State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,905 Nebraska births in 1982 across 596 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#81Abbyoutside the national top 200
#94Kelly#197 nationally
#68Chelsea#170 nationally
#78Ross#179 nationally
#100Bretoutside the national top 200
#84Mandy#171 nationally
#100Trisha#186 nationally
#75Austin#156 nationally
#52Molly#131 nationally
#88Jay#164 nationally
#57Kelli#127 nationally
#69Kari#136 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer479US #1
#2Jessica378US #2
#3Sarah318US #4
#4Amanda305US #3
#5Melissa243US #5
#6Nicole212US #6
#7Elizabeth183US #8
#8Amber170US #18
#9Angela169US #16
#10Amy164US #10
#11Sara150US #28
#12Stephanie148US #7
#13Erin146US #20
#14Rebecca146US #15
#15Michelle139US #11
#16Jamie136US #29
#17Megan136US #34
#18Ashley128US #17
#19Andrea127US #27
#20Crystal125US #9
#21Lindsey124US #40
#22Heather117US #12
#23Lisa117US #23
#24Emily114US #24
#25Rachel113US #21
#26Katie111US #45
#27Laura96US #22
#28Lindsay94US #39
#29Kimberly92US #14
#30Kristin91US #37
#31Tiffany90US #13
#32Julie87US #41
#33Kelly85US #25
#34Christina83US #19
#35Mary81US #30
#36Tara76US #47
#37April71US #32
#38Shannon69US #38
#39Katherine66US #36
#40Danielle65US #31
#41Jill61US #89
#42Brandi59US #55
#43Cassandra57US #62
#44Brooke54US #92
#45Kathryn53US #48
#46Erica51US #35
#47Holly50US #61
#48Alicia48US #53
#49Carrie48US #57
#50Brandy47US #50
#51Nichole47US #99
#52Molly46US #131
#53Anna45US #56
#54Kristina45US #70
#55Stacy44US #72
#56Heidi43US #86
#57Kelli42US #127
#58Jacqueline41US #54
#59Kristen41US #33
#60Allison40US #58
#61Natalie40US #51
#62Courtney39US #43
#63Kara39US #113
#64Samantha39US #44
#65Kathleen38US #77
#66Lacey38US #125
#67Kayla36US #133
#68Chelsea35US #170
#69Kari35US #136
#70Anne34US #122
#71Stacey32US #85
#72Catherine31US #73
#73Christine31US #46
#74Katrina31US #87
#75Cassie30US #137
#76Dana30US #67
#77Lori30US #98
#78Melanie30US #65
#79Miranda30US #117
#80Teresa30US #102
#81Abby28
#82Bridget28US #147
#83Leah28US #79
#84Mandy28US #171
#85Monica28US #52
#86Tina28US #90
#87Valerie28US #75
#88Krystal27US #83
#89Lauren27US #26
#90Margaret27US #97
#91Misty27US #74
#92Tracy27US #88
#93Abigail26US #157
#94Alison26US #111
#95Gina26US #124
#96Jillian26US #96
#97Karen26US #68
#98Brenda25US #118
#99Natasha25US #71
#100Trisha25US #186

Boys

#1Michael451US #1
#2Matthew430US #3
#3Christopher404US #2
#4Joshua354US #7
#5Ryan301US #13
#6Andrew299US #17
#7Justin288US #12
#8Jason269US #4
#9Nicholas257US #22
#10David250US #5
#11John243US #8
#12Daniel229US #10
#13Joseph229US #11
#14Adam224US #19
#15James217US #6
#16Nathan188US #36
#17Brandon180US #18
#18Aaron177US #30
#19Jeremy176US #28
#20Jonathan175US #16
#21Robert175US #9
#22Brian174US #14
#23Benjamin170US #33
#24Eric165US #20
#25Jeffrey165US #29
#26Anthony159US #21
#27Dustin158US #42
#28Timothy158US #24
#29Scott152US #34
#30Travis136US #39
#31Kyle128US #47
#32Thomas127US #23
#33Jacob125US #41
#34Jesse122US #43
#35William116US #15
#36Kevin115US #25
#37Mark114US #32
#38Steven108US #26
#39Tyler104US #66
#40Patrick94US #37
#41Zachary94US #55
#42Richard81US #27
#43Brett78US #72
#44Jared78US #54
#45Paul77US #35
#46Chad74US #48
#47Derek74US #50
#48Gregory71US #40
#49Bradley68US #51
#50Bryan63US #49
#51Charles63US #31
#52Sean63US #44
#53Cody61US #95
#54Shane61US #84
#55Brent60US #91
#56Douglas54US #68
#57Stephen53US #38
#58Jordan50US #85
#59Craig48US #73
#60Kenneth45US #45
#61Jeremiah44US #89
#62Phillip43US #67
#63Seth43US #102
#64Shawn43US #52
#65Nathaniel41US #75
#66Casey40US #86
#67Lucas40US #106
#68Luke40US #119
#69Joel38US #69
#70Mitchell37US #135
#71Blake35US #120
#72Todd35US #82
#73Cory34US #93
#74Curtis33US #101
#75Austin31US #156
#76Clinton31US #133
#77Philip31US #79
#78Ross31US #179
#79Samuel30US #56
#80Troy30US #115
#81Corey29US #74
#82Marcus29US #63
#83Russell29US #97
#84Keith28US #59
#85Lance28US #142
#86Raymond28US #70
#87Donald27US #58
#88Jay27US #164
#89Kristopher27US #125
#90Gabriel26US #88
#91Randall26US #130
#92Edward25US #53
#93Alan24US #107
#94Kelly24US #197
#95Shaun23US #96
#96Trevor23US #146
#97Dennis22US #87
#98Erik22US #80
#99Jeffery22US #92
#100Bret21

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑40Jacqueline#58
↑30Cassandra#43
↑25Phillip#62
↑20Lindsey#21
↑19Molly#52
↑18Lacey#66
↑17Zachary#41
↑17Jordan#58

Falling

↓31Misty#91
↓23Anne#70
↓22Trevor#96
↓22Jeffery#99
↓18Shawn#64
↓15Lucas#67
↓15Corey#81
↓15Erik#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.