State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,402 Nebraska births in 1919 across 615 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#62Keith#194 nationally
#50Dean#181 nationally
#54Fern#176 nationally
#85Eldonoutside the national top 200
#72Ivan#183 nationally
#92Luellaoutside the national top 200
#79Merle#182 nationally
#51Lyle#153 nationally
#99Donnaoutside the national top 200
#100Laverne#198 nationally
#18Dale#112 nationally
#75Ervin#169 nationally

Girls

#1Mary435US #1
#2Dorothy422US #3
#3Helen408US #2
#4Ruth350US #5
#5Margaret322US #4
#6Evelyn259US #11
#7Mildred222US #6
#8Irene198US #16
#9Doris186US #18
#10Virginia183US #7
#11Frances173US #9
#12Marie170US #12
#13Marjorie169US #33
#14Maxine165US #85
#15Alice159US #13
#16Lois151US #40
#17Lucille141US #27
#18Betty130US #15
#19Esther116US #38
#20Ruby114US #24
#21Florence113US #14
#22Gladys113US #21
#23Wilma111US #86
#24Elizabeth105US #8
#25Bernice100US #42
#26Edna96US #22
#27Hazel90US #32
#28Rose90US #19
#29June88US #64
#30Viola88US #58
#31Jean86US #37
#32Lillian86US #17
#33Leona85US #90
#34Pauline80US #36
#35Thelma79US #31
#36Clara75US #43
#37Lorraine75US #62
#38Martha75US #25
#39Anna73US #10
#40Elsie73US #47
#41Ethel73US #28
#42Louise73US #20
#43Eleanor72US #30
#44Edith71US #29
#45Phyllis71US #84
#46Norma70US #83
#47Geraldine69US #68
#48Opal67US #98
#49Agnes66US #50
#50Gertrude65US #39
#51Grace65US #34
#52Vera65US #65
#53Vivian63US #72
#54Fern62US #176
#55Josephine59US #26
#56Verna55US #131
#57Violet55US #74
#58Velma54US #104
#59Catherine53US #23
#60Ellen51US #92
#61Pearl51US #56
#62Eva49US #55
#63Kathryn49US #66
#64Marian48US #82
#65Emma47US #45
#66Genevieve47US #88
#67Elaine46US #136
#68Ann43US #49
#69Ella43US #87
#70Erma43US #147
#71Mabel43US #78
#72Katherine42US #51
#73Patricia42US #114
#74Sylvia42US #77
#75Barbara41US #60
#76Marguerite41US #96
#77Arlene38US #156
#78Irma38US #160
#79Lola38US #142
#80Lucile38US #152
#81Charlotte36US #79
#82Laura36US #71
#83Blanche35US #97
#84Dolores35US #124
#85Myrtle35US #67
#86Marion34US #44
#87Alma33US #76
#88Nellie33US #69
#89Eileen32US #103
#90Lorene32US #168
#91Julia31US #48
#92Luella31
#93Lydia31US #186
#94Marcella31US #171
#95Eunice30US #119
#96Ida30US #57
#97Loretta30US #118
#98Jane29US #53
#99Donna28
#100Laverne28US #198

Boys

#1Robert506US #4
#2John449US #1
#3William344US #2
#4Donald280US #17
#5Harold259US #13
#6George255US #6
#7James232US #3
#8Charles228US #5
#9Raymond198US #14
#10Kenneth182US #26
#11Richard171US #12
#12Paul158US #15
#13Frank153US #9
#14Edward150US #8
#15Jack140US #21
#16Joseph136US #7
#17Ralph122US #22
#18Dale120US #112
#19Walter119US #11
#20Leonard118US #39
#21Clarence116US #25
#22Melvin101US #56
#23Arthur100US #19
#24Howard99US #24
#25Harry95US #20
#26Elmer92US #44
#27Henry92US #16
#28Thomas92US #10
#29Gerald91US #70
#30Wayne89US #90
#31Lloyd88US #58
#32Vernon87US #65
#33Earl85US #31
#34Lawrence85US #38
#35Roy82US #32
#36Carl80US #29
#37Albert78US #18
#38Eugene78US #33
#39Leroy75US #55
#40Ernest71US #36
#41Floyd70US #59
#42Francis70US #34
#43Marvin67US #63
#44Clifford66US #60
#45Glenn66US #84
#46Lester66US #62
#47Leo65US #49
#48Alvin64US #76
#49Edwin63US #52
#50Dean62US #181
#51Lyle60US #153
#52Virgil58US #103
#53Bernard56US #45
#54Fred56US #30
#55Stanley55US #37
#56Warren55US #83
#57Harvey53US #85
#58Joe53US #35
#59Victor53US #68
#60Arnold52US #94
#61Herbert51US #40
#62Keith51US #194
#63Norman51US #48
#64Russell50US #50
#65Alfred49US #42
#66David49US #27
#67Glen49US #116
#68Louis49US #28
#69Theodore48US #54
#70Max44US #110
#71Willard42US #87
#72Ivan41US #183
#73Ray39US #69
#74Clyde38US #67
#75Ervin38US #169
#76Herman38US #61
#77Leslie37US #105
#78Orville37US #133
#79Merle36US #182
#80Delbert35US #157
#81Chester33US #53
#82Everett33US #93
#83Maurice33US #108
#84Milton33US #73
#85Eldon32
#86Cecil31US #78
#87Don31US #145
#88Wesley31US #135
#89Wilbur30US #98
#90Gilbert29US #102
#91Martin29US #81
#92Frederick27US #64
#93Claude26US #92
#94Clayton26US #149
#95Gordon26US #86
#96Edgar25US #89
#97Irvin25US #172
#98Willis25US #131
#99Allen24US #101
#100Forrest24US #185

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑27Ella#69
↑26Dean#50
↑25Ervin#75
↑24Rose#28
↑24Leroy#39
↑23Warren#56
↑18June#29
↑18Geraldine#47

Falling

↓27Vera#52
↓21Eileen#89
↓20Josephine#55
↓20Alfred#65
↓18Victor#59
↓17Louis#68
↓17Don#87
↓16Marion#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.