State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,039 Nebraska births in 1952 across 606 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
#52Kent#164 nationally
#57Lynn#167 nationally
#81Rex#174 nationally
#44Duane#131 nationally
#89Jim#172 nationally
#62Bradley#141 nationally
#62Cindy#140 nationally
#85Terri#158 nationally
#67Kay#133 nationally
#83Beth#146 nationally
#64Leslie#125 nationally

Girls

#1Mary638US #2
#2Linda582US #1
#3Patricia439US #3
#4Susan433US #5
#5Barbara358US #6
#6Deborah343US #4
#7Nancy339US #7
#8Debra322US #9
#9Kathleen295US #11
#10Karen283US #8
#11Cynthia261US #18
#12Carol250US #12
#13Pamela243US #17
#14Sandra225US #10
#15Janet216US #19
#16Diane212US #16
#17Sharon205US #14
#18Connie175US #44
#19Cheryl168US #31
#20Christine151US #20
#21Donna148US #13
#22Joyce144US #27
#23Peggy141US #43
#24Judy137US #26
#25Janice135US #23
#26Kathryn126US #48
#27Margaret125US #21
#28Beverly123US #35
#29Marilyn118US #38
#30Jean114US #50
#31Judith113US #25
#32Kathy108US #29
#33Bonnie107US #41
#34Shirley107US #28
#35Catherine102US #34
#36Vicki100US #61
#37Jane98US #42
#38Joan98US #37
#39Elizabeth95US #22
#40Marcia95US #80
#41Julie90US #85
#42Rebecca90US #30
#43Teresa89US #52
#44Betty87US #32
#45Ann83US #45
#46Denise81US #33
#47Katherine80US #59
#48Carolyn77US #24
#49Rita73US #66
#50Diana70US #51
#51Colleen68US #108
#52Constance66US #92
#53Theresa66US #60
#54Sally63US #81
#55Gail62US #39
#56Vickie62US #76
#57Virginia59US #49
#58Rhonda58US #95
#59Ruth58US #57
#60Brenda57US #15
#61Sherry57US #68
#62Cindy55US #140
#63Jeanne55US #98
#64Jacqueline54US #58
#65Dianne53US #96
#66Paula53US #47
#67Kay48US #133
#68Laura48US #53
#69Cathy46US #56
#70Charlene46US #106
#71Victoria46US #74
#72Jo45US #55
#73Elaine44US #73
#74Gloria44US #36
#75Lynn44US #71
#76Anne43US #79
#77Sheila43US #64
#78Ellen41US #70
#79Marlene41US #117
#80Marsha41US #75
#81Alice40US #69
#82Glenda40US #97
#83Beth39US #146
#84Martha39US #40
#85Terri39US #158
#86Wanda39US #54
#87Joann38US #116
#88Suzanne38US #84
#89Roberta37US #88
#90Dorothy36US #46
#91Sheryl36US #151
#92Phyllis35US #65
#93Sue34US #113
#94Laurie33US #115
#95Stephanie33US #123
#96Doris32US #83
#97Gayle32US #135
#98Jill32US #118
#99Lois32US #86
#100Leslie31US #104

Boys

#1Michael775US #4
#2Robert736US #2
#3David714US #5
#4James656US #1
#5John616US #3
#6Richard538US #7
#7Thomas507US #8
#8Steven466US #11
#9William414US #6
#10Gary367US #10
#11Dennis318US #18
#12Larry297US #14
#13Daniel292US #20
#14Donald286US #13
#15Ronald277US #15
#16Mark264US #17
#17Charles235US #9
#18Timothy211US #27
#19Kenneth208US #16
#20Douglas207US #28
#21Terry176US #29
#22Roger174US #30
#23Gregory170US #24
#24Randy168US #41
#25Stephen164US #21
#26Jerry150US #26
#27Paul148US #19
#28Bruce145US #25
#29Joseph138US #12
#30Patrick133US #37
#31Randall116US #63
#32Gerald111US #39
#33Rodney108US #84
#34Dale107US #46
#35Edward105US #23
#36Alan92US #42
#37Jack92US #52
#38Jeffrey88US #31
#39Keith83US #49
#40George79US #22
#41Scott78US #54
#42Lawrence73US #35
#43Wayne72US #38
#44Duane71US #131
#45Kevin71US #43
#46Danny70US #40
#47Craig67US #59
#48Raymond65US #33
#49Allen61US #78
#50Stanley61US #58
#51Russell60US #70
#52Kent56US #164
#53Marvin55US #95
#54Dean51US #103
#55Frank49US #32
#56Eugene48US #71
#57Lynn47US #167
#58Ricky47US #81
#59Ralph46US #56
#60Rick46US #119
#61Micheal45US #94
#62Bradley44US #141
#63Harold44US #51
#64Leslie44US #125
#65Philip44US #60
#66Martin41US #80
#67Steve41US #85
#68Phillip39US #74
#69Dan38US #129
#70Kim38US #126
#71Leonard38US #83
#72Lyle38
#73Brian37US #64
#74Roy37US #55
#75Anthony36US #34
#76Bernard36US #111
#77Carl36US #45
#78Darrell34US #109
#79Edwin33US #118
#80Gene33US #138
#81Rex33US #174
#82Arthur32US #47
#83Barry32US #69
#84Glenn32US #61
#85Ronnie32US #82
#86Glen31US #121
#87Norman31US #96
#88Eric30US #88
#89Jim30US #172
#90Joe30US #62
#91Clifford29US #99
#92Jerome29US #105
#93Lee29US #92
#94Walter29US #44
#95Howard28US #73
#96Peter28US #36
#97Samuel28US #67
#98Curtis27US #86
#99Jon27US #135
#100Jay26US #106

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑28Rhonda#58
↑25Phillip#68
↑20Anne#76
↑19Cindy#62
↑18Philip#65
↑14Jeffrey#38
↑13Charlene#70
↑12Christine#20

Falling

↓35Lois#99
↓23Dorothy#90
↓22Lee#93
↓21Norman#87
↓20Gene#80
↓18Walter#94
↓16Gloria#74
↓16Roy#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.