State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,049 Nebraska births in 1927 across 591 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#19Darlene#185 nationally
#73Eldonoutside the national top 200
#78Darrelloutside the national top 200
#84Fernoutside the national top 200
#87Lavernoutside the national top 200
#40Lyle#151 nationally
#79Ivan#188 nationally
#86Colleen#192 nationally
#88Lila#193 nationally
#29Dean#133 nationally
#77Merle#179 nationally
#99Delorisoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Betty602US #3
#2Mary578US #1
#3Dorothy392US #2
#4Helen234US #4
#5Ruth232US #6
#6Shirley231US #9
#7Donna209US #70
#8Margaret208US #5
#9Norma206US #26
#10Virginia204US #8
#11Lois201US #19
#12Doris190US #7
#13Phyllis178US #29
#14Patricia159US #18
#15Marjorie152US #25
#16Evelyn150US #15
#17Barbara139US #10
#18Bonnie128US #100
#19Darlene128US #185
#20Alice124US #17
#21Mildred120US #11
#22Marilyn117US #46
#23Frances108US #12
#24Arlene107US #108
#25Jean106US #14
#26Irene100US #21
#27Elaine92US #69
#28Joan92US #41
#29Lucille92US #45
#30Maxine91US #87
#31Dolores82US #34
#32Rose82US #23
#33Beverly81US #57
#34Delores80US #128
#35Wilma79US #68
#36Eleanor78US #33
#37June78US #43
#38Geraldine76US #58
#39Elizabeth74US #13
#40Joyce72US #35
#41Marie71US #20
#42Ruby67US #30
#43Florence64US #28
#44Lorraine64US #44
#45Esther57US #65
#46Bernice56US #49
#47Anna54US #16
#48Gloria54US #22
#49Vivian54US #77
#50Martha52US #24
#51Rita51US #54
#52Leona50US #121
#53Gladys48US #37
#54Marian48US #74
#55Pauline48US #42
#56Roberta48US #122
#57Lillian47US #32
#58Elsie45US #72
#59Velma44US #118
#60Charlotte43US #75
#61Eileen43US #91
#62Louise43US #27
#63Audrey41US #62
#64Edith41US #48
#65Hazel41US #53
#66Jacqueline41US #115
#67Loretta41US #127
#68Peggy41US #96
#69Edna40US #40
#70Carol39US #106
#71Eunice39US #134
#72Grace39US #50
#73Jane39US #60
#74Verna39US #153
#75Wanda39US #66
#76Kathleen37US #83
#77Opal37US #141
#78Vera37US #89
#79Ann36US #59
#80Janet36US #111
#81Viola36US #101
#82Carolyn34US #99
#83Catherine34US #31
#84Fern34
#85Violet34US #103
#86Colleen33US #192
#87Jeanne33US #85
#88Lila33US #193
#89Lola33US #154
#90Kathryn32US #90
#91Marcella32US #182
#92Marion32US #51
#93Agnes31US #81
#94Ellen30US #93
#95Eva30US #79
#96Jeanette30US #131
#97Thelma30US #38
#98Clara29US #63
#99Deloris29
#100Erma29US #161

Boys

#1Robert865US #1
#2Donald592US #8
#3John434US #2
#4Richard414US #6
#5William383US #4
#6James355US #3
#7Kenneth247US #18
#8Charles246US #5
#9Harold234US #14
#10George189US #7
#11Jack185US #16
#12Gerald155US #38
#13Edward153US #10
#14Raymond151US #15
#15Dale149US #81
#16Eugene149US #20
#17Joseph129US #9
#18Marvin122US #47
#19Paul120US #13
#20Melvin115US #48
#21Thomas114US #11
#22Walter105US #17
#23Wayne100US #67
#24Frank97US #12
#25Gene94US #72
#26Arthur88US #22
#27Earl86US #33
#28Ralph85US #24
#29Dean84US #133
#30Leonard84US #40
#31Howard81US #28
#32Leroy76US #51
#33Bernard75US #50
#34David72US #21
#35Lloyd72US #58
#36Norman71US #39
#37Albert69US #23
#38Francis67US #36
#39Harry67US #25
#40Lyle67US #151
#41Vernon66US #71
#42Clarence63US #32
#43Alvin61US #66
#44Fred61US #35
#45Leo61US #55
#46Ronald61US #63
#47Carl60US #26
#48Glenn60US #76
#49Keith60US #141
#50Roy60US #34
#51Don59US #90
#52Henry59US #19
#53Virgil59US #121
#54Duane57US #147
#55Louis57US #29
#56Billy56US #31
#57Lawrence56US #37
#58Stanley56US #44
#59Elmer55US #61
#60Bob54US #100
#61Glen53US #115
#62Delbert49US #159
#63Bill45US #69
#64Edwin45US #57
#65Gordon45US #74
#66Warren45US #79
#67Willard45US #106
#68Clifford44US #65
#69Floyd43US #53
#70Lester43US #83
#71Ernest42US #41
#72Joe41US #30
#73Eldon40
#74Daniel39US #46
#75Herbert39US #42
#76Max39US #142
#77Merle39US #179
#78Darrell37
#79Ivan37US #188
#80Leland37US #177
#81Victor36US #98
#82Arnold35US #97
#83Russell35US #54
#84Lee34US #86
#85Roger34US #84
#86Theodore34US #62
#87Lavern33
#88Milton33US #88
#89Roland33US #109
#90Herman32US #70
#91Ray32US #60
#92Clyde31US #68
#93Jerry31US #93
#94Allen30US #95
#95Alfred29US #45
#96Jerome28US #111
#97Leslie27US #126
#98Wallace27US #96
#99Wesley27US #134
#100Wilbur27US #130

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑41Gene#25
↑33Delbert#62
↑32Roberta#56
↑30Edith#64
↑30Hazel#65
↑28Ronald#46
↑26David#34
↑22Beverly#33

Falling

↓29Thelma#97
↓27Catherine#83
↓27Ray#91
↓26Lawrence#57
↓24Warren#66
↓23Clara#98
↓23Clyde#92
↓21Stanley#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.