State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,134 Nebraska births in 1939 across 505 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#75Darreloutside the national top 200
#77Eldonoutside the national top 200
#52Lyle#175 nationally
#63Patty#181 nationally
#85Sharronoutside the national top 200
#60Dick#169 nationally
#93Sondraoutside the national top 200
#93Merleoutside the national top 200
#94Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#97Loren#200 nationally
#81Dixie#169 nationally
#48Dean#134 nationally

Girls

#1Mary458US #1
#2Sharon303US #23
#3Barbara281US #2
#4Patricia264US #3
#5Marilyn226US #19
#6Karen220US #39
#7Shirley214US #5
#8Janice207US #24
#9Carol206US #6
#10Betty174US #4
#11Donna164US #20
#12Sandra164US #13
#13Judith163US #8
#14Beverly157US #25
#15Nancy154US #7
#16Judy142US #28
#17Janet136US #17
#18Joyce134US #12
#19Joan132US #11
#20Margaret115US #10
#21Carolyn113US #14
#22Lois102US #35
#23Phyllis101US #30
#24Dorothy97US #9
#25Marlene94US #64
#26Jean87US #32
#27Kay83US #76
#28Norma83US #38
#29Alice81US #31
#30Virginia81US #21
#31Ruth80US #22
#32Bonnie77US #61
#33Helen71US #16
#34Linda69US #15
#35Darlene65US #75
#36Joann65US #57
#37Kathleen64US #48
#38Marjorie63US #60
#39Elaine60US #45
#40Delores58US #79
#41Doris53US #29
#42Frances52US #26
#43Connie51US #111
#44Geraldine49US #41
#45Peggy47US #34
#46Sally47US #52
#47Arlene46US #69
#48Jacqueline44US #72
#49Jane44US #46
#50Rose44US #42
#51Evelyn43US #40
#52Kathryn43US #106
#53Elizabeth41US #18
#54Jeanette41US #82
#55Loretta40US #65
#56Rita40US #78
#57Ann39US #33
#58Charlene39US #139
#59Deanna39US #133
#60Susan39US #44
#61Jo36US #70
#62Joanne35US #53
#63Patty35US #181
#64Charlotte34US #66
#65Roberta34US #71
#66Marcia33US #109
#67Wanda32US #50
#68Yvonne32US #90
#69Catherine31US #49
#70Anita30US #97
#71Eleanor30US #63
#72Gloria30US #36
#73Rosemary30US #93
#74Diane29US #51
#75Dolores29US #58
#76Myrna29US #144
#77Carole28US #47
#78Katherine28US #101
#79Martha28US #27
#80Maxine28US #137
#81Dixie26US #169
#82Lorraine26US #95
#83Marie26US #37
#84Pat25US #142
#85Sharron25
#86Wilma25US #87
#87Ellen24US #80
#88Margie24US #113
#89Rosalie24US #114
#90Constance23US #123
#91Julia23US #91
#92June23US #83
#93Sondra23
#94Lavonne22
#95Mildred22US #55
#96Irene21US #74
#97Leona21US #177
#98Eileen20US #115
#99Gladys20US #104
#100Glenda20US #112

Boys

#1Robert527US #1
#2Larry471US #14
#3Richard437US #5
#4James426US #2
#5John351US #3
#6Donald340US #8
#7Gary334US #21
#8Ronald290US #10
#9William246US #4
#10Jerry215US #16
#11Charles202US #6
#12David200US #7
#13Roger198US #28
#14Kenneth194US #13
#15Thomas144US #9
#16Gerald140US #19
#17Dennis138US #34
#18George105US #11
#19Edward97US #15
#20Paul94US #17
#21Jack91US #26
#22Dale90US #59
#23Harold90US #23
#24Raymond88US #22
#25Wayne83US #39
#26Jim79US #75
#27Marvin78US #52
#28Joseph77US #12
#29Michael76US #18
#30Norman72US #44
#31Bill70US #67
#32Don66US #56
#33Eugene66US #37
#34Douglas61US #58
#35Melvin60US #51
#36Frank59US #20
#37Bob57US #89
#38Fred56US #40
#39Lawrence56US #36
#40Rodney56US #122
#41Stanley56US #57
#42Duane55US #118
#43Leroy52US #61
#44Terry51US #83
#45Gene48US #69
#46Leonard48US #54
#47Walter47US #25
#48Dean46US #134
#49Joe45US #27
#50Allen44US #72
#51Gordon44US #82
#52Lyle44US #175
#53Ralph44US #35
#54Daniel43US #38
#55Keith43US #117
#56Tom42US #97
#57Carl41US #30
#58Bernard39US #76
#59Bruce38US #64
#60Dick38US #169
#61Darrell37US #130
#62Howard37US #47
#63Francis36US #53
#64Arthur35US #32
#65Lloyd33US #95
#66Ronnie32US #109
#67Vernon32US #100
#68Jerome31US #93
#69Alan30US #85
#70Clifford30US #88
#71Henry29US #31
#72Clarence27US #60
#73Leon27US #86
#74Stephen27US #65
#75Darrel26
#76Earl26US #50
#77Eldon26
#78Ernest26US #55
#79Russell26US #73
#80Edwin25US #96
#81Jimmy25US #43
#82Jon25US #121
#83Patrick25US #79
#84Roy25US #42
#85Albert24US #41
#86Billy24US #24
#87Harry24US #45
#88Glen23US #123
#89Glenn23US #87
#90Jimmie23US #80
#91Lee23US #78
#92Lynn23US #167
#93Merle23
#94Ted23US #149
#95Louis22US #49
#96Warren22US #104
#97Loren21US #200
#98Lowell21US #166
#99Alvin20US #103
#100Arnold20US #113

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑27Douglas#34
↑25Loretta#55
↑25Susan#60
↑24Dolores#75
↑21Judy#16
↑21Anita#70
↑20Charlene#58
↑19Yvonne#68

Falling

↓38Rosalie#89
↓30Irene#96
↓28Carole#77
↓24Gloria#72
↓24Ellen#87
↓24Roy#84
↓23Marie#83
↓22Maxine#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.