State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,263 Nebraska births in 1979 across 611 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#93Jodyoutside the national top 200
#93Wadeoutside the national top 200
#94Heathoutside the national top 200
#95Trentoutside the national top 200
#89Kristine#183 nationally
#58Cody#147 nationally
#86Mitchell#174 nationally
#59Jodi#140 nationally
#63Tyler#131 nationally
#84Kari#151 nationally
#49Luke#110 nationally
#92Trevor#153 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer444US #1
#2Melissa281US #2
#3Amanda268US #3
#4Sarah246US #6
#5Angela237US #8
#6Jessica228US #4
#7Nicole223US #9
#8Amy213US #5
#9Heather172US #7
#10Michelle158US #10
#11Lisa152US #13
#12Rebecca146US #17
#13Sara143US #30
#14Elizabeth139US #11
#15Kelly139US #16
#16Christina135US #14
#17Megan135US #31
#18Stephanie133US #15
#19Kimberly128US #12
#20Amber126US #22
#21Jamie126US #19
#22Erin119US #21
#23Jill112US #52
#24Andrea105US #26
#25Julie102US #29
#26Laura102US #20
#27April90US #23
#28Rachel90US #27
#29Shannon90US #25
#30Crystal83US #18
#31Tara79US #38
#32Emily75US #34
#33Stacy66US #43
#34Tiffany65US #28
#35Katie64US #63
#36Mary64US #24
#37Katherine58US #36
#38Holly57US #48
#39Kristina57US #74
#40Kathryn56US #50
#41Heidi55US #83
#42Brandy54US #39
#43Dawn53US #57
#44Carrie51US #41
#45Christine51US #35
#46Tracy51US #49
#47Lindsay50US #88
#48Alicia49US #47
#49Stacey49US #60
#50Brandi48US #61
#51Danielle48US #33
#52Kristin46US #73
#53Melanie46US #53
#54Misty46US #42
#55Brooke45US #85
#56Erica45US #32
#57Lori44US #69
#58Susan44US #51
#59Jodi43US #140
#60Melinda42US #82
#61Mindy41US #81
#62Courtney40US #71
#63Lindsey40US #113
#64Natalie40US #68
#65Kara39US #125
#66Tina39US #58
#67Anne38US #115
#68Monica38US #40
#69Mandy37US #116
#70Patricia37US #44
#71Jaime36US #97
#72Nichole35US #103
#73Anna34US #59
#74Gina34US #96
#75Kelli34US #129
#76Ashley33US #67
#77Allison32US #70
#78Brenda32US #112
#79Wendy32US #64
#80Kathleen31US #84
#81Ann30US #126
#82Theresa30US #100
#83Dana29US #54
#84Kari29US #151
#85Tammy29US #79
#86Valerie29US #89
#87Tonya28US #86
#88Beth27US #118
#89Kristine27US #183
#90Kristy27US #56
#91Leslie27US #65
#92Jenny26US #120
#93Jody26
#94Molly26US #139
#95Renee26US #101
#96Alison25US #102
#97Jacqueline25US #80
#98Katrina25US #99
#99Kristi25US #109
#100Michele25US #105

Boys

#1Michael428US #1
#2Jason411US #3
#3Christopher370US #2
#4Matthew356US #6
#5Ryan308US #14
#6Joshua307US #9
#7Nicholas307US #15
#8David286US #4
#9Brian283US #10
#10Daniel234US #12
#11John233US #7
#12Justin230US #22
#13Andrew226US #20
#14James224US #5
#15Jeremy223US #16
#16Joseph202US #11
#17Adam198US #23
#18Eric194US #17
#19Timothy186US #18
#20Jeffrey179US #24
#21Robert179US #8
#22Chad173US #38
#23Travis169US #36
#24Scott163US #29
#25Benjamin155US #33
#26Aaron148US #32
#27Brandon146US #35
#28Nathan143US #37
#29Kevin141US #19
#30Mark128US #30
#31William127US #13
#32Anthony126US #21
#33Steven111US #27
#34Patrick104US #39
#35Thomas102US #26
#36Dustin88US #62
#37Jonathan87US #31
#38Paul86US #34
#39Richard83US #25
#40Bradley76US #47
#41Jacob75US #45
#42Shawn75US #43
#43Shane74US #67
#44Zachary74US #74
#45Kyle71US #56
#46Jesse69US #50
#47Brent67US #84
#48Bryan67US #46
#49Luke64US #110
#50Cory63US #82
#51Sean61US #49
#52Casey59US #93
#53Todd59US #60
#54Charles58US #28
#55Jared58US #65
#56Douglas55US #58
#57Kenneth54US #41
#58Cody53US #147
#59Gregory51US #42
#60Seth49US #101
#61Brett47US #98
#62Lucas47US #108
#63Tyler45US #131
#64Troy44US #99
#65Craig42US #77
#66Jeremiah42US #81
#67Curtis39US #91
#68Derek38US #72
#69Joel38US #71
#70Phillip38US #68
#71Stephen38US #40
#72Donald36US #51
#73Shaun35US #64
#74Samuel33US #55
#75Edward32US #48
#76Keith32US #52
#77Dennis30US #75
#78Erik30US #66
#79Jeffery30US #87
#80Jon28US #118
#81Corey27US #63
#82Jamie27US #88
#83Russell26US #92
#84Gary25US #59
#85Jerry25US #85
#86Mitchell24US #174
#87Nathaniel24US #95
#88Raymond24US #70
#89Ian23US #107
#90Philip23US #83
#91Randy23US #86
#92Trevor23US #153
#93Wade23
#94Heath22
#95Trent22
#96Marcus21US #76
#97Randall21US #135
#98Ronald21US #54
#99Terry21US #96
#100Tony21US #104

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑46Brandi#50
↑33Natalie#64
↑31Kristina#39
↑31Brooke#55
↑28Katie#35
↑28Luke#49
↑27Lindsey#63
↑26Brandy#42

Falling

↓37Tammy#85
↓31Kelli#75
↓30Mandy#69
↓30Molly#94
↓27Wendy#79
↓26Kristi#99
↓25Joel#69
↓25Corey#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.