State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,836 Nebraska births in 1937 across 519 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#40Lyle#167 nationally
#81Eldonoutside the national top 200
#37Dick#153 nationally
#68Patty#180 nationally
#91Darreloutside the national top 200
#93Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#93Lorenoutside the national top 200
#95Merleoutside the national top 200
#98Lelandoutside the national top 200
#91Deloris#193 nationally
#79Dixie#174 nationally
#35Dean#127 nationally

Girls

#1Mary465US #1
#2Barbara294US #2
#3Shirley292US #4
#4Patricia229US #3
#5Marilyn228US #13
#6Donna221US #21
#7Betty211US #5
#8Carol211US #6
#9Sharon203US #41
#10Beverly187US #14
#11Janice167US #25
#12Joan158US #9
#13Nancy138US #7
#14Sandra133US #26
#15Dorothy132US #8
#16Janet130US #18
#17Joyce126US #11
#18Marlene122US #40
#19Phyllis119US #27
#20Darlene118US #72
#21Norma113US #33
#22Lois107US #29
#23Carolyn104US #20
#24Margaret103US #10
#25Ruth97US #15
#26Virginia94US #16
#27Delores86US #68
#28Helen83US #12
#29Kay78US #79
#30Jean77US #23
#31Bonnie76US #64
#32Karen73US #113
#33Doris69US #22
#34Elaine68US #45
#35Frances65US #19
#36Alice64US #28
#37Joann63US #58
#38Elizabeth55US #17
#39Connie53US #128
#40Sally53US #59
#41Rita52US #69
#42Gloria51US #32
#43Marjorie48US #57
#44Rose48US #38
#45Evelyn46US #36
#46Joanne46US #51
#47Kathryn46US #108
#48Peggy46US #31
#49Judith45US #34
#50Charlotte44US #67
#51Jeanette44US #90
#52Kathleen44US #61
#53Arlene43US #60
#54Carole43US #56
#55Jacqueline43US #70
#56Ann42US #30
#57Jane42US #42
#58Roberta42US #66
#59Yvonne39US #77
#60Wanda37US #55
#61Marie36US #35
#62Judy35US #91
#63Eileen34US #107
#64Loretta34US #63
#65Wilma34US #80
#66Eleanor33US #53
#67Jo33US #73
#68Patty33US #180
#69Irene31US #62
#70Lorraine30US #83
#71Myrna30US #137
#72Linda28US #49
#73Lucille28US #98
#74Charlene27US #141
#75June27US #71
#76Marian27US #129
#77Martha27US #24
#78Deanna26US #139
#79Dixie26US #174
#80Glenda26US #146
#81Marcia26US #124
#82Maxine26US #136
#83Dolores25US #37
#84Geraldine25US #44
#85Katherine25US #103
#86Audrey24US #85
#87Mildred24US #43
#88Anna23US #39
#89Catherine23US #47
#90Diane23US #76
#91Deloris22US #193
#92Laura22US #105
#93Lavonne22
#94Pauline22US #87
#95Jeanne21US #149
#96Joy20US #162
#97Leona20US #173
#98Rosemary20US #110
#99Susan20US #97
#100Constance19US #118

Boys

#1Robert613US #1
#2Richard418US #5
#3James394US #2
#4Donald381US #7
#5Larry362US #16
#6John313US #3
#7William260US #4
#8Ronald233US #11
#9Gary211US #29
#10Charles205US #6
#11Kenneth188US #14
#12Jerry185US #17
#13Gerald145US #20
#14David136US #8
#15George124US #10
#16Roger122US #36
#17Jack118US #23
#18Paul115US #15
#19Marvin104US #49
#20Thomas100US #9
#21Harold98US #21
#22Jim95US #82
#23Don91US #51
#24Dennis90US #63
#25Edward82US #13
#26Duane81US #115
#27Raymond80US #19
#28Dale73US #59
#29Frank73US #18
#30Eugene72US #33
#31Norman72US #43
#32Wayne72US #44
#33Bob70US #81
#34Bill67US #64
#35Dean63US #127
#36Joe58US #25
#37Dick57US #153
#38Michael56US #27
#39Stanley56US #57
#40Lyle55US #167
#41Joseph52US #12
#42Melvin51US #50
#43Howard49US #42
#44Leroy49US #56
#45Keith48US #123
#46Fred47US #35
#47Ralph47US #34
#48Tom47US #108
#49Gene46US #61
#50Leonard46US #58
#51Lawrence44US #38
#52Walter43US #26
#53Daniel41US #39
#54Gordon41US #75
#55Billy39US #22
#56Harry39US #41
#57Bernard38US #73
#58Darrell38US #130
#59Francis38US #55
#60Lloyd38US #91
#61Allen37US #76
#62Arthur37US #31
#63Carl37US #28
#64Louis37US #46
#65Rodney36US #151
#66Vernon36US #96
#67Warren36US #106
#68Jerome35US #100
#69Douglas33US #74
#70Alvin32US #99
#71Earl32US #48
#72Terry32US #113
#73Ernest31US #53
#74Glenn31US #88
#75Henry31US #30
#76Albert29US #37
#77Clarence29US #54
#78Roy29US #40
#79Glen28US #122
#80Virgil28US #158
#81Eldon27
#82Leo27US #97
#83Russell27US #67
#84Harvey26US #95
#85Roland26US #126
#86Alfred25US #60
#87Edwin25US #89
#88Floyd24US #80
#89Ronnie24US #128
#90Bruce23US #70
#91Darrel23
#92Lee23US #78
#93Loren23
#94Max23US #141
#95Merle23
#96Alan22US #103
#97Elmer22US #120
#98Leland22
#99Allan21US #124
#100Bobby21US #24

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑35Connie#39
↑28Marie#61
↑27Douglas#69
↑23Patty#68
↑22Gloria#42
↑21Eileen#63
↑20Louis#64
↑20Terry#72

Falling

↓40Dolores#83
↓37Rosemary#98
↓36Geraldine#84
↓32Bruce#90
↓27Glen#79
↓21Loren#93
↓19Dixie#79
↓18Anna#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.