State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,116 Nebraska births in 1936 across 534 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#72Lorenoutside the national top 200
#83Eldonoutside the national top 200
#44Lyle#159 nationally
#86Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#86Harlanoutside the national top 200
#60Dixie#174 nationally
#88Lilaoutside the national top 200
#88Darreloutside the national top 200
#93Lelandoutside the national top 200
#85Jackie#190 nationally
#97Gayleoutside the national top 200
#96Colleen#198 nationally

Girls

#1Mary504US #1
#2Shirley445US #2
#3Barbara279US #3
#4Marilyn279US #13
#5Patricia267US #5
#6Donna258US #22
#7Betty239US #4
#8Beverly197US #17
#9Carol192US #10
#10Joan177US #7
#11Janice159US #31
#12Dorothy153US #6
#13Janet148US #21
#14Nancy146US #8
#15Joyce141US #12
#16Darlene132US #83
#17Marlene132US #39
#18Lois131US #26
#19Norma126US #29
#20Phyllis126US #25
#21Sharon123US #60
#22Margaret112US #9
#23Virginia109US #14
#24Ruth103US #16
#25Carolyn100US #23
#26Jean96US #20
#27Delores95US #58
#28Doris91US #15
#29Helen90US #11
#30Alice88US #27
#31Bonnie85US #65
#32Sandra84US #38
#33Joann77US #55
#34Elaine76US #50
#35Marjorie70US #49
#36Karen69US #132
#37Kay66US #98
#38Frances62US #19
#39Evelyn57US #34
#40Joanne57US #48
#41Arlene55US #54
#42Charlotte55US #61
#43Dolores53US #30
#44Rita52US #69
#45Peggy51US #35
#46Rose51US #37
#47Elizabeth48US #18
#48Geraldine48US #41
#49Sally47US #59
#50Roberta46US #64
#51Wanda45US #56
#52Ann44US #28
#53Jane44US #42
#54Jo44US #72
#55Wilma43US #78
#56Kathleen42US #67
#57Kathryn40US #113
#58Loretta40US #70
#59Yvonne40US #81
#60Dixie38US #174
#61Rosemary38US #111
#62Judith37US #43
#63June36US #62
#64Gloria35US #32
#65Jacqueline35US #66
#66Jeanette35US #94
#67Irene34US #57
#68Marian34US #114
#69Maxine34US #127
#70Anna33US #36
#71Audrey33US #68
#72Pat33US #152
#73Lucille31US #92
#74Connie30US #134
#75Judy30US #118
#76Marcia30US #138
#77Eleanor29US #47
#78Lorraine29US #76
#79Mildred29US #40
#80Pauline28US #82
#81Louise27US #46
#82Catherine26US #44
#83Edith26US #87
#84Eileen26US #103
#85Jackie26US #190
#86Lavonne26
#87Anita25US #104
#88Lila25
#89Marie25US #33
#90Myrna25US #149
#91Patty25US #183
#92Susan25US #110
#93Leona24US #161
#94Martha24US #24
#95Verna24US #189
#96Colleen23US #198
#97Gayle23
#98Jeanne23US #141
#99Margie23US #102
#100Patsy23US #52

Boys

#1Robert602US #1
#2Richard455US #5
#3Donald429US #7
#4James390US #2
#5John381US #3
#6Ronald276US #12
#7William262US #4
#8Charles228US #6
#9Larry221US #25
#10Jerry198US #18
#11Gary165US #38
#12Kenneth161US #14
#13Jack151US #20
#14Gerald149US #19
#15Roger131US #35
#16George128US #9
#17Marvin123US #49
#18Dale121US #59
#19David119US #10
#20Don114US #51
#21Paul109US #15
#22Raymond107US #17
#23Thomas106US #8
#24Harold102US #21
#25Bill89US #61
#26Wayne89US #45
#27Eugene88US #29
#28Duane87US #110
#29Frank85US #16
#30Bob79US #77
#31Edward79US #13
#32Jim75US #85
#33Dean74US #125
#34Norman72US #43
#35Leroy69US #57
#36Ralph67US #31
#37Melvin65US #53
#38Dennis63US #74
#39Keith63US #122
#40Joseph62US #11
#41Leonard57US #54
#42Gene52US #66
#43Howard52US #40
#44Lyle52US #159
#45Dick51US #141
#46Walter51US #26
#47Bernard50US #68
#48Fred48US #36
#49Francis47US #50
#50Gordon47US #75
#51Joe47US #23
#52Glen46US #119
#53Michael45US #33
#54Stanley45US #58
#55Darrell43US #133
#56Tom43US #112
#57Arthur42US #30
#58Bruce42US #73
#59Jerome42US #98
#60Lloyd41US #88
#61Daniel40US #41
#62Clifford39US #90
#63Henry39US #28
#64Carl38US #27
#65Lawrence38US #37
#66Rodney38US #152
#67Roy38US #42
#68Harry37US #39
#69Warren37US #95
#70Albert36US #34
#71Leo36US #94
#72Loren36
#73Allen35US #81
#74Billy35US #22
#75Ray33US #65
#76Harvey32US #97
#77Vernon32US #93
#78Alvin31US #96
#79Leon31US #82
#80Russell31US #69
#81Clarence30US #52
#82Earl30US #47
#83Eldon30
#84Louis30US #44
#85Lowell30US #150
#86Harlan29
#87Jimmy29US #46
#88Darrel28
#89Glenn28US #80
#90Lee28US #76
#91Floyd27US #86
#92Terry27US #126
#93Leland26
#94Roland26US #118
#95Delbert25US #163
#96Douglas25US #78
#97Jimmie25US #71
#98Phillip25US #102
#99Ronnie25US #147
#100Wesley25US #145

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑47Glen#52
↑35Dixie#60
↑34Clifford#62
↑29Judith#62
↑28Anna#70
↑26Michael#53
↑22Gordon#50
↑21Karen#36

Falling

↓35Patsy#100
↓33Lawrence#65
↓32Douglas#96
↓22Gloria#64
↓21Clarence#81
↓20Leland#93
↓19Irene#67
↓18Delbert#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.