State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,238 Nebraska births in 1981 across 614 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
#80Janelleoutside the national top 200
#84Lacey#194 nationally
#64Jodi#173 nationally
#95Ross#200 nationally
#97Kurtoutside the national top 200
#73Austin#173 nationally
#80Caleb#175 nationally
#66Mindy#155 nationally
#94Levi#182 nationally
#65Kendra#152 nationally
#74Trevor#155 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer473US #1
#2Jessica355US #2
#3Amanda324US #3
#4Sarah321US #4
#5Melissa238US #5
#6Nicole220US #7
#7Amber197US #20
#8Amy189US #6
#9Stephanie189US #8
#10Elizabeth172US #9
#11Sara170US #26
#12Rebecca167US #12
#13Erin159US #19
#14Angela157US #15
#15Michelle156US #11
#16Lisa138US #18
#17Heather132US #10
#18Megan131US #33
#19Andrea128US #24
#20Kimberly120US #13
#21Jamie117US #28
#22Rachel104US #22
#23Kristin103US #31
#24Laura103US #21
#25Emily100US #29
#26Kelly99US #23
#27Julie98US #37
#28Crystal97US #16
#29Tiffany93US #14
#30Katie92US #44
#31Christina87US #17
#32April85US #25
#33Ashley83US #34
#34Lindsay80US #47
#35Jill77US #78
#36Danielle76US #30
#37Shannon75US #32
#38Mary74US #27
#39Katherine73US #39
#40Brooke72US #52
#41Lindsey71US #58
#42Tara62US #45
#43Carrie59US #55
#44Kathryn56US #48
#45Stacy52US #65
#46Kristen50US #38
#47Anne49US #105
#48Leslie49US #56
#49Patricia49US #53
#50Brandy48US #41
#51Holly47US #63
#52Nichole47US #109
#53Anna44US #54
#54Brandi44US #50
#55Samantha42US #51
#56Alicia41US #46
#57Allison39US #57
#58Dawn38US #79
#59Kelli38US #126
#60Misty38US #61
#61Stacey38US #83
#62Erica37US #36
#63Heidi37US #84
#64Jodi37US #173
#65Kendra37US #152
#66Mindy37US #155
#67Courtney36US #43
#68Kristina36US #72
#69Natalie36US #60
#70Kristi35US #129
#71Molly35US #135
#72Kari34US #145
#73Cassandra33US #104
#74Kara33US #121
#75Kathleen33US #82
#76Michaela33
#77Tanya33US #92
#78Ann32US #133
#79Christine31US #42
#80Janelle31
#81Susan31US #71
#82Alisha30US #142
#83Tracy30US #77
#84Lacey29US #194
#85Melanie29US #66
#86Pamela29US #76
#87Beth28US #125
#88Leah28US #81
#89Mandy28US #136
#90Meghan28US #116
#91Monica28US #49
#92Wendy28US #90
#93Tina27US #80
#94Candice26US #86
#95Julia26US #88
#96Suzanne26US #161
#97Valerie26US #89
#98Jacqueline25US #67
#99Jillian25US #137
#100Karen25US #64

Boys

#1Matthew456US #3
#2Michael435US #1
#3Joshua390US #6
#4Ryan334US #13
#5Justin331US #12
#6Jason328US #4
#7Christopher324US #2
#8David268US #5
#9Adam257US #20
#10Andrew249US #18
#11Nicholas248US #21
#12Brian226US #14
#13James221US #7
#14John220US #8
#15Daniel217US #10
#16Joseph205US #11
#17Eric202US #17
#18Jeremy198US #22
#19Brandon195US #19
#20Jeffrey185US #29
#21Aaron178US #30
#22Benjamin176US #32
#23Robert166US #9
#24Jonathan161US #16
#25Dustin158US #42
#26Timothy158US #24
#27Nathan151US #36
#28Scott150US #34
#29Thomas146US #26
#30William137US #15
#31Jesse130US #37
#32Travis130US #40
#33Kevin127US #25
#34Mark118US #33
#35Anthony117US #23
#36Jacob111US #43
#37Steven100US #28
#38Chad98US #47
#39Bradley93US #50
#40Kyle92US #52
#41Richard89US #27
#42Paul84US #35
#43Derek81US #53
#44Jared80US #57
#45Patrick80US #38
#46Shawn72US #49
#47Charles71US #31
#48Brent70US #88
#49Tyler70US #96
#50Bryan67US #48
#51Brett63US #79
#52Lucas63US #89
#53Shane62US #81
#54Casey61US #85
#55Craig60US #72
#56Cody59US #119
#57Sean57US #44
#58Zachary55US #63
#59Gregory53US #46
#60Kenneth52US #41
#61Nathaniel51US #80
#62Jeremiah49US #77
#63Seth47US #95
#64Joel45US #65
#65Luke42US #100
#66Corey41US #69
#67Samuel41US #54
#68Stephen39US #39
#69Clinton37US #124
#70Cory37US #90
#71Douglas36US #64
#72Todd36US #74
#73Austin34US #173
#74Trevor34US #155
#75Jordan33US #102
#76Ronald33US #59
#77Jeffery32US #93
#78Mitchell32US #140
#79Russell32US #98
#80Caleb31US #175
#81Curtis31US #94
#82Donald31US #56
#83Erik31US #76
#84Troy31US #114
#85Marcus29US #67
#86Jay28US #153
#87Phillip28US #66
#88Jon27US #132
#89Keith27US #58
#90Lance26US #160
#91Peter25US #55
#92Philip25US #84
#93Ian24US #101
#94Levi24US #182
#95Ross24US #200
#96Alexander23US #70
#97Kurt23
#98Shaun23US #86
#99Edward21US #51
#100Gary21US #62

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑36Jodi#64
↑35Leslie#48
↑32Kendra#65
↑28Patricia#49
↑24Kari#72
↑20Lindsey#41
↑19Jared#44
↑17Samantha#55

Falling

↓36Wendy#92
↓31Tina#93
↓25Melanie#85
↓25Gary#100
↓23Courtney#67
↓21Mandy#89
↓21Keith#89
↓19Troy#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.