State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,641 Nebraska births in 1955 across 635 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#82Lyleoutside the national top 200
#77Rex#191 nationally
#48Kent#156 nationally
#97Kellyoutside the national top 200
#98Joleneoutside the national top 200
#74Jim#167 nationally
#71Kay#157 nationally
#86Kirk#172 nationally
#73Lonnie#155 nationally
#83Roxanne#165 nationally
#58Dan#136 nationally
#59Duane#135 nationally

Girls

#1Debra604US #4
#2Mary552US #1
#3Susan485US #5
#4Linda413US #3
#5Patricia359US #6
#6Barbara347US #7
#7Cynthia305US #11
#8Deborah289US #2
#9Nancy275US #9
#10Karen270US #8
#11Diane263US #14
#12Pamela262US #12
#13Kathleen233US #17
#14Carol229US #15
#15Cheryl226US #19
#16Sandra208US #13
#17Janet177US #20
#18Connie154US #35
#19Donna151US #10
#20Sharon150US #16
#21Peggy146US #51
#22Julie134US #67
#23Teresa120US #26
#24Rebecca119US #27
#25Denise117US #23
#26Jane115US #50
#27Jean112US #60
#28Vicki110US #52
#29Kathryn104US #59
#30Ann98US #43
#31Christine98US #40
#32Kathy98US #22
#33Rhonda96US #71
#34Margaret95US #24
#35Joyce94US #29
#36Judy94US #32
#37Catherine90US #28
#38Janice90US #25
#39Theresa89US #38
#40Brenda87US #18
#41Lori87US #89
#42Beverly86US #34
#43Cindy81US #79
#44Elizabeth80US #21
#45Katherine80US #65
#46Joan79US #46
#47Judith79US #31
#48Marilyn73US #49
#49Debbie70US #63
#50Terri70US #85
#51Diana69US #55
#52Rita69US #72
#53Vickie66US #68
#54Kimberly65US #111
#55Laura65US #41
#56Paula65US #39
#57Ruth64US #70
#58Betty61US #36
#59Bonnie60US #45
#60Robin58US #33
#61Rose58US #54
#62Sheryl58US #125
#63Kim56US #75
#64Colleen55US #110
#65Gail55US #42
#66Shirley55US #37
#67Cathy54US #44
#68Laurie54US #91
#69Marcia53US #98
#70Carolyn52US #30
#71Kay51US #157
#72Virginia51US #66
#73Sally50US #95
#74Jeanne49US #115
#75Sue49US #116
#76Victoria49US #82
#77Lynn48US #62
#78Sherry47US #56
#79Gloria46US #47
#80Suzanne46US #86
#81Michele45US #93
#82Jan44US #138
#83Roxanne44US #165
#84Constance43US #118
#85Sheila43US #57
#86Lois42US #124
#87Michelle42US #97
#88Jo41US #58
#89Jacqueline40US #73
#90Marsha40US #106
#91Roberta40US #113
#92Anne38US #84
#93Beth38US #133
#94Dorothy38US #64
#95Lisa38US #48
#96Renee38US #117
#97Carla37US #135
#98Jolene37
#99Gayle36US #146
#100Jennifer36US #104

Boys

#1Michael834US #1
#2David778US #2
#3Robert656US #4
#4John595US #5
#5Steven583US #10
#6James570US #3
#7Richard458US #7
#8Mark456US #9
#9William423US #6
#10Thomas399US #8
#11Gary323US #12
#12Daniel292US #17
#13Donald256US #14
#14Douglas243US #29
#15Timothy243US #22
#16Ronald232US #18
#17Randy220US #30
#18Dennis213US #23
#19Larry205US #19
#20Jeffrey197US #20
#21Kevin197US #27
#22Terry197US #28
#23Charles194US #11
#24Kenneth192US #15
#25Gregory185US #24
#26Joseph168US #13
#27Scott162US #38
#28Bruce154US #32
#29Paul153US #16
#30Stephen143US #21
#31Roger142US #37
#32Rodney138US #65
#33Randall130US #53
#34Patrick128US #41
#35Jerry125US #33
#36Dale112US #52
#37Edward105US #25
#38Craig92US #50
#39Gerald91US #48
#40Keith89US #39
#41Alan87US #43
#42Brian87US #40
#43George79US #26
#44Ricky75US #46
#45Raymond73US #36
#46Bradley68US #107
#47Rick64US #109
#48Kent60US #156
#49Kim59US #98
#50Wayne59US #44
#51Jon55US #115
#52Russell55US #57
#53Danny54US #45
#54Jack54US #60
#55Lawrence52US #42
#56Martin52US #77
#57Micheal51US #87
#58Dan49US #136
#59Duane49US #135
#60Stanley49US #64
#61Steve48US #72
#62Dean47US #111
#63Frank46US #34
#64Walter46US #51
#65Marvin45US #94
#66Curtis43US #79
#67Jeffery43US #73
#68Allen41US #84
#69Darrell40US #91
#70Anthony39US #31
#71Carl38US #47
#72Jay38US #103
#73Lonnie38US #155
#74Jim36US #167
#75Leonard36US #88
#76Norman36US #102
#77Rex35US #191
#78Leslie34US #138
#79Brad33US #153
#80Eugene33US #81
#81Joel33US #121
#82Lyle33
#83Philip33US #62
#84Ralph33US #67
#85Wesley33US #151
#86Kirk32US #172
#87Barry30US #70
#88Mike30US #123
#89Dwight29US #142
#90Roy29US #58
#91Calvin28US #110
#92Chris28US #139
#93Christopher28US #49
#94Harry28US #89
#95Henry28US #61
#96Joe28US #68
#97Kelly28
#98Mitchell28US #137
#99Peter28US #35
#100Samuel28US #71

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑51Debbie#49
↑24Walter#64
↑21Terri#50
↑20Sheryl#62
↑20Jim#74
↑19Jon#51
↑18Cathy#67
↑17Kent#48

Falling

↓26Roy#90
↓21Elizabeth#44
↓20Sheila#85
↓19Carolyn#70
↓18Beverly#42
↓18Marsha#90
↓17Marcia#69
↓16Gail#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.