State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,698 Nebraska births in 1951 across 597 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#72Lyleoutside the national top 200
#61Kent#182 nationally
#92Deannaoutside the national top 200
#99Kirkoutside the national top 200
#65Lynn#155 nationally
#56Rick#143 nationally
#63Bradley#146 nationally
#55Duane#130 nationally
#81Cindy#154 nationally
#91Jim#164 nationally
#100Kristine#172 nationally
#91Sheryl#161 nationally

Girls

#1Linda704US #1
#2Mary619US #2
#3Patricia525US #3
#4Susan435US #6
#5Nancy376US #7
#6Barbara372US #5
#7Deborah317US #4
#8Kathleen305US #10
#9Sandra277US #9
#10Karen267US #8
#11Carol252US #11
#12Sharon220US #13
#13Connie218US #44
#14Debra207US #18
#15Cynthia201US #20
#16Diane194US #15
#17Pamela188US #16
#18Donna173US #12
#19Janet173US #19
#20Margaret165US #17
#21Cheryl161US #30
#22Kathryn159US #45
#23Janice150US #21
#24Judy149US #26
#25Judith136US #25
#26Peggy135US #40
#27Joyce134US #28
#28Beverly129US #33
#29Marilyn120US #41
#30Vicki119US #58
#31Kathy114US #35
#32Christine109US #24
#33Shirley105US #27
#34Jean104US #49
#35Jane102US #43
#36Carolyn98US #22
#37Ann94US #46
#38Bonnie93US #37
#39Marcia93US #74
#40Rebecca93US #32
#41Joan92US #39
#42Diana87US #50
#43Betty85US #29
#44Catherine84US #34
#45Elizabeth79US #23
#46Katherine78US #55
#47Teresa75US #63
#48Julie74US #99
#49Constance72US #86
#50Gail69US #36
#51Ruth67US #53
#52Rita66US #61
#53Jacqueline60US #56
#54Denise59US #48
#55Jeanne58US #98
#56Sally58US #77
#57Vickie57US #87
#58Gloria55US #31
#59Theresa54US #64
#60Victoria54US #81
#61Sherry53US #70
#62Colleen52US #114
#63Kay51US #120
#64Lois51US #85
#65Paula51US #51
#66Virginia51US #47
#67Dorothy50US #42
#68Sheila50US #69
#69Jo49US #67
#70Brenda48US #14
#71Cathy48US #71
#72Laura48US #60
#73Marlene48US #118
#74Suzanne48US #83
#75Dianne46US #90
#76Jeanette44US #132
#77Ellen43US #68
#78Glenda43US #89
#79Lynn43US #72
#80Marsha43US #76
#81Cindy42US #154
#82Gayle40US #124
#83Charlene39US #103
#84Phyllis39US #57
#85Elaine38US #66
#86Rhonda37US #111
#87Darlene36US #79
#88Rose36US #65
#89Sue35US #106
#90Alice34US #62
#91Sheryl34US #161
#92Deanna33
#93Beth32US #156
#94Helen32US #54
#95Joann32US #104
#96Anne31US #82
#97Maureen31US #93
#98Terry31US #115
#99Jennifer30US #119
#100Kristine30US #172

Boys

#1Robert739US #2
#2Michael738US #4
#3James708US #1
#4John645US #3
#5David623US #5
#6Richard520US #7
#7Steven471US #13
#8William465US #6
#9Thomas439US #8
#10Gary412US #10
#11Ronald336US #12
#12Larry311US #11
#13Dennis291US #17
#14Donald275US #15
#15Kenneth253US #16
#16Douglas252US #27
#17Daniel250US #21
#18Charles224US #9
#19Terry217US #30
#20Roger206US #29
#21Mark204US #20
#22Timothy183US #28
#23Stephen180US #19
#24Jerry167US #24
#25Paul154US #18
#26Gregory143US #25
#27Dale137US #49
#28Bruce132US #26
#29Joseph130US #14
#30Gerald122US #36
#31Randall119US #66
#32Patrick115US #39
#33Rodney111US #84
#34Edward105US #23
#35Randy101US #56
#36George93US #22
#37Alan88US #40
#38Raymond86US #32
#39Jack79US #48
#40Scott78US #68
#41Stanley77US #54
#42Allen76US #72
#43Keith74US #59
#44Eugene73US #65
#45Wayne73US #37
#46Craig72US #63
#47Lawrence68US #33
#48Danny65US #41
#49Kevin65US #53
#50Russell63US #73
#51Marvin60US #96
#52Jeffrey58US #35
#53Dean57US #105
#54Frank57US #31
#55Duane51US #130
#56Rick48US #143
#57Martin47US #81
#58Roy46US #52
#59Anthony44US #34
#60Gene41US #126
#61Kent41US #182
#62Micheal40US #97
#63Bradley39US #146
#64Leonard39US #80
#65Lynn39US #155
#66Norman39US #90
#67Ricky39US #102
#68Steve39US #86
#69Harold38US #46
#70Ralph38US #51
#71Lee37US #92
#72Lyle37
#73Melvin37US #88
#74Carl36US #43
#75Leslie36US #124
#76Walter36US #42
#77Arthur34US #44
#78Dan34US #136
#79Darrell34US #109
#80Theodore32US #99
#81Brian31US #75
#82Howard31US #74
#83Philip31US #55
#84Frederick30US #78
#85Gordon30US #108
#86Jerome30US #103
#87Leroy30US #111
#88Allan29US #137
#89Bill29US #157
#90Jay29US #116
#91Jim29US #164
#92Joe29US #57
#93Phillip29US #79
#94Francis28US #85
#95Glenn28US #58
#96Christopher27US #61
#97Don27US #117
#98Glen27US #127
#99Kirk27
#100Lonnie27US #139

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑39Kevin#49
↑34Debra#14
↑33Norman#66
↑27Roy#58
↑25Martin#57
↑24Gail#50
↑22Jacqueline#53
↑22Victoria#60

Falling

↓35Phyllis#84
↓33Jim#91
↓28Don#97
↓24Elaine#85
↓22Harold#69
↓19Virginia#66
↓17Walter#76
↓17Glenn#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.