State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,162 Nebraska births in 1972 across 583 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#78Wadeoutside the national top 200
#82Tyleroutside the national top 200
#93Trevoroutside the national top 200
#98Darinoutside the national top 200
#91Kerri#190 nationally
#84Kirk#180 nationally
#90Kari#186 nationally
#99Heath#190 nationally
#75Becky#165 nationally
#50Cory#136 nationally
#40Traci#121 nationally
#85Dustin#165 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer541US #1
#2Amy322US #5
#3Michelle296US #2
#4Lisa224US #3
#5Angela219US #6
#6Kimberly187US #4
#7Heather166US #9
#8Julie155US #12
#9Nicole148US #10
#10Melissa139US #7
#11Rebecca139US #14
#12Stephanie124US #8
#13Brenda116US #44
#14Tammy111US #11
#15Mary108US #13
#16Dawn105US #20
#17Christine94US #16
#18Lori91US #28
#19Jill86US #62
#20Shannon86US #22
#21Susan84US #24
#22Tracy83US #19
#23Tina80US #18
#24Kelly78US #23
#25Laura77US #17
#26Stacy75US #33
#27Andrea74US #30
#28Heidi72US #64
#29Elizabeth69US #15
#30Karen67US #21
#31Wendy65US #29
#32Pamela63US #34
#33Carrie61US #53
#34Christina61US #26
#35Teresa59US #39
#36Jodi56US #97
#37Cynthia54US #25
#38Denise53US #35
#39Kristi51US #102
#40Traci50US #121
#41Tiffany48US #61
#42Michele47US #36
#43Stacey46US #41
#44Patricia45US #27
#45Sarah45US #49
#46Ann44US #91
#47Barbara43US #58
#48Jessica43US #46
#49Shelly42US #94
#50Kristin41US #67
#51Melanie41US #42
#52Tara41US #38
#53Theresa41US #68
#54Holly40US #71
#55Gina39US #78
#56Sara39US #101
#57Kristine38US #127
#58Sandra38US #31
#59Tonya38US #37
#60Deanna37US #107
#61Debra37US #66
#62Robin37US #55
#63Rhonda36US #60
#64Laurie35US #98
#65Cheryl34US #56
#66Dana34US #52
#67Nancy34US #63
#68April33US #48
#69Kristina33US #112
#70Monica33US #47
#71Deborah32US #43
#72Kathleen32US #57
#73Melinda32US #81
#74Tricia32US #120
#75Becky31US #165
#76Cindy31US #80
#77Krista31US #142
#78Renee31US #77
#79Sheila31US #90
#80Tanya31US #54
#81Katherine30US #69
#82Leslie30US #75
#83Linda30US #51
#84Danielle29US #73
#85Jamie29US #114
#86Rachel29US #40
#87Kathryn28US #103
#88Anne27US #134
#89Tamara27US #84
#90Kari26US #186
#91Kerri26US #190
#92Stacie26US #159
#93Connie25US #130
#94Jenny25US #119
#95Kathy25US #108
#96Kristen25US #85
#97Sheri25US #147
#98Beth24US #113
#99Crystal24US #59
#100Jacqueline24US #79

Boys

#1Michael479US #1
#2Jason454US #7
#3Christopher376US #2
#4Brian331US #8
#5David316US #4
#6Jeffrey310US #17
#7Scott293US #11
#8Chad261US #25
#9Matthew257US #10
#10John255US #5
#11James248US #3
#12Robert246US #6
#13Daniel188US #15
#14Timothy167US #21
#15William166US #9
#16Kevin164US #13
#17Mark162US #18
#18Steven158US #19
#19Eric152US #16
#20Thomas140US #20
#21Todd137US #31
#22Ryan134US #39
#23Joseph131US #12
#24Richard131US #14
#25Shawn115US #28
#26Troy109US #49
#27Aaron103US #40
#28Patrick99US #35
#29Anthony97US #22
#30Andrew94US #30
#31Bradley94US #61
#32Shane90US #55
#33Douglas88US #43
#34Gregory87US #26
#35Travis87US #57
#36Paul86US #24
#37Sean82US #33
#38Charles76US #23
#39Jeremy75US #42
#40Craig67US #46
#41Brent66US #77
#42Ronald66US #32
#43Donald62US #36
#44Bryan61US #45
#45Kenneth60US #27
#46Jonathan58US #37
#47Justin57US #60
#48Brandon55US #63
#49Jeffery54US #58
#50Cory52US #136
#51Randy52US #70
#52Keith49US #38
#53Joel48US #78
#54Stephen47US #29
#55Gary46US #41
#56Jon46US #89
#57Dennis45US #52
#58Kyle45US #113
#59Brett42US #80
#60Jerry41US #53
#61Adam40US #51
#62Terry40US #62
#63Larry38US #47
#64Nathan38US #79
#65Jay36US #115
#66Russell35US #69
#67Rodney34US #65
#68Chris33US #82
#69Corey33US #95
#70Kelly32US #140
#71Edward31US #34
#72Roger31US #76
#73Tony31US #68
#74Tracy31US #111
#75Jamie30US #72
#76Alan29US #110
#77Frank29US #56
#78Wade29
#79Benjamin28US #64
#80Dale28US #131
#81Erik28US #86
#82Tyler28
#83Joshua27US #59
#84Kirk27US #180
#85Dustin26US #165
#86Martin26US #117
#87Darren24US #106
#88Nicholas23US #99
#89Wayne23US #103
#90Phillip22US #75
#91Raymond22US #54
#92Shannon22US #94
#93Trevor22
#94Curtis21US #92
#95Dean21US #156
#96Derek21US #67
#97Randall21US #120
#98Darin20
#99Heath20US #190
#100Jesse20US #88

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑45Jessica#48
↑36Nathan#64
↑35Brandon#48
↑33Gina#55
↑28Kyle#58
↑27Melinda#73
↑25Tara#52
↑25Deanna#60

Falling

↓34Renee#78
↓32Deborah#71
↓30Crystal#99
↓30Darin#98
↓29Sheila#79
↓28Katherine#81
↓26Jacqueline#100
↓23Tricia#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.