State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 25,324 Nebraska births in 1921 across 644 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#64Duaneoutside the national top 200
#41Dean#168 nationally
#75Darleneoutside the national top 200
#58Fern#174 nationally
#91Deloresoutside the national top 200
#91Eldonoutside the national top 200
#92Lavernoutside the national top 200
#99Harlanoutside the national top 200
#37Arlene#138 nationally
#52Keith#153 nationally
#100Lowell#199 nationally
#78Ivan#176 nationally

Girls

#1Mary574US #1
#2Dorothy544US #2
#3Helen389US #3
#4Ruth353US #5
#5Betty341US #8
#6Margaret332US #4
#7Doris253US #13
#8Evelyn252US #12
#9Virginia245US #6
#10Marjorie239US #16
#11Mildred215US #7
#12Frances180US #9
#13Irene165US #18
#14Marie152US #14
#15Lucille145US #31
#16Alice144US #15
#17Maxine142US #77
#18Esther135US #42
#19Lois130US #38
#20Wilma122US #72
#21Elizabeth120US #10
#22Phyllis116US #60
#23Florence113US #17
#24Bernice109US #39
#25Jean106US #25
#26Norma103US #51
#27Gladys101US #24
#28Anna95US #11
#29Edna93US #27
#30Hazel92US #34
#31Rose86US #20
#32Viola85US #66
#33Martha83US #21
#34Eleanor78US #29
#35June76US #50
#36Louise74US #22
#37Arlene73US #138
#38Grace72US #35
#39Lillian72US #19
#40Thelma72US #30
#41Barbara71US #40
#42Elaine71US #97
#43Marian71US #69
#44Opal71US #103
#45Elsie70US #55
#46Lorraine70US #61
#47Patricia69US #84
#48Shirley69US #44
#49Leona67US #92
#50Pauline67US #37
#51Clara65US #45
#52Geraldine64US #62
#53Josephine64US #28
#54Kathryn64US #64
#55Ruby64US #26
#56Velma64US #108
#57Violet64US #81
#58Fern62US #174
#59Eileen59US #100
#60Edith58US #33
#61Catherine52US #23
#62Emma52US #52
#63Vera52US #76
#64Agnes51US #56
#65Genevieve51US #90
#66Ann50US #53
#67Ethel50US #32
#68Gertrude50US #46
#69Katherine49US #49
#70Vivian49US #68
#71Verna48US #141
#72Bette47US #169
#73Eva46US #63
#74Laura46US #71
#75Darlene45
#76Erma45US #158
#77Marion45US #43
#78Wanda45US #101
#79Charlotte42US #79
#80Ellen41US #95
#81Bertha39US #59
#82Jeanne39US #109
#83Mabel39US #85
#84Pearl39US #65
#85Sylvia39US #88
#86Dolores38US #111
#87Bonnie37US #151
#88Harriet37US #114
#89Rosemary37US #128
#90Beulah36US #116
#91Delores36
#92Loretta36US #122
#93Naomi36US #132
#94Eunice35US #120
#95Audrey34US #82
#96Roberta34US #148
#97Blanche33US #112
#98Ella33US #89
#99Marcella33US #159
#100Myrtle33US #73

Boys

#1Robert797US #2
#2John500US #1
#3Donald426US #13
#4William426US #3
#5James328US #4
#6Charles299US #5
#7Harold288US #12
#8Richard278US #10
#9George260US #6
#10Raymond221US #16
#11Kenneth213US #22
#12Jack200US #18
#13Edward194US #8
#14Joseph175US #7
#15Dale156US #93
#16Paul155US #14
#17Leonard140US #39
#18Frank138US #9
#19Walter131US #15
#20Gerald130US #60
#21Warren125US #24
#22Arthur115US #19
#23Wayne111US #81
#24Harry109US #21
#25Melvin109US #53
#26Thomas107US #11
#27Eugene104US #26
#28Ralph104US #23
#29Clarence103US #28
#30Howard103US #27
#31Marvin97US #59
#32Leo92US #50
#33Floyd91US #63
#34Albert89US #20
#35Lloyd87US #58
#36Roy86US #32
#37Bernard85US #45
#38Earl85US #31
#39Elmer81US #48
#40Lawrence81US #37
#41Dean76US #168
#42Francis76US #35
#43Carl75US #30
#44Vernon73US #68
#45Clifford70US #62
#46Edwin69US #54
#47Henry68US #17
#48Stanley67US #41
#49Virgil67US #98
#50Fred66US #33
#51Glen65US #119
#52Keith63US #153
#53Louis62US #29
#54Ernest60US #38
#55David59US #25
#56Leroy57US #55
#57Norman56US #46
#58Glenn55US #80
#59Alvin54US #73
#60Herbert53US #42
#61Lester53US #66
#62Lyle51US #150
#63Victor51US #83
#64Duane49
#65Willard49US #89
#66Alfred48US #43
#67Orville48US #137
#68Ray48US #67
#69Joe46US #36
#70Arnold44US #91
#71Gordon44US #84
#72Max44US #112
#73Everett43US #95
#74Leland43US #171
#75Russell41US #52
#76Merle40US #173
#77Harvey38US #87
#78Ivan38US #176
#79Willis37US #133
#80Leslie36US #106
#81Wallace36US #88
#82Daniel35US #49
#83Allen34US #94
#84Chester34US #56
#85Gilbert32US #103
#86Milton32US #75
#87Ronald32US #154
#88Clyde31US #69
#89Marion31US #102
#90Theodore31US #65
#91Eldon30
#92Lavern30
#93Edgar29US #90
#94Delbert28US #156
#95Lee28US #86
#96Wilbur28US #100
#97Cecil27US #79
#98Roger27US #99
#99Harlan26
#100Lowell26US #199

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑26Martha#33
↑26Arlene#37
↑25Patricia#47
↑23Verna#71
↑23Bette#72
↑20Bernard#37
↑20Leslie#80
↑19Barbara#41

Falling

↓29Vera#63
↓27Vivian#70
↓20Pauline#50
↓20Marcella#99
↓20Russell#75
↓20Clyde#88
↓18Leona#49
↓18Erma#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.