State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1995 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,376 Nebraska births in 1995 across 671 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#83Treyoutside the national top 200
#89Abbyoutside the national top 200
#78Brady#188 nationally
#93Laneoutside the national top 200
#97Trenton#199 nationally
#68Levi#154 nationally
#87Riley#170 nationally
#69Mikayla#146 nationally
#85Drew#160 nationally
#44Cole#118 nationally
#99Makayla#164 nationally
#42Kylie#106 nationally

Girls

#1Emily196US #3
#2Taylor162US #6
#3Sarah160US #5
#4Jessica148US #1
#5Ashley147US #2
#6Hannah147US #7
#7Megan145US #13
#8Elizabeth140US #10
#9Samantha136US #4
#10Rachel121US #12
#11Morgan109US #23
#12Amanda104US #9
#13Brittany100US #8
#14Shelby100US #38
#15Courtney99US #17
#16Sydney99US #43
#17Alexis98US #14
#18Madison98US #29
#19Nicole86US #19
#20Anna79US #31
#21Brooke76US #52
#22Haley76US #32
#23Brianna75US #21
#24Lauren75US #15
#25Alyssa74US #27
#26Allison72US #34
#27Abigail68US #36
#28Kelsey68US #33
#29Jordan67US #50
#30Paige67US #58
#31Kayla65US #11
#32Jennifer63US #18
#33Rebecca63US #28
#34Danielle61US #24
#35Miranda58US #57
#36Erin54US #49
#37Katherine54US #30
#38Alexandra53US #26
#39Bailey52US #96
#40Emma51US #67
#41Kaitlyn51US #42
#42Kylie51US #106
#43Stephanie50US #16
#44Amber49US #22
#45Victoria49US #20
#46Mariah48US #71
#47Marissa48US #53
#48Mary47US #40
#49Michaela47US #107
#50Andrea46US #55
#51Mackenzie45US #88
#52Tiffany44US #46
#53Breanna43US #76
#54Olivia43US #39
#55Sierra43US #60
#56Katelyn42US #59
#57Laura42US #56
#58Chelsea39US #47
#59Sara39US #48
#60Alexandria38US #72
#61Jenna38US #84
#62Cassandra37US #78
#63Madeline37US #79
#64Katie35US #77
#65Lindsey34US #82
#66Melissa34US #35
#67Michelle34US #41
#68Kimberly33US #37
#69Mikayla33US #146
#70Claire32US #129
#71Erica32US #69
#72Jamie32US #93
#73Alicia31US #89
#74Molly31US #98
#75Natalie31US #51
#76Caitlin29US #81
#77Cheyenne29US #86
#78Kaitlin29US #94
#79Kaylee29US #127
#80Savannah29US #68
#81Amy28US #75
#82Heather27US #54
#83Jasmine27US #25
#84Julia27US #62
#85Cassidy26US #108
#86Kristen26US #65
#87Whitney26US #115
#88Kara25US #152
#89Abby24
#90Alexa24US #100
#91Gabrielle24US #61
#92Hailey24US #111
#93Kelly24US #64
#94Leah24US #103
#95Maria24US #44
#96Vanessa24US #63
#97Grace23US #97
#98Kathryn23US #83
#99Makayla23US #164
#100Catherine22US #90

Boys

#1Jacob329US #4
#2Zachary231US #14
#3Tyler225US #6
#4Austin224US #10
#5Nicholas212US #7
#6Michael205US #1
#7Andrew191US #11
#8Matthew188US #2
#9Brandon171US #8
#10Joshua168US #5
#11Ryan151US #15
#12Joseph148US #12
#13Alexander140US #21
#14Cody136US #26
#15Nathan123US #39
#16Christopher118US #3
#17Dylan118US #34
#18Jordan114US #29
#19Benjamin113US #31
#20John113US #13
#21Kyle107US #24
#22Daniel106US #9
#23James98US #17
#24Aaron96US #30
#25Samuel95US #33
#26Justin93US #18
#27Tanner92US #86
#28Jonathan88US #23
#29Trevor88US #61
#30Thomas87US #27
#31Anthony84US #19
#32Jared83US #63
#33David82US #16
#34Mitchell82US #79
#35Caleb80US #54
#36Adam77US #38
#37Logan76US #51
#38Connor73US #55
#39Robert70US #22
#40Timothy69US #40
#41Jesse67US #46
#42Christian65US #28
#43Chase64US #95
#44Cole64US #118
#45Kevin62US #25
#46Derek61US #83
#47William61US #20
#48Dalton60US #87
#49Eric60US #32
#50Alex59US #47
#51Dakota59US #56
#52Blake58US #77
#53Colton58US #105
#54Brian56US #36
#55Ethan56US #75
#56Taylor54US #69
#57Seth53US #97
#58Hunter51US #53
#59Sean51US #45
#60Nathaniel50US #73
#61Patrick50US #43
#62Grant49US #116
#63Travis47US #66
#64Luke46US #82
#65Cameron45US #49
#66Dustin45US #62
#67Dillon44US #122
#68Levi44US #154
#69Steven42US #37
#70Bradley41US #78
#71Garrett41US #80
#72Devin40US #58
#73Mark40US #52
#74Evan39US #60
#75Jeremy39US #48
#76Jason38US #41
#77Lucas38US #91
#78Brady37US #188
#79Brett37US #106
#80Spencer36US #104
#81Wyatt35US #128
#82Scott34US #92
#83Trey34
#84Cory33US #123
#85Drew33US #160
#86Mason32US #102
#87Riley32US #170
#88Ian31US #67
#89Jack30US #110
#90Joel30US #120
#91Jose30US #35
#92Alec28US #112
#93Lane28
#94Noah28US #99
#95Richard28US #42
#96Shane28US #103
#97Trenton28US #199
#98Marcus27US #81
#99Stephen27US #57
#100Charles26US #44

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑42Chase#43
↑39Tiffany#52
↑30Mikayla#69
↑23Sydney#16
↑23Kevin#45
↑23Bradley#70
↑22Kylie#42
↑22Jenna#61

Falling

↓38Alec#92
↓31Charles#100
↓27Taylor#56
↓26Amber#44
↓25Jasmine#83
↓23Katie#64
↓23Maria#95
↓20Melissa#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.