State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,300 Nebraska births in 1930 across 558 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#77Eldonoutside the national top 200
#19Darlene#141 nationally
#59Darrell#173 nationally
#87Harlanoutside the national top 200
#91Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#93Leland#198 nationally
#98Pattyoutside the national top 200
#99Twilaoutside the national top 200
#30Dean#129 nationally
#61Lyle#160 nationally
#98Myron#195 nationally
#74Lila#170 nationally

Girls

#1Betty541US #2
#2Mary535US #1
#3Dorothy333US #3
#4Shirley311US #11
#5Donna292US #37
#6Patricia232US #7
#7Lois229US #17
#8Marilyn202US #22
#9Helen194US #4
#10Joan194US #8
#11Barbara193US #6
#12Doris192US #9
#13Norma188US #25
#14Phyllis173US #28
#15Ruth162US #10
#16Margaret160US #5
#17Virginia159US #12
#18Delores141US #66
#19Darlene133US #141
#20Dolores131US #13
#21Beverly129US #34
#22Bonnie129US #78
#23Jean124US #14
#24Marjorie123US #32
#25Evelyn112US #19
#26Alice111US #20
#27Joyce111US #18
#28Frances90US #16
#29Mildred90US #21
#30Elaine80US #69
#31Maxine77US #93
#32Rose75US #29
#33Arlene73US #103
#34Geraldine68US #43
#35Carol66US #54
#36Joann65US #118
#37Lucille62US #59
#38Wilma62US #68
#39Jacqueline59US #74
#40Gladys56US #48
#41Irene56US #33
#42Charlotte55US #75
#43Lorraine55US #46
#44Eleanor54US #39
#45Florence52US #38
#46Audrey51US #63
#47Bernice50US #58
#48Elizabeth50US #15
#49Janet50US #53
#50Gloria48US #30
#51Anna46US #23
#52Clara46US #64
#53Peggy45US #67
#54Rita45US #42
#55Marie44US #26
#56Nancy44US #24
#57Janice42US #126
#58Wanda42US #56
#59Jo41US #131
#60Louise41US #31
#61Marian41US #80
#62Esther40US #77
#63Joanne40US #81
#64Edna39US #51
#65Hazel39US #71
#66June39US #47
#67Martha39US #27
#68Ramona39US #149
#69Kathryn38US #101
#70Roberta38US #125
#71Catherine36US #35
#72Rosemary36US #82
#73Leona34US #130
#74Lila34US #170
#75Pauline34US #52
#76Ruby34US #36
#77Carolyn33US #72
#78Jane33US #55
#79Lillian33US #44
#80Loretta33US #105
#81Edith32US #61
#82Patsy32US #97
#83Viola32US #116
#84Eileen31US #110
#85Josephine31US #49
#86Sally31US #98
#87Thelma30US #45
#88Elsie29US #88
#89Laura29US #89
#90Theresa29US #50
#91Lavonne28
#92Erma27US #169
#93Katherine27US #85
#94Velma27US #127
#95Yvonne27US #165
#96Marcella26US #186
#97Marion26US #60
#98Patty26
#99Twila26
#100Vera26US #104

Boys

#1Robert815US #1
#2Donald599US #7
#3Richard484US #5
#4John405US #3
#5James385US #2
#6William376US #4
#7Charles265US #6
#8Kenneth251US #17
#9Harold204US #18
#10Jack187US #14
#11George174US #8
#12Dale173US #64
#13Eugene146US #21
#14Paul145US #12
#15Gerald144US #30
#16Marvin143US #48
#17Edward132US #10
#18Raymond128US #16
#19Thomas120US #11
#20Ronald108US #37
#21Leonard100US #45
#22David97US #15
#23Jerry95US #51
#24Joseph92US #9
#25Wayne92US #65
#26Duane86US #120
#27Carl82US #26
#28Bob78US #88
#29Don77US #68
#30Dean75US #129
#31Leroy75US #53
#32Melvin75US #50
#33Ralph74US #25
#34Frank73US #13
#35Bill72US #59
#36Arthur70US #23
#37Earl70US #38
#38Norman69US #40
#39Billy67US #20
#40Howard67US #31
#41Lawrence66US #36
#42Bernard64US #52
#43Gene63US #70
#44Lloyd63US #69
#45Walter63US #19
#46Roy61US #33
#47Stanley59US #49
#48Clarence57US #39
#49Keith57US #130
#50Roger57US #58
#51Albert56US #24
#52Francis55US #42
#53Fred55US #32
#54Vernon54US #72
#55Harry53US #28
#56Alvin51US #79
#57Clifford51US #73
#58Virgil51US #128
#59Darrell50US #173
#60Glen50US #114
#61Lyle50US #160
#62Leo46US #63
#63Gordon45US #77
#64Floyd43US #61
#65Glenn42US #71
#66Henry42US #22
#67Joe41US #27
#68Dick40US #161
#69Herbert40US #35
#70Arnold38US #98
#71Jim38US #125
#72Delbert37US #151
#73Daniel36US #47
#74Dennis36US #145
#75Harvey36US #92
#76Larry36US #108
#77Eldon35
#78Ernest35US #43
#79Elmer34US #80
#80Gilbert34US #90
#81Jerome34US #105
#82Edwin33US #66
#83Alfred32US #46
#84Bruce32US #109
#85Douglas32US #89
#86Lester32US #95
#87Harlan31
#88Russell31US #60
#89Warren31US #96
#90Lee30US #82
#91Milton30US #93
#92Allen29US #85
#93Leland29US #198
#94Louis29US #34
#95Roland29US #107
#96Willard29US #117
#97Max28US #143
#98Myron28US #195
#99Ray28US #57
#100Bobby27US #41

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑36Jacqueline#39
↑31Dick#68
↑28Jerry#23
↑26Charlotte#42
↑25Clara#52
↑22Billy#39
↑21Louise#60
↑20Arnold#70

Falling

↓37Ramona#68
↓33Ray#99
↓29Leona#73
↓25Alfred#83
↓23Pauline#75
↓22Esther#62
↓21Francis#52
↓21Louis#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.