State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1991 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,463 Nebraska births in 1991 across 607 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#80Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#88Baileyoutside the national top 200
#96Abbyoutside the national top 200
#100Prestonoutside the national top 200
#83Grant#182 nationally
#99Lance#197 nationally
#91Levi#186 nationally
#68Cole#162 nationally
#84Drew#177 nationally
#62Tanner#141 nationally
#66Sydney#134 nationally
#77Carly#137 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica255US #2
#2Ashley253US #1
#3Amanda208US #4
#4Sarah181US #6
#5Emily179US #10
#6Megan171US #11
#7Elizabeth161US #9
#8Samantha158US #5
#9Brittany150US #3
#10Kelsey135US #26
#11Shelby133US #33
#12Rachel131US #14
#13Nicole122US #15
#14Stephanie120US #7
#15Hannah111US #29
#16Jennifer108US #8
#17Amber107US #16
#18Kayla103US #12
#19Rebecca102US #21
#20Danielle96US #17
#21Chelsea91US #18
#22Sara90US #37
#23Lauren89US #13
#24Taylor89US #32
#25Courtney78US #19
#26Katherine76US #25
#27Morgan76US #49
#28Jordan75US #62
#29Laura73US #35
#30Katie68US #53
#31Melissa68US #20
#32Brooke67US #65
#33Alyssa66US #30
#34Heather65US #23
#35Michelle64US #22
#36Alexandra61US #36
#37Allison59US #50
#38Cassandra59US #54
#39Anna57US #46
#40Jamie57US #60
#41Paige57US #76
#42Erin56US #44
#43Lindsey56US #52
#44Andrea55US #39
#45Brianna55US #51
#46Molly52US #74
#47Mary51US #38
#48Tiffany51US #27
#49Kathryn49US #57
#50Kelly47US #42
#51Amy45US #43
#52Christina45US #31
#53Kimberly44US #34
#54Whitney44US #68
#55Brittney42US #58
#56Haley41US #79
#57Jenna41US #80
#58Alexis40US #47
#59Bethany40US #109
#60Kaitlyn40US #82
#61Alexandria39US #78
#62Natalie39US #64
#63Lindsay38US #77
#64Caitlin37US #55
#65Mariah37US #69
#66Sydney37US #134
#67Erica36US #40
#68Jasmine36US #24
#69Kristen36US #48
#70Miranda35US #90
#71Crystal34US #41
#72Angela33US #59
#73April33US #88
#74Abigail32US #92
#75Kristin32US #86
#76Alicia31US #63
#77Carly31US #137
#78Lisa31US #83
#79Margaret31US #108
#80Michaela31
#81Brandi30US #110
#82Kara30US #106
#83Katelyn30US #75
#84Leah30US #91
#85Kendra29US #118
#86Olivia29US #61
#87Tara29US #104
#88Bailey28
#89Christine27US #73
#90Kathleen27US #102
#91Holly26US #105
#92Kaitlin26US #99
#93Breanna25US #107
#94Madison25US #128
#95Julia24US #67
#96Abby23
#97Alison23US #142
#98Chelsey23US #129
#99Erika23US #84
#100Lacey23US #145

Boys

#1Jacob310US #17
#2Michael303US #1
#3Tyler287US #16
#4Matthew281US #3
#5Joshua266US #4
#6Andrew241US #5
#7Nicholas196US #12
#8Cody193US #24
#9Zachary193US #22
#10Christopher190US #2
#11Ryan190US #11
#12Brandon182US #15
#13Jordan177US #29
#14Daniel166US #6
#15Justin155US #14
#16Joseph147US #9
#17Kyle146US #21
#18Benjamin138US #33
#19Nathan137US #42
#20James131US #7
#21Taylor130US #52
#22Alexander128US #26
#23John125US #10
#24Anthony124US #18
#25Austin122US #50
#26David119US #8
#27William116US #19
#28Derek114US #59
#29Eric112US #25
#30Adam107US #36
#31Timothy100US #32
#32Aaron96US #31
#33Travis92US #44
#34Kevin91US #23
#35Robert87US #13
#36Alex85US #63
#37Thomas85US #28
#38Jonathan84US #20
#39Dylan80US #46
#40Patrick80US #35
#41Ethan79US #65
#42Jared79US #64
#43Brian75US #30
#44Seth73US #99
#45Dustin72US #56
#46Jeffrey72US #45
#47Logan70US #94
#48Samuel66US #39
#49Steven66US #27
#50Scott64US #57
#51Trevor62US #69
#52Jeremy61US #43
#53Mitchell61US #96
#54Sean61US #40
#55Blake60US #86
#56Dillon59US #103
#57Jesse59US #51
#58Jason57US #49
#59Brett56US #88
#60Cameron54US #62
#61Mark53US #47
#62Tanner52US #141
#63Garrett49US #91
#64Charles46US #38
#65Paul46US #53
#66Bradley45US #67
#67Caleb45US #78
#68Cole45US #162
#69Lucas45US #107
#70Stephen45US #41
#71Spencer43US #105
#72Richard41US #34
#73Cory39US #74
#74Chase38US #108
#75Evan38US #70
#76Connor37US #133
#77Bryan36US #61
#78Shane36US #75
#79Christian35US #48
#80Ian35US #73
#81Luke35US #113
#82Shawn35US #71
#83Grant34US #182
#84Drew33US #177
#85Casey32US #90
#86Marcus32US #76
#87Dalton31US #136
#88Colton29US #145
#89Gregory29US #55
#90Erik28US #95
#91Levi28US #186
#92Phillip28US #98
#93Vincent28US #81
#94Corey27US #58
#95Devin27US #83
#96Nathaniel27US #84
#97Dakota26US #121
#98Kenneth25US #54
#99Lance23US #197
#100Preston23

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑35Shelby#11
↑34Sydney#66
↑33Kaitlyn#60
↑31Brianna#45
↑27Haley#56
↑27Cole#68
↑23Alexis#58
↑22Connor#76

Falling

↓42Michaela#80
↓28Chelsey#98
↓27Alicia#76
↓26Holly#91
↓25Corey#94
↓25Nathaniel#96
↓19Amy#51
↓19Angela#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.