State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,819 Nebraska births in 1949 across 586 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#68Lyleoutside the national top 200
#63Kent#194 nationally
#39Duane#137 nationally
#66Colleen#146 nationally
#92Rick#170 nationally
#83Lynn#159 nationally
#59Dean#129 nationally
#40Jim#108 nationally
#82Sheryl#149 nationally
#49Tom#114 nationally
#29Rodney#87 nationally
#62Kay#119 nationally

Girls

#1Linda898US #1
#2Mary644US #2
#3Patricia392US #3
#4Susan388US #5
#5Barbara351US #4
#6Nancy332US #7
#7Kathleen304US #9
#8Carol288US #8
#9Sandra279US #6
#10Sharon276US #10
#11Karen250US #11
#12Connie210US #43
#13Janet193US #23
#14Cheryl188US #28
#15Diane184US #19
#16Judy184US #20
#17Pamela184US #21
#18Cynthia183US #27
#19Margaret179US #14
#20Judith173US #16
#21Donna169US #12
#22Marilyn153US #33
#23Joyce136US #26
#24Janice134US #24
#25Deborah131US #15
#26Shirley128US #18
#27Carolyn123US #17
#28Beverly113US #31
#29Peggy113US #38
#30Kathy111US #42
#31Bonnie110US #35
#32Vicki109US #70
#33Kathryn100US #52
#34Jane97US #41
#35Jean96US #45
#36Betty91US #22
#37Catherine86US #37
#38Rita86US #54
#39Joan83US #36
#40Elizabeth77US #25
#41Diana76US #48
#42Marcia76US #78
#43Christine73US #30
#44Katherine73US #59
#45Gloria72US #29
#46Jeanne66US #92
#47Virginia64US #39
#48Ann63US #44
#49Phyllis61US #50
#50Ruth61US #47
#51Sally58US #77
#52Paula57US #55
#53Rebecca57US #40
#54Sherry56US #68
#55Dorothy55US #32
#56Elaine55US #57
#57Jacqueline55US #58
#58Marlene55US #110
#59Constance54US #83
#60Dianne54US #85
#61Lois54US #73
#62Kay53US #119
#63Suzanne49US #62
#64Helen48US #46
#65Lynn48US #74
#66Colleen47US #146
#67Cathy46US #81
#68Sue45US #88
#69Teresa44US #82
#70Julie43US #113
#71Rose43US #66
#72Theresa43US #63
#73Charlotte42US #71
#74Lynda42US #93
#75Ellen39US #64
#76Jo39US #60
#77Sheila39US #76
#78Vickie37US #124
#79Brenda36US #13
#80Glenda36US #87
#81Laura36US #65
#82Sheryl36US #149
#83Charlene35US #100
#84Doris35US #69
#85Jeanette35US #129
#86Victoria35US #96
#87Wanda35US #56
#88Frances33US #49
#89Marjorie33US #116
#90Alice32US #53
#91Debra32US #134
#92Marsha32US #79
#93Anne30US #86
#94Joann30US #101
#95Stephanie30US #128
#96Anita29US #99
#97Gayle29US #137
#98Eileen28US #95
#99Roberta28US #97
#100Claudia27US #127

Boys

#1James705US #1
#2Robert671US #2
#3John634US #3
#4Michael608US #5
#5David543US #6
#6Richard516US #7
#7Thomas402US #8
#8Larry397US #10
#9William376US #4
#10Gary364US #12
#11Steven350US #20
#12Ronald323US #11
#13Dennis295US #16
#14Donald285US #13
#15Charles260US #9
#16Kenneth225US #15
#17Roger206US #25
#18Daniel202US #22
#19Terry201US #28
#20Stephen195US #19
#21Douglas175US #29
#22Jerry164US #23
#23Mark129US #24
#24Joseph125US #14
#25Edward124US #21
#26Paul120US #17
#27Timothy120US #34
#28Gerald118US #33
#29Rodney113US #87
#30Dale105US #54
#31Bruce104US #26
#32Jack92US #47
#33Wayne91US #35
#34George89US #18
#35Patrick88US #39
#36Randall86US #79
#37Gregory83US #31
#38Danny81US #40
#39Duane75US #137
#40Jim69US #108
#41Raymond69US #30
#42Alan68US #45
#43Frank66US #27
#44Randy65US #92
#45Stanley61US #60
#46Steve61US #68
#47Keith59US #85
#48Lawrence59US #32
#49Tom55US #114
#50Allen54US #71
#51Eugene54US #58
#52Harold53US #42
#53Craig50US #77
#54Marvin50US #89
#55Mike49US #88
#56Jeffrey47US #48
#57Bill46US #106
#58Don46US #98
#59Dean43US #129
#60Leonard43US #74
#61Russell42US #69
#62Joe41US #52
#63Kent41US #194
#64Ralph41US #50
#65Scott41US #99
#66Fred39US #72
#67Gene39US #119
#68Lyle39
#69Micheal39US #122
#70Norman39US #90
#71Carl37US #43
#72Darrell36US #117
#73Melvin35US #82
#74Roy35US #51
#75Walter35US #37
#76Arthur34US #44
#77Lee34US #93
#78Clifford33US #103
#79Dan33US #125
#80Lonnie33US #134
#81Ronnie33US #65
#82Bernard32US #111
#83Lynn32US #159
#84Glen31US #127
#85Martin31US #83
#86Warren31US #115
#87Harry30US #59
#88Jon30US #144
#89Leon30US #121
#90Glenn29US #61
#91Leroy29US #101
#92Rick29US #170
#93Frederick28US #70
#94Louis28US #64
#95Brian27US #86
#96Ricky27US #148
#97Allan26US #143
#98Leslie26US #126
#99Peter26US #38
#100Philip26US #55

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑31Scott#65
↑29Kent#63
↑28Rebecca#53
↑26Lynn#65
↑20Lynda#74
↑18Fred#66
↑16Christine#43
↑16Jeanne#46

Falling

↓35Alice#90
↓25Sheryl#82
↓24Teresa#69
↓24Anita#96
↓20Lee#77
↓20Philip#100
↓19Ronnie#81
↓18Lois#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.