseph120US #5
#12Richard120US #17
#13Raymond119US #16
#14Kenneth113US #30
#15Paul109US #13
#16Walter108US #10
#17Clarence103US #22
#18Harry91US #19
#19Henry87US #12
#20Albert86US #15
#21Carl86US #24
#22Arthur83US #18
#23Elmer80US #46
#24Howard80US #26
#25Ralph77US #21
#26Leonard68US #45
#27Fred67US #28
#28Ernest64US #38
#29Roy62US #32
#30Leo61US #47
#31Floyd60US #58
#32Lloyd60US #66
#33Earl59US #33
#34Lawrence59US #35
#35Louis59US #20
#36Francis58US #31
#37Marvin58US #75
#38Thomas55US #11
#39Edwin54US #53
#40Melvin49US #59
#41Alfred48US #41
#42Clifford48US #62
#43Wayne48US #111
#44Dale46US #142
#45Alvin45US #78
#46Glenn44US #91
#47Jack44US #27
#48Russell42US #49
#49David41US #29
#50Herman40US #51
#51Victor40US #76
#52Eugene39US #43
#53Lester38US #57
#54Orville38US #133
#55Herbert37US #42
#56Gerald36US #81
#57Ray36US #74
#58Harvey35US #95
#59Norman35US #54
#60Bernard34US #50
#61Lyle33US #178
#62Vernon33US #83
#63Clyde32US #63
#64Everett31US #90
#65Joe31US #34
#66Arnold30US #97
#67Wilbur30US #96
#68Dean29
#69Leroy29US #60
#70Marion29US #115
#71Virgil28US #107
#72Chester27US #56
#73Glen27US #123
#74Max26US #99
#75Merle26
#76Delbert24US #184
#77Frederick24US #52
#78Theodore24US #64
#79Emil23US #143
#80Gilbert23US #104
#81Maurice22US #94
#82Stanley22US #39
#83Anton21
#84Martin21US #73
#85Rudolph21US #139
#86Cecil19US #79
#87Gordon19US #88
#88Milton19US #69
#89Allen18US #105
#90Daniel18US #55
#91Willard18US #92
#92Woodrow18US #71
#93Andrew17US #44
#94Edgar17US #87
#95Ivan17US #193
#96Lee17US #84
#97Leslie17US #103
#98Otto17US #155
#99Clayton16US #158
#100Peter16US #48

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑29Marion#70
↑27Loretta#55
↑27David#49
↑26Orville#54
↑26Lyle#61
↑25Eleanor#29
↑24Ernest#28
↑24Russell#48

Falling

↓43Charlotte#100
↓41Woodrow#92
↓32Chester#72
↓30Marian#82
↓29Stanley#82
↓27Sylvia#90
↓26Willard#91
↓23Ann#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.