State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,033 Nebraska births in 1938 across 493 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#57Lyle#183 nationally
#74Ramona#190 nationally
#85Darreloutside the national top 200
#54Dick#165 nationally
#91Lelandoutside the national top 200
#93Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#93Eldonoutside the national top 200
#98Garryoutside the national top 200
#73Patty#175 nationally
#99Lorenoutside the national top 200
#97Deloris#196 nationally
#79Leona#173 nationally

Girls

#1Mary510US #1
#2Barbara279US #2
#3Shirley275US #5
#4Sharon273US #30
#5Patricia242US #3
#6Donna216US #20
#7Marilyn197US #19
#8Betty195US #4
#9Janice195US #24
#10Carol191US #6
#11Karen177US #50
#12Beverly164US #18
#13Nancy149US #7
#14Sandra149US #14
#15Janet135US #16
#16Margaret130US #9
#17Carolyn127US #15
#18Joan127US #10
#19Joyce125US #11
#20Phyllis113US #28
#21Lois109US #33
#22Dorothy106US #8
#23Virginia87US #22
#24Ruth85US #21
#25Judith83US #12
#26Marlene83US #51
#27Darlene82US #76
#28Alice81US #29
#29Bonnie79US #65
#30Norma78US #34
#31Kay76US #81
#32Marjorie76US #53
#33Helen74US #13
#34Jean72US #27
#35Elaine69US #42
#36Connie67US #110
#37Judy65US #41
#38Doris64US #25
#39Joann63US #68
#40Frances60US #23
#41Kathleen60US #58
#42Sally57US #54
#43Linda51US #31
#44Delores50US #75
#45Peggy48US #35
#46Rita48US #74
#47Rose47US #39
#48Gloria46US #36
#49Carole45US #46
#50Deanna45US #115
#51Rosalie43US #66
#52Arlene42US #63
#53Charlotte42US #70
#54Evelyn41US #38
#55Jeanette41US #91
#56Wanda41US #49
#57Jane40US #44
#58Maxine40US #130
#59Elizabeth39US #17
#60Marie38US #37
#61Myrna38US #134
#62Geraldine37US #45
#63Ellen34US #89
#64Jacqueline34US #69
#65Kathryn34US #114
#66Irene33US #72
#67Martha33US #26
#68Eleanor32US #60
#69Jo32US #78
#70Joanne32US #57
#71Ann31US #32
#72June30US #79
#73Patty30US #175
#74Ramona30US #190
#75Roberta30US #73
#76Lucille29US #106
#77Audrey28US #87
#78Charlene28US #143
#79Leona28US #173
#80Loretta28US #62
#81Marcia28US #116
#82Marian28US #128
#83Diane27US #64
#84Rosemary26US #95
#85Susan26US #71
#86Wilma26US #85
#87Yvonne26US #101
#88Catherine25US #48
#89Lorraine25US #93
#90Mildred25US #52
#91Anita24US #99
#92Margie24US #109
#93Lavonne23
#94Jackie22US #185
#95Patsy22US #55
#96Constance21US #117
#97Deloris21US #196
#98Dixie21US #167
#99Dolores21US #43
#100Georgia21US #138

Boys

#1Robert585US #1
#2Richard464US #5
#3Larry406US #16
#4James396US #2
#5John367US #3
#6Donald351US #7
#7William285US #4
#8Gary284US #22
#9Ronald266US #10
#10Charles216US #6
#11Kenneth187US #14
#12Jerry178US #17
#13David171US #8
#14Gerald164US #19
#15Thomas140US #9
#16Roger131US #31
#17Jack122US #25
#18George108US #11
#19Dale102US #56
#20Dennis102US #49
#21Harold100US #23
#22Marvin100US #53
#23Paul91US #15
#24Edward87US #13
#25Duane86US #114
#26Don85US #52
#27Bill79US #67
#28Raymond78US #20
#29Jim76US #81
#30Wayne75US #40
#31Frank74US #18
#32Norman72US #43
#33Joseph69US #12
#34Eugene66US #33
#35Keith65US #120
#36Michael59US #21
#37Bob58US #94
#38Lawrence57US #36
#39Leonard57US #57
#40Ralph53US #35
#41Melvin51US #54
#42Dean50US #129
#43Gene50US #65
#44Joe50US #28
#45Leroy50US #61
#46Stanley49US #59
#47Gordon48US #78
#48Daniel46US #39
#49Darrell44US #128
#50Rodney44US #133
#51Tom43US #106
#52Walter43US #26
#53Carl42US #29
#54Dick42US #165
#55Terry42US #86
#56Fred40US #38
#57Lyle40US #183
#58Bruce39US #66
#59Francis39US #51
#60Roy38US #41
#61Douglas36US #60
#62Russell35US #70
#63Allen34US #73
#64Billy34US #24
#65Edwin33US #90
#66Jerome33US #93
#67Clarence32US #58
#68Bernard31US #75
#69Howard31US #42
#70Leon31US #85
#71Lloyd31US #92
#72Clifford30US #89
#73Harry30US #44
#74Henry30US #30
#75Albert29US #37
#76Ernest29US #55
#77Virgil29US #151
#78Alan28US #91
#79Arthur28US #32
#80Glenn28US #83
#81Ronnie28US #113
#82Glen27US #121
#83Vernon27US #103
#84Alvin26US #98
#85Darrel26
#86Earl26US #50
#87Roland26US #124
#88Ted26US #147
#89Jon25US #126
#90Lee25US #80
#91Leland25
#92Warren25US #102
#93Eldon24
#94Leo23US #104
#95Ray23US #72
#96Willard23US #148
#97Floyd22US #96
#98Garry22
#99Loren22
#100Louis22US #47

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑32Bruce#58
↑29Linda#43
↑28Deanna#50
↑25Judy#37
↑24Judith#25
↑24Maxine#58
↑22Geraldine#62
↑22Edwin#65

Falling

↓36Louis#100
↓28Yvonne#87
↓26Howard#69
↓25Warren#92
↓24Joanne#70
↓21Elizabeth#59
↓21Wilma#86
↓19Lorraine#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.