State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,408 Nebraska births in 1970 across 637 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#84Danaoutside the national top 200
#74Darin#188 nationally
#58Cory#164 nationally
#95Kentoutside the national top 200
#100Kari#194 nationally
#100Lonnie#194 nationally
#68Jean#159 nationally
#95Peggy#174 nationally
#80Greg#154 nationally
#67Brad#139 nationally
#88Kirk#158 nationally
#70Kelly#135 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer358US #1
#2Michelle327US #4
#3Amy286US #5
#4Lisa281US #2
#5Kimberly275US #3
#6Angela212US #6
#7Julie207US #11
#8Mary145US #9
#9Tammy140US #8
#10Tracy138US #10
#11Christine126US #14
#12Lori126US #23
#13Brenda121US #40
#14Heather119US #19
#15Melissa117US #7
#16Stephanie117US #17
#17Dawn114US #16
#18Laura106US #13
#19Susan102US #15
#20Kelly99US #20
#21Tina96US #21
#22Jill90US #52
#23Shannon90US #22
#24Michele87US #31
#25Pamela86US #26
#26Teresa86US #34
#27Stacy84US #42
#28Debra81US #47
#29Karen78US #12
#30Wendy78US #28
#31Rebecca76US #29
#32Ann73US #62
#33Cynthia73US #25
#34Elizabeth71US #18
#35Nicole70US #30
#36Theresa66US #53
#37Carrie65US #73
#38Patricia65US #24
#39Jodi64US #95
#40Christina63US #35
#41Sandra63US #27
#42Denise57US #36
#43Deborah56US #33
#44Rhonda56US #46
#45Kristin54US #63
#46Nancy54US #50
#47Stacey53US #48
#48Andrea52US #43
#49Barbara49US #41
#50Dana49US #54
#51Gina49US #61
#52Cheryl48US #44
#53Kathleen48US #45
#54Kelli48US #115
#55Tamara48US #79
#56Traci48US #100
#57Linda47US #38
#58Tonya47US #49
#59Jacqueline46US #66
#60Kristi46US #123
#61Kristine46US #109
#62Suzanne45US #87
#63Kathy44US #77
#64Paula44US #57
#65Heidi43US #81
#66Rachel42US #58
#67Cindy41US #72
#68Jean41US #159
#69Shelly41US #103
#70Deanna40US #90
#71Robin40US #51
#72Holly39US #74
#73Kathryn38US #104
#74Sharon37US #37
#75Tiffany37US #99
#76Tricia37US #124
#77Anne36US #112
#78Connie36US #116
#79Sarah36US #65
#80Sherry36US #60
#81Sheila35US #75
#82Carol34US #71
#83Renee34US #68
#84Valerie34US #97
#85Catherine33US #59
#86Katherine33US #67
#87Melinda33US #93
#88Sara33US #126
#89Sheri33US #140
#90Victoria33US #85
#91Kristina32US #125
#92Melanie32US #91
#93Tracey32US #55
#94Jody31US #153
#95Peggy31US #174
#96Diane30US #70
#97Laurie30US #88
#98Tara30US #69
#99Donna29US #32
#100Kari29US #194

Boys

#1Michael584US #1
#2David414US #3
#3James406US #2
#4Jeffrey362US #11
#5Scott360US #12
#6John359US #4
#7Robert343US #5
#8Mark275US #9
#9Jason274US #13
#10Brian272US #8
#11Christopher256US #6
#12Steven254US #15
#13Kevin215US #14
#14Matthew215US #24
#15Daniel208US #19
#16Richard186US #10
#17Todd181US #28
#18William179US #7
#19Timothy178US #20
#20Thomas175US #17
#21Troy156US #41
#22Eric153US #18
#23Paul153US #23
#24Douglas152US #36
#25Patrick117US #33
#26Bradley116US #47
#27Gregory112US #26
#28Shawn110US #34
#29Joseph109US #16
#30Craig106US #39
#31Chad99US #51
#32Andrew93US #32
#33Anthony93US #22
#34Charles87US #21
#35Kenneth85US #25
#36Sean84US #37
#37Gary81US #35
#38Ronald79US #29
#39Shane75US #64
#40Donald71US #30
#41Stephen70US #27
#42Corey67US #84
#43Dennis65US #46
#44Larry64US #43
#45Aaron63US #52
#46Jay63US #97
#47Jon63US #68
#48Brent57US #74
#49Travis56US #69
#50Jerry54US #45
#51Rodney53US #55
#52Terry53US #54
#53Bryan52US #53
#54Edward52US #31
#55Dean50US #112
#56Jonathan50US #42
#57Russell50US #58
#58Cory49US #164
#59Lance49US #76
#60Jeffery47US #50
#61Jeremy46US #70
#62Randy45US #59
#63Chris43US #63
#64Keith42US #38
#65Jeff41US #116
#66Tony40US #57
#67Brad36US #139
#68Darren36US #75
#69Dale35US #110
#70Kelly35US #135
#71Joel33US #82
#72George32US #40
#73Marc32US #60
#74Darin31US #188
#75Martin31US #93
#76Randall30US #100
#77Ryan30US #140
#78Alan29US #91
#79Curtis29US #88
#80Greg29US #154
#81Kyle29US #120
#82Ricky29US #105
#83Brett28US #99
#84Dana28
#85Kurt28US #149
#86Phillip28US #73
#87Raymond28US #49
#88Kirk27US #158
#89Roger27US #61
#90Adam26US #72
#91Bruce26US #94
#92Gerald26US #67
#93Jack26US #129
#94Jamie26US #125
#95Kent25
#96Wayne25US #80
#97Justin24US #138
#98Allen23US #113
#99Danny23US #85
#100Lonnie23US #194

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑50Dana#50
↑37Tonya#58
↑36Aaron#45
↑29Carrie#37
↑27Heather#14
↑22Travis#49
↑22Marc#73
↑20Jonathan#56

Falling

↓35Diane#96
↓35Laurie#97
↓32Roger#89
↓30Sheila#81
↓27Cindy#67
↓23Bruce#91
↓22Danny#99
↓20Barbara#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.