State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1968 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,010 Nebraska births in 1968 across 586 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#85Coryoutside the national top 200
#88Kent#194 nationally
#83Rick#182 nationally
#93Dan#191 nationally
#73Jody#169 nationally
#96Tami#191 nationally
#87Jim#177 nationally
#63Darin#147 nationally
#56Kristi#138 nationally
#92Corey#171 nationally
#86Becky#161 nationally
#69Kirk#143 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa357US #1
#2Michelle334US #2
#3Kimberly216US #3
#4Julie210US #16
#5Jennifer198US #4
#6Amy196US #13
#7Angela182US #7
#8Susan160US #10
#9Mary152US #6
#10Christine151US #14
#11Lori150US #22
#12Brenda132US #34
#13Laura128US #11
#14Tammy126US #8
#15Stephanie117US #23
#16Teresa115US #30
#17Kelly107US #12
#18Pamela106US #20
#19Melissa105US #5
#20Karen98US #9
#21Patricia94US #15
#22Dawn90US #21
#23Debra90US #38
#24Jill89US #46
#25Cynthia86US #19
#26Sandra85US #26
#27Tracy84US #25
#28Rebecca83US #33
#29Linda82US #28
#30Deborah81US #27
#31Ann79US #54
#32Barbara79US #36
#33Michele79US #29
#34Wendy79US #31
#35Tina78US #18
#36Nancy74US #39
#37Diane73US #51
#38Christina67US #44
#39Rhonda67US #42
#40Denise66US #35
#41Donna66US #24
#42Kristine63US #105
#43Elizabeth62US #17
#44Theresa62US #47
#45Jodi58US #97
#46Cheryl57US #37
#47Andrea55US #48
#48Robin55US #43
#49Shelly54US #98
#50Kathleen52US #40
#51Paula52US #45
#52Stacey52US #55
#53Carol49US #49
#54Cindy49US #67
#55Sheila49US #59
#56Kristi48US #138
#57Renee46US #65
#58Jacqueline45US #50
#59Janet45US #73
#60Stacy45US #64
#61Carrie40US #86
#62Kim39US #57
#63Kristin39US #84
#64Terri39US #83
#65Deanna38US #104
#66Heidi38US #89
#67Suzanne38US #69
#68Heather37US #62
#69Kathy37US #76
#70Shannon37US #53
#71Anne36US #88
#72Annette36US #102
#73Jody36US #169
#74Catherine35US #56
#75Katherine35US #75
#76Laurie35US #79
#77Leslie35US #66
#78Sherry35US #52
#79Colleen34US #101
#80Gina34US #58
#81Tamara34US #80
#82Connie33US #87
#83Kelli33US #137
#84Melinda33US #90
#85Valerie33US #77
#86Becky32US #161
#87Monica32US #68
#88Sharon32US #32
#89Sherri30US #95
#90Vicki30US #114
#91Kathryn29US #100
#92Margaret29US #63
#93Beth28US #74
#94Carolyn28US #61
#95Sheri28US #119
#96Tami28US #191
#97Traci28US #127
#98Carla26US #91
#99Jane26US #146
#100Jean26US #158

Boys

#1Michael625US #1
#2David405US #2
#3John379US #3
#4Robert364US #5
#5James363US #4
#6Scott336US #14
#7Mark305US #7
#8Jeffrey287US #11
#9Brian267US #10
#10Timothy239US #13
#11Steven233US #15
#12Thomas219US #12
#13Todd205US #28
#14Daniel198US #18
#15Kevin197US #17
#16Richard195US #8
#17Christopher179US #9
#18Troy152US #40
#19William150US #6
#20Matthew147US #24
#21Patrick131US #30
#22Paul129US #19
#23Douglas123US #33
#24Gregory116US #26
#25Eric110US #22
#26Joseph108US #16
#27Ronald104US #25
#28Bradley95US #57
#29Craig95US #41
#30Gary95US #32
#31Charles93US #20
#32Shawn93US #43
#33Anthony81US #21
#34Donald81US #29
#35Stephen77US #27
#36Bryan74US #51
#37Kenneth74US #23
#38Terry74US #48
#39Jeffery73US #46
#40Sean73US #37
#41Jason65US #47
#42Larry64US #38
#43Andrew63US #34
#44Edward58US #31
#45Jerry55US #44
#46Chad54US #104
#47Dennis54US #45
#48Russell53US #56
#49Jon51US #65
#50Rodney51US #42
#51Jay50US #88
#52Chris48US #64
#53Jeff48US #90
#54Brent47US #102
#55Roger47US #55
#56Alan45US #74
#57Kelly44US #97
#58Shane44US #120
#59Bruce43US #61
#60Randy43US #54
#61Keith42US #35
#62Joel41US #80
#63Darin38US #147
#64Darren38US #60
#65Raymond36US #50
#66Gerald35US #62
#67Dale34US #91
#68Jonathan34US #53
#69Kirk34US #143
#70Peter34US #39
#71Randall34US #79
#72Tony34US #52
#73Curtis33US #75
#74Dean33US #78
#75Kurt33US #123
#76Steve33US #89
#77Martin32US #68
#78Ryan32US #131
#79Ricky31US #70
#80Brett30US #105
#81Mike30US #93
#82Phillip28US #71
#83Rick28US #182
#84Barry27US #107
#85Cory27
#86Greg27US #142
#87Jim27US #177
#88Kent26US #194
#89Tim26US #139
#90Travis26US #141
#91Brad25US #158
#92Corey25US #171
#93Dan25US #191
#94Lance25US #144
#95Lee25US #106
#96Frank24US #49
#97George23US #36
#98Kyle23US #148
#99Philip23US #82
#100Wayne23US #63

On the move since 1967

Rising

↑34Alan#56
↑30Stacey#52
↑28Shannon#70
↑28Jason#41
↑28Kirk#69
↑27Carrie#61
↑26Wendy#34
↑22Raymond#65

Falling

↓42Sharon#88
↓38Sheri#95
↓34Jane#99
↓32Kyle#98
↓28Connie#82
↓26Sherri#89
↓25Kent#88
↓23Kim#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1967 rankings.