State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,875 Nebraska births in 1928 across 584 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#22Darlene#176 nationally
#81Darrelloutside the national top 200
#82Lavernoutside the national top 200
#41Lyle#155 nationally
#63Marcella#174 nationally
#91Lorenoutside the national top 200
#92Eldonoutside the national top 200
#33Duane#141 nationally
#80Lowell#188 nationally
#93Joannoutside the national top 200
#94Fernoutside the national top 200
#94Harlanoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Betty573US #2
#2Mary512US #1
#3Dorothy424US #3
#4Shirley290US #10
#5Helen220US #4
#6Donna218US #61
#7Ruth214US #6
#8Phyllis211US #26
#9Lois209US #18
#10Patricia200US #11
#11Doris196US #7
#12Margaret190US #5
#13Norma181US #23
#14Virginia170US #9
#15Evelyn161US #17
#16Marjorie157US #29
#17Barbara148US #8
#18Jean137US #12
#19Joan135US #27
#20Bonnie130US #89
#21Marilyn130US #38
#22Darlene129US #176
#23Dolores128US #20
#24Alice119US #19
#25Mildred108US #15
#26Beverly107US #46
#27Joyce93US #30
#28Delores92US #94
#29Wilma91US #69
#30Arlene86US #106
#31Maxine81US #84
#32Frances79US #13
#33Geraldine79US #50
#34Gloria77US #25
#35Irene77US #28
#36Elaine76US #68
#37Elizabeth76US #14
#38Lorraine74US #39
#39Marian73US #71
#40June72US #44
#41Eleanor67US #36
#42Anna66US #16
#43Carol64US #77
#44Lucille64US #51
#45Ramona63US #117
#46Rose63US #24
#47Marie57US #21
#48Ruby53US #34
#49Rita52US #57
#50Velma51US #114
#51Esther49US #66
#52Leona49US #122
#53Louise49US #31
#54Viola48US #103
#55Edna47US #45
#56Gladys47US #41
#57Wanda47US #63
#58Bernice45US #53
#59Catherine45US #33
#60Charlotte44US #72
#61Lillian44US #35
#62Josephine43US #42
#63Marcella43US #174
#64Rosemary43US #88
#65Pauline42US #48
#66Vivian42US #78
#67Florence41US #32
#68Audrey40US #60
#69Eileen39US #102
#70Hazel39US #59
#71Clara37US #65
#72Elsie37US #73
#73Jacqueline37US #97
#74Martha37US #22
#75Vera37US #92
#76Verna37US #152
#77Kathryn36US #99
#78Edith34US #56
#79Ethel33US #55
#80Eunice32US #138
#81Grace32US #52
#82Margie32US #108
#83Nancy32US #43
#84Peggy32US #76
#85Kathleen31US #82
#86Janice30US #149
#87Marion30US #47
#88Opal30US #146
#89Violet30US #113
#90Agnes29US #85
#91Genevieve29US #134
#92Georgia29US #115
#93Joann29
#94Fern28
#95Joanne27US #142
#96Gertrude26US #86
#97Katherine26US #75
#98Roberta26US #127
#99Carolyn25US #91
#100Erma25US #157

Boys

#1Robert839US #1
#2Donald599US #7
#3Richard440US #6
#4William394US #4
#5John391US #2
#6James357US #3
#7Charles258US #5
#8Kenneth231US #17
#9Harold223US #14
#10Jack189US #15
#11George187US #8
#12Edward179US #10
#13Gerald156US #41
#14Dale155US #75
#15Eugene151US #20
#16Raymond147US #16
#17Wayne133US #69
#18Paul126US #13
#19Frank120US #12
#20Joseph118US #9
#21Marvin115US #46
#22Ralph108US #24
#23Thomas108US #11
#24Melvin96US #48
#25Leonard89US #42
#26Walter89US #18
#27Norman87US #39
#28Leroy84US #51
#29Lloyd84US #59
#30Dean83US #136
#31Don81US #84
#32Carl78US #28
#33Duane78US #141
#34Bernard75US #49
#35Harry74US #26
#36Bill73US #64
#37Earl73US #37
#38Howard73US #31
#39Clarence69US #35
#40Francis69US #40
#41Lyle68US #155
#42Stanley68US #45
#43Arthur67US #22
#44David67US #19
#45Gene65US #62
#46Herbert65US #25
#47Ronald64US #50
#48Lawrence63US #38
#49Alfred58US #33
#50Bob58US #95
#51Vernon58US #70
#52Billy55US #27
#53Glen55US #115
#54Gordon55US #77
#55Roy55US #34
#56Albert54US #23
#57Henry54US #21
#58Keith52US #139
#59Floyd51US #54
#60Fred51US #36
#61Roger48US #71
#62Ernest47US #43
#63Harvey46US #90
#64Leo46US #61
#65Virgil46US #126
#66Clifford45US #68
#67Edwin43US #58
#68Ray43US #57
#69Warren42US #85
#70Elmer41US #63
#71Glenn41US #76
#72Theodore41US #66
#73Joe40US #30
#74Lester39US #89
#75Louis39US #32
#76Jerry38US #79
#77Russell37US #55
#78Alvin36US #72
#79Delbert36US #154
#80Lowell36US #188
#81Darrell34
#82Lavern33
#83Marion33US #118
#84Merle33US #186
#85Willard33US #113
#86Orville32US #178
#87Wallace32US #104
#88Daniel31US #47
#89Jerome31US #110
#90Leland31US #181
#91Loren31
#92Eldon30
#93Wilbur30US #127
#94Harlan29
#95Herman29US #78
#96Allen28US #93
#97Dick28US #172
#98Lee28US #87
#99Milton28US #92
#100Rodney28

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑46Alfred#49
↑29Herbert#46
↑28Marcella#63
↑27Carol#43
↑27Viola#54
↑27Clara#71
↑27Bill#36
↑24Catherine#59

Falling

↓42Roberta#98
↓35Alvin#78
↓24Florence#67
↓24Martha#74
↓23Glenn#71
↓20Gene#45
↓20Louis#75
↓19Albert#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.