State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,471 Nebraska births in 1980 across 639 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#76Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#95Tysonoutside the national top 200
#98Grantoutside the national top 200
#99Heathoutside the national top 200
#86Trisha#161 nationally
#81Trevor#155 nationally
#70Cody#143 nationally
#54Kelli#125 nationally
#65Molly#133 nationally
#100Jodi#167 nationally
#68Mandy#132 nationally
#96Kari#158 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer505US #1
#2Amanda317US #2
#3Sarah280US #5
#4Jessica276US #3
#5Melissa271US #4
#6Amy210US #8
#7Nicole195US #7
#8Angela184US #12
#9Heather168US #6
#10Sara167US #27
#11Rebecca164US #17
#12Michelle160US #10
#13Megan153US #30
#14Amber151US #22
#15Elizabeth149US #9
#16Andrea141US #28
#17Lisa136US #16
#18Stephanie130US #13
#19Erin126US #20
#20Katie125US #44
#21Tiffany125US #14
#22Jamie119US #24
#23Christina118US #15
#24Kelly114US #19
#25Crystal111US #18
#26Kimberly111US #11
#27Laura108US #21
#28Rachel101US #23
#29Julie92US #32
#30Emily86US #31
#31April85US #26
#32Jill84US #66
#33Kristin83US #37
#34Mary78US #25
#35Shannon77US #29
#36Brooke71US #57
#37Katherine69US #35
#38Lindsay63US #71
#39Tara63US #43
#40Ashley56US #40
#41Kathryn56US #50
#42Alicia51US #47
#43Holly50US #52
#44Courtney48US #48
#45Danielle47US #33
#46Brandi46US #63
#47Brandy46US #42
#48Carrie46US #46
#49Heidi46US #79
#50Erica45US #34
#51Kristen45US #39
#52Nichole45US #102
#53Natalie44US #65
#54Kelli43US #125
#55Stacy43US #53
#56Wendy43US #75
#57Misty42US #49
#58Anna41US #55
#59Dawn41US #67
#60Melanie41US #60
#61Lindsey39US #91
#62Tina39US #72
#63Anne38US #112
#64Christine38US #41
#65Molly37US #133
#66Jenny36US #117
#67Kristina36US #73
#68Mandy36US #132
#69Susan36US #62
#70Kathleen35US #82
#71Mindy35US #131
#72Samantha35US #58
#73Brenda34US #115
#74Allison33US #59
#75Dana32US #68
#76Michaela32
#77Patricia32US #51
#78Stacey32US #74
#79Tracy32US #56
#80Jacqueline31US #81
#81Kara31US #127
#82Kristi31US #122
#83Leslie31US #61
#84Melinda31US #92
#85Monica31US #45
#86Trisha31US #161
#87Lori30US #76
#88Beth29US #106
#89Leah29US #84
#90Tanya29US #88
#91Ann28US #136
#92Katrina28US #90
#93Miranda28US #128
#94Alison27US #101
#95Karen27US #54
#96Kari27US #158
#97Kendra26US #154
#98Valerie26US #85
#99Candice24US #99
#100Jodi24US #167

Boys

#1Matthew434US #6
#2Michael425US #1
#3Jason409US #3
#4Joshua366US #7
#5Christopher359US #2
#6Justin337US #13
#7Ryan319US #15
#8David291US #4
#9Andrew281US #19
#10Brian278US #12
#11John258US #8
#12Nicholas257US #17
#13Jeremy241US #18
#14James238US #5
#15Joseph212US #10
#16Adam209US #22
#17Daniel209US #11
#18Eric205US #16
#19Timothy188US #20
#20Robert187US #9
#21Scott186US #33
#22Jeffrey182US #27
#23Aaron161US #34
#24Benjamin160US #32
#25Chad155US #39
#26Nathan153US #36
#27Travis143US #37
#28Brandon140US #31
#29Dustin134US #44
#30Anthony125US #24
#31Jonathan125US #21
#32Thomas125US #25
#33William124US #14
#34Mark115US #30
#35Kevin113US #23
#36Jacob101US #43
#37Steven101US #28
#38Patrick99US #38
#39Jesse97US #45
#40Kyle93US #57
#41Bradley90US #51
#42Richard89US #26
#43Derek82US #50
#44Shawn78US #47
#45Paul77US #35
#46Charles76US #29
#47Zachary72US #72
#48Shane65US #69
#49Brent64US #84
#50Bryan62US #49
#51Luke62US #97
#52Jeremiah58US #76
#53Lucas58US #98
#54Sean58US #48
#55Tyler57US #114
#56Brett56US #96
#57Kenneth56US #41
#58Gregory52US #42
#59Craig51US #73
#60Joel49US #67
#61Casey48US #93
#62Douglas48US #62
#63Jared48US #61
#64Todd48US #75
#65Troy44US #106
#66Erik42US #64
#67Curtis41US #89
#68Keith41US #56
#69Seth41US #99
#70Cody40US #143
#71Russell40US #92
#72Samuel40US #54
#73Cory39US #83
#74Donald39US #53
#75Gary39US #63
#76Nathaniel39US #86
#77Stephen37US #40
#78Corey33US #68
#79Jeffery33US #90
#80Shaun33US #79
#81Trevor33US #155
#82Phillip32US #65
#83Gabriel30US #85
#84Jay30US #141
#85Randy30US #87
#86Clinton29US #131
#87Ronald27US #58
#88Vincent27US #111
#89Brad25US #116
#90Edward25US #52
#91Jamie25US #105
#92Marcus25US #71
#93Peter24US #55
#94Philip24US #82
#95Tyson24
#96Alan23US #112
#97Alexander23US #91
#98Grant23
#99Heath23
#100Lance23US #152

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑36Ashley#40
↑29Molly#65
↑26Jenny#66
↑25Derek#43
↑23Wendy#56
↑21Kelli#54
↑20Nichole#52
↑19Kristin#33

Falling

↓41Jodi#100
↓33Tracy#79
↓30Lori#87
↓29Stacey#78
↓28Kristina#67
↓24Melinda#84
↓23Cory#73
↓22Stacy#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.