State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1940 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,956 Nebraska births in 1940 across 495 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#48Lyle#173 nationally
#76Colleenoutside the national top 200
#78Eldonoutside the national top 200
#51Dick#171 nationally
#86Lorenoutside the national top 200
#94Sondra#199 nationally
#97Lelandoutside the national top 200
#73Patty#175 nationally
#32Rodney#133 nationally
#100Harlanoutside the national top 200
#43Dean#143 nationally
#93Jackie#189 nationally

Girls

#1Mary460US #1
#2Sharon362US #17
#3Barbara300US #2
#4Karen286US #34
#5Patricia260US #3
#6Carol249US #6
#7Judy244US #16
#8Judith221US #4
#9Sandra198US #10
#10Betty182US #5
#11Donna179US #23
#12Marilyn178US #25
#13Janice174US #22
#14Shirley168US #9
#15Janet160US #19
#16Joyce154US #13
#17Nancy151US #7
#18Carolyn120US #15
#19Joan118US #14
#20Beverly115US #27
#21Linda113US #8
#22Dorothy106US #12
#23Phyllis98US #33
#24Margaret97US #11
#25Connie90US #88
#26Bonnie87US #39
#27Lois79US #38
#28Virginia79US #21
#29Doris74US #31
#30Ruth74US #24
#31Helen73US #18
#32Jean73US #29
#33Norma73US #43
#34Marlene71US #80
#35Joann65US #63
#36Kathleen64US #40
#37Elaine60US #50
#38Alice58US #32
#39Darlene56US #79
#40Gloria53US #30
#41Jane52US #47
#42Elizabeth51US #20
#43Delores50US #83
#44Carole48US #49
#45Ann47US #35
#46Frances47US #28
#47Kay47US #77
#48Evelyn46US #48
#49Marjorie46US #64
#50Susan46US #36
#51Deanna45US #136
#52Rita45US #70
#53Geraldine44US #46
#54Jeanette44US #90
#55Peggy44US #37
#56Joanne43US #54
#57Rose42US #44
#58Arlene41US #75
#59Diane41US #45
#60Sally40US #61
#61Jacqueline39US #76
#62Charlotte37US #55
#63Kathryn37US #103
#64Roberta37US #71
#65Jo36US #72
#66Marcia35US #112
#67Catherine34US #53
#68Ellen33US #74
#69Loretta31US #69
#70Jeanne30US #129
#71June30US #82
#72Rosemary30US #85
#73Patty29US #175
#74Charlene28US #145
#75Pat27US #134
#76Colleen25
#77Lorraine25US #95
#78Marie25US #41
#79Wilma25US #93
#80Margie23US #114
#81Brenda22US #42
#82Florence22US #100
#83Georgia22US #138
#84Marian22US #142
#85Suzanne22US #109
#86Anita21US #87
#87Dixie21US #171
#88Katherine21US #92
#89Wanda21US #52
#90Yvonne21US #110
#91Anna20US #51
#92Glenda20US #107
#93Jackie20US #189
#94Sondra20US #199
#95Vivian20US #115
#96Diana19US #117
#97Edith19US #98
#98Irene19US #73
#99Laura19US #108
#100Mildred19US #58

Boys

#1Robert517US #2
#2Larry476US #13
#3James422US #1
#4Richard409US #5
#5John375US #3
#6Gary355US #19
#7Donald310US #9
#8Ronald287US #10
#9William254US #4
#10Jerry202US #14
#11David189US #7
#12Charles187US #6
#13Kenneth179US #15
#14Roger173US #26
#15Dennis164US #24
#16Gerald150US #21
#17Thomas148US #8
#18Edward97US #16
#19Michael90US #18
#20Harold88US #23
#21Jack88US #29
#22Dale85US #57
#23George84US #11
#24Paul82US #17
#25Raymond79US #22
#26Jim77US #78
#27Marvin71US #63
#28Frank67US #20
#29Bill64US #67
#30Gene64US #70
#31Don63US #62
#32Rodney60US #133
#33Terry60US #73
#34Lawrence58US #36
#35Joseph56US #12
#36Keith56US #125
#37Tom55US #92
#38Fred54US #40
#39Wayne54US #39
#40Stanley53US #59
#41Eugene52US #38
#42Melvin52US #53
#43Dean51US #143
#44Duane50US #134
#45Daniel48US #34
#46Leroy48US #66
#47Norman47US #48
#48Lyle46US #173
#49Walter45US #25
#50Douglas43US #56
#51Dick41US #171
#52Patrick41US #74
#53Carl38US #32
#54Joe38US #28
#55Bruce37US #55
#56Arthur36US #33
#57Bob35US #99
#58Leonard35US #54
#59Allen34US #71
#60Gordon34US #91
#61Alan32US #88
#62Earl32US #52
#63Henry32US #31
#64Ralph32US #37
#65Bernard31US #82
#66Howard31US #45
#67Jerome29US #95
#68Ray29US #77
#69Billy28US #27
#70Francis28US #61
#71Glen28US #130
#72Lee28US #80
#73Leon28US #89
#74Lloyd28US #100
#75Stephen28US #49
#76Vernon28US #105
#77Albert27US #41
#78Eldon27
#79Ronnie27US #101
#80Roy27US #42
#81Allan26US #115
#82Harry26US #47
#83Lynn26US #160
#84Darrell25US #131
#85Harvey24US #98
#86Loren24
#87Louis24US #50
#88Clifford23US #94
#89Russell23US #72
#90Warren23US #110
#91Clarence22US #64
#92Wendell22US #114
#93Alvin21US #106
#94Jimmy21US #44
#95Mike21US #122
#96Floyd20US #103
#97Leland20
#98Lester20US #116
#99Glenn19US #83
#100Harlan19

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑33Carole#44
↑32Gloria#40
↑31Patrick#52
↑21June#71
↑19Ellen#68
↑19Keith#36
↑19Tom#37
↑19Lee#72

Falling

↓23Darrell#84
↓22Wanda#89
↓22Yvonne#90
↓20Kay#47
↓20Bob#57
↓19Clarence#91
↓18Clifford#88
↓17Norman#47

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.