State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,660 Nebraska births in 1916 across 590 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#79Keithoutside the national top 200
#84Deanoutside the national top 200
#88Leland#198 nationally
#99Lowelloutside the national top 200
#90Merle#191 nationally
#56Fern#152 nationally
#59Lyle#153 nationally
#81Ervin#173 nationally
#33Dale#121 nationally
#77Ivan#165 nationally
#81Lydia#168 nationally
#89Arlene#172 nationally

Girls

#1Helen440US #2
#2Dorothy424US #3
#3Mary413US #1
#4Ruth350US #5
#5Margaret325US #4
#6Mildred227US #6
#7Frances195US #9
#8Evelyn191US #11
#9Irene175US #17
#10Esther174US #34
#11Marie172US #12
#12Doris167US #32
#13Alice151US #13
#14Marjorie136US #37
#15Lucille127US #30
#16Florence120US #14
#17Edna119US #19
#18Virginia119US #10
#19Anna114US #7
#20Elizabeth112US #8
#21Lois112US #43
#22Hazel106US #31
#23Pauline99US #33
#24Wilma99US #82
#25Bernice97US #42
#26Maxine96US #96
#27Grace94US #26
#28Gladys90US #22
#29Rose89US #15
#30Ruby89US #23
#31Louise87US #18
#32Ethel86US #25
#33Viola85US #59
#34Martha83US #24
#35Leona81US #75
#36Eleanor78US #27
#37Josephine78US #21
#38Lillian78US #16
#39Thelma78US #29
#40Vera78US #66
#41Vivian78US #77
#42Velma76US #99
#43Elsie74US #48
#44Phyllis73US #95
#45Gertrude69US #35
#46Kathryn69US #60
#47Clara67US #39
#48Agnes66US #50
#49Edith66US #28
#50Emma62US #41
#51Eva62US #55
#52Jean62US #45
#53Betty61US #44
#54Catherine61US #20
#55Ellen57US #87
#56Fern57US #152
#57Mabel55US #65
#58Ann54US #40
#59Genevieve54US #76
#60Opal53US #91
#61Bertha49US #49
#62Norma49US #111
#63Verna49US #125
#64Marguerite48US #78
#65Marian48US #72
#66June47US #86
#67Violet45US #83
#68Beulah44US #97
#69Geraldine43US #94
#70Pearl43US #57
#71Alma42US #70
#72Charlotte41US #80
#73Jane41US #62
#74Loretta40US #113
#75Katherine39US #51
#76Laura39US #64
#77Blanche38US #89
#78Ella38US #81
#79Myrtle38US #58
#80Nellie38US #61
#81Lydia36US #168
#82Eileen35US #118
#83Erma35US #145
#84Sylvia35US #69
#85Alberta34US #123
#86Elaine34US #161
#87Lola34US #147
#88Ida33US #54
#89Arlene31US #172
#90Hilda30US #105
#91Lucile30US #139
#92Marion30US #47
#93Eunice29US #110
#94Irma29US #149
#95Mae29US #92
#96Bessie28US #56
#97Inez28US #107
#98Julia28US #46
#99Minnie28US #71
#100Marcella27US #182

Boys

#1John458US #1
#2Robert409US #4
#3William361US #2
#4Charles262US #6
#5James247US #3
#6Donald237US #20
#7Harold237US #13
#8George217US #7
#9Edward198US #8
#10Kenneth182US #27
#11Richard172US #15
#12Raymond167US #16
#13Joseph153US #5
#14Frank152US #9
#15Paul135US #12
#16Walter126US #11
#17Henry120US #14
#18Leonard119US #42
#19Arthur117US #18
#20Clarence117US #24
#21Harry116US #19
#22Ralph105US #21
#23Lloyd101US #58
#24Carl98US #23
#25Fred94US #29
#26Melvin94US #57
#27Albert93US #17
#28Howard93US #25
#29Earl92US #32
#30Jack86US #26
#31Louis86US #22
#32Wayne85US #98
#33Dale82US #121
#34Roy82US #33
#35Gerald81US #76
#36Elmer78US #45
#37Marvin73US #66
#38Floyd71US #60
#39Bernard70US #49
#40Francis70US #31
#41Leo70US #47
#42Ernest69US #36
#43Lawrence68US #38
#44Clifford66US #61
#45Glen66US #122
#46Vernon66US #75
#47Thomas64US #10
#48Glenn63US #84
#49Herbert60US #40
#50Willard58US #69
#51Arnold57US #89
#52Victor57US #78
#53Virgil57US #104
#54Alfred54US #43
#55Edwin54US #53
#56Joe54US #35
#57Eugene53US #39
#58Ray53US #73
#59Lyle52US #153
#60Stanley50US #34
#61Chester49US #54
#62Harvey48US #92
#63Herman48US #56
#64Lester48US #59
#65Alvin47US #82
#66Everett47US #91
#67Russell47US #51
#68Norman45US #48
#69Lee43US #83
#70Cecil42US #80
#71David42US #28
#72Max40US #105
#73Gilbert39US #106
#74Orville39US #131
#75Wilbur38US #94
#76Leroy37US #63
#77Ivan36US #165
#78Warren36US #102
#79Keith35
#80Clyde33US #62
#81Ervin33US #173
#82Milton33US #72
#83Daniel32US #55
#84Dean32
#85Gordon32US #90
#86Martin32US #81
#87Emil29US #140
#88Leland29US #198
#89Lewis29US #71
#90Merle29US #191
#91Theodore29US #65
#92Frederick28US #52
#93Leslie28US #112
#94Andrew27US #46
#95Edgar27US #88
#96Maurice27US #100
#97Otto27US #170
#98Marion26US #110
#99Lowell25
#100Roland25US #118

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑27Jane#73
↑26Beulah#68
↑25Verna#63
↑25Harvey#62
↑23Geraldine#69
↑20Lloyd#23
↑20Glen#45
↑20Gilbert#73

Falling

↓36Opal#60
↓26Erma#83
↓26Minnie#99
↓22Edith#49
↓21Russell#67
↓21Frederick#92
↓20Otto#97
↓19Nellie#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.