State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,616 Nebraska births in 1917 across 625 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#65Keithoutside the national top 200
#86Deanoutside the national top 200
#68Merle#178 nationally
#54Fern#162 nationally
#50Lyle#153 nationally
#98Eldonoutside the national top 200
#66Arlene#167 nationally
#100Luellaoutside the national top 200
#81Ervin#174 nationally
#99Leland#191 nationally
#78Ivan#168 nationally
#31Dale#120 nationally

Girls

#1Helen480US #2
#2Mary439US #1
#3Dorothy407US #3
#4Ruth356US #5
#5Margaret279US #4
#6Mildred267US #6
#7Evelyn211US #11
#8Marie190US #12
#9Frances183US #9
#10Irene174US #17
#11Doris168US #25
#12Alice163US #13
#13Marjorie155US #36
#14Lucille142US #29
#15Esther138US #38
#16Virginia138US #10
#17Edna126US #20
#18Florence125US #14
#19Maxine125US #93
#20Elizabeth121US #8
#21Gladys121US #23
#22Lois116US #43
#23Lillian107US #15
#24Bernice102US #42
#25Anna99US #7
#26Wilma98US #82
#27Vera94US #66
#28Pauline92US #33
#29Thelma92US #32
#30Hazel89US #31
#31Grace88US #30
#32Opal88US #95
#33Viola88US #59
#34Betty85US #34
#35Agnes82US #48
#36Eleanor82US #26
#37Leona81US #80
#38Rose81US #16
#39Ruby81US #27
#40Elsie80US #50
#41Jean80US #40
#42Velma79US #99
#43Louise78US #19
#44Martha77US #22
#45Ethel72US #24
#46Edith70US #28
#47Josephine70US #21
#48Phyllis69US #92
#49Emma68US #46
#50Kathryn66US #60
#51Gertrude65US #37
#52Clara64US #41
#53Catherine63US #18
#54Fern61US #162
#55Eva60US #54
#56Pearl59US #57
#57Vivian57US #79
#58Mabel56US #68
#59Bertha53US #51
#60June53US #73
#61Marian53US #74
#62Violet53US #84
#63Geraldine49US #89
#64Eileen48US #106
#65Erma48US #148
#66Arlene47US #167
#67Charlotte47US #76
#68Marguerite46US #78
#69Barbara42US #67
#70Katherine42US #49
#71Sylvia42US #69
#72Alma41US #71
#73Genevieve41US #77
#74Ann40US #44
#75Irma40US #156
#76Laura40US #65
#77Norma40US #108
#78Beulah39US #102
#79Blanche37US #91
#80Eunice37US #111
#81Harriet37US #104
#82Loretta37US #114
#83Georgia36US #105
#84Lola36US #143
#85Lydia36US #169
#86Audrey35US #117
#87Ella35US #83
#88Lucile35US #142
#89Julia34US #47
#90Verna34US #124
#91Anne33US #53
#92Elaine33US #160
#93Ellen33US #90
#94Lorraine33US #116
#95Marion33US #45
#96Myrtle33US #58
#97Nellie33US #64
#98Jane32US #55
#99Bessie29US #61
#100Luella29

Boys

#1John438US #1
#2Robert403US #4
#3William326US #2
#4Harold295US #12
#5James270US #3
#6Donald264US #20
#7Charles262US #7
#8George237US #6
#9Richard201US #14
#10Raymond185US #16
#11Edward181US #8
#12Paul174US #13
#13Kenneth150US #27
#14Frank147US #9
#15Joseph145US #5
#16Walter138US #11
#17Arthur137US #17
#18Leonard127US #41
#19Carl118US #24
#20Harry117US #19
#21Howard117US #26
#22Lawrence114US #36
#23Lloyd113US #53
#24Jack108US #22
#25Ralph108US #21
#26Henry104US #15
#27Earl101US #32
#28Clarence97US #25
#29Albert96US #18
#30Elmer96US #45
#31Dale94US #120
#32Francis90US #30
#33Melvin90US #57
#34Ernest89US #37
#35Gerald89US #69
#36Leo80US #47
#37Fred77US #29
#38Edwin76US #55
#39Louis76US #23
#40Bernard74US #49
#41Thomas74US #10
#42Vernon73US #71
#43Roy71US #33
#44Wayne71US #96
#45Floyd69US #62
#46Eugene68US #39
#47Marvin68US #68
#48Lester63US #61
#49Glen62US #122
#50Lyle60US #153
#51Russell60US #52
#52Virgil59US #103
#53Glenn58US #86
#54Joe58US #35
#55Clifford56US #59
#56David56US #28
#57Alfred53US #43
#58Alvin53US #81
#59Stanley51US #34
#60Willard51US #80
#61Herbert49US #40
#62Clyde48US #64
#63Herman48US #58
#64Ray48US #74
#65Keith46
#66Arnold44US #91
#67Max44US #104
#68Merle44US #178
#69Warren44US #93
#70Chester42US #56
#71Everett41US #94
#72Leroy41US #60
#73Victor41US #78
#74Harvey40US #90
#75Frederick39US #51
#76Theodore39US #63
#77Gordon38US #84
#78Ivan38US #168
#79Cecil37US #83
#80Emil37US #137
#81Ervin36US #174
#82Norman36US #46
#83Orville35US #134
#84Martin34US #77
#85Don32US #167
#86Dean31
#87Leslie31US #107
#88Wilbur29US #92
#89Willis28US #140
#90Daniel27US #54
#91Edgar27US #88
#92Philip27US #66
#93Roland27US #117
#94Lee25US #85
#95Benjamin24US #76
#96Lewis24US #70
#97Otto24US #157
#98Eldon23
#99Leland23US #191
#100Milton23US #75

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑28Opal#32
↑23Arlene#66
↑22Merle#68
↑21Lawrence#22
↑19Betty#34
↑19Irma#75
↑18Eileen#64
↑18Erma#65

Falling

↓38Ellen#93
↓27Verna#90
↓25Jane#98
↓25Lee#94
↓21Victor#73
↓18Milton#100
↓17Myrtle#96
↓17Nellie#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.