State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,472 Nebraska births in 1943 across 514 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#62Lyle#185 nationally
#79Kent#198 nationally
#88Darreloutside the national top 200
#99Sharronoutside the national top 200
#86Patty#187 nationally
#42Duane#138 nationally
#93Dick#188 nationally
#68Deanna#160 nationally
#33Rodney#118 nationally
#58Dean#142 nationally
#63Lynn#147 nationally
#95Vicki#179 nationally

Girls

#1Mary506US #1
#2Sharon449US #8
#3Linda348US #4
#4Carol306US #5
#5Barbara297US #2
#6Karen280US #15
#7Patricia279US #3
#8Judy278US #13
#9Judith256US #7
#10Sandra234US #6
#11Janet202US #20
#12Donna195US #17
#13Nancy182US #9
#14Betty166US #10
#15Marilyn166US #27
#16Carolyn165US #11
#17Janice157US #26
#18Kathleen147US #22
#19Joyce145US #16
#20Shirley140US #12
#21Connie131US #59
#22Margaret107US #14
#23Susan107US #18
#24Bonnie102US #34
#25Joan101US #21
#26Dorothy92US #19
#27Jean92US #36
#28Beverly91US #32
#29Virginia91US #25
#30Diane84US #24
#31Phyllis81US #39
#32Gloria73US #30
#33Ruth69US #33
#34Cheryl68US #102
#35Elizabeth67US #23
#36Darlene66US #73
#37Lois65US #43
#38Jane62US #44
#39Frances57US #31
#40Kathryn55US #75
#41Helen54US #28
#42Sally54US #57
#43Marlene53US #104
#44Rita53US #52
#45Doris52US #40
#46Elaine52US #46
#47Charlotte51US #47
#48Alice50US #38
#49Kay48US #81
#50Joann46US #60
#51Norma45US #58
#52Peggy43US #41
#53Roberta43US #66
#54Carole42US #42
#55Katherine42US #78
#56Delores41US #99
#57Pamela40US #54
#58Diana39US #62
#59Dianne39US #88
#60Jeanette39US #110
#61Ann38US #37
#62Marcia38US #96
#63Marjorie37US #79
#64Jo36US #63
#65Rose36US #50
#66Jacqueline35US #65
#67Ellen33US #67
#68Deanna32US #160
#69Joanne32US #49
#70Kathy32US #136
#71Martha32US #29
#72Catherine31US #48
#73Rosemary30US #97
#74Julie29US #156
#75Eileen28US #68
#76Evelyn28US #53
#77Glenda28US #83
#78Pat27US #145
#79Arlene26US #90
#80Charlene26US #121
#81Geraldine26US #51
#82Paula25US #93
#83Constance24US #109
#84Cynthia24US #101
#85Marie24US #45
#86Patty24US #187
#87Anita23US #98
#88Jeanne23US #113
#89Theresa23US #100
#90Lorraine22US #94
#91Sue22US #72
#92Georgia21US #119
#93Suzanne21US #86
#94Sylvia21US #77
#95Vicki21US #179
#96Wilma21US #120
#97Anna20US #64
#98Marian20US #149
#99Sharron20
#100Patsy19US #61

Boys

#1Robert617US #2
#2James547US #1
#3Larry493US #12
#4Richard474US #5
#5John418US #3
#6Gary405US #16
#7Ronald380US #9
#8William327US #4
#9Donald312US #11
#10Dennis265US #20
#11David254US #6
#12Jerry236US #17
#13Kenneth223US #15
#14Charles215US #7
#15Roger197US #24
#16Thomas187US #8
#17Michael170US #10
#18Gerald147US #23
#19George121US #14
#20Paul114US #19
#21Harold98US #27
#22Jack98US #34
#23Douglas94US #28
#24Dale93US #59
#25Jim92US #75
#26Marvin89US #66
#27Edward87US #18
#28Raymond85US #22
#29Terry82US #49
#30Daniel81US #25
#31Leroy70US #74
#32Joseph68US #13
#33Rodney66US #118
#34Wayne66US #41
#35Stephen64US #29
#36Frank63US #21
#37Eugene62US #47
#38Lawrence58US #32
#39Bill56US #65
#40Melvin56US #63
#41Allen55US #76
#42Duane55US #138
#43Keith55US #108
#44Don53US #72
#45Gene53US #89
#46Fred52US #45
#47Stanley52US #54
#48Tom52US #87
#49Leonard51US #55
#50Steven50US #58
#51Joe47US #35
#52Bruce46US #51
#53Carl46US #33
#54Francis44US #64
#55Norman44US #56
#56Walter41US #26
#57Arthur40US #30
#58Dean40US #142
#59Ralph39US #40
#60Bob38US #110
#61Gordon38US #98
#62Lyle37US #185
#63Lynn37US #147
#64Lloyd34US #104
#65Ronnie34US #71
#66Danny33US #88
#67Earl33US #60
#68Glenn33US #85
#69Mike33US #90
#70Bernard32US #92
#71Harry31US #50
#72Leon30US #103
#73Roy30US #38
#74Louis29US #53
#75Steve29US #93
#76Alan28US #67
#77Albert28US #43
#78Dan28US #139
#79Kent28US #198
#80Patrick28US #69
#81Vernon28US #117
#82Clifford27US #94
#83Philip27US #57
#84Russell27US #73
#85Harvey25US #111
#86Jimmy25US #42
#87Lonnie25US #144
#88Darrel24
#89Glen24US #146
#90Jon24US #127
#91Billy23US #37
#92Darrell23US #140
#93Dick23US #188
#94Ernest23US #61
#95Henry23US #31
#96Edwin22US #107
#97Howard22US #48
#98Jerome22US #109
#99Leslie22US #121
#100Phillip22US #81

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑30Elizabeth#35
↑29Danny#66
↑25Steven#50
↑24Allen#41
↑23Julie#74
↑23Melvin#40
↑22Lynn#63
↑21Katherine#55

Falling

↓43Howard#97
↓30Charlene#80
↓28Patrick#80
↓23Evelyn#76
↓22Bob#60
↓22Dick#93
↓20Ann#61
↓20Deanna#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.