Unisex name · since 1914
Nebraska
Nebraska has 43 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1927 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,244 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 43
- born since 1914
- 1930s
- peak decade
Nebraska sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 43 recorded since 1914.
Nebraska has 43 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1954.
- #23,244 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 43 born since 1914
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nebraska ranks #23,244 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 43 born since 1914, peaking in the 1930s.
- #23,244 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 43
- born since 1914
- 1930s
- peak decade
Nebraska's 43 recorded births place it above 48.79% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nebraska's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nebraska splits its recorded history at 1930: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1914 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1927 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nebraska popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1954
- Peak year (1927)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Nebraska popularity over time - girls
42 total births recorded since 1908 (Nebraska as girls' name)
Nebraska by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (12 births, 28% of the file).
1930s was Nebraska's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Nebraska births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
10 births
- 1920s
1920s
11 births
- 1930s
1930s
12 births
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 12 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Nebraska's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 1950s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~40 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–1954 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nebraska draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.