State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,006 Nebraska births in 1933 across 523 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#75Merleoutside the national top 200
#83Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#43Lyle#158 nationally
#78Patty#191 nationally
#88Eldonoutside the national top 200
#67Sharon#178 nationally
#92Marcellaoutside the national top 200
#92Harlanoutside the national top 200
#38Dick#144 nationally
#96Dixieoutside the national top 200
#97Darreloutside the national top 200
#57Darrell#148 nationally

Girls

#1Mary476US #1
#2Betty360US #2
#3Donna330US #24
#4Shirley291US #9
#5Barbara264US #3
#6Joan251US #5
#7Dorothy235US #4
#8Marilyn235US #16
#9Patricia230US #6
#10Beverly208US #26
#11Lois187US #19
#12Joyce159US #12
#13Phyllis159US #28
#14Darlene150US #96
#15Doris150US #10
#16Margaret150US #7
#17Carol145US #20
#18Norma130US #23
#19Virginia120US #15
#20Helen119US #8
#21Ruth116US #13
#22Janet115US #25
#23Bonnie110US #68
#24Jean110US #14
#25Delores107US #52
#26Evelyn93US #30
#27Marlene92US #50
#28Janice87US #81
#29Alice83US #22
#30Dolores83US #21
#31Marjorie81US #41
#32Joann80US #72
#33Nancy66US #11
#34Rita65US #53
#35Elizabeth61US #17
#36Joanne61US #56
#37Arlene59US #74
#38Carolyn57US #40
#39Rose57US #35
#40Elaine53US #61
#41Sally51US #76
#42Jo50US #90
#43Maxine50US #110
#44Wilma49US #66
#45Gloria48US #31
#46Marian48US #89
#47Peggy48US #36
#48Frances47US #18
#49Geraldine46US #42
#50Kathryn45US #108
#51Mildred44US #32
#52Irene42US #46
#53Eleanor41US #38
#54Jane39US #47
#55Lorraine38US #54
#56Gladys37US #60
#57Leona37US #139
#58Lucille37US #78
#59Ellen35US #104
#60Jacqueline35US #86
#61Lillian34US #51
#62Rosemary34US #102
#63Wanda34US #48
#64Loretta32US #87
#65Pauline32US #64
#66Martha31US #27
#67Sharon31US #178
#68Catherine30US #44
#69Jeanette30US #103
#70June30US #45
#71Kathleen30US #77
#72Roberta30US #112
#73Bernice29US #83
#74Charlotte29US #79
#75Esther29US #88
#76Joy29US #147
#77Louise29US #39
#78Patty29US #191
#79Marie28US #33
#80Patsy28US #65
#81Anna27US #29
#82Connie27US #146
#83Lavonne27
#84Margie27US #95
#85Vivian27US #98
#86Audrey26US #59
#87Carole26US #107
#88Clara26US #67
#89Elsie26US #99
#90Laura26US #91
#91Lola26US #163
#92Marcella26
#93Thelma26US #57
#94Josephine25US #62
#95Ruby24US #43
#96Dixie23
#97Jeanne23US #125
#98Florence22US #49
#99Grace22US #69
#100Charlene21US #156

Boys

#1Robert627US #1
#2Donald522US #7
#3Richard497US #5
#4John360US #3
#5James350US #2
#6William293US #4
#7Charles222US #6
#8Ronald180US #12
#9Kenneth171US #15
#10Jack147US #17
#11Harold136US #18
#12Gerald135US #22
#13Raymond128US #19
#14George126US #8
#15Thomas126US #10
#16Dale122US #65
#17Duane121US #102
#18Jerry121US #31
#19Wayne115US #52
#20Eugene113US #23
#21Marvin110US #44
#22Don108US #54
#23Paul100US #14
#24Larry99US #58
#25Bill98US #59
#26Edward95US #11
#27David91US #13
#28Norman89US #37
#29Frank84US #16
#30Gene82US #66
#31Ralph80US #29
#32Bob78US #82
#33Leonard78US #47
#34Joseph73US #9
#35Gary72US #80
#36Roger67US #48
#37Jim65US #98
#38Dick63US #144
#39Howard63US #36
#40Melvin63US #51
#41Harry61US #35
#42Dean60US #128
#43Lyle58US #158
#44Stanley56US #55
#45Keith55US #127
#46Bernard53US #63
#47Lawrence51US #38
#48Vernon51US #83
#49Gordon50US #71
#50Dennis49US #106
#51Roland49US #114
#52Arthur48US #25
#53Lloyd48US #73
#54Joe47US #27
#55Louis47US #40
#56Carl46US #28
#57Darrell46US #148
#58Henry46US #24
#59Francis45US #45
#60Alvin44US #88
#61Franklin44US #33
#62Glen43US #124
#63Leroy43US #56
#64Walter43US #21
#65Fred42US #34
#66Billy41US #20
#67Clarence39US #43
#68Daniel38US #42
#69Warren38US #99
#70Earl36US #41
#71Floyd36US #69
#72Albert34US #30
#73Ernest34US #50
#74Lee34US #79
#75Merle34
#76Roy34US #39
#77Tom34US #117
#78Glenn33US #74
#79Delbert32US #157
#80Ray32US #62
#81Arnold31US #103
#82Max31US #140
#83Rodney31US #173
#84Clifford30US #86
#85Russell30US #67
#86Bruce29US #91
#87Harvey29US #97
#88Eldon28
#89Allen27US #84
#90Douglas27US #81
#91Edwin27US #77
#92Harlan27
#93Jerome27US #105
#94Leo27US #75
#95Jimmie26US #72
#96Neil26US #149
#97Darrel25
#98Leon25US #85
#99Michael25US #53
#100Wesley25US #147

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑37Ellen#59
↑35Henry#58
↑34Dick#38
↑30Gary#35
↑30Roland#51
↑28Wanda#63
↑27Sharon#67
↑27Warren#69

Falling

↓41Leo#94
↓31Patsy#80
↓31Clara#88
↓30Anna#81
↓26Glenn#78
↓25Earl#70
↓25Edwin#91
↓23Florence#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.