State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,073 Nebraska births in 1971 across 629 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#68Darin#193 nationally
#81Wadeoutside the national top 200
#85Danaoutside the national top 200
#95Tamioutside the national top 200
#96Kentoutside the national top 200
#47Cory#150 nationally
#71Kurt#155 nationally
#76Kirk#159 nationally
#84Greg#163 nationally
#58Kelli#135 nationally
#87Becky#163 nationally
#66Kelly#136 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer472US #1
#2Michelle356US #2
#3Amy320US #5
#4Lisa256US #3
#5Kimberly233US #4
#6Angela208US #6
#7Julie191US #10
#8Dawn146US #14
#9Melissa141US #7
#10Tammy133US #8
#11Lori128US #25
#12Stephanie125US #11
#13Susan125US #17
#14Tracy121US #13
#15Brenda120US #43
#16Mary120US #9
#17Heather117US #12
#18Tina114US #20
#19Kelly113US #22
#20Christine108US #18
#21Jill105US #59
#22Laura104US #16
#23Stacy100US #32
#24Rebecca96US #23
#25Shannon88US #21
#26Andrea77US #35
#27Christina75US #30
#28Cynthia75US #24
#29Nicole73US #27
#30Elizabeth72US #19
#31Stacey72US #41
#32Carrie71US #55
#33Teresa71US #34
#34Wendy71US #29
#35Jodi64US #94
#36Michele63US #39
#37Karen62US #15
#38Patricia62US #26
#39Deborah61US #33
#40Debra61US #57
#41Pamela59US #28
#42Denise57US #36
#43Heidi52US #77
#44Renee52US #73
#45Kristi50US #113
#46Kristin50US #71
#47Ann48US #78
#48Paula48US #63
#49Melanie47US #66
#50Sheila46US #81
#51Tricia46US #109
#52Holly45US #76
#53Katherine45US #67
#54Kristine45US #120
#55Theresa45US #61
#56Barbara44US #47
#57Traci44US #116
#58Kelli43US #135
#59Sandra43US #31
#60Tiffany43US #62
#61Tonya43US #45
#62Dana42US #44
#63Monica42US #48
#64Rhonda42US #46
#65Robin42US #51
#66Sarah42US #58
#67Shelly42US #103
#68Tamara42US #80
#69Crystal41US #79
#70Kathleen41US #53
#71Stacie41US #131
#72Diane40US #83
#73Terri40US #115
#74Jacqueline39US #75
#75Rachel39US #54
#76Suzanne39US #88
#77Tara39US #49
#78Linda38US #42
#79Cheryl37US #50
#80Sara37US #114
#81Sherri36US #123
#82Laurie35US #96
#83Nancy35US #52
#84Sharon34US #40
#85Deanna33US #95
#86Kristina33US #117
#87Becky32US #163
#88Gina32US #69
#89Vicki32US #156
#90Anne31US #122
#91Cindy31US #70
#92Donna31US #38
#93Jessica31US #64
#94Sheri31US #152
#95Tami31
#96Jody30US #162
#97Kathryn30US #111
#98Kathy30US #91
#99Carol29US #92
#100Melinda29US #85

Boys

#1Michael529US #1
#2Scott405US #10
#3Jason363US #8
#4James331US #2
#5David320US #3
#6John304US #4
#7Christopher303US #6
#8Jeffrey301US #12
#9Robert282US #5
#10Brian279US #9
#11Matthew262US #19
#12Mark238US #13
#13Chad210US #29
#14Steven210US #16
#15Kevin203US #14
#16Daniel180US #20
#17William165US #7
#18Todd162US #30
#19Timothy161US #21
#20Richard147US #11
#21Troy141US #46
#22Shawn131US #28
#23Thomas131US #17
#24Douglas124US #39
#25Gregory124US #26
#26Joseph124US #15
#27Eric118US #18
#28Patrick112US #35
#29Bradley103US #58
#30Paul102US #24
#31Craig99US #43
#32Ryan96US #51
#33Travis89US #61
#34Andrew87US #33
#35Shane85US #60
#36Jeremy82US #45
#37Anthony81US #23
#38Aaron75US #41
#39Sean73US #36
#40Donald71US #34
#41Charles70US #22
#42Ronald69US #31
#43Kenneth67US #25
#44Brent64US #73
#45Bryan61US #48
#46Corey60US #77
#47Cory59US #150
#48Jeffery58US #53
#49Jerry58US #50
#50Stephen55US #27
#51Larry54US #44
#52Jay49US #114
#53Jonathan49US #40
#54Lance49US #98
#55Terry49US #56
#56Dennis48US #49
#57Jon48US #78
#58Russell48US #64
#59Chris47US #68
#60Edward46US #32
#61Gary45US #38
#62Joel45US #86
#63Dale42US #125
#64Justin41US #103
#65Brett38US #90
#66Kelly37US #136
#67Benjamin36US #69
#68Darin36US #193
#69Roger36US #71
#70Randy35US #67
#71Kurt34US #155
#72Rodney34US #59
#73Jeff33US #140
#74Keith32US #37
#75Adam31US #57
#76Kirk31US #159
#77Tony31US #62
#78Alan30US #99
#79Brad30US #139
#80Randall29US #102
#81Wade29
#82Barry28US #133
#83Brandon28US #95
#84Greg28US #163
#85Dana27
#86Kyle27US #116
#87Derek26US #63
#88Erik25US #97
#89Joshua25US #80
#90Nicholas25US #123
#91Shannon25US #106
#92Dean24US #137
#93Frank24US #54
#94Lee24US #128
#95Raymond24US #52
#96Kent23
#97Marc23US #70
#98Marcus23US #65
#99Mike23US #153
#100Nathan23US #104

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑45Ryan#32
↑43Melanie#49
↑39Renee#44
↑33Katherine#53
↑33Justin#64
↑31Sheila#50
↑25Tricia#51
↑25Jeremy#36

Falling

↓37Nancy#83
↓37Gina#88
↓37Dean#92
↓35Kathy#98
↓27Cheryl#79
↓24Cindy#91
↓24Kathryn#97
↓24Gary#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.