State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,131 Nebraska births in 1932 across 567 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#68Deloris#197 nationally
#80Eldonoutside the national top 200
#36Lyle#155 nationally
#78Lila#193 nationally
#81Marcella#195 nationally
#87Lelandoutside the national top 200
#89Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#14Darlene#122 nationally
#73Ramona#180 nationally
#94Sharonoutside the national top 200
#97Harlanoutside the national top 200
#99Pattyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary513US #1
#2Betty357US #2
#3Donna349US #29
#4Shirley274US #9
#5Dorothy255US #4
#6Barbara248US #3
#7Joan241US #5
#8Patricia238US #6
#9Marilyn226US #16
#10Norma201US #22
#11Phyllis193US #30
#12Lois189US #20
#13Beverly188US #28
#14Darlene163US #122
#15Margaret163US #7
#16Helen148US #8
#17Joyce144US #12
#18Doris131US #10
#19Ruth128US #11
#20Delores127US #56
#21Virginia121US #14
#22Bonnie112US #64
#23Dolores105US #18
#24Jean102US #15
#25Alice100US #21
#26Carol89US #32
#27Marjorie88US #37
#28Elaine79US #68
#29Marlene77US #78
#30Evelyn76US #23
#31Mildred76US #26
#32Janet69US #35
#33Geraldine66US #42
#34Janice66US #94
#35Joann65US #79
#36Rose65US #33
#37Nancy64US #13
#38Elizabeth60US #17
#39Maxine59US #110
#40Arlene57US #80
#41Gladys57US #54
#42Gloria54US #25
#43Rita53US #53
#44Frances52US #19
#45Carolyn51US #46
#46Joanne51US #62
#47Marian50US #86
#48Irene47US #43
#49Patsy46US #77
#50Wilma46US #65
#51Anna45US #24
#52Jo43US #103
#53Sally43US #84
#54June41US #44
#55Lorraine41US #55
#56Lucille41US #63
#57Clara40US #70
#58Leona40US #134
#59Peggy39US #40
#60Charlotte38US #74
#61Ann37US #34
#62Bernice36US #71
#63Jacqueline36US #85
#64Kathryn36US #107
#65Esther35US #82
#66Louise35US #36
#67Marie35US #31
#68Deloris34US #197
#69Edna34US #50
#70Kathleen34US #83
#71Catherine33US #39
#72Loretta33US #89
#73Ramona33US #180
#74Eleanor32US #45
#75Florence31US #47
#76Vivian31US #90
#77Jeanette30US #106
#78Lila30US #193
#79Ruby30US #38
#80Jane29US #49
#81Marcella28US #195
#82Margie28US #102
#83Roberta28US #109
#84Rosemary28US #100
#85Grace27US #72
#86Lola27US #161
#87Verna27US #165
#88Viola27US #136
#89Lavonne26
#90Martha26US #27
#91Wanda26US #52
#92Edith25US #69
#93Laura25US #88
#94Sharon25
#95Velma25US #133
#96Ellen24US #104
#97Ethel24US #66
#98Eunice24US #146
#99Patty24
#100Theresa24US #60

Boys

#1Robert777US #1
#2Donald584US #7
#3Richard495US #5
#4John410US #3
#5James361US #2
#6William316US #4
#7Charles259US #6
#8Kenneth212US #14
#9Jack208US #17
#10Harold173US #18
#11Ronald170US #16
#12Gerald150US #24
#13George145US #8
#14Dale125US #61
#15Paul120US #13
#16Marvin118US #46
#17Jerry117US #34
#18Raymond117US #19
#19Eugene105US #22
#20Edward104US #11
#21Frank96US #15
#22Thomas94US #10
#23Joseph92US #9
#24Wayne91US #57
#25Duane90US #105
#26Bill87US #58
#27Larry87US #65
#28David86US #12
#29Leonard86US #48
#30Don84US #55
#31Dean78US #123
#32Stanley75US #52
#33Bob73US #79
#34Norman73US #37
#35Roger72US #50
#36Lyle67US #155
#37Ralph67US #27
#38Gene66US #64
#39Lawrence64US #35
#40Howard63US #36
#41Melvin63US #51
#42Keith62US #133
#43Walter61US #21
#44Carl59US #28
#45Earl56US #41
#46Vernon56US #78
#47Leroy55US #53
#48Lloyd55US #71
#49Bernard52US #60
#50Francis51US #43
#51Billy50US #20
#52Glenn50US #77
#53Leo49US #74
#54Louis49US #39
#55Darrell48US #154
#56Dennis48US #121
#57Jim48US #104
#58Fred46US #33
#59Arthur44US #25
#60Gordon44US #81
#61Ernest43US #47
#62Harry43US #32
#63Joe43US #29
#64Clarence41US #40
#65Gary41US #136
#66Edwin40US #72
#67Floyd40US #68
#68Albert39US #26
#69Allen39US #80
#70Ray39US #59
#71Alvin38US #87
#72Dick36US #149
#73Glen36US #118
#74Clifford35US #84
#75Jerome35US #107
#76Lowell35US #150
#77Roy35US #38
#78Tom35US #116
#79Arnold34US #100
#80Eldon34
#81Roland34US #111
#82Harvey33US #95
#83Lee32US #86
#84Willard32US #125
#85Delbert31US #151
#86Douglas31US #85
#87Leland31
#88Martin31US #88
#89Theodore31US #67
#90Virgil31US #139
#91Alfred30US #49
#92Elmer30US #94
#93Henry30US #23
#94Daniel29US #42
#95Russell28US #63
#96Warren28US #102
#97Harlan27
#98Max27US #143
#99Merle27
#100Rodney26US #172

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑36Ann#61
↑33Dennis#56
↑30Gary#65
↑24Sally#53
↑22Leona#58
↑22Ernest#61
↑21Earl#45
↑18Keith#42

Falling

↓56Wanda#91
↓41Henry#93
↓31Russell#95
↓29Eleanor#74
↓27Roy#77
↓26Daniel#94
↓23Martha#90
↓22Vivian#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.