State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,641 Nebraska births in 1986 across 597 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#65Abbyoutside the national top 200
#69Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#76Coleoutside the national top 200
#83Bryceoutside the national top 200
#84Chelseyoutside the national top 200
#92Kylieoutside the national top 200
#86Logan#192 nationally
#99Levioutside the national top 200
#61Jill#159 nationally
#81Grant#179 nationally
#90Jay#180 nationally
#37Kelsey#112 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley368US #2
#2Jessica348US #1
#3Amanda331US #3
#4Sarah260US #5
#5Jennifer247US #4
#6Megan214US #11
#7Amber181US #13
#8Elizabeth174US #10
#9Nicole163US #7
#10Stephanie149US #6
#11Melissa140US #12
#12Sara129US #27
#13Emily123US #24
#14Heather123US #9
#15Rachel122US #15
#16Amy119US #22
#17Katie116US #38
#18Danielle115US #16
#19Laura112US #20
#20Rebecca104US #26
#21Michelle99US #23
#22Brittany95US #8
#23Samantha92US #21
#24Kimberly89US #18
#25Angela88US #33
#26Lindsey88US #39
#27Katherine87US #28
#28Whitney86US #32
#29Erin84US #30
#30Tiffany80US #17
#31Jamie79US #34
#32Andrea77US #36
#33Kelly77US #29
#34Lisa70US #40
#35Courtney68US #35
#36Christina67US #19
#37Kelsey63US #112
#38Lindsay62US #46
#39Alicia61US #45
#40Allison61US #42
#41Jenna59US #55
#42Crystal58US #25
#43Cassandra56US #60
#44Tara54US #56
#45Anna53US #51
#46Kayla53US #64
#47Shannon51US #44
#48Natalie49US #52
#49Mary47US #37
#50Lacey45US #121
#51Chelsea44US #73
#52Christine44US #47
#53Erica44US #31
#54Mallory43US #83
#55Kathryn42US #48
#56Lauren42US #14
#57Molly42US #110
#58April41US #53
#59Kristin41US #50
#60Brandi40US #79
#61Jill40US #159
#62Brooke38US #104
#63Julie38US #58
#64Kendra38US #101
#65Abby35
#66Hannah35US #82
#67Kristen35US #41
#68Abigail34US #143
#69Michaela34
#70Alyssa33US #85
#71Holly30US #63
#72Jordan30US #135
#73Kristina29US #62
#74Brandy28US #84
#75Heidi28US #131
#76Kelli28US #142
#77Stacy28US #87
#78Carrie26US #109
#79Kathleen26US #68
#80Leah26US #78
#81Nichole24US #105
#82Vanessa24US #43
#83Bethany23US #91
#84Chelsey23
#85Kara23US #102
#86Krista23US #93
#87Rachael23US #103
#88Tracy23US #117
#89Anne22US #151
#90Brittney22US #65
#91Karen22US #100
#92Kylie22
#93Meagan22US #123
#94Meghan22US #71
#95Erika21US #74
#96Katrina21US #99
#97Patricia21US #66
#98Theresa21US #144
#99Victoria21US #54
#100Alisha20US #125

Boys

#1Matthew400US #3
#2Michael348US #1
#3Andrew347US #8
#4Christopher299US #2
#5Joshua298US #4
#6Ryan245US #11
#7Tyler239US #40
#8Justin228US #14
#9Kyle225US #23
#10Nicholas222US #17
#11Daniel215US #6
#12Brandon211US #13
#13Adam191US #24
#14Joseph176US #12
#15Eric165US #22
#16John164US #10
#17David162US #5
#18James161US #7
#19Jacob156US #31
#20Jason155US #18
#21Brian153US #20
#22Anthony149US #19
#23Zachary148US #38
#24Robert146US #9
#25Benjamin144US #30
#26Aaron140US #33
#27Thomas134US #26
#28Dustin133US #42
#29Nathan131US #43
#30Jonathan130US #16
#31Timothy124US #27
#32Jeffrey118US #32
#33Steven118US #25
#34Jeremy117US #28
#35Scott115US #44
#36Patrick107US #39
#37Cody106US #56
#38William94US #15
#39Mark89US #35
#40Travis87US #49
#41Brett83US #69
#42Kevin83US #21
#43Jordan77US #53
#44Jesse74US #48
#45Seth74US #97
#46Jared72US #58
#47Sean69US #37
#48Bradley68US #54
#49Chad68US #59
#50Alexander67US #41
#51Derek66US #57
#52Bryan65US #47
#53Shane63US #67
#54Richard60US #29
#55Shawn55US #55
#56Joel50US #72
#57Paul50US #45
#58Charles49US #34
#59Corey49US #62
#60Gregory49US #46
#61Austin47US #90
#62Brent46US #94
#63Craig46US #80
#64Nathaniel46US #78
#65Drew45US #138
#66Lucas44US #126
#67Trevor44US #98
#68Samuel43US #52
#69Alex41US #64
#70Casey39US #83
#71Cory39US #68
#72Marcus35US #63
#73Mitchell35US #105
#74Kenneth34US #50
#75Stephen34US #36
#76Cole31
#77Chase29US #142
#78Blake28US #101
#79Evan28US #81
#80Todd28US #110
#81Grant27US #179
#82Luke27US #106
#83Bryce26
#84Keith26US #66
#85Caleb25US #131
#86Logan25US #192
#87Philip25US #86
#88Curtis24US #100
#89Dylan24US #149
#90Jay24US #180
#91Mathew24US #141
#92Phillip23US #70
#93Douglas22US #82
#94Lee22US #145
#95Alan21US #107
#96Donald21US #71
#97Cameron20US #135
#98Ian20US #85
#99Levi20
#100Peter20US #60

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑42Whitney#28
↑36Mallory#54
↑35Kendra#64
↑32Hannah#66
↑26Nathaniel#64
↑22Courtney#35
↑19Kelsey#37
↑18Heidi#75

Falling

↓27Holly#71
↓27Stacy#77
↓23Ian#98
↓19Jamie#31
↓17Meghan#94
↓17Victoria#99
↓16April#58
↓16Carrie#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.