State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,337 Nebraska births in 1923 across 633 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#48Darleneoutside the national top 200
#40Fern#187 nationally
#62Duane#190 nationally
#31Donna#156 nationally
#76Lavernoutside the national top 200
#38Dean#153 nationally
#65Merle#180 nationally
#88Eldonoutside the national top 200
#44Lyle#154 nationally
#93Luellaoutside the national top 200
#77Delores#184 nationally
#30Arlene#127 nationally

Girls

#1Betty587US #5
#2Mary533US #1
#3Dorothy518US #2
#4Helen348US #3
#5Ruth299US #6
#6Margaret295US #4
#7Doris246US #11
#8Virginia220US #7
#9Evelyn206US #12
#10Marjorie196US #16
#11Mildred170US #8
#12Lois168US #27
#13Frances154US #10
#14Maxine151US #76
#15Norma147US #41
#16Phyllis142US #45
#17Alice141US #15
#18Irene136US #17
#19Marie124US #14
#20Patricia119US #56
#21Lucille116US #35
#22Elizabeth114US #9
#23Esther114US #47
#24Jean113US #19
#25Shirley108US #26
#26Wilma101US #74
#27Lillian96US #20
#28Elaine94US #87
#29Rose92US #23
#30Arlene89US #127
#31Donna87US #156
#32Bernice84US #43
#33Gladys84US #29
#34Barbara80US #33
#35Eleanor75US #28
#36Florence75US #18
#37Anna74US #13
#38Leona74US #100
#39Edna73US #32
#40Fern73US #187
#41June72US #42
#42Bonnie68US #126
#43Marian68US #65
#44Ruby65US #25
#45Martha62US #21
#46Hazel61US #40
#47Lorraine61US #57
#48Darlene60
#49Charlotte59US #77
#50Viola59US #79
#51Eileen56US #95
#52Kathryn56US #72
#53Edith55US #36
#54Vera55US #82
#55Wanda55US #80
#56Dolores54US #83
#57Ethel54US #38
#58Geraldine54US #58
#59Josephine54US #30
#60Pauline54US #37
#61Thelma54US #31
#62Vivian53US #69
#63Elsie51US #61
#64Clara50US #49
#65Marcella50US #158
#66Genevieve49US #97
#67Grace49US #39
#68Bette48US #148
#69Ellen48US #103
#70Louise45US #22
#71Catherine44US #24
#72Opal44US #113
#73Velma44US #116
#74Joyce43US #104
#75Violet40US #86
#76Agnes39US #63
#77Delores39US #184
#78Eunice39US #125
#79Eva39US #66
#80Laura39US #73
#81Marion39US #44
#82Rita39US #50
#83Beverly38US #144
#84Emma38US #53
#85Gertrude38US #59
#86Carol37US #139
#87Jeanne37US #90
#88Loretta37US #124
#89Audrey36US #85
#90Erma36US #168
#91Margie36US #101
#92Marilyn36US #118
#93Luella35
#94Ann34US #52
#95Verna34US #146
#96Katherine33US #60
#97Joan32US #117
#98Kathleen32US #70
#99Roberta32US #152
#100Gloria31US #48

Boys

#1Robert868US #2
#2Donald485US #10
#3John458US #1
#4William438US #3
#5James362US #4
#6Richard332US #9
#7Harold283US #13
#8Charles260US #5
#9George244US #6
#10Kenneth210US #21
#11Raymond203US #15
#12Jack175US #17
#13Edward167US #8
#14Dale152US #90
#15Joseph151US #7
#16Frank142US #11
#17Leonard132US #37
#18Ralph130US #23
#19Paul127US #14
#20Gerald126US #54
#21Wayne120US #75
#22Walter116US #16
#23Marvin110US #51
#24Eugene108US #25
#25Harry108US #22
#26Warren105US #43
#27Clarence101US #29
#28Earl101US #31
#29Arthur100US #19
#30Melvin93US #48
#31Lawrence91US #36
#32Leroy87US #55
#33Albert86US #20
#34Howard86US #26
#35Thomas85US #12
#36Lloyd82US #59
#37Norman79US #44
#38Dean77US #153
#39Carl73US #28
#40Henry73US #18
#41Francis72US #34
#42Roy72US #32
#43David71US #24
#44Lyle71US #154
#45Bernard69US #46
#46Leo69US #49
#47Vernon68US #67
#48Ernest65US #38
#49Floyd65US #64
#50Louis65US #27
#51Edwin61US #56
#52Elmer59US #57
#53Fred59US #33
#54Clifford58US #65
#55Glen56US #121
#56Virgil56US #100
#57Glenn55US #84
#58Keith52US #145
#59Stanley52US #41
#60Alfred51US #42
#61Alvin51US #73
#62Duane51US #190
#63Ray49US #61
#64Gordon46US #76
#65Merle46US #180
#66Willard45US #92
#67Don42US #130
#68Gene41US #140
#69Gilbert41US #102
#70Lester41US #71
#71Herbert40US #40
#72Arnold38US #93
#73Frederick38US #60
#74Russell38US #52
#75Calvin37US #82
#76Lavern37
#77Delbert36US #156
#78Clyde35US #68
#79Joe35US #35
#80Leland35US #174
#81Leslie35US #112
#82Orville35US #152
#83Theodore35US #62
#84Harvey34US #91
#85Victor34US #88
#86Daniel32US #47
#87Max32US #122
#88Eldon31
#89Everett31US #99
#90Maurice31US #101
#91Ronald30US #142
#92Wallace30US #69
#93Billy28US #78
#94Ivan28US #176
#95Lee28US #85
#96Martin27US #80
#97Bill26US #98
#98Jesse26US #83
#99Wesley26US #125
#100Wilbur26US #105

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑35Dolores#56
↑34Bonnie#42
↑31Donna#31
↑26Wanda#55
↑25Gilbert#69
↑24Fern#40
↑24Darlene#48
↑23Kathryn#52

Falling

↓38Loretta#88
↓31Violet#75
↓26Geraldine#58
↓26Gertrude#85
↓24Pauline#60
↓23Katherine#96
↓22Russell#74
↓20Agnes#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.