State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,422 Nebraska births in 1973 across 572 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#70Darinoutside the national top 200
#82Heathoutside the national top 200
#85Trevoroutside the national top 200
#90Stacioutside the national top 200
#83Kirk#188 nationally
#90Jeff#192 nationally
#71Becky#170 nationally
#82Kari#172 nationally
#45Kristine#133 nationally
#69Kelli#157 nationally
#41Cory#128 nationally
#93Duane#176 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer582US #1
#2Amy297US #2
#3Michelle276US #3
#4Angela222US #7
#5Heather194US #8
#6Lisa189US #5
#7Kimberly177US #4
#8Julie155US #12
#9Melissa149US #6
#10Nicole140US #11
#11Stephanie131US #9
#12Rebecca118US #10
#13Dawn106US #21
#14Tracy98US #20
#15Kelly94US #18
#16Brenda86US #53
#17Mary86US #14
#18Christina84US #16
#19Stacy82US #32
#20Christine79US #17
#21Lori78US #28
#22Jill77US #62
#23Tammy76US #15
#24Shannon72US #22
#25Susan72US #25
#26Sarah70US #35
#27Elizabeth69US #13
#28Tina69US #24
#29Carrie64US #46
#30Jodi64US #100
#31Karen62US #23
#32Laura61US #19
#33Wendy60US #29
#34Stacey59US #41
#35Andrea55US #30
#36Heidi53US #65
#37Erin51US #79
#38Tara50US #37
#39Teresa50US #45
#40Denise49US #38
#41Sara49US #89
#42Cynthia48US #26
#43Tamara48US #66
#44Jessica43US #34
#45Kristine43US #133
#46Patricia43US #27
#47Amanda42US #51
#48Ann42US #93
#49April42US #33
#50Michele42US #44
#51Renee42US #80
#52Tiffany42US #52
#53Kristin41US #78
#54Sandra41US #39
#55Tanya41US #50
#56Misty40US #90
#57Kathleen38US #68
#58Tonya38US #36
#59Holly37US #54
#60Kristi36US #108
#61Traci36US #127
#62Danielle35US #49
#63Rachel35US #42
#64Gina34US #83
#65Melinda34US #72
#66Pamela34US #47
#67Barbara33US #63
#68Cindy33US #92
#69Kelli33US #157
#70Melanie33US #43
#71Becky32US #170
#72Brandi32US #109
#73Sheila32US #101
#74Anne31US #122
#75Crystal31US #48
#76Dana31US #59
#77Kristina31US #97
#78Bridget30US #112
#79Monica30US #40
#80Nichole30US #160
#81Suzanne30US #98
#82Kari29US #172
#83Robin29US #60
#84Deborah28US #56
#85Debra28US #84
#86Nancy28US #77
#87Shelly28US #104
#88Theresa28US #69
#89Beth27US #117
#90Staci27
#91Jenny26US #139
#92Kathryn26US #107
#93Paula26US #87
#94Rhonda26US #70
#95Terri26US #137
#96Deanna25US #111
#97Janet24US #119
#98Kristen24US #58
#99Linda24US #61
#100Maria24US #31

Boys

#1Michael494US #1
#2Jason474US #3
#3Brian377US #8
#4Christopher358US #2
#5Matthew287US #10
#6David275US #5
#7Scott256US #18
#8James241US #4
#9Jeffrey241US #17
#10John239US #6
#11Chad233US #25
#12Robert219US #7
#13Daniel217US #11
#14Ryan196US #30
#15Kevin170US #14
#16Mark159US #15
#17Eric143US #13
#18Timothy136US #22
#19William132US #9
#20Shawn130US #27
#21Aaron124US #34
#22Jeremy124US #33
#23Joseph118US #12
#24Todd112US #35
#25Thomas109US #19
#26Richard108US #16
#27Steven107US #20
#28Troy107US #59
#29Travis105US #53
#30Justin103US #51
#31Andrew102US #29
#32Shane101US #54
#33Anthony91US #21
#34Patrick91US #37
#35Paul82US #24
#36Bradley74US #62
#37Charles71US #23
#38Gregory70US #26
#39Adam67US #45
#40Joshua67US #42
#41Cory66US #128
#42Douglas66US #47
#43Craig64US #48
#44Brent62US #80
#45Sean62US #36
#46Bryan61US #43
#47Jonathan57US #31
#48Nathan54US #63
#49Terry54US #65
#50Corey51US #89
#51Donald51US #38
#52Kenneth49US #28
#53Benjamin47US #55
#54Edward45US #39
#55Brandon44US #58
#56Gary40US #44
#57Jay40US #118
#58Jeffery40US #64
#59Ronald40US #40
#60Dennis38US #56
#61Kyle38US #110
#62Brett37US #88
#63Stephen37US #32
#64Jamie36US #70
#65Joel35US #73
#66Nicholas35US #85
#67Jon34US #94
#68Keith34US #41
#69Randy34US #79
#70Darin31
#71Jerry30US #57
#72Russell30US #77
#73Dustin29US #153
#74Larry29US #50
#75Randall27US #121
#76Derek26US #69
#77Chris25US #96
#78Micheal25US #106
#79Rodney25US #68
#80Tony25US #78
#81Brad24US #137
#82Heath24
#83Kirk24US #188
#84Shannon24US #100
#85Trevor24
#86Clinton22US #161
#87Jesse22US #75
#88Roger21US #84
#89Dale20US #141
#90Jeff20US #192
#91Marc20US #81
#92Marcus20US #72
#93Duane19US #176
#94Erik19US #86
#95George19US #46
#96Lee19US #123
#97Raymond19US #60
#98Tracy19US #126
#99Alan18US #115
#100Bruce18US #134

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑46Tamara#43
↑43Joshua#40
↑28Darin#70
↑27Renee#51
↑26Benjamin#53
↑25Tanya#55
↑24Crystal#75
↑23Rachel#63

Falling

↓38Shelly#87
↓36Deanna#96
↓35Theresa#88
↓34Pamela#66
↓31Rhonda#94
↓24Debra#85
↓24Tracy#98
↓23Alan#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.