The most common names of people born in Nebraska

Social Security has recorded about 2.5 million births in Nebraska since 1910 under names it lists. By our estimate, about 1.6 million of those people are alive today, and their average age is 44. The most common names among them are Mary for women and Michael for men.

These are the names of people born in Nebraska, wherever they live now. Social Security records state of birth, not where people live, so people who moved to Nebraska from elsewhere aren't counted here, and people born here who moved away are.

Women and girls born in Nebraska

Most common names of living women born in Nebraska
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Mary	14,000	68
2	Jennifer	11,000	48
3	Linda	8,700	73
4	Elizabeth	7,700	41
5	Susan	7,600	68
6	Patricia	7,200	71
7	Jessica	6,800	38
8	Sarah	6,500	41
9	Michelle	6,400	52
10	Barbara	6,300	73
11	Lisa	6,300	56
12	Karen	6,200	68
13	Amy	6,100	49
14	Emily	5,800	30
15	Kimberly	5,600	52
16	Julie	5,600	59
17	Ashley	5,500	34
18	Amanda	5,300	40
19	Nancy	5,200	71
20	Angela	5,000	49
21	Rebecca	5,000	49
22	Sandra	4,900	70
23	Debra	4,900	67
24	Sharon	4,700	75
25	Melissa	4,700	46
26	Carol	4,600	75
27	Stephanie	4,600	46
28	Kathleen	4,500	67
29	Cynthia	4,400	65
30	Nicole	4,400	41

Men and boys born in Nebraska

Most common names of living men born in Nebraska
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Michael	24,000	54
2	James	18,000	57
3	David	18,000	57
4	John	17,000	57
5	Robert	16,000	62
6	William	12,000	51
7	Matthew	11,000	41
8	Daniel	11,000	49
9	Thomas	10,000	55
10	Richard	9,900	66
11	Christopher	9,800	43
12	Mark	9,600	59
13	Steven	9,200	60
14	Joseph	9,000	44
15	Andrew	8,400	38
16	Joshua	8,000	35
17	Scott	7,900	56
18	Brian	7,900	51
19	Timothy	7,800	54
20	Jeffrey	7,700	55
21	Ryan	7,700	38
22	Jacob	7,600	29
23	Jason	7,400	45
24	Kevin	7,000	52
25	Charles	6,100	55
26	Nicholas	6,100	36
27	Anthony	5,900	39
28	Benjamin	5,700	31
29	Justin	5,600	39
30	Tyler	5,600	32

Average ages here are for people with the name born in Nebraska, not the national average.

Names more common in Nebraska than nationally

Among living people born in Nebraska, these names make up a bigger share than they do nationwide. Kent is 3.9× as common among people born here as among all Americans.

Names more common among people born in Nebraska than nationally
#	Name	Vs. national	Alive today	Average age
1	Kent	3.9×	1,100	64
2	Michaela	3.7×	1,200	39
3	Ryker	3.6×	890	10
4	Barrett	3.5×	690	9
5	Duane	2.9×	1,100	70
6	Kay	2.9×	1,000	74
7	Rick	2.9×	1,000	65
8	Lane	2.8×	820	19
9	Tyson	2.8×	770	28
10	Brock	2.8×	680	28
11	Jim	2.6×	1,100	72
12	Jodi	2.6×	1,100	55
13	Kirk	2.6×	830	60
14	Connie	2.6×	3,000	72
15	Grant	2.5×	1,700	28

The newest Nebraska babies

The most popular names for babies born in Nebraska in 2025, with the average age of everyone in the US who has each name.

Girls

Top girl names of 2025 in Nebraska
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Charlotte	95	30
2	Evelyn	82	34
3	Harper	80	9
4	Amelia	79	16
5	Olivia	75	18
6	Eleanor	74	30
7	Ailany	58	2
8	Ivy	58	17
9	Mia	58	15
10	Violet	58	18

Boys

Top boy names of 2025 in Nebraska
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Liam	149	11
2	Theodore	128	29
3	Henry	113	34
4	Noah	109	16
5	Oliver	101	13
6	Cooper	82	13
7	James	73	54
8	William	71	51
9	Benjamin	69	30
10	Hudson	68	9

About these numbers

Social Security publishes names by state of birth for births from 1910 on, listing a name only when at least five babies of the same sex got it in the state that year, so rare names are missing. We estimate how many of those babies are alive with SSA's national cohort life tables (there are no state tables), and count a name as a girls' or boys' name by which sex has more living people born here. “Vs. national” compares the name's share of living people born in Nebraska with its share of all living Americans in the national records. How we calculate this