State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1966 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,429 Nebraska births in 1966 across 598 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#68Jody#186 nationally
#64Kent#172 nationally
#83Kelli#190 nationally
#87Kristi#185 nationally
#97Shane#186 nationally
#75Rick#162 nationally
#66Brad#150 nationally
#72Becky#153 nationally
#73Kirk#154 nationally
#100Lonnie#178 nationally
#62Peggy#139 nationally
#100Jeanne#177 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa406US #1
#2Michelle280US #4
#3Kimberly270US #2
#4Julie223US #13
#5Susan201US #6
#6Mary197US #3
#7Lori181US #21
#8Brenda165US #25
#9Christine152US #20
#10Amy148US #30
#11Karen133US #5
#12Tammy131US #8
#13Angela129US #9
#14Patricia126US #7
#15Jennifer121US #10
#16Teresa117US #29
#17Kelly114US #26
#18Barbara113US #27
#19Sandra113US #17
#20Denise112US #32
#21Cynthia109US #11
#22Debra108US #35
#23Linda108US #18
#24Pamela106US #15
#25Dawn103US #24
#26Laura103US #19
#27Deborah99US #14
#28Rhonda96US #39
#29Tracy96US #31
#30Cheryl91US #34
#31Jill88US #49
#32Elizabeth79US #16
#33Nancy79US #33
#34Shelly79US #89
#35Diane78US #45
#36Cindy76US #56
#37Michele76US #36
#38Stephanie76US #38
#39Kim74US #43
#40Ann73US #61
#41Rebecca70US #40
#42Theresa70US #46
#43Sheila69US #51
#44Donna67US #12
#45Kathleen65US #37
#46Tina64US #23
#47Laurie62US #63
#48Jodi60US #118
#49Kristine56US #104
#50Melissa56US #22
#51Robin55US #42
#52Wendy53US #41
#53Jacqueline52US #47
#54Paula50US #50
#55Connie49US #70
#56Kathy48US #59
#57Carol47US #48
#58Lynn47US #81
#59Sharon47US #28
#60Debbie46US #73
#61Gina46US #58
#62Peggy45US #139
#63Stacy45US #91
#64Janet44US #57
#65Andrea43US #52
#66Beth43US #65
#67Deanna43US #105
#68Jody43US #186
#69Annette42US #79
#70Suzanne42US #62
#71Anne41US #83
#72Becky41US #153
#73Colleen41US #93
#74Holly41US #101
#75Jane41US #111
#76Jean41US #123
#77Catherine40US #54
#78Tamara39US #98
#79Vicki39US #115
#80Renee38US #66
#81Heidi37US #87
#82Kristin36US #107
#83Kelli35US #190
#84Shannon35US #120
#85Sherry35US #53
#86Stacey35US #76
#87Kristi34US #185
#88Valerie33US #74
#89Judy32US #97
#90Katherine32US #78
#91Dana31US #68
#92Monica31US #75
#93Terri31US #72
#94Christina30US #67
#95Sarah30US #85
#96Carla29US #77
#97Carolyn29US #60
#98Margaret29US #55
#99Cathy28US #99
#100Jeanne28US #177

Boys

#1Michael622US #1
#2David500US #2
#3John387US #4
#4James376US #3
#5Mark374US #7
#6Scott352US #16
#7Robert349US #5
#8Jeffrey298US #9
#9Brian293US #14
#10Steven256US #13
#11Todd230US #29
#12Timothy229US #11
#13Richard228US #8
#14Daniel215US #19
#15Kevin213US #17
#16William204US #6
#17Thomas200US #10
#18Paul156US #18
#19Douglas155US #33
#20Patrick150US #31
#21Christopher138US #12
#22Troy126US #48
#23Ronald125US #24
#24Joseph124US #15
#25Kenneth123US #21
#26Gary120US #28
#27Donald115US #27
#28Gregory101US #23
#29Matthew98US #34
#30Bradley95US #68
#31Charles93US #20
#32Rodney92US #35
#33Randy83US #45
#34Anthony82US #22
#35Eric82US #25
#36Shawn82US #54
#37Terry80US #40
#38Craig77US #46
#39Larry77US #38
#40Roger76US #51
#41Bryan73US #52
#42Randall70US #70
#43Edward67US #30
#44Mike66US #69
#45Dennis63US #44
#46Stephen63US #26
#47Keith60US #32
#48Jeff59US #72
#49Chris57US #55
#50Jon55US #76
#51Russell55US #61
#52Jay54US #91
#53Andrew53US #36
#54Dale53US #85
#55Dean50US #84
#56Jerry50US #41
#57Jeffery49US #42
#58Tim49US #103
#59Alan48US #57
#60Kurt48US #110
#61Bruce46US #53
#62Sean44US #50
#63Darin42US #134
#64Kent42US #172
#65Steve42US #67
#66Brad40US #150
#67Greg40US #126
#68Kelly40US #111
#69Raymond40US #47
#70Ricky40US #64
#71Chad38US #135
#72Martin37US #78
#73Kirk36US #154
#74Joel34US #102
#75Rick33US #162
#76Brent32US #114
#77Curtis32US #75
#78Danny32US #62
#79Gerald32US #60
#80Phillip32US #71
#81Tom32US #153
#82Duane31US #140
#83Jim29US #136
#84Micheal29US #115
#85Peter29US #39
#86Joe28US #74
#87Allen27US #97
#88Darren27US #63
#89Mitchell27US #163
#90Tony27US #49
#91Jason26US #89
#92Frank25US #43
#93Jonathan24US #65
#94Wayne24US #59
#95Brett23US #118
#96George23US #37
#97Shane23US #186
#98Kyle22US #146
#99Lance22US #156
#100Lonnie22US #178

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑41Lynn#58
↑31Peggy#62
↑25Jodi#48
↑24Suzanne#70
↑22Shelly#34
↑22Debbie#60
↑21Edward#43
↑20Joel#74

Falling

↓35Terri#93
↓32Margaret#98
↓30Tony#90
↓29Carla#96
↓26Darren#88
↓24Monica#92
↓23Christina#94
↓23George#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.