State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,972 Nebraska births in 1929 across 553 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#17Darlene#160 nationally
#60Darrell#194 nationally
#79Lavernoutside the national top 200
#88Eldonoutside the national top 200
#91Ivanoutside the national top 200
#28Duane#137 nationally
#72Lila#180 nationally
#80Merle#188 nationally
#94Lorenoutside the national top 200
#27Dean#133 nationally
#50Lyle#152 nationally
#71Jeannine#172 nationally

Girls

#1Mary545US #1
#2Betty532US #2
#3Dorothy337US #3
#4Shirley317US #9
#5Donna289US #47
#6Phyllis211US #24
#7Patricia204US #10
#8Lois196US #17
#9Ruth190US #8
#10Norma179US #25
#11Doris174US #6
#12Helen174US #4
#13Margaret169US #5
#14Barbara168US #7
#15Joan148US #13
#16Virginia139US #11
#17Darlene130US #160
#18Beverly129US #39
#19Delores125US #74
#20Evelyn125US #19
#21Marjorie123US #30
#22Bonnie120US #86
#23Dolores117US #14
#24Marilyn117US #33
#25Jean112US #12
#26Alice102US #21
#27Mildred94US #18
#28Frances86US #16
#29Joyce78US #23
#30Carol72US #63
#31Ramona72US #120
#32Elaine71US #67
#33Irene71US #29
#34Wilma70US #66
#35Maxine69US #85
#36Rose68US #26
#37Arlene65US #105
#38Lucille64US #57
#39Geraldine63US #43
#40Esther62US #71
#41Lorraine61US #42
#42Gloria58US #28
#43Marie55US #22
#44Leona53US #122
#45Gladys52US #44
#46Joanne50US #101
#47June50US #48
#48Marian50US #75
#49Rita50US #52
#50Eleanor48US #38
#51Elizabeth48US #15
#52Pauline48US #50
#53Anna47US #20
#54Wanda46US #61
#55Joann44US #144
#56Audrey42US #58
#57Rosemary42US #80
#58Ruby42US #36
#59Ellen41US #97
#60Florence41US #35
#61Janet41US #82
#62Martha41US #27
#63Peggy41US #70
#64Bernice40US #55
#65Kathleen39US #89
#66Roberta39US #126
#67Violet39US #111
#68Charlotte38US #73
#69Edna38US #51
#70Janice38US #136
#71Jeannine38US #172
#72Lila38US #180
#73Nancy38US #32
#74Vivian38US #81
#75Jacqueline37US #87
#76Viola37US #109
#77Clara34US #65
#78Georgia34US #115
#79Lillian34US #40
#80Opal34US #150
#81Louise33US #31
#82Ann32US #46
#83Catherine32US #34
#84Eileen32US #98
#85Jane32US #62
#86Elsie31US #78
#87Kathryn31US #104
#88Vera31US #99
#89Grace30US #54
#90Marcella30US #189
#91Marion30US #53
#92Agnes29US #94
#93Carolyn29US #77
#94Jeanne29US #92
#95Velma29US #128
#96Edith28US #59
#97Lola28US #163
#98Jeanette27US #131
#99Josephine27US #45
#100Nadine27

Boys

#1Robert801US #1
#2Donald609US #7
#3Richard476US #6
#4John424US #3
#5William391US #4
#6James388US #2
#7Kenneth221US #18
#8Charles220US #5
#9Harold215US #16
#10George170US #8
#11Jack166US #14
#12Dale162US #73
#13Eugene160US #20
#14Raymond155US #15
#15Edward138US #10
#16Marvin135US #46
#17Paul128US #13
#18Gerald121US #33
#19Wayne105US #69
#20Thomas104US #11
#21Frank103US #12
#22Ronald94US #45
#23Ralph92US #26
#24Joseph91US #9
#25Leonard90US #42
#26Melvin88US #49
#27Dean84US #133
#28Duane84US #137
#29Norman84US #40
#30Earl76US #36
#31Francis74US #39
#32Don73US #78
#33Carl72US #28
#34Gene72US #68
#35Arthur71US #22
#36Bernard71US #52
#37David69US #17
#38Lloyd69US #62
#39Walter69US #19
#40Clarence68US #37
#41Leroy67US #51
#42Leo66US #60
#43Keith65US #138
#44Harry64US #27
#45Stanley64US #48
#46Bob63US #89
#47Howard61US #31
#48Vernon60US #71
#49Herbert59US #25
#50Lyle58US #152
#51Jerry57US #61
#52Lawrence57US #38
#53Bill56US #63
#54Glen54US #123
#55Roy54US #35
#56Albert52US #24
#57Floyd52US #58
#58Alfred51US #41
#59Gordon50US #79
#60Darrell48US #194
#61Billy47US #23
#62Fred46US #34
#63Glenn46US #80
#64Elmer44US #70
#65Clifford43US #72
#66Ray43US #57
#67Virgil43US #127
#68Henry42US #21
#69Roger42US #64
#70Alvin41US #77
#71Daniel41US #47
#72Edwin41US #66
#73Louis40US #32
#74Ernest39US #43
#75Joe39US #30
#76Max39US #128
#77Jim38US #132
#78Russell38US #56
#79Lavern37
#80Merle37US #188
#81Dennis36US #154
#82Everett36US #130
#83Leland36US #182
#84Warren36US #92
#85Allen35US #86
#86Bruce34US #112
#87Willard34US #114
#88Eldon32
#89Larry32US #135
#90Arnold31US #95
#91Ivan31
#92Delbert30US #157
#93Lee30US #85
#94Loren30
#95Orville30US #174
#96Leon29US #81
#97Marion28US #118
#98Roland28US #104
#99Dick27US #168
#100Gilbert27US #91

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑49Joanne#46
↑38Joann#55
↑32Roberta#66
↑25Ronald#22
↑25Jerry#51
↑22Violet#67
↑22Leo#42
↑21Peggy#63

Falling

↓45Velma#95
↓37Josephine#99
↓28Louise#81
↓27Marcella#90
↓24Catherine#83
↓22Viola#76
↓18Lillian#79
↓18Edith#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.