State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,592 Nebraska births in 1958 across 658 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#85Rexoutside the national top 200
#98Karlaoutside the national top 200
#99Monteoutside the national top 200
#49Kent#144 nationally
#55Kelly#148 nationally
#82Jody#170 nationally
#69Brad#151 nationally
#65Duane#136 nationally
#38Bradley#108 nationally
#79Kirk#147 nationally
#58Sheryl#121 nationally
#65Marcia#128 nationally

Girls

#1Mary479US #1
#2Susan377US #2
#3Debra343US #6
#4Linda329US #3
#5Cynthia294US #8
#6Julie260US #23
#7Patricia255US #5
#8Karen249US #4
#9Barbara247US #9
#10Pamela242US #11
#11Diane231US #18
#12Nancy230US #12
#13Cheryl200US #13
#14Cindy198US #25
#15Lori187US #30
#16Deborah175US #7
#17Kathleen160US #21
#18Kathy159US #14
#19Debbie153US #24
#20Janet153US #28
#21Carol150US #20
#22Peggy149US #42
#23Sharon145US #17
#24Brenda138US #16
#25Sandra134US #15
#26Denise132US #27
#27Kimberly128US #39
#28Teresa116US #26
#29Donna111US #10
#30Tammy111US #44
#31Kim110US #40
#32Connie108US #50
#33Christine106US #43
#34Theresa106US #33
#35Jane105US #61
#36Vicki101US #57
#37Lisa100US #19
#38Kathryn99US #58
#39Rebecca96US #41
#40Judy93US #36
#41Laura90US #29
#42Terri89US #51
#43Elizabeth88US #22
#44Diana87US #45
#45Jean84US #73
#46Margaret84US #31
#47Ann83US #47
#48Michelle79US #56
#49Rhonda79US #48
#50Catherine78US #38
#51Joan74US #68
#52Janice69US #35
#53Laurie67US #70
#54Joyce66US #46
#55Cathy64US #34
#56Judith61US #62
#57Rita60US #88
#58Sheryl60US #121
#59Robin58US #32
#60Sue56US #102
#61Colleen54US #116
#62Sheila54US #59
#63Kelly53US #108
#64Betty52US #54
#65Marcia51US #128
#66Ruth51US #90
#67Paula50US #53
#68Beverly49US #55
#69Carolyn49US #37
#70Sally49US #112
#71Tamara48US #127
#72Jill47US #98
#73Jennifer46US #81
#74Sherry46US #67
#75Anne44US #87
#76Becky44US #111
#77Valerie44US #64
#78Vickie44US #75
#79Amy43US #97
#80Shirley43US #52
#81Bonnie42US #63
#82Jody42US #170
#83Marilyn41US #96
#84Katherine40US #74
#85Lynn40US #60
#86Renee39US #105
#87Annette38US #76
#88Jacqueline38US #99
#89Anita37US #82
#90Dawn37US #84
#91Gail37US #72
#92Jan37US #153
#93Patty37US #146
#94Victoria37US #109
#95Maureen35US #110
#96Vicky35US #150
#97Jeanne34US #123
#98Karla34
#99Rose34US #78
#100Beth33US #95

Boys

#1Michael724US #1
#2David688US #2
#3Mark537US #7
#4Robert534US #4
#5James532US #3
#6John504US #5
#7Steven384US #10
#8Thomas370US #9
#9Daniel339US #16
#10Richard337US #8
#11Timothy324US #13
#12Douglas281US #30
#13William277US #6
#14Scott271US #25
#15Kevin270US #20
#16Jeffrey236US #21
#17Larry224US #22
#18Donald222US #18
#19Gary222US #17
#20Ronald211US #19
#21Gregory196US #23
#22Randy183US #32
#23Dennis170US #29
#24Terry165US #33
#25Kenneth160US #14
#26Brian159US #24
#27Charles150US #11
#28Patrick142US #42
#29Paul141US #15
#30Joseph138US #12
#31Roger125US #47
#32Bruce116US #36
#33Craig107US #53
#34Dale102US #46
#35Jerry102US #35
#36Randall102US #62
#37Rodney102US #65
#38Bradley101US #108
#39Ricky97US #34
#40Edward92US #28
#41Keith91US #37
#42Mike90US #40
#43Gerald88US #58
#44Stephen87US #26
#45Rick86US #77
#46Steve82US #44
#47Russell79US #54
#48Jim76US #87
#49Kent76US #144
#50Alan74US #49
#51Jay68US #86
#52Danny67US #45
#53Tim67US #74
#54Wayne66US #48
#55Kelly64US #148
#56Martin62US #71
#57Todd62US #116
#58Dan61US #109
#59Matthew59US #60
#60Raymond59US #43
#61Tom57US #96
#62Frank56US #38
#63Dean54US #97
#64Greg52US #105
#65Duane51US #136
#66George50US #31
#67Jeff49US #68
#68Anthony48US #27
#69Brad47US #151
#70Curtis47US #82
#71Bill46US #99
#72Jeffery46US #59
#73Allen45US #92
#74Eric44US #50
#75Jack44US #80
#76Peter44US #41
#77Christopher43US #39
#78Joe43US #56
#79Kirk43US #147
#80Bryan42US #101
#81Kurt42US #134
#82Chris39US #93
#83Micheal39US #91
#84Phillip37US #81
#85Rex37
#86Stanley37US #88
#87Darrell36US #90
#88Tony36US #57
#89Andrew35US #55
#90Lawrence34US #52
#91Fred33US #115
#92Jon32US #117
#93Roy32US #75
#94Billy31US #64
#95Eugene31US #103
#96Glen31US #131
#97Joel31US #120
#98Lee31US #114
#99Monte31
#100Carl30US #51

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑61Tammy#30
↑30Jim#48
↑29Greg#64
↑24Kelly#55
↑24Dan#58
↑23Jennifer#73
↑21Tim#53
↑19Todd#57

Falling

↓40Rose#99
↓35Jon#92
↓33Beth#100
↓27Lawrence#90
↓22Katherine#84
↓21Micheal#83
↓19Paula#67
↓18Victoria#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.