State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,724 Nebraska births in 1985 across 594 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#59Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#74Abbyoutside the national top 200
#74Coleoutside the national top 200
#76Chelseyoutside the national top 200
#56Kelsey#168 nationally
#100Bradyoutside the national top 200
#93Jay#175 nationally
#63Kelli#142 nationally
#64Jill#143 nationally
#88Kari#166 nationally
#80Abigail#153 nationally
#69Caleb#136 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley401US #2
#2Jessica351US #1
#3Jennifer336US #3
#4Amanda329US #4
#5Sarah256US #5
#6Megan216US #10
#7Nicole197US #7
#8Stephanie180US #6
#9Elizabeth169US #9
#10Melissa166US #11
#11Amber159US #16
#12Jamie139US #27
#13Heather136US #8
#14Emily134US #24
#15Danielle133US #18
#16Katie126US #39
#17Rachel126US #13
#18Sara125US #30
#19Amy120US #20
#20Laura117US #14
#21Lindsey112US #37
#22Michelle109US #22
#23Erin107US #26
#24Rebecca103US #25
#25Andrea102US #33
#26Angela97US #31
#27Christina90US #12
#28Katherine87US #32
#29Jenna86US #50
#30Samantha82US #29
#31Brittany78US #17
#32Lindsay76US #40
#33Allison73US #46
#34Alicia71US #45
#35Kimberly70US #19
#36Lisa69US #36
#37Tiffany68US #23
#38Crystal66US #21
#39Tara64US #51
#40Anna62US #54
#41Kelly60US #28
#42April59US #47
#43Lauren58US #15
#44Holly56US #56
#45Mary56US #35
#46Kathryn52US #48
#47Brooke51US #102
#48Cassandra50US #62
#49Kristin50US #49
#50Stacy49US #67
#51Erica47US #34
#52Christine46US #44
#53Molly46US #119
#54Shannon45US #41
#55Kayla42US #109
#56Kelsey42US #168
#57Courtney41US #43
#58Julie41US #55
#59Michaela41
#60Kristina40US #57
#61Natalie40US #58
#62Carrie38US #96
#63Kelli38US #142
#64Jill37US #143
#65Krystal37US #53
#66Lacey37US #124
#67Kristen36US #38
#68Chelsea34US #75
#69Kara32US #98
#70Whitney31US #73
#71Brandi30US #69
#72Jacqueline30US #60
#73Nichole30US #95
#74Abby29
#75Brandy27US #70
#76Chelsey27
#77Meghan27US #63
#78Stacey27US #89
#79Valerie27US #71
#80Abigail26US #153
#81Kathleen26US #68
#82Victoria26US #59
#83Ashlee25US #141
#84Natasha25US #79
#85Alyssa24US #130
#86Bethany24US #94
#87Catherine24US #65
#88Kari24US #166
#89Katrina24US #93
#90Mallory24US #144
#91Tina24US #110
#92Tracy24US #107
#93Heidi23US #125
#94Patricia23US #64
#95Renee23US #118
#96Sheena23US #91
#97Anne22US #146
#98Hannah22US #117
#99Kendra22US #154
#100Leslie22US #76

Boys

#1Matthew413US #3
#2Michael383US #1
#3Andrew349US #11
#4Joshua347US #4
#5Christopher315US #2
#6Ryan301US #12
#7Adam252US #22
#8Daniel250US #5
#9Justin248US #15
#10Brandon230US #13
#11Nicholas226US #19
#12David213US #6
#13John209US #9
#14Joseph205US #10
#15Tyler183US #43
#16Kyle181US #27
#17Eric180US #21
#18Jason180US #14
#19James176US #7
#20Brian166US #18
#21Aaron163US #33
#22Jacob159US #35
#23Anthony156US #20
#24Zachary154US #39
#25Benjamin151US #31
#26Robert151US #8
#27Nathan143US #40
#28Jeffrey137US #29
#29Dustin133US #41
#30Jonathan118US #17
#31Scott118US #44
#32Timothy118US #26
#33William115US #16
#34Steven112US #24
#35Travis109US #46
#36Patrick108US #37
#37Jeremy107US #30
#38Thomas103US #25
#39Cody101US #52
#40Kevin97US #23
#41Mark89US #32
#42Jesse86US #51
#43Sean75US #38
#44Derek74US #56
#45Jared72US #58
#46Shawn72US #55
#47Brett71US #70
#48Bryan71US #48
#49Charles67US #34
#50Paul67US #42
#51Shane67US #68
#52Bradley65US #53
#53Jordan64US #62
#54Gregory63US #45
#55Brent61US #89
#56Richard56US #28
#57Chad55US #57
#58Joel55US #67
#59Stephen53US #36
#60Alexander52US #50
#61Drew47US #126
#62Mitchell46US #115
#63Seth46US #104
#64Casey44US #86
#65Cory43US #81
#66Kenneth40US #47
#67Alex39US #80
#68Blake38US #100
#69Caleb38US #136
#70Chase38US #133
#71Corey38US #63
#72Marcus38US #61
#73Craig37US #79
#74Cole36
#75Ian36US #78
#76Luke36US #106
#77Philip36US #84
#78Todd36US #99
#79Austin35US #107
#80Ross35US #147
#81Samuel35US #54
#82Keith34US #64
#83Lucas34US #122
#84Trevor34US #105
#85Curtis33US #98
#86Douglas31US #76
#87Jeremiah31US #111
#88Phillip31US #69
#89Troy31US #123
#90Nathaniel30US #77
#91Edward29US #59
#92Shaun26US #120
#93Jay25US #175
#94Donald24US #66
#95Jeffery24US #96
#96Wesley24US #94
#97Clinton23US #162
#98Jonathon23US #139
#99Lance22US #130
#100Brady21

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑30Caleb#69
↑27Anna#40
↑26Lauren#43
↑25Ian#75
↑21Drew#61
↑18Samantha#30
↑18Michaela#59
↑18Alex#67

Falling

↓33Anne#97
↓29Kathleen#81
↓28Heidi#93
↓21Lucas#83
↓21Trevor#84
↓20Nathaniel#90
↓18Chelsea#68
↓16Lance#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.