State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,020 Nebraska births in 1953 across 601 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#64Lyleoutside the national top 200
#57Kent#166 nationally
#61Lynn#170 nationally
#66Jim#173 nationally
#78Bill#176 nationally
#100Kirk#197 nationally
#63Sheryl#148 nationally
#93Kurt#177 nationally
#49Duane#132 nationally
#99Roxanne#179 nationally
#100Lori#173 nationally
#74Kay#146 nationally

Girls

#1Mary631US #1
#2Linda529US #2
#3Debra459US #7
#4Patricia451US #4
#5Susan449US #5
#6Barbara331US #6
#7Deborah296US #3
#8Nancy290US #8
#9Cynthia284US #12
#10Pamela267US #10
#11Karen240US #9
#12Carol234US #16
#13Kathleen222US #14
#14Sandra212US #11
#15Sharon201US #15
#16Diane173US #17
#17Janet170US #19
#18Peggy166US #44
#19Cheryl159US #28
#20Donna153US #13
#21Connie152US #47
#22Janice138US #22
#23Judy130US #27
#24Margaret127US #20
#25Jane122US #43
#26Jean115US #52
#27Christine112US #32
#28Kathy112US #23
#29Marilyn106US #36
#30Vicki106US #61
#31Catherine105US #35
#32Joyce101US #26
#33Kathryn100US #48
#34Elizabeth98US #21
#35Beverly97US #34
#36Joan97US #37
#37Judith97US #30
#38Rebecca96US #24
#39Shirley94US #29
#40Denise87US #31
#41Julie86US #74
#42Teresa85US #42
#43Ann83US #46
#44Marcia79US #84
#45Rita78US #64
#46Paula77US #40
#47Rhonda77US #85
#48Carolyn73US #25
#49Jacqueline71US #58
#50Sally68US #81
#51Betty66US #33
#52Diana65US #55
#53Cindy64US #99
#54Bonnie63US #45
#55Colleen63US #115
#56Jeanne57US #97
#57Ruth57US #62
#58Theresa57US #50
#59Katherine53US #63
#60Sue52US #106
#61Constance51US #95
#62Brenda49US #18
#63Sheryl49US #148
#64Virginia49US #53
#65Gail48US #39
#66Sherry48US #70
#67Laura47US #51
#68Victoria47US #82
#69Cathy45US #56
#70Elaine45US #77
#71Terri45US #130
#72Gloria44US #38
#73Lois44US #91
#74Kay43US #146
#75Marlene42US #128
#76Laurie40US #103
#77Vickie40US #79
#78Carla39US #129
#79Marsha39US #83
#80Rose39US #59
#81Anne38US #80
#82Phyllis38US #69
#83Suzanne38US #78
#84Jo37US #54
#85Dianne36US #109
#86Jeanette36US #139
#87Michelle36US #107
#88Roberta36US #90
#89Martha35US #41
#90Michele35US #102
#91Dorothy34US #49
#92Helen34US #65
#93Ellen33US #76
#94Glenda33US #105
#95Lynn33US #67
#96Sheila33US #60
#97Stephanie32US #123
#98Gayle31US #136
#99Roxanne31US #179
#100Lori30US #173

Boys

#1Michael709US #3
#2James669US #2
#3David643US #5
#4Robert624US #1
#5John574US #4
#6Richard528US #7
#7Steven488US #11
#8William414US #6
#9Thomas400US #8
#10Mark343US #12
#11Gary339US #10
#12Dennis276US #19
#13Donald272US #14
#14Daniel268US #20
#15Ronald268US #15
#16Larry244US #18
#17Douglas239US #27
#18Timothy220US #26
#19Charles215US #9
#20Roger203US #31
#21Kenneth198US #17
#22Rodney174US #58
#23Terry163US #30
#24Gregory162US #24
#25Randy159US #35
#26Bruce152US #28
#27Paul151US #16
#28Stephen146US #21
#29Jeffrey139US #25
#30Joseph139US #13
#31Dale134US #48
#32Jerry130US #29
#33Patrick130US #39
#34Randall128US #64
#35Gerald105US #42
#36Scott98US #46
#37Edward90US #23
#38Alan89US #43
#39Keith87US #47
#40Raymond87US #34
#41Wayne86US #40
#42Craig83US #60
#43George82US #22
#44Kevin81US #36
#45Danny75US #41
#46Rick73US #101
#47Frank70US #33
#48Ricky69US #51
#49Duane62US #132
#50Lawrence62US #37
#51Stanley61US #62
#52Bradley58US #118
#53Russell58US #71
#54Micheal57US #88
#55Dean54US #105
#56Jack52US #57
#57Kent48US #166
#58Allen47US #81
#59Eugene44US #75
#60Anthony42US #32
#61Lynn42US #170
#62Harold41US #56
#63Jay40US #99
#64Lyle40
#65Brian39US #53
#66Jim39US #173
#67Kim39US #127
#68Melvin39US #91
#69Martin38US #82
#70Ralph38US #59
#71Steve38US #84
#72Walter38US #45
#73Carl37US #44
#74Arthur36US #50
#75Howard35US #77
#76Lonnie35US #147
#77Jon34US #120
#78Bill33US #176
#79Dan33US #139
#80Curtis32US #86
#81Gordon32US #116
#82Marvin32US #94
#83Peter32US #38
#84Glenn30US #67
#85Mike30US #136
#86Roy30US #55
#87Fred29US #92
#88Lee29US #93
#89Leroy29US #126
#90Clifford28US #102
#91Don28US #121
#92Joe28US #66
#93Kurt28US #177
#94Wesley28US #159
#95Bernard27US #119
#96Brad27US #164
#97Francis27US #90
#98Neil27US #146
#99Darrell26US #103
#100Kirk26US #197

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑37Jay#63
↑33Sue#60
↑28Sheryl#63
↑26Lois#73
↑23Jim#66
↑22Walter#72
↑22Jon#77
↑20Paula#46

Falling

↓29Marvin#82
↓21Bonnie#54
↓21Vickie#77
↓21Darrell#99
↓20Dianne#85
↓20Lynn#95
↓19Sheila#96
↓19Jack#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.