State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,185 Nebraska births in 1944 across 512 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#53Lyle#189 nationally
#85Sheryloutside the national top 200
#87Colleenoutside the national top 200
#88Pattyoutside the national top 200
#93Kentoutside the national top 200
#94Lorenoutside the national top 200
#85Dick#190 nationally
#34Duane#135 nationally
#66Deanna#167 nationally
#71Julie#162 nationally
#46Dean#134 nationally
#91Virgil#177 nationally

Girls

#1Mary530US #1
#2Sharon376US #8
#3Linda366US #3
#4Carol337US #5
#5Karen297US #16
#6Judy282US #12
#7Patricia278US #4
#8Barbara265US #2
#9Sandra244US #6
#10Judith205US #9
#11Nancy198US #7
#12Donna190US #17
#13Janet166US #21
#14Janice162US #28
#15Susan161US #13
#16Kathleen153US #20
#17Betty152US #10
#18Shirley150US #15
#19Cheryl143US #36
#20Carolyn138US #11
#21Connie138US #51
#22Joyce138US #18
#23Margaret123US #14
#24Beverly109US #35
#25Bonnie109US #34
#26Marilyn108US #27
#27Joan105US #22
#28Diane96US #24
#29Jean95US #37
#30Phyllis86US #40
#31Pamela78US #44
#32Virginia77US #26
#33Lois75US #47
#34Dorothy71US #19
#35Gloria68US #25
#36Jane68US #41
#37Carole67US #43
#38Ruth67US #32
#39Elaine60US #46
#40Kathryn60US #68
#41Rita57US #54
#42Ann54US #39
#43Elizabeth54US #23
#44Joann52US #65
#45Marlene52US #106
#46Marcia51US #89
#47Darlene47US #76
#48Alice46US #38
#49Norma46US #66
#50Peggy45US #45
#51Dianne44US #90
#52Marjorie44US #85
#53Diana43US #60
#54Frances42US #33
#55Kathy42US #110
#56Helen41US #31
#57Doris40US #42
#58Kay40US #88
#59Sally39US #59
#60Sherry36US #100
#61Catherine35US #49
#62Charlene35US #109
#63Katherine35US #77
#64Rose35US #52
#65Roberta34US #70
#66Deanna33US #167
#67Glenda33US #79
#68Joanne33US #55
#69Jo32US #61
#70Jacqueline30US #64
#71Julie30US #162
#72Ellen29US #63
#73Irene29US #91
#74Jeanne29US #108
#75Rosemary29US #99
#76Sue29US #62
#77Anita28US #95
#78Delores28US #97
#79Evelyn28US #57
#80Jeanette28US #117
#81Wanda27US #58
#82Charlotte26US #50
#83Marsha25US #111
#84Marie24US #48
#85Sheryl24
#86Anna23US #74
#87Colleen23
#88Patty23
#89Suzanne23US #78
#90Constance22US #104
#91Martha22US #29
#92Pat22US #154
#93Loretta21US #98
#94Lynda21US #113
#95Patsy21US #72
#96Georgia20US #114
#97Marian20US #155
#98Paula20US #82
#99Sylvia20US #83
#100Anne19US #86

Boys

#1Robert600US #2
#2James498US #1
#3John490US #3
#4Richard468US #5
#5Larry438US #12
#6Gary355US #15
#7William333US #4
#8David322US #6
#9Ronald315US #10
#10Donald265US #11
#11Dennis251US #20
#12Thomas243US #8
#13Kenneth226US #16
#14Roger226US #23
#15Charles206US #7
#16Michael202US #9
#17Jerry195US #19
#18Gerald132US #24
#19Terry119US #43
#20Douglas110US #34
#21Paul105US #17
#22Dale104US #61
#23Jack100US #30
#24George99US #14
#25Edward94US #18
#26Joseph87US #13
#27Jim83US #68
#28Daniel78US #25
#29Marvin78US #75
#30Frank70US #21
#31Harold68US #27
#32Eugene67US #48
#33Steven67US #52
#34Duane66US #135
#35Wayne65US #37
#36Raymond63US #22
#37Tom61US #87
#38Leroy59US #78
#39Stephen58US #28
#40Keith56US #104
#41Rodney55US #123
#42Norman53US #58
#43Lawrence52US #32
#44Stanley52US #57
#45Bill50US #66
#46Dean49US #134
#47Gene48US #95
#48Patrick48US #64
#49Ralph47US #42
#50Don46US #72
#51Fred45US #47
#52Leonard45US #56
#53Lyle45US #189
#54Joe44US #33
#55Carl42US #36
#56Danny42US #76
#57Ronnie41US #69
#58Bruce40US #51
#59Steve40US #89
#60Timothy39US #92
#61Allen37US #77
#62Bob37US #109
#63Darrell37US #133
#64Vernon37US #119
#65Clifford34US #99
#66Mark34US #93
#67Mike34US #80
#68Alan33US #55
#69Howard33US #53
#70Harry32US #49
#71Roy32US #39
#72Jerome31US #117
#73Leslie31US #114
#74Lynn31US #153
#75Russell31US #63
#76Walter31US #26
#77Bernard30US #94
#78Gordon30US #105
#79Francis29US #71
#80Lonnie29US #148
#81Phillip29US #83
#82Clarence28US #74
#83Jon27US #122
#84Melvin27US #67
#85Dick26US #190
#86Earl26US #65
#87Henry26US #35
#88Leon26US #108
#89Dwight24US #140
#90Theodore24US #96
#91Virgil24US #177
#92Ernest23US #59
#93Kent23
#94Loren23
#95Albert22US #44
#96Billy22US #38
#97Floyd22US #110
#98Jimmy22US #41
#99Arthur21US #29
#100Glenn21US #88

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑32Patrick#48
↑29Darrell#63
↑28Howard#69
↑26Pamela#31
↑26Jerome#72
↑26Leslie#73
↑19Ann#42
↑19Phillip#81

Falling

↓44Melvin#84
↓42Arthur#99
↓35Charlotte#82
↓32Glenn#100
↓25Francis#79
↓22Delores#78
↓20Jeanette#80
↓20Martha#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.