State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,326 Nebraska births in 1983 across 593 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#69Abby#200 nationally
#77Kelseyoutside the national top 200
#79Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#80Coleoutside the national top 200
#83Ross#186 nationally
#97Jodi#188 nationally
#83Kendra#172 nationally
#47Lacey#128 nationally
#50Molly#129 nationally
#98Cameron#177 nationally
#89Grant#167 nationally
#60Kelli#136 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer425US #1
#2Jessica339US #2
#3Amanda303US #3
#4Sarah289US #5
#5Ashley279US #4
#6Melissa222US #6
#7Megan194US #21
#8Nicole189US #7
#9Stephanie182US #8
#10Amy166US #12
#11Elizabeth161US #10
#12Amber160US #17
#13Erin160US #18
#14Michelle142US #13
#15Rebecca138US #19
#16Sara138US #31
#17Angela136US #22
#18Heather134US #9
#19Jamie130US #28
#20Andrea123US #30
#21Emily115US #25
#22Lindsey113US #35
#23Lisa107US #27
#24Laura106US #23
#25Rachel104US #20
#26Katie98US #45
#27Crystal96US #11
#28Kimberly92US #15
#29Tiffany87US #14
#30Lindsay82US #36
#31Christina81US #16
#32Kristin78US #42
#33Danielle75US #29
#34Julie75US #46
#35Jill73US #98
#36Katherine68US #34
#37Mary68US #32
#38Kelly62US #26
#39Kayla60US #81
#40Kathryn59US #50
#41Samantha58US #40
#42Shannon58US #38
#43Cassandra55US #70
#44Tara54US #51
#45Holly53US #48
#46April52US #39
#47Lacey52US #128
#48Courtney51US #44
#49Christine50US #47
#50Molly50US #129
#51Brandi49US #56
#52Brooke49US #96
#53Alicia47US #41
#54Anna45US #55
#55Erica45US #33
#56Kristen45US #37
#57Carrie42US #65
#58Natalie41US #52
#59Allison40US #59
#60Kelli40US #136
#61Kristina40US #63
#62Heidi38US #95
#63Stacey38US #76
#64Stacy38US #61
#65Chelsea37US #102
#66Jacqueline36US #53
#67Anne35US #130
#68Brandy34US #57
#69Abby33US #200
#70Kara33US #101
#71Miranda32US #118
#72Nichole32US #93
#73Katrina31US #108
#74Meghan31US #75
#75Dawn29US #106
#76Kathleen29US #73
#77Kelsey29
#78Lauren29US #24
#79Michaela29
#80Stefanie29US #105
#81Tracy29US #89
#82Alexis26US #83
#83Kendra26US #172
#84Leslie26US #67
#85Misty26US #87
#86Natasha26US #71
#87Valerie26US #74
#88Tina25US #100
#89Bethany24US #99
#90Kari24US #145
#91Melanie24US #79
#92Patricia24US #60
#93Rachael23US #123
#94Sheena23US #107
#95Victoria23US #58
#96Bridget22US #162
#97Jodi22US #188
#98Leah22US #82
#99Abigail21US #151
#100Dana21US #72

Boys

#1Matthew438US #3
#2Michael426US #1
#3Christopher373US #2
#4Joshua315US #5
#5Adam310US #18
#6Andrew306US #15
#7Justin302US #12
#8Ryan301US #13
#9Daniel260US #8
#10Nicholas240US #21
#11Jason236US #7
#12David230US #4
#13Joseph221US #11
#14Brian218US #14
#15Brandon201US #17
#16John199US #9
#17James197US #6
#18Eric193US #20
#19Jeffrey189US #28
#20Robert175US #10
#21Aaron169US #29
#22Nathan161US #40
#23Jacob147US #36
#24Benjamin146US #32
#25Dustin146US #43
#26Kyle141US #34
#27Anthony137US #22
#28Jonathan137US #19
#29Timothy135US #26
#30Jeremy133US #30
#31Travis132US #41
#32Steven128US #23
#33Scott126US #38
#34Tyler119US #57
#35Kevin118US #25
#36William117US #16
#37Thomas116US #24
#38Mark112US #31
#39Patrick105US #37
#40Zachary96US #50
#41Derek92US #51
#42Chad86US #49
#43Jesse83US #46
#44Sean77US #44
#45Bradley74US #52
#46Jared74US #56
#47Brett69US #73
#48Shane69US #84
#49Gregory68US #42
#50Richard68US #27
#51Bryan65US #47
#52Paul63US #39
#53Lucas62US #117
#54Cody61US #81
#55Craig56US #70
#56Brent55US #94
#57Casey50US #90
#58Nathaniel49US #79
#59Joel47US #67
#60Jordan47US #72
#61Seth46US #98
#62Cory45US #83
#63Stephen45US #35
#64Charles43US #33
#65Samuel43US #54
#66Luke42US #105
#67Blake39US #109
#68Keith39US #61
#69Kenneth38US #45
#70Mitchell38US #143
#71Shawn38US #53
#72Troy37US #113
#73Jeremiah35US #99
#74Todd35US #87
#75Donald34US #60
#76Douglas34US #69
#77Trevor34US #130
#78Corey33US #74
#79Philip33US #82
#80Cole30
#81Jeffery29US #91
#82Austin28US #131
#83Ross28US #186
#84Evan27US #93
#85Marcus27US #58
#86Clinton25US #141
#87Alan24US #102
#88Erik24US #80
#89Grant24US #167
#90Jon24US #148
#91Chase23US #149
#92Ian23US #77
#93Kristopher22US #134
#94Lance22US #135
#95Phillip22US #66
#96Ronald22US #64
#97Shaun22US #111
#98Cameron21US #177
#99Edward20US #55
#100Randy20US #96

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑28Kayla#39
↑24Christine#49
↑23Samantha#41
↑19Lacey#47
↑19Trevor#77
↑18Jeffery#81
↑16Keith#68
↑14Courtney#48

Falling

↓33Phillip#95
↓24Dana#100
↓21Nichole#72
↓21Kari#90
↓20Douglas#76
↓18Brandy#68
↓15Leah#98
↓14Bridget#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.