State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,378 Nebraska births in 1974 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.

#80Darinoutside the national top 200
#74Mindy#194 nationally
#88Kerioutside the national top 200
#89Tamioutside the national top 200
#89Jeffoutside the national top 200
#81Kurt#182 nationally
#100Tobyoutside the national top 200
#54Kari#153 nationally
#78Becky#177 nationally
#80Kendra#178 nationally
#57Kristine#147 nationally
#51Traci#140 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer573US #1
#2Amy327US #2
#3Michelle278US #3
#4Angela256US #5
#5Heather222US #4
#6Lisa194US #8
#7Kimberly165US #6
#8Melissa162US #7
#9Rebecca154US #10
#10Stephanie146US #9
#11Julie133US #14
#12Nicole133US #11
#13Jill99US #58
#14Sarah94US #20
#15Dawn93US #22
#16Lori90US #30
#17Shannon84US #18
#18Elizabeth83US #12
#19Heidi82US #60
#20Laura81US #21
#21Christina80US #16
#22Christine79US #19
#23Tracy79US #23
#24Wendy78US #32
#25Mary77US #13
#26Stacy77US #38
#27Brenda75US #59
#28Carrie73US #42
#29Tammy67US #24
#30Jessica66US #17
#31Susan66US #27
#32Rachel63US #36
#33Tina63US #25
#34Kelly61US #15
#35Jodi60US #91
#36Sara60US #61
#37Tonya59US #37
#38Stacey58US #48
#39Erin56US #47
#40Tiffany54US #41
#41Holly53US #56
#42Andrea52US #35
#43Ann51US #100
#44Michele50US #50
#45April49US #28
#46Danielle48US #40
#47Teresa48US #52
#48Tanya46US #46
#49Amanda44US #34
#50Karen43US #26
#51Traci43US #140
#52Kristin42US #72
#53Patricia42US #29
#54Kari39US #153
#55Kristi39US #102
#56Kristen38US #45
#57Kristine38US #147
#58Theresa38US #79
#59Katherine37US #62
#60Melanie37US #51
#61Renee37US #85
#62Tara37US #39
#63Denise36US #53
#64Emily36US #69
#65Pamela36US #54
#66Dana35US #55
#67Melinda35US #81
#68Anne34US #120
#69Kathleen34US #76
#70Monica34US #43
#71Robin34US #63
#72Amber33US #92
#73Kara33US #125
#74Mindy32US #194
#75Brandi31US #106
#76Cynthia31US #33
#77Debra31US #94
#78Becky30US #177
#79Jamie30US #97
#80Kendra30US #178
#81Megan30US #105
#82Crystal29US #49
#83Leslie29US #65
#84Shelly28US #107
#85Brandy27US #80
#86Gina27US #84
#87Joy27US #109
#88Keri27
#89Tami27
#90Jenny26US #131
#91Robyn26US #169
#92Cheryl25US #88
#93Jody25US #154
#94Kelli25US #168
#95Misty25US #66
#96Sandra25US #44
#97Tamara25US #64
#98Tricia25US #143
#99Nichole24US #161
#100Paula24US #96

Boys

#1Jason581US #2
#2Michael491US #1
#3Brian350US #8
#4Christopher345US #3
#5Matthew321US #9
#6David277US #4
#7Scott248US #18
#8Jeffrey246US #15
#9Chad244US #26
#10James243US #5
#11John241US #6
#12Ryan222US #25
#13Robert220US #7
#14Jeremy214US #24
#15Daniel205US #11
#16Eric173US #13
#17Mark159US #16
#18Kevin153US #14
#19Joseph151US #12
#20Steven143US #19
#21Aaron141US #32
#22Timothy138US #22
#23Shawn134US #30
#24Andrew129US #28
#25William129US #10
#26Justin124US #43
#27Travis121US #54
#28Richard109US #17
#29Shane109US #56
#30Anthony107US #21
#31Todd106US #39
#32Thomas105US #20
#33Troy101US #63
#34Bradley89US #58
#35Joshua88US #29
#36Paul88US #27
#37Adam87US #36
#38Benjamin85US #46
#39Patrick83US #38
#40Nathan74US #52
#41Cory67US #114
#42Craig66US #57
#43Gregory66US #31
#44Brent63US #76
#45Charles63US #23
#46Douglas61US #53
#47Sean60US #37
#48Bryan59US #45
#49Jonathan57US #33
#50Kenneth56US #34
#51Jon52US #94
#52Kyle50US #97
#53Terry49US #69
#54Donald47US #41
#55Dustin43US #121
#56Keith43US #44
#57Ronald43US #42
#58Brandon42US #51
#59Jamie41US #68
#60Jesse41US #67
#61Gary40US #48
#62Corey39US #77
#63Stephen38US #35
#64Joel36US #75
#65Randy36US #79
#66Nicholas35US #80
#67Dennis34US #59
#68Edward34US #40
#69Brett33US #95
#70Casey33US #144
#71Jeffery32US #66
#72Tony30US #81
#73Alan28US #118
#74Jay28US #111
#75Phillip28US #70
#76Russell28US #84
#77Kelly27US #143
#78Jared26US #131
#79Jerry26US #61
#80Darin25
#81Kurt25US #182
#82Larry25US #55
#83Brad24US #105
#84Chris24US #116
#85Clinton24US #157
#86Lee24US #124
#87Marc24US #85
#88Rodney24US #72
#89Jeff23
#90Dale22US #145
#91Gerald22US #108
#92Jacob22US #88
#93Martin22US #109
#94Peter22US #50
#95Samuel22US #60
#96Curtis21US #98
#97Erik21US #90
#98Frank20US #65
#99Raymond20US #62
#100Toby20

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑42Kristen#56
↑31Rachel#32
↑30Theresa#58
↑28Kari#54
↑27Jesse#60
↑26Alan#73
↑21Tonya#37
↑18Holly#41

Falling

↓54Tamara#97
↓42Sandra#96
↓39Misty#95
↓34Cynthia#76
↓25Kelli#94
↓24Tara#62
↓23Denise#63
↓22Gina#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.