State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,908 Nebraska births in 1987 across 585 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#56Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#65Abbyoutside the national top 200
#74Jill#197 nationally
#89Maggieoutside the national top 200
#77Chelsey#186 nationally
#93Coleoutside the national top 200
#67Paige#171 nationally
#99Kylieoutside the national top 200
#99Trentonoutside the national top 200
#96Bryce#195 nationally
#80Grant#175 nationally
#91Bridget#180 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley391US #2
#2Jessica372US #1
#3Amanda303US #3
#4Sarah227US #5
#5Jennifer215US #4
#6Megan204US #12
#7Nicole176US #8
#8Amber164US #15
#9Elizabeth146US #10
#10Stephanie145US #6
#11Samantha142US #11
#12Emily137US #19
#13Heather119US #9
#14Rachel119US #17
#15Danielle118US #14
#16Kayla114US #27
#17Brittany113US #7
#18Amy112US #24
#19Laura110US #22
#20Melissa109US #13
#21Katie98US #38
#22Sara96US #29
#23Rebecca86US #25
#24Kimberly83US #23
#25Lindsey79US #41
#26Michelle78US #21
#27Angela77US #35
#28Whitney76US #32
#29Katherine75US #28
#30Jamie74US #39
#31Jenna74US #57
#32Chelsea72US #47
#33Kelsey70US #67
#34Erin69US #34
#35Mary67US #37
#36Andrea65US #36
#37Lauren65US #16
#38Alicia63US #46
#39Christina63US #20
#40Cassandra59US #68
#41Courtney59US #33
#42Allison58US #44
#43Lindsay58US #49
#44Lisa57US #40
#45Alyssa53US #60
#46Kelly53US #30
#47Anna52US #52
#48Kristin50US #55
#49Tiffany50US #18
#50Molly49US #97
#51Crystal47US #26
#52Kathryn44US #51
#53Erica41US #31
#54Hannah41US #66
#55Shannon41US #45
#56Michaela40
#57Julie39US #65
#58Kristen38US #42
#59Natalie38US #56
#60Kathleen37US #72
#61Kristina36US #62
#62Brittney33US #61
#63Kendra33US #77
#64Tara33US #69
#65Abby31
#66Brooke31US #94
#67Paige31US #171
#68Christine30US #48
#69Morgan30US #95
#70Alexandra29US #59
#71Lacey29US #117
#72Nichole29US #111
#73Bethany28US #87
#74Jill28US #197
#75Brianna27US #122
#76Brandi26US #88
#77Chelsey26US #186
#78Holly26US #71
#79Kelli26US #131
#80Meghan26US #78
#81Caitlin25US #63
#82Mallory25US #91
#83Abigail24US #138
#84Carrie24US #119
#85Catherine24US #74
#86Dana23US #83
#87Leah23US #82
#88Anne22US #147
#89Maggie22
#90Miranda22US #140
#91Bridget21US #180
#92Casey21US #81
#93Jacqueline21US #54
#94Jordan21US #146
#95Kari21US #167
#96Natasha21US #73
#97April20US #58
#98Jillian20US #99
#99Kylie20
#100Victoria20US #50

Boys

#1Andrew350US #6
#2Matthew347US #3
#3Michael318US #1
#4Joshua302US #4
#5Christopher291US #2
#6Brandon228US #14
#7Ryan228US #13
#8Justin224US #9
#9Nicholas221US #16
#10Kyle202US #22
#11Daniel195US #7
#12Jacob195US #31
#13Tyler188US #39
#14David179US #5
#15John177US #11
#16Joseph170US #12
#17Eric163US #21
#18Adam162US #27
#19Brian158US #20
#20Anthony152US #17
#21Benjamin152US #28
#22James147US #8
#23Zachary144US #33
#24Jason129US #23
#25Aaron125US #34
#26Thomas123US #24
#27Dustin117US #44
#28Nathan117US #45
#29Robert115US #10
#30Timothy113US #26
#31Cody111US #49
#32Travis111US #42
#33Jeffrey109US #32
#34Jordan97US #52
#35Scott97US #43
#36Steven96US #25
#37Derek95US #54
#38William90US #15
#39Jeremy89US #29
#40Jonathan89US #18
#41Kevin86US #19
#42Patrick82US #41
#43Mark81US #36
#44Alexander80US #37
#45Brett80US #71
#46Sean79US #40
#47Richard72US #30
#48Samuel67US #50
#49Paul66US #46
#50Alex63US #60
#51Jared62US #58
#52Bryan57US #51
#53Bradley56US #56
#54Chad56US #63
#55Stephen56US #38
#56Seth53US #89
#57Trevor52US #93
#58Mitchell51US #101
#59Corey50US #57
#60Jesse47US #55
#61Charles46US #35
#62Shane46US #65
#63Austin43US #76
#64Joel41US #75
#65Nathaniel41US #78
#66Brent40US #103
#67Shawn40US #59
#68Blake39US #106
#69Casey39US #80
#70Gregory39US #47
#71Cory36US #62
#72Drew36US #160
#73Ian34US #81
#74Kenneth33US #53
#75Lucas32US #121
#76Craig31US #88
#77Evan31US #83
#78Spencer31US #124
#79Taylor31US #117
#80Grant30US #175
#81Logan30US #144
#82Douglas29US #85
#83Marcus28US #67
#84Cameron27US #96
#85Erik27US #94
#86Phillip27US #68
#87Caleb25US #115
#88Keith25US #69
#89Peter25US #64
#90Lance24US #142
#91Luke24US #111
#92Chase23US #139
#93Cole23
#94Curtis23US #100
#95Philip23US #84
#96Bryce22US #195
#97Devin22US #99
#98Troy22US #122
#99Trenton21
#100Clayton20US #153

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑30Kayla#16
↑28Brittney#62
↑25Alyssa#45
↑25Ian#73
↑20Samuel#48
↑20Stephen#55
↑19Chelsea#32
↑19Lauren#37

Falling

↓39April#97
↓28Mallory#82
↓22Jordan#94
↓21Lacey#71
↓20Tara#64
↓19Tiffany#49
↓17Cole#93
↓16Christine#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.