State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,323 Nebraska births in 1984 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.

#74Coleoutside the national top 200
#75Abbyoutside the national top 200
#77Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#89Levioutside the national top 200
#90Bryceoutside the national top 200
#68Kelsey#177 nationally
#92Chelseyoutside the national top 200
#97Lacyoutside the national top 200
#98Loganoutside the national top 200
#73Kari#156 nationally
#80Ross#155 nationally
#96Grant#169 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley387US #3
#2Jennifer371US #1
#3Jessica361US #2
#4Amanda337US #4
#5Sarah276US #5
#6Megan245US #11
#7Nicole206US #7
#8Amber172US #18
#9Melissa170US #8
#10Stephanie169US #6
#11Elizabeth163US #10
#12Heather160US #9
#13Rebecca144US #23
#14Amy137US #13
#15Rachel131US #15
#16Danielle126US #16
#17Laura119US #19
#18Erin117US #25
#19Emily114US #24
#20Michelle114US #17
#21Andrea110US #28
#22Lindsey106US #35
#23Sara103US #32
#24Katie102US #44
#25Lindsay101US #36
#26Kimberly98US #22
#27Angela93US #26
#28Lisa90US #29
#29Jamie86US #31
#30Katherine81US #30
#31Crystal80US #12
#32Tiffany80US #14
#33Alicia79US #40
#34Jenna71US #54
#35Kelly71US #27
#36Kathryn65US #48
#37Allison63US #51
#38Christina63US #20
#39Tara61US #49
#40Holly60US #53
#41Kristin58US #47
#42Shannon57US #37
#43April56US #42
#44Brittany55US #41
#45Julie54US #52
#46Cassandra53US #63
#47Mary53US #33
#48Samantha53US #39
#49Christine51US #43
#50Chelsea49US #84
#51Jill48US #120
#52Kathleen48US #71
#53Kristen47US #38
#54Kristina47US #68
#55Lacey47US #116
#56Stacy47US #67
#57Brooke45US #99
#58Brandi41US #61
#59Kayla41US #100
#60Kara40US #95
#61Courtney39US #46
#62Erica39US #34
#63Molly39US #131
#64Anne38US #127
#65Heidi37US #101
#66Nichole37US #97
#67Anna36US #57
#68Kelsey36US #177
#69Lauren36US #21
#70Jacqueline35US #56
#71Natalie34US #55
#72Carrie32US #78
#73Kari32US #156
#74Stacey32US #79
#75Abby31
#76Meghan31US #65
#77Michaela31
#78Susan31US #90
#79Candice27US #86
#80Patricia27US #66
#81Sheena27US #80
#82Valerie27US #76
#83Bethany26US #93
#84Brandy26US #64
#85Miranda26US #114
#86Morgan26US #132
#87Catherine25US #69
#88Katrina25US #105
#89Leslie25US #75
#90Rachael25US #103
#91Ann24US #160
#92Chelsey24
#93Melanie24US #85
#94Alison23US #110
#95Jenny23US #136
#96Krista23US #133
#97Lacy23
#98Natasha23US #77
#99Vanessa23US #45
#100Dawn22US #142

Boys

#1Matthew437US #3
#2Michael426US #1
#3Christopher351US #2
#4Joshua339US #4
#5Andrew318US #14
#6Ryan287US #12
#7Adam277US #18
#8Daniel266US #6
#9Nicholas250US #20
#10Justin248US #13
#11Jason221US #11
#12David215US #5
#13Joseph210US #10
#14Brandon208US #15
#15John201US #8
#16James199US #7
#17Eric188US #22
#18Kyle165US #34
#19Robert165US #9
#20Nathan162US #38
#21Aaron159US #29
#22Brian159US #17
#23Anthony156US #21
#24Tyler154US #47
#25Jacob153US #37
#26Travis150US #42
#27Benjamin146US #30
#28Jeffrey144US #28
#29Jonathan137US #19
#30Dustin134US #41
#31Timothy133US #26
#32Zachary129US #45
#33Thomas119US #25
#34William117US #16
#35Patrick116US #36
#36Scott116US #39
#37Mark107US #32
#38Jeremy104US #31
#39Steven101US #23
#40Kevin92US #24
#41Cody84US #62
#42Jared84US #59
#43Derek83US #52
#44Jesse78US #50
#45Richard74US #27
#46Brett73US #72
#47Shane69US #85
#48Paul68US #40
#49Jordan67US #65
#50Sean67US #43
#51Bradley64US #53
#52Chad61US #51
#53Bryan58US #48
#54Brent56US #89
#55Charles56US #33
#56Stephen56US #35
#57Joel55US #66
#58Gregory54US #44
#59Seth52US #99
#60Mitchell50US #125
#61Shawn50US #56
#62Lucas46US #130
#63Trevor46US #115
#64Casey45US #82
#65Craig44US #75
#66Kenneth44US #46
#67Samuel44US #55
#68Alexander41US #54
#69Keith40US #61
#70Nathaniel38US #80
#71Chase37US #133
#72Luke37US #110
#73Todd37US #92
#74Cole35
#75Jeremiah35US #102
#76Marcus35US #57
#77Douglas34US #71
#78Blake33US #103
#79Cory33US #83
#80Ross33US #155
#81Austin31US #117
#82Drew30US #153
#83Lance30US #127
#84Troy30US #114
#85Alex29US #93
#86Philip28US #81
#87Corey27US #69
#88Donald27US #63
#89Levi26
#90Bryce25
#91Clinton25US #145
#92Phillip25US #70
#93Curtis23US #96
#94Erik23US #84
#95Peter23US #60
#96Grant22US #169
#97Lee22US #124
#98Logan22
#99Caleb20US #163
#100Ian20US #78

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑24Kathleen#52
↑22Allison#37
↑20Alicia#33
↑20Chase#71
↑17Danielle#16
↑17Kari#73
↑15Chelsea#50
↑14Trevor#63

Falling

↓25Dawn#100
↓20Kayla#59
↓17Cory#79
↓16Jill#51
↓16Brandy#84
↓15Carrie#72
↓15Katrina#88
↓14Miranda#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.