State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,903 Nebraska births in 1918 across 647 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#72Keithoutside the national top 200
#42Fern#164 nationally
#76Dean#189 nationally
#91Eldonoutside the national top 200
#93Luellaoutside the national top 200
#39Lyle#145 nationally
#95Laverne#199 nationally
#98Donnaoutside the national top 200
#98Lorenoutside the national top 200
#81Ivan#177 nationally
#59Erma#153 nationally
#77Merle#170 nationally

Girls

#1Mary486US #1
#2Dorothy480US #3
#3Helen451US #2
#4Ruth334US #5
#5Mildred308US #6
#6Margaret291US #4
#7Evelyn236US #11
#8Frances230US #8
#9Marjorie202US #34
#10Doris195US #19
#11Virginia194US #7
#12Marie188US #12
#13Irene187US #16
#14Alice172US #13
#15Maxine163US #87
#16Lucille161US #29
#17Elizabeth133US #9
#18Esther129US #38
#19Florence120US #14
#20Lois120US #42
#21Bernice112US #41
#22Betty108US #21
#23Hazel102US #33
#24Wilma102US #82
#25Vera101US #68
#26Gladys99US #22
#27Ruby98US #27
#28Edna96US #23
#29Viola96US #59
#30Thelma94US #32
#31Jean90US #37
#32Leona90US #79
#33Anna89US #10
#34Eleanor89US #26
#35Josephine88US #24
#36Lillian87US #15
#37Elsie85US #49
#38Agnes84US #47
#39Clara84US #43
#40Grace82US #31
#41Pauline81US #35
#42Fern80US #164
#43Louise79US #18
#44Edith77US #30
#45Vivian77US #72
#46Martha76US #25
#47June75US #66
#48Ethel73US #28
#49Gertrude72US #39
#50Phyllis72US #80
#51Lorraine65US #69
#52Rose65US #17
#53Eva63US #55
#54Emma62US #46
#55Opal61US #94
#56Velma61US #103
#57Mabel56US #74
#58Catherine55US #20
#59Erma54US #153
#60Kathryn54US #63
#61Marian52US #76
#62Norma52US #98
#63Sylvia52US #71
#64Genevieve51US #81
#65Geraldine51US #77
#66Verna50US #125
#67Violet50US #83
#68Eileen49US #110
#69Pearl49US #56
#70Marion48US #45
#71Ellen47US #92
#72Ann46US #44
#73Charlotte46US #78
#74Katherine46US #50
#75Barbara45US #60
#76Arlene44US #165
#77Elaine44US #152
#78Alma43US #73
#79Beulah42US #104
#80Eunice42US #111
#81Marguerite42US #86
#82Bertha41US #51
#83Blanche39US #96
#84Nellie39US #65
#85Alberta37US #122
#86Jane37US #53
#87Loretta37US #116
#88Bessie36US #61
#89Georgia34US #107
#90Ida34US #57
#91Irma34US #166
#92Marcella34US #163
#93Luella33
#94Anne32US #54
#95Laverne32US #199
#96Ella31US #84
#97Joan31US #160
#98Donna30
#99Harriet30US #106
#100Janet30US #129

Boys

#1John495US #1
#2Robert495US #4
#3Harold319US #13
#4William314US #2
#5George294US #6
#6Donald292US #18
#7James286US #3
#8Charles262US #5
#9Richard182US #12
#10Edward181US #8
#11Frank181US #9
#12Kenneth180US #27
#13Raymond167US #15
#14Leonard147US #41
#15Paul146US #14
#16Joseph136US #7
#17Jack133US #21
#18Walter131US #11
#19Ralph127US #22
#20Arthur124US #17
#21Carl124US #25
#22Harry120US #20
#23Dale113US #111
#24Earl112US #31
#25Elmer112US #44
#26Clarence109US #23
#27Lloyd108US #51
#28Henry107US #16
#29Howard105US #26
#30Albert101US #19
#31Roy94US #32
#32Gerald92US #72
#33Wayne92US #91
#34Francis88US #30
#35Marvin86US #68
#36Leo85US #48
#37Lawrence82US #38
#38Melvin81US #56
#39Lyle78US #145
#40Vernon77US #66
#41Victor77US #63
#42Edwin74US #55
#43Fred74US #33
#44Thomas73US #10
#45Alfred71US #42
#46Herbert68US #40
#47Lester68US #62
#48Bernard67US #47
#49Floyd66US #61
#50Eugene64US #35
#51Louis64US #24
#52Ernest62US #37
#53Alvin59US #80
#54Arnold59US #92
#55Stanley58US #36
#56Glen57US #125
#57Glenn56US #84
#58Norman56US #49
#59David54US #28
#60Virgil54US #99
#61Willard54US #83
#62Clifford53US #60
#63Leroy52US #57
#64Russell50US #50
#65Joe48US #34
#66Everett47US #93
#67Herman46US #65
#68Harvey45US #88
#69Ray44US #69
#70Don42US #153
#71Cecil41US #82
#72Keith41
#73Max41US #106
#74Clyde39US #67
#75Chester37US #54
#76Dean37US #189
#77Merle37US #170
#78Milton37US #76
#79Warren37US #90
#80Orville36US #134
#81Ivan35US #177
#82Leslie33US #102
#83Marion33US #107
#84Theodore33US #64
#85Lewis32US #74
#86Allen30US #98
#87Lee30US #86
#88Frederick29US #59
#89Martin29US #81
#90Roland29US #121
#91Eldon27
#92Wilbur27US #97
#93Archie26US #138
#94Delbert26US #164
#95Gilbert26US #105
#96Gordon26US #85
#97Willis26US #141
#98Loren25
#99Emil24US #154
#100Ervin24US #168

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑43Lorraine#51
↑32Victor#41
↑25Marion#70
↑24Verna#66
↑24Norman#58
↑22Ellen#71
↑22Milton#78
↑15Norma#62

Falling

↓23Opal#55
↓23Bertha#82
↓19Gordon#96
↓19Emil#99
↓19Ervin#100
↓18Harriet#99
↓18Ernest#52
↓16Irma#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.