State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,425 Nebraska births in 1978 across 604 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#83Jamioutside the national top 200
#94Jeffoutside the national top 200
#97Trentoutside the national top 200
#99Jodyoutside the national top 200
#100Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#87Mitchell#186 nationally
#92Kelly#180 nationally
#84Trevor#169 nationally
#67Tyler#150 nationally
#70Cody#152 nationally
#44Kelli#124 nationally
#64Molly#142 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer479US #1
#2Sarah248US #8
#3Amy243US #4
#4Angela234US #7
#5Melissa234US #2
#6Jessica229US #3
#7Heather185US #5
#8Nicole167US #10
#9Lisa158US #11
#10Michelle157US #9
#11Kimberly156US #13
#12Amanda155US #6
#13Elizabeth136US #14
#14Erin133US #21
#15Jamie133US #20
#16Kelly128US #12
#17Rebecca128US #17
#18Sara126US #28
#19Stephanie126US #16
#20Julie121US #26
#21Jill116US #46
#22Christina101US #15
#23Laura101US #19
#24Megan96US #41
#25Amber93US #30
#26Andrea91US #23
#27Crystal87US #18
#28Shannon80US #22
#29Tara75US #40
#30April74US #27
#31Rachel74US #25
#32Carrie71US #35
#33Stacy69US #44
#34Emily59US #33
#35Christine57US #29
#36Mary56US #24
#37Tiffany55US #32
#38Tracy54US #47
#39Mandy53US #96
#40Dawn51US #52
#41Heidi50US #83
#42Katherine50US #38
#43Holly49US #55
#44Kelli49US #124
#45Tina48US #45
#46Courtney46US #68
#47Kristin45US #78
#48Tammy45US #67
#49Kathryn42US #57
#50Jaime41US #70
#51Lori41US #60
#52Wendy41US #56
#53Anne40US #119
#54Kara40US #127
#55Misty40US #43
#56Alicia39US #58
#57Nichole39US #116
#58Stacey39US #53
#59Danielle38US #31
#60Jodi38US #128
#61Kari38US #137
#62Catherine37US #72
#63Katie37US #90
#64Molly37US #142
#65Lindsay36US #95
#66Melanie36US #54
#67Teresa36US #88
#68Brandy35US #37
#69Gina35US #93
#70Kristina35US #64
#71Theresa35US #101
#72Anna34US #65
#73Kristi34US #98
#74Susan34US #49
#75Erica33US #34
#76Kendra33US #145
#77Ann32US #125
#78Cynthia32US #50
#79Karen32US #39
#80Beth31US #107
#81Brenda31US #103
#82Kristy30US #51
#83Jami29
#84Jenny29US #111
#85Melinda29US #84
#86Brooke28US #115
#87Leah28US #108
#88Ashley27US #87
#89Kathleen27US #79
#90Lindsey27US #153
#91Margaret27US #110
#92Maria27US #36
#93Patricia27US #48
#94Robin27US #89
#95Allison26US #75
#96Brandi26US #61
#97Natalie26US #66
#98Tonya26US #77
#99Jody25
#100Michaela25

Boys

#1Michael452US #1
#2Jason410US #2
#3Matthew407US #6
#4Christopher329US #3
#5Ryan307US #14
#6Joshua274US #12
#7Brian263US #9
#8John256US #7
#9James247US #5
#10David243US #4
#11Nicholas239US #25
#12Jeffrey229US #19
#13Andrew220US #22
#14Jeremy212US #18
#15Daniel210US #11
#16Justin205US #28
#17Robert198US #8
#18Joseph188US #10
#19Timothy185US #17
#20Scott171US #30
#21Aaron167US #32
#22Eric167US #16
#23Adam149US #29
#24Chad144US #35
#25Mark141US #26
#26Travis137US #46
#27Nathan136US #36
#28Kevin135US #15
#29Anthony130US #20
#30William122US #13
#31Benjamin118US #34
#32Thomas114US #23
#33Shawn107US #39
#34Brandon106US #40
#35Patrick104US #42
#36Steven103US #24
#37Richard90US #21
#38Bradley72US #53
#39Bryan70US #43
#40Charles70US #27
#41Jonathan70US #31
#42Gregory68US #38
#43Kyle68US #63
#44Joel67US #74
#45Paul65US #33
#46Shane65US #65
#47Dustin64US #68
#48Jesse62US #51
#49Cory61US #73
#50Douglas59US #59
#51Sean59US #45
#52Brent57US #87
#53Troy56US #88
#54Kenneth53US #41
#55Zachary53US #89
#56Corey51US #61
#57Donald51US #48
#58Jacob51US #50
#59Jeremiah51US #81
#60Todd50US #56
#61Casey49US #92
#62Craig48US #66
#63Jared45US #72
#64Shaun44US #52
#65Derek42US #75
#66Keith40US #49
#67Tyler40US #150
#68Samuel39US #57
#69Seth38US #106
#70Cody37US #152
#71Jeffery37US #80
#72Stephen36US #37
#73Jay35US #119
#74Lucas35US #136
#75Jon34US #108
#76Curtis33US #96
#77Luke33US #139
#78Erik32US #85
#79Edward29US #47
#80Brett28US #112
#81Lee28US #133
#82Ronald28US #55
#83Terry28US #91
#84Trevor28US #169
#85Peter27US #54
#86Phillip27US #67
#87Mitchell26US #186
#88Randy26US #86
#89Russell26US #93
#90Marcus25US #70
#91Brad24US #123
#92Kelly24US #180
#93Lance24US #134
#94Jeff23
#95Philip23US #84
#96Clinton22US #148
#97Trent22
#98Wesley22US #83
#99Larry21US #64
#100Tony21US #97

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑34Nicholas#11
↑32Teresa#67
↑28Anna#72
↑28Keith#66
↑28Cody#70
↑27Courtney#46
↑26Tina#45
↑25Tracy#38

Falling

↓41Karen#79
↓28Brandi#96
↓26Brenda#81
↓25Wesley#98
↓24Philip#95
↓21Stacey#58
↓21Natalie#97
↓20Susan#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.