State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,697 Nebraska births in 1925 across 594 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#31Darleneoutside the national top 200
#67Fernoutside the national top 200
#36Delores#163 nationally
#45Duane#170 nationally
#84Eldonoutside the national top 200
#72Ivan#185 nationally
#88Luellaoutside the national top 200
#44Lyle#154 nationally
#94Darrelloutside the national top 200
#97Lavernoutside the national top 200
#37Dean#140 nationally
#73Merle#175 nationally

Girls

#1Betty599US #3
#2Dorothy488US #2
#3Mary485US #1
#4Helen304US #4
#5Margaret268US #5
#6Doris249US #8
#7Lois245US #18
#8Ruth233US #6
#9Virginia202US #7
#10Marjorie187US #21
#11Evelyn181US #12
#12Shirley180US #17
#13Phyllis179US #40
#14Patricia150US #28
#15Norma146US #34
#16Mildred143US #9
#17Maxine136US #79
#18Alice135US #15
#19Jean130US #14
#20Donna123US #110
#21Irene119US #19
#22Frances113US #11
#23Elizabeth108US #10
#24Elaine105US #73
#25Lucille104US #41
#26Bonnie101US #107
#27Wilma101US #62
#28Lillian96US #25
#29Barbara95US #22
#30Arlene89US #120
#31Darlene89
#32Anna81US #13
#33Gladys81US #33
#34Esther77US #56
#35June75US #39
#36Delores72US #163
#37Dolores72US #64
#38Lorraine72US #51
#39Eleanor71US #31
#40Marilyn71US #83
#41Marie69US #16
#42Geraldine68US #54
#43Joan65US #66
#44Rose65US #26
#45Leona64US #108
#46Marian63US #67
#47Florence62US #24
#48Pauline61US #38
#49Louise57US #27
#50Rita57US #48
#51Bernice55US #46
#52Vivian53US #76
#53Thelma52US #35
#54Bette51US #155
#55Gloria51US #20
#56Joyce51US #59
#57Edna50US #37
#58Velma49US #128
#59Viola49US #84
#60Catherine48US #29
#61Eileen48US #96
#62Josephine48US #36
#63Rosemary48US #103
#64Ruby48US #30
#65Elsie46US #63
#66Ethel46US #43
#67Fern46
#68Hazel46US #45
#69Agnes43US #69
#70Martha43US #23
#71Roberta43US #147
#72Kathleen42US #81
#73Carol41US #119
#74Edith41US #42
#75Beverly40US #105
#76Charlotte40US #77
#77Kathryn40US #88
#78Marcella40US #167
#79Opal40US #129
#80Clara39US #55
#81Eva39US #71
#82Jeanne39US #89
#83Grace38US #44
#84Verna38US #153
#85Vera37US #86
#86Violet37US #92
#87Jacqueline36US #135
#88Luella35
#89Pearl35US #90
#90Erma34US #162
#91Laura34US #75
#92Loretta34US #122
#93Wanda34US #72
#94Genevieve33US #113
#95Peggy33US #117
#96Eunice32US #130
#97Gertrude32US #70
#98Janice31US #157
#99Ann29US #52
#100Bertha29US #74

Boys

#1Robert886US #1
#2Donald509US #10
#3John466US #2
#4William422US #3
#5Richard369US #8
#6James345US #4
#7Harold261US #14
#8Charles258US #5
#9Kenneth217US #19
#10George216US #6
#11Raymond195US #15
#12Jack189US #17
#13Paul177US #13
#14Frank145US #12
#15Gerald143US #45
#16Edward139US #9
#17Dale135US #86
#18Joseph133US #7
#19Eugene124US #24
#20Wayne123US #74
#21Leonard120US #38
#22Walter108US #16
#23Marvin107US #51
#24Lloyd104US #62
#25Thomas96US #11
#26Arthur95US #20
#27Ralph92US #25
#28Clarence89US #30
#29Melvin86US #50
#30Vernon82US #67
#31Earl81US #31
#32Howard81US #26
#33Harry80US #23
#34Francis78US #35
#35Leo74US #54
#36Carl73US #28
#37Dean73US #140
#38Bernard72US #48
#39Elmer72US #61
#40Leroy69US #52
#41Norman69US #41
#42Alvin67US #70
#43David67US #22
#44Lyle67US #154
#45Duane64US #170
#46Henry62US #18
#47Albert61US #21
#48Lawrence61US #36
#49Stanley61US #40
#50Calvin60US #47
#51Fred59US #33
#52Clifford58US #59
#53Gene58US #112
#54Warren58US #66
#55Floyd56US #58
#56Keith56US #146
#57Glenn55US #77
#58Louis54US #29
#59Don52US #106
#60Ray52US #64
#61Roy52US #32
#62Edwin51US #57
#63Everett50US #108
#64Virgil49US #120
#65Max48US #128
#66Russell48US #53
#67Ernest47US #37
#68Bill46US #84
#69Glen44US #117
#70Lester44US #81
#71Alfred43US #43
#72Ivan43US #185
#73Merle43US #175
#74Victor43US #89
#75Gordon42US #72
#76Leland42US #173
#77Bob41US #129
#78Joe40US #34
#79Billy38US #49
#80Delbert38US #167
#81Roland38US #98
#82Herbert37US #42
#83Milton37US #80
#84Eldon36
#85Wilbur35US #110
#86Willis33US #139
#87Daniel32US #44
#88Lee32US #82
#89Ronald32US #104
#90Theodore32US #63
#91Arnold31US #95
#92Leslie31US #119
#93Roger31US #90
#94Darrell30
#95Jerry30US #107
#96Wallace30US #92
#97Lavern29
#98Martin29US #83
#99Merlin29
#100Clyde27US #68

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑29Everett#63
↑25Joan#43
↑21Delores#36
↑20Rita#50
↑19Billy#79
↑18Fern#67
↑18Leroy#40
↑18Duane#45

Falling

↓38Wanda#93
↓37Vera#85
↓29Grace#83
↓26Hazel#68
↓26Arnold#91
↓23Ernest#67
↓22Clyde#100
↓21Bernice#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.