State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1975 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,194 Nebraska births in 1975 across 599 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#52Mindy#192 nationally
#73Jeffoutside the national top 200
#90Darinoutside the national top 200
#78Heath#188 nationally
#92Tamioutside the national top 200
#76Trevor#180 nationally
#97Kirkoutside the national top 200
#98Trentoutside the national top 200
#99Kurtoutside the national top 200
#73Molly#170 nationally
#98Becky#193 nationally
#81Lance#163 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer523US #1
#2Amy358US #2
#3Angela236US #5
#4Heather233US #3
#5Michelle224US #6
#6Melissa202US #4
#7Lisa172US #8
#8Nicole164US #10
#9Stephanie148US #9
#10Kimberly146US #7
#11Rebecca137US #11
#12Julie132US #18
#13Sarah116US #17
#14Jill111US #46
#15Laura109US #20
#16Amanda105US #14
#17Christina104US #12
#18Dawn101US #23
#19Carrie99US #29
#20Kelly98US #16
#21Tracy95US #24
#22Stacy89US #34
#23Jessica81US #13
#24Andrea80US #28
#25Sara79US #54
#26Erin72US #38
#27Shannon72US #21
#28Christine68US #22
#29Heidi65US #66
#30Brenda64US #67
#31Mary64US #19
#32Wendy64US #33
#33Lori62US #39
#34Elizabeth61US #15
#35Tina61US #35
#36Susan60US #32
#37Tiffany57US #37
#38Rachel56US #26
#39Tara56US #41
#40April53US #25
#41Stacey53US #44
#42Danielle52US #42
#43Holly51US #55
#44Tanya48US #50
#45Megan46US #69
#46Tammy46US #31
#47Kristin45US #74
#48Tonya45US #45
#49Kari44US #129
#50Jamie43US #68
#51Jodi43US #94
#52Mindy43US #192
#53Ann41US #104
#54Cynthia40US #40
#55Katherine40US #58
#56Emily39US #48
#57Karen39US #27
#58Patricia39US #36
#59Dana38US #62
#60Teresa38US #61
#61Amber37US #59
#62Crystal37US #43
#63Melanie37US #52
#64Melinda37US #91
#65Misty37US #47
#66Denise35US #64
#67Robin35US #65
#68Gina34US #84
#69Theresa34US #78
#70Anne33US #124
#71Michele33US #56
#72Christy32US #53
#73Molly32US #170
#74Sandra32US #51
#75Tamara32US #77
#76Deborah31US #86
#77Nichole31US #153
#78Sheila31US #134
#79Mandy30US #106
#80Shelly30US #113
#81Traci30US #155
#82Brandi29US #88
#83Kara29US #118
#84Monica29US #49
#85Brandy28US #57
#86Courtney28US #102
#87Kristina28US #103
#88Tricia28US #148
#89Catherine26US #73
#90Kathryn26US #99
#91Samantha26US #101
#92Tami26
#93Allison25US #89
#94Angie25US #140
#95Kerry25US #163
#96Renee25US #87
#97Stacie25US #146
#98Becky24US #193
#99Debra24US #114
#100Jody24US #162

Boys

#1Jason508US #2
#2Michael449US #1
#3Matthew356US #9
#4Christopher329US #3
#5Brian305US #8
#6David246US #5
#7Ryan246US #23
#8John237US #7
#9Robert233US #6
#10James227US #4
#11Chad220US #27
#12Jeffrey210US #14
#13Scott205US #17
#14Daniel196US #11
#15Eric181US #13
#16Jeremy180US #24
#17Mark165US #19
#18Timothy161US #22
#19Andrew156US #28
#20Steven139US #18
#21William138US #10
#22Aaron130US #32
#23Kevin129US #15
#24Justin127US #37
#25Joseph122US #12
#26Thomas122US #20
#27Shawn120US #31
#28Joshua110US #26
#29Richard110US #16
#30Benjamin107US #36
#31Travis107US #51
#32Nathan102US #45
#33Adam98US #38
#34Shane95US #57
#35Anthony91US #21
#36Todd85US #43
#37Bradley81US #52
#38Paul81US #29
#39Troy81US #69
#40Patrick79US #39
#41Brandon76US #44
#42Dustin70US #96
#43Gregory69US #33
#44Charles67US #25
#45Jonathan67US #30
#46Craig64US #58
#47Douglas62US #55
#48Sean61US #40
#49Brent57US #79
#50Cory56US #99
#51Joel55US #74
#52Bryan54US #47
#53Kenneth51US #35
#54Donald45US #42
#55Jay45US #117
#56Kyle44US #88
#57Jeffery42US #70
#58Corey41US #71
#59Jamie41US #62
#60Jesse41US #64
#61Stephen41US #34
#62Ronald40US #46
#63Jon36US #102
#64Casey34US #130
#65Gary34US #50
#66Jared33US #100
#67Edward32US #41
#68Terry32US #67
#69Brad31US #98
#70Nicholas31US #81
#71Jacob30US #75
#72Marcus30US #68
#73Jeff29
#74Kelly29US #150
#75Roger29US #97
#76Trevor27US #180
#77Christian26US #103
#78Heath26US #188
#79Jerry26US #65
#80Keith26US #49
#81Lance26US #163
#82Brett25US #92
#83Randy25US #78
#84Raymond25US #63
#85Chris24US #132
#86Curtis24US #113
#87Phillip24US #72
#88Tony24US #80
#89Alan23US #115
#90Darin23
#91Dennis23US #59
#92Derek23US #83
#93Seth23US #136
#94Erik22US #87
#95Larry22US #56
#96Samuel22US #61
#97Kirk21
#98Trent21
#99Kurt20
#100Russell20US #82

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑36Megan#45
↑33Amanda#16
↑30Misty#65
↑29Jamie#50
↑23Tara#39
↑22Mindy#52
↑22Cynthia#54
↑22Sandra#74

Falling

↓35Renee#96
↓30Traci#81
↓27Michele#71
↓24Keith#80
↓24Dennis#91
↓24Russell#100
↓22Debra#99
↓20Becky#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.