State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,986 Nebraska births in 1926 across 605 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#21Darleneoutside the national top 200
#65Fernoutside the national top 200
#79Darrelloutside the national top 200
#41Duane#160 nationally
#85Eldonoutside the national top 200
#93Delorisoutside the national top 200
#96Vernoutside the national top 200
#91Lowell#195 nationally
#87Ivan#189 nationally
#38Dean#139 nationally
#51Lyle#152 nationally
#81Merle#180 nationally

Girls

#1Betty559US #3
#2Mary483US #1
#3Dorothy434US #2
#4Helen280US #4
#5Ruth218US #6
#6Lois212US #19
#7Doris201US #7
#8Margaret198US #5
#9Virginia193US #8
#10Shirley188US #14
#11Phyllis179US #33
#12Marjorie170US #22
#13Donna167US #90
#14Norma166US #29
#15Evelyn163US #13
#16Jean153US #12
#17Mildred137US #9
#18Patricia134US #23
#19Barbara126US #16
#20Alice118US #17
#21Darlene116
#22Bonnie111US #105
#23Frances107US #10
#24Arlene104US #108
#25Maxine104US #85
#26Irene102US #21
#27Elaine92US #68
#28Marie92US #18
#29Lucille91US #43
#30Esther89US #62
#31Marilyn86US #65
#32Elizabeth84US #11
#33Rose83US #25
#34Wilma83US #67
#35Dolores80US #49
#36Geraldine77US #54
#37Lorraine76US #53
#38Joan73US #51
#39Anna67US #15
#40Joyce67US #44
#41Gladys66US #35
#42Gloria65US #20
#43Florence64US #26
#44June63US #40
#45Bernice62US #45
#46Marian60US #70
#47Eileen58US #92
#48Ruby57US #30
#49Leona56US #112
#50Edna55US #38
#51Delores54US #145
#52Eleanor53US #32
#53Lillian53US #28
#54Pauline52US #39
#55Beverly51US #74
#56Catherine49US #31
#57Charlotte48US #78
#58Rita48US #50
#59Vera48US #84
#60Martha47US #24
#61Josephine46US #37
#62Viola46US #97
#63Carol45US #113
#64Elsie44US #69
#65Fern44
#66Grace43US #46
#67Louise43US #27
#68Thelma43US #36
#69Vivian43US #80
#70Ethel42US #41
#71Jacqueline42US #119
#72Verna42US #152
#73Velma41US #124
#74Kathryn40US #87
#75Clara39US #61
#76Agnes38US #77
#77Audrey38US #60
#78Kathleen38US #83
#79Loretta38US #126
#80Wanda38US #66
#81Gertrude37US #71
#82Violet37US #94
#83Marcella36US #177
#84Rosemary36US #95
#85Peggy35US #104
#86Marion34US #47
#87Jeanne33US #88
#88Roberta32US #135
#89Bette31US #166
#90Ellen31US #100
#91Ann30US #55
#92Opal30US #130
#93Deloris29
#94Edith29US #42
#95Hazel29US #48
#96Katherine29US #72
#97Laura28US #81
#98Genevieve27US #128
#99Jeanette27US #136
#100Sylvia27US #107

Boys

#1Robert880US #1
#2Donald513US #9
#3John441US #2
#4Richard416US #7
#5William411US #4
#6James327US #3
#7Charles265US #5
#8Harold234US #14
#9Kenneth224US #18
#10Jack208US #16
#11George187US #6
#12Dale168US #84
#13Raymond164US #15
#14Edward163US #10
#15Paul152US #13
#16Eugene141US #23
#17Gerald137US #41
#18Joseph127US #8
#19Frank126US #12
#20Leonard108US #38
#21Wayne107US #68
#22Melvin104US #47
#23Howard100US #27
#24Thomas97US #11
#25Marvin96US #50
#26Walter93US #17
#27Ralph92US #24
#28Clarence88US #29
#29Lloyd86US #60
#30Harry85US #25
#31Lawrence77US #36
#32Albert72US #21
#33Norman72US #39
#34Francis71US #35
#35Earl70US #32
#36Arthur69US #20
#37Stanley69US #43
#38Dean65US #139
#39Bernard64US #49
#40Carl64US #26
#41Duane64US #160
#42Warren63US #71
#43Fred61US #31
#44Leo61US #54
#45Leroy61US #51
#46Vernon61US #66
#47Henry60US #19
#48Don59US #96
#49Clifford58US #62
#50Keith58US #148
#51Lyle58US #152
#52Elmer57US #61
#53Roy55US #34
#54Lester54US #78
#55Bill53US #74
#56Glen53US #121
#57Glenn53US #75
#58Alvin49US #72
#59Bob49US #102
#60David49US #22
#61Ernest49US #37
#62Floyd49US #53
#63Gordon48US #76
#64Ray48US #57
#65Billy47US #40
#66Gene47US #91
#67Russell47US #52
#68Virgil45US #118
#69Clyde44US #67
#70Daniel44US #46
#71Louis44US #30
#72Edwin43US #55
#73Jerry43US #97
#74Ronald43US #88
#75Willard43US #100
#76Alfred42US #45
#77Herbert39US #44
#78Max39US #137
#79Darrell38
#80Joe37US #33
#81Merle37US #180
#82Theodore33US #63
#83Victor33US #94
#84Arnold32US #99
#85Eldon32
#86Harvey32US #90
#87Ivan31US #189
#88Jerome31US #114
#89Roger31US #89
#90Allen30US #93
#91Lowell29US #195
#92Milton29US #83
#93Roland29US #107
#94Willis29US #140
#95Delbert28US #163
#96Vern28
#97Wallace28US #95
#98Calvin27US #65
#99Leslie27US #126
#100Wesley27US #132

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑31Clyde#69
↑26Vera#59
↑22Jerry#73
↑20Beverly#55
↑19Charlotte#57
↑18Bob#59
↑17Grace#66
↑17Lawrence#31

Falling

↓48Calvin#98
↓35Bette#89
↓27Hazel#95
↓25Lillian#53
↓21Rosemary#84
↓20Edith#94
↓18Louise#67
↓17Vivian#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.