State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,976 Nebraska births in 1941 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.

#35Lyle#168 nationally
#56Dick#171 nationally
#88Eldonoutside the national top 200
#99Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#84Dixie#181 nationally
#45Deanna#137 nationally
#39Duane#129 nationally
#38Rodney#127 nationally
#54Dean#143 nationally
#93Patty#176 nationally
#78Pamela#155 nationally
#66Lynn#141 nationally

Girls

#1Mary421US #1
#2Sharon400US #15
#3Karen289US #19
#4Judith249US #6
#5Judy247US #16
#6Patricia236US #3
#7Barbara234US #2
#8Carol223US #4
#9Linda212US #5
#10Janice177US #22
#11Joyce175US #13
#12Sandra175US #9
#13Carolyn168US #11
#14Donna157US #20
#15Nancy156US #8
#16Janet155US #18
#17Marilyn152US #30
#18Betty148US #7
#19Shirley145US #10
#20Beverly131US #29
#21Margaret113US #12
#22Bonnie103US #33
#23Joan95US #17
#24Phyllis95US #35
#25Kathleen94US #36
#26Jean91US #32
#27Dorothy90US #14
#28Connie84US #79
#29Lois76US #43
#30Darlene72US #76
#31Kay67US #70
#32Virginia67US #23
#33Joann62US #58
#34Susan62US #27
#35Alice58US #34
#36Sally58US #61
#37Helen57US #24
#38Ruth57US #28
#39Gloria56US #26
#40Elaine55US #44
#41Doris53US #38
#42Marlene50US #83
#43Norma49US #47
#44Peggy49US #39
#45Deanna47US #137
#46Delores47US #80
#47Elizabeth47US #21
#48Rose46US #49
#49Diane45US #40
#50Jane44US #46
#51Marjorie42US #71
#52Charlotte40US #55
#53Kathryn39US #87
#54Marcia39US #105
#55Ann38US #37
#56Rita38US #63
#57Evelyn37US #50
#58Catherine36US #51
#59Carole35US #48
#60Jo33US #66
#61Ellen32US #67
#62Jacqueline32US #73
#63Frances31US #31
#64Katherine31US #85
#65Jeanette30US #98
#66Pat30US #134
#67Constance29US #114
#68Joanne28US #54
#69Charlene27US #125
#70Roberta27US #72
#71Arlene25US #77
#72Gail25US #68
#73Geraldine25US #45
#74Martha25US #25
#75Marie24US #42
#76Marian23US #142
#77Mildred23US #64
#78Pamela23US #155
#79Yvonne23US #120
#80Eileen22US #121
#81Jeanne22US #126
#82Loretta22US #81
#83Lucille22US #119
#84Dixie21US #181
#85Georgia21US #127
#86Glenda21US #96
#87Maxine21US #139
#88Patsy21US #52
#89Rosemary21US #94
#90Suzanne21US #97
#91Anita20US #91
#92Laura20US #115
#93Patty20US #176
#94Wanda20US #53
#95Esther19US #138
#96Julie19US #169
#97Paula19US #151
#98Cynthia18US #112
#99Lavonne18
#100Lorraine18US #93

Boys

#1Robert552US #2
#2Larry503US #11
#3Richard413US #5
#4James406US #1
#5John356US #3
#6Gary328US #19
#7Ronald324US #9
#8William297US #4
#9Jerry239US #14
#10Donald232US #10
#11David225US #7
#12Kenneth191US #15
#13Charles189US #6
#14Roger178US #25
#15Dennis172US #23
#16Thomas163US #8
#17Gerald141US #20
#18Edward99US #17
#19Michael96US #16
#20Paul93US #18
#21Dale91US #59
#22Jim91US #80
#23Harold85US #24
#24Jack79US #32
#25Marvin78US #63
#26Joseph75US #12
#27George74US #13
#28Bill70US #68
#29Raymond69US #22
#30Wayne69US #37
#31Gene65US #72
#32Terry63US #64
#33Frank60US #21
#34Daniel59US #31
#35Lyle57US #168
#36Leroy54US #67
#37Norman54US #49
#38Rodney54US #127
#39Duane53US #129
#40Stephen53US #41
#41Ronnie51US #79
#42Stanley51US #57
#43Douglas50US #53
#44Bob49US #103
#45Fred49US #43
#46Eugene48US #42
#47Lawrence48US #34
#48Bruce45US #51
#49Leonard45US #54
#50Don42US #66
#51Arthur41US #33
#52Patrick40US #70
#53Ralph40US #38
#54Dean39US #143
#55Lloyd39US #96
#56Dick38US #171
#57Melvin38US #56
#58Tom38US #88
#59Harry37US #48
#60Joe37US #30
#61Keith37US #119
#62Russell37US #75
#63Carl35US #29
#64Walter35US #26
#65Allen34US #73
#66Lynn33US #141
#67Bernard32US #87
#68Clifford32US #94
#69Darrell32US #130
#70Francis32US #60
#71Henry32US #28
#72Leon32US #93
#73Gordon31US #92
#74Steven31US #90
#75Albert30US #40
#76Howard30US #47
#77Lee30US #81
#78Philip30US #52
#79Roy30US #39
#80Glen29US #139
#81Billy28US #27
#82Earl28US #58
#83Jerome28US #101
#84Danny27US #120
#85Alan26US #84
#86Jon26US #128
#87Steve26US #112
#88Eldon25
#89Glenn25US #86
#90Phillip24US #77
#91Roland24US #144
#92Alvin23US #107
#93Jimmy23US #45
#94Leslie23US #126
#95Tommy23US #71
#96Arnold22US #123
#97Dan22US #152
#98Johnny22US #55
#99Leo22US #116
#100Ernest21US #61

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑38Ronnie#41
↑35Stephen#40
↑27Russell#62
↑24Sally#36
↑24Katherine#64
↑23Mildred#77
↑23Harry#59
↑20Clifford#68

Falling

↓25Keith#61
↓24Alan#85
↓23Lorraine#100
↓21Tom#58
↓20Geraldine#73
↓20Patty#93
↓20Earl#82
↓19Don#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.