State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,473 Nebraska births in 1977 across 610 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#79Beckyoutside the national top 200
#84Heathoutside the national top 200
#91Lucasoutside the national top 200
#93Mindyoutside the national top 200
#87Lindsey#194 nationally
#67Tyler#165 nationally
#92Jody#184 nationally
#98Cody#183 nationally
#78Kelly#162 nationally
#85Trisha#162 nationally
#47Anne#123 nationally
#57Kari#130 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer528US #1
#2Amy296US #3
#3Angela253US #6
#4Melissa238US #2
#5Heather217US #5
#6Sarah208US #11
#7Jessica205US #4
#8Michelle190US #7
#9Jamie172US #18
#10Lisa158US #12
#11Kelly153US #10
#12Nicole149US #15
#13Amanda144US #9
#14Stephanie139US #14
#15Rebecca138US #17
#16Elizabeth123US #13
#17Andrea120US #24
#18Kimberly119US #8
#19Erin118US #23
#20Julie117US #22
#21Sara116US #27
#22Shannon111US #19
#23Christina105US #16
#24Amber102US #33
#25Jill102US #41
#26Laura101US #20
#27Carrie94US #28
#28Tara82US #35
#29Megan76US #54
#30Stacy69US #42
#31Rachel65US #26
#32Crystal64US #25
#33Mary64US #21
#34Christine62US #30
#35Dawn62US #43
#36Katherine62US #44
#37Stacey58US #56
#38Karen57US #32
#39April55US #29
#40Heidi55US #81
#41Misty55US #40
#42Jaime54US #46
#43Holly52US #52
#44Lori52US #57
#45Renee52US #87
#46Wendy51US #49
#47Anne50US #123
#48Emily46US #37
#49Kelli46US #117
#50Tiffany46US #34
#51Jodi45US #105
#52Tammy44US #55
#53Danielle43US #31
#54Susan43US #45
#55Brenda41US #91
#56Erica41US #38
#57Kari41US #130
#58Kristina41US #83
#59Mandy41US #94
#60Ann40US #118
#61Katie40US #115
#62Kristin40US #82
#63Tracy39US #50
#64Cynthia37US #48
#65Kathryn37US #70
#66Alicia36US #60
#67Melanie36US #53
#68Brandi35US #71
#69Gina34US #88
#70Molly34US #141
#71Tina34US #58
#72Brandy32US #51
#73Courtney32US #76
#74Kara32US #120
#75Kathleen32US #80
#76Natalie32US #69
#77Nichole32US #142
#78Tonya32US #64
#79Becky31
#80Allison29US #66
#81Theresa29US #98
#82Joy28US #136
#83Lindsay28US #110
#84Tanya28US #67
#85Trisha28US #162
#86Leslie27US #65
#87Lindsey27US #194
#88Melinda26US #96
#89Summer26US #119
#90Beth25US #97
#91Brooke25US #150
#92Jody25US #184
#93Mindy25
#94Robin25US #84
#95Shelly25US #151
#96Jenny24US #108
#97Kristi24US #104
#98Patricia24US #47
#99Teresa24US #79
#100Anna23US #74

Boys

#1Jason490US #2
#2Michael408US #1
#3Matthew353US #9
#4Christopher328US #3
#5Ryan313US #16
#6Brian285US #8
#7David270US #4
#8Jeremy265US #15
#9James255US #5
#10John246US #7
#11Daniel210US #11
#12Jeffrey207US #19
#13Joshua204US #14
#14Andrew201US #24
#15Eric196US #17
#16Joseph196US #10
#17Timothy189US #18
#18Robert187US #6
#19Scott187US #27
#20Justin175US #30
#21Kevin173US #13
#22Chad169US #34
#23Aaron151US #32
#24Travis145US #44
#25Benjamin137US #29
#26Adam134US #33
#27Nathan133US #36
#28William130US #12
#29Mark128US #25
#30Steven116US #23
#31Shawn115US #37
#32Anthony114US #21
#33Thomas112US #22
#34Brandon92US #41
#35Patrick87US #40
#36Paul87US #31
#37Richard85US #20
#38Shane85US #61
#39Jonathan84US #28
#40Todd84US #50
#41Gregory81US #35
#42Kyle77US #79
#43Cory73US #67
#44Bryan68US #42
#45Nicholas67US #51
#46Corey65US #52
#47Douglas63US #59
#48Dustin62US #81
#49Bradley61US #49
#50Charles61US #26
#51Troy61US #88
#52Brent58US #85
#53Craig54US #64
#54Joel54US #73
#55Sean54US #43
#56Jacob52US #56
#57Jesse51US #54
#58Jeremiah50US #69
#59Jared47US #76
#60Casey46US #102
#61Donald45US #46
#62Kenneth40US #39
#63Zachary40US #95
#64Stephen37US #38
#65Seth36US #118
#66Gary35US #58
#67Tyler35US #165
#68Gabriel34US #87
#69Jeffery32US #78
#70Jay31US #130
#71Philip31US #90
#72Samuel31US #60
#73Wesley31US #66
#74Brad30US #106
#75Edward30US #47
#76Jon30US #117
#77Peter29US #55
#78Kelly28US #162
#79Lance28US #139
#80Randy28US #86
#81Larry27US #62
#82Terry27US #83
#83Curtis26US #100
#84Heath26
#85Jamie26US #82
#86Phillip26US #70
#87Brett25US #109
#88Erik25US #94
#89Ronald25US #53
#90George24US #57
#91Lucas24
#92Kristopher23US #113
#93Nathaniel23US #107
#94Keith22US #48
#95Russell22US #89
#96Tony22US #92
#97Clinton20US #142
#98Cody20US #183
#99Marcus20US #72
#100Martin20US #125

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑48Anne#47
↑34Crystal#32
↑29Renee#45
↑24Gabriel#68
↑23Katie#61
↑23Nichole#77
↑22Kathryn#65
↑21Nicholas#45

Falling

↓35Kristi#97
↓31Tracy#63
↓31Melanie#67
↓30Tina#71
↓30Tanya#84
↓29Tony#96
↓28Ronald#89
↓26Teresa#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.