State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,659 Nebraska births in 1924 across 628 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#41Darleneoutside the national top 200
#37Lyle#159 nationally
#57Delores#174 nationally
#67Ivan#183 nationally
#63Duane#176 nationally
#85Fern#197 nationally
#91Lavernoutside the national top 200
#23Donna#131 nationally
#96Lorenoutside the national top 200
#97Luellaoutside the national top 200
#81Merle#184 nationally
#42Dean#144 nationally

Girls

#1Betty671US #4
#2Mary581US #1
#3Dorothy500US #2
#4Helen341US #3
#5Ruth266US #6
#6Margaret265US #5
#7Evelyn231US #12
#8Doris230US #9
#9Virginia219US #7
#10Lois217US #22
#11Marjorie191US #17
#12Mildred173US #8
#13Phyllis173US #44
#14Shirley155US #19
#15Norma151US #40
#16Irene139US #18
#17Jean134US #16
#18Lucille134US #37
#19Patricia132US #35
#20Alice125US #15
#21Maxine121US #77
#22Frances119US #10
#23Donna114US #131
#24Marie113US #14
#25Wilma106US #67
#26Esther97US #51
#27Elizabeth96US #11
#28Arlene95US #122
#29Barbara94US #28
#30Bernice94US #47
#31June86US #45
#32Anna81US #13
#33Gladys79US #30
#34Bonnie77US #117
#35Lorraine75US #52
#36Edna74US #31
#37Elaine74US #73
#38Marilyn74US #101
#39Eleanor73US #29
#40Marian73US #64
#41Darlene72
#42Hazel70US #42
#43Viola68US #82
#44Lillian65US #23
#45Ruby65US #26
#46Florence64US #20
#47Leona63US #103
#48Vera60US #85
#49Dolores59US #75
#50Joyce59US #83
#51Pauline59US #38
#52Eileen58US #93
#53Geraldine58US #58
#54Grace58US #43
#55Wanda58US #74
#56Bette55US #151
#57Delores55US #174
#58Rose54US #25
#59Thelma54US #33
#60Charlotte53US #80
#61Vivian52US #71
#62Edith51US #36
#63Josephine51US #34
#64Louise51US #24
#65Kathryn50US #81
#66Marcella50US #164
#67Agnes47US #63
#68Joan45US #95
#69Martha45US #21
#70Rita45US #49
#71Catherine44US #27
#72Ethel44US #39
#73Loretta44US #124
#74Velma44US #123
#75Carol43US #132
#76Emma43US #57
#77Eunice43US #130
#78Katherine43US #59
#79Elsie42US #61
#80Beverly39US #121
#81Juanita39US #48
#82Opal39US #120
#83Pearl39US #78
#84Eva38US #66
#85Fern38US #197
#86Marion37US #46
#87Violet37US #88
#88Beulah36US #138
#89Clara36US #56
#90Genevieve36US #107
#91Janice36US #187
#92Audrey35US #84
#93Lola34US #161
#94Margie34US #102
#95Ann33US #55
#96Ellen32US #99
#97Luella32
#98Naomi32US #140
#99Alma31US #87
#100Gertrude30US #60

Boys

#1Robert936US #1
#2Donald499US #10
#3John495US #2
#4William427US #3
#5James362US #4
#6Richard358US #8
#7Charles286US #5
#8Harold285US #13
#9Kenneth228US #19
#10George224US #6
#11Raymond198US #15
#12Jack193US #17
#13Dale175US #84
#14Edward172US #9
#15Joseph163US #7
#16Paul142US #14
#17Gerald136US #49
#18Eugene135US #25
#19Frank129US #12
#20Walter112US #16
#21Wayne112US #74
#22Leonard110US #38
#23Marvin105US #50
#24Howard102US #26
#25Thomas101US #11
#26Melvin100US #48
#27Ralph99US #23
#28Arthur98US #20
#29Lloyd95US #61
#30Clarence90US #29
#31Harry87US #22
#32Vernon86US #68
#33Earl85US #33
#34Carl82US #27
#35Calvin79US #44
#36Albert77US #21
#37Lyle76US #159
#38Francis75US #34
#39Henry73US #18
#40Norman73US #42
#41Bernard72US #46
#42Dean72US #144
#43Leo70US #51
#44Ernest69US #37
#45Elmer66US #57
#46Glenn64US #79
#47Louis62US #28
#48Fred60US #32
#49Stanley60US #40
#50Floyd59US #66
#51Roy59US #31
#52Warren59US #58
#53Glen57US #118
#54Keith57US #150
#55Lawrence57US #36
#56Alvin56US #73
#57Clifford56US #64
#58Leroy56US #53
#59David54US #24
#60Willard50US #97
#61Ray49US #60
#62Virgil49US #111
#63Duane47US #176
#64Lester47US #72
#65Arnold45US #95
#66Edwin45US #55
#67Ivan43US #183
#68Ronald43US #130
#69Alfred42US #43
#70Don42US #125
#71Gene42US #135
#72Harvey42US #88
#73Herbert42US #41
#74Russell42US #52
#75Joe40US #35
#76Bill39US #92
#77Max39US #126
#78Clyde38US #69
#79Victor37US #90
#80Wallace37US #87
#81Merle36US #184
#82Milton36US #81
#83Gordon35US #75
#84Wesley35US #131
#85Delbert34US #161
#86Daniel33US #47
#87Gilbert33US #100
#88Lee33US #83
#89Orville32US #155
#90Frederick31US #62
#91Lavern31
#92Everett30US #104
#93Leslie30US #107
#94Roger30US #93
#95Roland30US #98
#96Loren29
#97Philip29US #71
#98Billy28US #63
#99Chester28US #67
#100Herman28US #70

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑54Marilyn#38
↑40Calvin#35
↑29Joan#68
↑27Ivan#67
↑24Joyce#50
↑23Ronald#68
↑21Bill#76
↑20Delores#57

Falling

↓45Fern#85
↓29Rose#58
↓27Ellen#96
↓26Warren#52
↓26Leroy#58
↓25Clara#89
↓24Martha#69
↓24Genevieve#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.