State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,592 Nebraska births in 1942 across 510 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#55Lyle#176 nationally
#72Patty#186 nationally
#88Myronoutside the national top 200
#48Deanna#160 nationally
#71Dick#183 nationally
#90Eldonoutside the national top 200
#92Delbert#197 nationally
#97Lelandoutside the national top 200
#56Dean#151 nationally
#69Kathy#159 nationally
#35Rodney#121 nationally
#46Duane#132 nationally

Girls

#1Mary454US #1
#2Sharon433US #11
#3Karen309US #16
#4Patricia295US #3
#5Barbara291US #2
#6Carol258US #5
#7Judy246US #15
#8Judith244US #7
#9Linda240US #4
#10Sandra236US #6
#11Carolyn192US #10
#12Janice174US #25
#13Nancy170US #8
#14Shirley166US #12
#15Janet162US #19
#16Marilyn161US #27
#17Betty160US #9
#18Donna160US #20
#19Joyce149US #13
#20Margaret135US #14
#21Beverly131US #32
#22Kathleen127US #24
#23Joan110US #18
#24Bonnie101US #34
#25Dorothy100US #17
#26Virginia94US #23
#27Susan91US #21
#28Connie88US #70
#29Lois87US #44
#30Kay86US #75
#31Diane85US #28
#32Jean83US #36
#33Phyllis80US #37
#34Ruth72US #33
#35Doris70US #41
#36Helen69US #26
#37Marlene68US #84
#38Carole62US #35
#39Gloria60US #31
#40Jane58US #46
#41Ann57US #38
#42Alice53US #39
#43Jeanette53US #104
#44Rita53US #55
#45Diana51US #68
#46Kathryn51US #82
#47Darlene48US #78
#48Deanna48US #160
#49Norma47US #52
#50Charlene46US #117
#51Elaine46US #45
#52Rose46US #50
#53Evelyn45US #53
#54Joann45US #58
#55Peggy45US #42
#56Sally44US #56
#57Marjorie42US #74
#58Frances40US #30
#59Roberta36US #66
#60Delores35US #86
#61Marcia35US #105
#62Jacqueline34US #69
#63Pamela34US #106
#64Charlotte33US #51
#65Elizabeth32US #22
#66Jo32US #65
#67Loretta32US #79
#68Sherry32US #145
#69Kathy31US #159
#70Dianne30US #109
#71Joanne29US #48
#72Patty29US #186
#73Pat28US #144
#74Rosemary28US #92
#75Ellen27US #64
#76Katherine27US #81
#77Arlene26US #83
#78Eileen26US #88
#79Constance25US #116
#80Anna24US #59
#81Catherine24US #49
#82Maxine24US #148
#83Patsy24US #57
#84Georgia23US #123
#85Glenda23US #89
#86Martha23US #29
#87Wilma23US #114
#88Gail22US #60
#89Anita21US #93
#90Jeanne21US #119
#91Marie21US #43
#92Lorraine20US #91
#93Louise20US #61
#94Sheila20US #94
#95Wanda20US #54
#96Irene19US #80
#97Julie19US #157
#98Rebecca19US #85
#99Rosalie19US #158
#100Cynthia18US #101

Boys

#1Robert555US #2
#2Larry517US #12
#3James469US #1
#4Richard420US #5
#5John391US #3
#6Gary368US #18
#7Ronald322US #9
#8Donald310US #10
#9William288US #4
#10Dennis264US #20
#11David260US #6
#12Charles228US #7
#13Jerry222US #16
#14Kenneth183US #15
#15Roger178US #25
#16Thomas164US #8
#17Gerald148US #22
#18Michael147US #13
#19George122US #14
#20Paul111US #19
#21Douglas103US #23
#22Jim94US #74
#23Raymond90US #24
#24Edward89US #17
#25Frank85US #21
#26Harold84US #27
#27Dale79US #63
#28Jack79US #34
#29Eugene77US #45
#30Terry75US #52
#31Wayne73US #41
#32Marvin72US #66
#33Daniel64US #28
#34Stephen64US #32
#35Rodney63US #121
#36Bill62US #65
#37Joseph62US #11
#38Bob58US #110
#39Gene58US #82
#40Fred54US #46
#41Keith51US #123
#42Lawrence51US #30
#43Leroy51US #69
#44Tom51US #89
#45Don50US #72
#46Duane50US #132
#47Joe50US #33
#48Stanley49US #56
#49Walter49US #26
#50Ronnie47US #78
#51Leonard45US #57
#52Patrick45US #64
#53Gordon42US #92
#54Howard42US #49
#55Lyle42US #176
#56Dean40US #151
#57Ralph40US #38
#58Arthur39US #29
#59Bruce39US #50
#60Lloyd38US #96
#61Bernard37US #90
#62Harry37US #48
#63Melvin37US #60
#64Norman37US #53
#65Allen36US #71
#66Ray35US #84
#67Russell35US #70
#68Earl33US #62
#69Vernon33US #114
#70Carl32US #36
#71Dick32US #183
#72Glenn32US #88
#73Mike32US #106
#74Francis31US #58
#75Steven31US #75
#76Jon30US #125
#77Leon30US #93
#78Steve30US #102
#79Alan29US #81
#80Clarence29US #67
#81Albert28US #40
#82Alvin28US #115
#83Clifford28US #95
#84Darrell28US #135
#85Lynn28US #146
#86Henry27US #31
#87Louis27US #51
#88Myron27
#89Edwin26US #105
#90Eldon25
#91Arnold24US #130
#92Delbert24US #197
#93Roy24US #42
#94Timothy24US #108
#95Danny23US #111
#96Theodore23US #91
#97Leland22
#98Philip22US #54
#99Phillip22US #77
#100Warren22US #97

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑22Jeanette#43
↑22Douglas#21
↑22Howard#54
↑21Carole#38
↑21Patty#72
↑20Keith#41
↑20Gordon#53
↑19Charlene#50

Falling

↓27Norman#64
↓23Catherine#81
↓21Joann#54
↓20Sally#56
↓20Lyle#55
↓20Philip#98
↓19Lynn#85
↓18Elizabeth#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.