State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,978 Nebraska births in 1945 across 505 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#56Lyle#194 nationally
#77Dixieoutside the national top 200
#72Sheryl#194 nationally
#88Lanaoutside the national top 200
#93Kentoutside the national top 200
#85Patty#192 nationally
#90Dick#196 nationally
#100Joleneoutside the national top 200
#76Deanna#175 nationally
#38Dean#136 nationally
#99Caroline#197 nationally
#44Duane#138 nationally

Girls

#1Mary498US #1
#2Linda438US #2
#3Sharon319US #8
#4Carol307US #5
#5Barbara295US #3
#6Judy264US #13
#7Patricia257US #4
#8Karen242US #16
#9Sandra230US #6
#10Nancy210US #7
#11Judith207US #9
#12Donna173US #17
#13Kathleen164US #19
#14Connie163US #47
#15Janet148US #20
#16Betty145US #11
#17Susan145US #10
#18Marilyn141US #27
#19Diane137US #22
#20Carolyn136US #12
#21Janice135US #24
#22Cheryl124US #32
#23Joyce118US #18
#24Shirley118US #14
#25Jean105US #38
#26Margaret104US #15
#27Beverly103US #37
#28Bonnie94US #35
#29Joan93US #25
#30Jane90US #36
#31Ruth90US #33
#32Dorothy86US #21
#33Gloria79US #23
#34Lois75US #48
#35Elaine73US #44
#36Virginia71US #28
#37Pamela65US #42
#38Kathryn64US #65
#39Rita61US #59
#40Elizabeth60US #26
#41Phyllis59US #40
#42Ann56US #39
#43Helen55US #31
#44Darlene52US #71
#45Marcia52US #88
#46Norma51US #74
#47Diana50US #43
#48Dianne49US #72
#49Marlene49US #110
#50Alice46US #41
#51Sally46US #64
#52Joann45US #80
#53Peggy45US #45
#54Kay43US #91
#55Kathy40US #101
#56Marjorie40US #94
#57Jacqueline37US #63
#58Charlotte36US #55
#59Delores36US #112
#60Eileen36US #70
#61Frances36US #34
#62Jo36US #60
#63Sherry36US #104
#64Catherine34US #50
#65Doris34US #46
#66Rose33US #54
#67Roberta32US #75
#68Constance31US #109
#69Glenda31US #92
#70Katherine31US #82
#71Charlene30US #114
#72Sheryl30US #194
#73Evelyn29US #57
#74Jeanette29US #122
#75Victoria29US #106
#76Deanna28US #175
#77Dixie28
#78Jeanne28US #98
#79Paula28US #67
#80Vicki28US #117
#81Rosemary27US #79
#82Sheila27US #89
#83Georgia26US #116
#84Martha26US #30
#85Patty26US #192
#86Carole25US #51
#87Geraldine25US #56
#88Lana25
#89Suzanne24US #68
#90Joanne23US #53
#91Dianna22US #182
#92Lynda22US #111
#93Marie21US #49
#94Sue21US #66
#95Anita20US #100
#96Claudia20US #127
#97Marsha20US #113
#98Arlene19US #99
#99Caroline19US #197
#100Jolene19

Boys

#1Robert624US #2
#2James558US #1
#3John494US #3
#4Richard480US #5
#5Larry368US #11
#6Gary351US #13
#7William327US #4
#8David318US #6
#9Ronald284US #10
#10Donald259US #12
#11Dennis258US #19
#12Michael247US #9
#13Thomas246US #8
#14Kenneth211US #16
#15Charles194US #7
#16Roger183US #22
#17Jerry165US #20
#18Terry118US #33
#19Gerald115US #25
#20Douglas110US #29
#21Paul105US #17
#22Joseph104US #14
#23Dale100US #61
#24George99US #15
#25Jim98US #68
#26Edward96US #18
#27Steven86US #43
#28Raymond85US #23
#29Daniel80US #24
#30Frank79US #21
#31Stephen79US #26
#32Eugene75US #50
#33Wayne74US #35
#34Jack67US #32
#35Harold66US #28
#36Bruce60US #48
#37Marvin58US #80
#38Dean55US #136
#39Keith55US #108
#40Tom55US #89
#41Bill54US #66
#42Fred51US #51
#43Alan46US #52
#44Duane46US #138
#45Rodney46US #105
#46Walter46US #27
#47Allen45US #74
#48Norman45US #65
#49Gene44US #100
#50Leonard44US #57
#51Patrick44US #63
#52Stanley44US #59
#53Steve44US #79
#54Don43US #73
#55Lawrence42US #30
#56Lyle42US #194
#57Melvin41US #78
#58Gordon40US #109
#59Arthur39US #34
#60Mike38US #69
#61Mark37US #72
#62Ronnie36US #67
#63Russell36US #64
#64Francis35US #76
#65Jon34US #112
#66Ralph34US #44
#67Leroy33US #83
#68Lloyd33US #103
#69Timothy33US #70
#70Leslie32US #115
#71Roy31US #40
#72Harry30US #47
#73Howard30US #54
#74Jerome30US #122
#75Danny29US #56
#76Darrell29US #141
#77Leon29US #111
#78Vernon29US #118
#79Albert28US #49
#80Carl28US #39
#81Lee28US #87
#82Philip28US #58
#83Frederick27US #77
#84Lynn27US #156
#85Ernest26US #60
#86Floyd26US #114
#87Billy25US #42
#88Bob25US #107
#89Clifford25US #99
#90Dick25US #196
#91Dwight25US #126
#92Garry25US #165
#93Kent24
#94Leo24US #139
#95Louis24US #55
#96Warren24US #106
#97Bernard23US #98
#98Jimmy23US #41
#99Lonnie23US #143
#100Martin23US #90

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑40Arthur#59
↑30Walter#46
↑27Melvin#57
↑25Alan#43
↑24Charlotte#58
↑22Constance#68
↑22Bruce#36
↑20Gordon#58

Falling

↓49Carole#86
↓29Leroy#67
↓26Bob#88
↓25Carl#80
↓24Clifford#89
↓22Joanne#90
↓20Bernard#97
↓19Danny#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.