State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,308 Nebraska births in 1915 across 606 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#79Deanoutside the national top 200
#89Friedaoutside the national top 200
#76Merle#186 nationally
#70Ivan#173 nationally
#55Fern#157 nationally
#59Lyle#159 nationally
#70Lydia#170 nationally
#85Leland#185 nationally
#98Ervin#190 nationally
#67Elaine#155 nationally
#57Erma#139 nationally
#77Otto#153 nationally

Girls

#1Helen431US #2
#2Mary371US #1
#3Dorothy354US #3
#4Ruth321US #5
#5Margaret253US #4
#6Mildred232US #6
#7Evelyn218US #10
#8Marie202US #11
#9Irene180US #17
#10Frances171US #9
#11Esther149US #33
#12Lucille144US #29
#13Alice141US #13
#14Doris128US #34
#15Gladys125US #21
#16Hazel123US #26
#17Marjorie120US #39
#18Edna116US #20
#19Ethel98US #23
#20Anna97US #7
#21Elizabeth95US #8
#22Rose95US #16
#23Virginia94US #12
#24Opal93US #90
#25Lillian91US #15
#26Wilma87US #80
#27Edith85US #31
#28Lois85US #47
#29Pauline85US #32
#30Bernice84US #42
#31Louise84US #18
#32Florence83US #14
#33Leona83US #74
#34Agnes81US #45
#35Eleanor81US #28
#36Gertrude81US #35
#37Elsie77US #41
#38Viola77US #59
#39Clara76US #38
#40Maxine75US #98
#41Thelma74US #30
#42Ruby72US #24
#43Grace70US #27
#44Martha70US #25
#45Emma69US #40
#46Vera67US #65
#47Josephine66US #22
#48Mabel63US #62
#49Velma61US #94
#50June55US #96
#51Kathryn52US #60
#52Vivian51US #78
#53Eva50US #55
#54Phyllis50US #100
#55Fern48US #157
#56Jean48US #48
#57Erma47US #139
#58Ann46US #43
#59Genevieve46US #76
#60Pearl46US #56
#61Nellie45US #63
#62Norma45US #118
#63Catherine44US #19
#64Charlotte44US #81
#65Ella44US #75
#66Bertha43US #46
#67Elaine42US #155
#68Marguerite41US #85
#69Betty40US #53
#70Lydia40US #170
#71Ellen39US #88
#72Katherine39US #49
#73Minnie39US #68
#74Myrtle39US #58
#75Barbara38US #83
#76Sylvia38US #67
#77Bessie37US #57
#78Loretta37US #115
#79Violet37US #82
#80Alma36US #70
#81Laura36US #61
#82Marian36US #86
#83Anne35US #52
#84Blanche35US #87
#85Eunice35US #109
#86Ida35US #54
#87Irma35US #142
#88Verna34US #126
#89Frieda31
#90Julia30US #44
#91Lena30US #77
#92Geraldine29US #108
#93Lucile29US #135
#94Beulah28US #95
#95Hilda28US #107
#96Inez28US #101
#97Eileen27US #132
#98Olive27US #123
#99Georgia26US #111
#100Jane26US #69

Boys

#1John429US #1
#2William335US #2
#3Robert334US #4
#4Harold281US #12
#5George257US #6
#6Donald224US #20
#7Charles211US #7
#8James205US #3
#9Edward177US #8
#10Richard154US #15
#11Kenneth153US #28
#12Raymond152US #16
#13Frank149US #9
#14Walter147US #11
#15Joseph132US #5
#16Paul128US #13
#17Clarence126US #24
#18Arthur125US #18
#19Carl117US #22
#20Elmer115US #45
#21Henry114US #14
#22Leonard114US #44
#23Ralph111US #21
#24Howard97US #25
#25Harry95US #19
#26Albert90US #17
#27Lawrence90US #37
#28Floyd89US #59
#29Melvin86US #60
#30Francis83US #29
#31Thomas83US #10
#32Earl82US #33
#33Wayne76US #97
#34Gerald75US #78
#35Leo74US #47
#36Ernest72US #35
#37Fred71US #26
#38Louis71US #23
#39Edwin68US #53
#40Roy68US #32
#41Alfred67US #42
#42Willard67US #58
#43Lloyd66US #62
#44Bernard63US #48
#45Clifford63US #61
#46Russell63US #51
#47Jack62US #27
#48Joe61US #38
#49Ray61US #67
#50Alvin58US #81
#51Marvin58US #72
#52Dale57US #125
#53Vernon56US #80
#54Eugene54US #41
#55Arnold53US #91
#56Herbert52US #40
#57Glenn51US #87
#58Lester51US #57
#59Lyle50US #159
#60Norman50US #50
#61Stanley49US #34
#62Leroy45US #66
#63Virgil45US #108
#64Everett43US #89
#65Glen41US #123
#66Victor41US #74
#67David40US #31
#68Herman40US #56
#69Cecil39US #76
#70Ivan37US #173
#71Frederick36US #52
#72Clyde35US #63
#73Orville35US #127
#74Chester33US #54
#75Leslie33US #106
#76Merle33US #186
#77Otto33US #153
#78Willis32US #137
#79Dean31
#80Lewis31US #70
#81Max29US #102
#82Martin28US #79
#83Claude27US #96
#84Emil27US #138
#85Leland27US #185
#86Wilbur27US #92
#87Harvey26US #95
#88Edgar25US #85
#89Maurice25US #101
#90Theodore25US #64
#91Vincent25US #65
#92Don24US #156
#93Gilbert24US #100
#94Marion24US #112
#95Milton24US #73
#96Warren24US #105
#97Allen23US #99
#98Ervin23US #190
#99Gordon23US #90
#100Rudolph22US #135

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑49Willard#42
↑36Charlotte#64
↑33Ann#58
↑29June#50
↑25Ivan#70
↑22Gerald#34
↑22Leslie#75
↑21Stanley#61

Falling

↓31Beulah#94
↓29Harvey#87
↓26Ruby#42
↓26Alma#80
↓25Ida#86
↓24Marion#94
↓23Loretta#78
↓21Laura#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.