State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,401 Nebraska births in 1922 across 623 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#69Duaneoutside the national top 200
#72Darleneoutside the national top 200
#64Fern#182 nationally
#40Keith#157 nationally
#46Dean#158 nationally
#71Leland#183 nationally
#78Ivan#186 nationally
#94Deloresoutside the national top 200
#96Luellaoutside the national top 200
#62Donna#166 nationally
#97Eldonoutside the national top 200
#57Bette#160 nationally

Girls

#1Dorothy558US #2
#2Mary531US #1
#3Betty470US #6
#4Helen383US #3
#5Ruth309US #5
#6Margaret269US #4
#7Marjorie250US #16
#8Doris244US #11
#9Evelyn243US #13
#10Virginia242US #7
#11Mildred216US #8
#12Maxine165US #82
#13Lois157US #35
#14Frances152US #10
#15Alice146US #15
#16Irene142US #17
#17Marie139US #14
#18Jean138US #20
#19Phyllis132US #53
#20Elizabeth127US #9
#21Lucille119US #33
#22Esther118US #44
#23Norma109US #46
#24Wilma105US #77
#25Florence100US #18
#26Edna95US #29
#27Shirley92US #39
#28Lillian90US #19
#29Patricia90US #69
#30Eleanor82US #28
#31Hazel79US #37
#32Geraldine76US #58
#33Lorraine76US #56
#34Viola76US #72
#35June75US #45
#36Pauline75US #36
#37Bernice72US #41
#38Arlene71US #133
#39Barbara71US #40
#40Gladys71US #25
#41Leona68US #101
#42Marian68US #67
#43Anna66US #12
#44Violet66US #86
#45Rose65US #23
#46Eileen64US #96
#47Vivian64US #74
#48Elaine63US #102
#49Vera63US #79
#50Loretta62US #125
#51Ruby62US #26
#52Ethel61US #32
#53Catherine59US #24
#54Edith59US #34
#55Velma58US #113
#56Agnes57US #62
#57Bette57US #160
#58Elsie57US #59
#59Gertrude57US #48
#60Martha57US #21
#61Charlotte55US #76
#62Donna54US #166
#63Grace54US #38
#64Fern53US #182
#65Josephine53US #27
#66Clara52US #47
#67Opal52US #108
#68Thelma52US #31
#69Louise49US #22
#70Genevieve48US #98
#71Marcella48US #155
#72Darlene47
#73Katherine46US #54
#74Margie46US #100
#75Kathryn44US #73
#76Bonnie42US #137
#77Eunice42US #119
#78Laura41US #68
#79Kathleen40US #80
#80Ellen39US #95
#81Wanda38US #92
#82Ann37US #49
#83Jane37US #55
#84Pearl37US #71
#85Verna37US #146
#86Emma36US #50
#87Eva36US #64
#88Jeanne35US #97
#89Joan35US #127
#90Carol34US #158
#91Dolores34US #104
#92Marion34US #42
#93Bertha33US #63
#94Delores33
#95Erma33US #164
#96Luella33
#97Audrey32US #89
#98Lola32US #161
#99Rita32US #52
#100Alma31US #84

Boys

#1Robert764US #2
#2John437US #1
#3Donald422US #12
#4William421US #3
#5James321US #4
#6Harold320US #13
#7Charles285US #5
#8Richard260US #9
#9Kenneth220US #21
#10George197US #6
#11Raymond197US #16
#12Edward186US #8
#13Jack169US #18
#14Paul167US #14
#15Dale162US #89
#16Joseph159US #7
#17Eugene137US #25
#18Frank130US #10
#19Leonard122US #38
#20Gerald111US #58
#21Ralph109US #23
#22Clarence106US #29
#23Howard106US #26
#24Lloyd104US #59
#25Arthur103US #19
#26Harry103US #22
#27Thomas102US #11
#28Melvin100US #50
#29Roy99US #32
#30Francis95US #34
#31Walter94US #15
#32Wayne92US #78
#33Earl88US #31
#34Lawrence88US #36
#35Marvin85US #56
#36Henry83US #17
#37Leo81US #51
#38Bernard80US #46
#39Elmer80US #54
#40Keith78US #157
#41Vernon78US #68
#42Warren78US #45
#43Floyd76US #61
#44Glenn76US #79
#45Lyle76US #146
#46Dean75US #158
#47Norman73US #44
#48Albert72US #20
#49Carl71US #30
#50Clifford68US #63
#51Edwin63US #52
#52Russell63US #49
#53Stanley62US #41
#54Leroy61US #55
#55David60US #24
#56Ernest60US #37
#57Fred60US #33
#58Louis60US #27
#59Alvin58US #73
#60Virgil58US #99
#61Lester55US #69
#62Glen54US #123
#63Alfred52US #42
#64Gordon52US #76
#65Joe50US #35
#66Arnold49US #94
#67Herbert49US #40
#68Willard48US #91
#69Duane44
#70Harvey42US #88
#71Leland41US #183
#72Everett40US #98
#73Merle40US #172
#74Theodore39US #62
#75Ray38US #65
#76Victor38US #86
#77Clyde36US #67
#78Ivan36US #186
#79Milton36US #74
#80Roland35US #115
#81Cecil34US #85
#82Delbert34US #162
#83Frederick34US #60
#84Daniel33US #47
#85Herman33US #66
#86Lewis32US #75
#87Marion32US #107
#88Don31US #136
#89Gene31US #144
#90Martin31US #80
#91Max31US #117
#92Leslie30US #114
#93Orville30US #151
#94Gilbert29US #100
#95Ronald29US #147
#96Chester28US #64
#97Eldon28
#98Lavern28
#99Maurice28US #103
#100Bill27US #104

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑42Loretta#50
↑28Marcella#71
↑23Vivian#47
↑23Russell#52
↑21Shirley#27
↑20Geraldine#32
↑18Patricia#29
↑18Charlotte#61

Falling

↓33Louise#69
↓28Thelma#68
↓27Martha#60
↓26Orville#93
↓25Grace#63
↓24Emma#86
↓23Opal#67
↓21Kathryn#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.