State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1999 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,038 Nebraska births in 1999 across 727 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#64Jordyn#193 nationally
#74Jadenoutside the national top 200
#80Cadeoutside the national top 200
#82Mckenna#198 nationally
#87Paytonoutside the national top 200
#90Delaneyoutside the national top 200
#91Jaydenoutside the national top 200
#94Tessaoutside the national top 200
#94Nolanoutside the national top 200
#86Brady#184 nationally
#81Gage#178 nationally
#99Trey#189 nationally

Girls

#1Emily187US #1
#2Hannah170US #2
#3Madison156US #7
#4Samantha134US #5
#5Taylor129US #8
#6Emma117US #17
#7Alexis116US #3
#8Elizabeth114US #10
#9Sarah114US #4
#10Megan112US #15
#11Jessica105US #9
#12Ashley101US #6
#13Grace97US #27
#14Morgan91US #24
#15Sydney91US #23
#16Bailey87US #65
#17Lauren86US #12
#18Abigail80US #18
#19Olivia76US #20
#20Alyssa75US #11
#21Brianna74US #14
#22Rachel74US #19
#23Shelby69US #62
#24Amanda65US #22
#25Anna60US #29
#26Brooke58US #47
#27Allison56US #40
#28Kaitlyn54US #33
#29Nicole54US #25
#30Brittany53US #35
#31Hailey53US #54
#32Haley53US #31
#33Jennifer53US #21
#34Kaylee51US #69
#35Kelsey50US #72
#36Natalie49US #34
#37Chloe47US #63
#38Sierra47US #49
#39Kayla46US #13
#40Claire44US #86
#41Katelyn44US #55
#42Paige44US #67
#43Rebecca43US #38
#44Alexandra41US #32
#45Courtney41US #44
#46Jasmine41US #26
#47Mackenzie41US #52
#48Mary40US #45
#49Breanna39US #74
#50Erin39US #58
#51Julia39US #30
#52Madeline37US #70
#53Jenna36US #61
#54Michaela35US #125
#55Autumn34US #77
#56Maria33US #39
#57Mariah33US #68
#58Cassandra32US #87
#59Faith32US #76
#60Kylie32US #109
#61Molly32US #102
#62Katie31US #92
#63Jordan30US #48
#64Jordyn30US #193
#65Kathryn30US #91
#66Marissa30US #73
#67Miranda30US #94
#68Savannah30US #42
#69Katherine29US #36
#70Makayla29US #66
#71Sara29US #50
#72Victoria29US #16
#73Alexandria28US #83
#74Brittney28US #128
#75Cheyenne28US #84
#76Danielle28US #43
#77Gabrielle28US #46
#78Laura28US #81
#79Amber27US #41
#80Hope27US #143
#81Sophia27US #53
#82Mckenna26US #198
#83Andrea25US #59
#84Destiny25US #28
#85Erica25US #106
#86Maya25US #113
#87Payton25
#88Hayley24US #144
#89Alexa23US #89
#90Delaney23
#91Lindsey23US #96
#92Riley23US #138
#93Stephanie23US #37
#94Tessa23
#95Alicia22US #108
#96Amy22US #105
#97Cassidy22US #99
#98Christina22US #75
#99Isabel22US #97
#100Madelyn22US #164

Boys

#1Jacob307US #1
#2Tyler194US #10
#3Austin180US #13
#4Joshua166US #4
#5Michael154US #2
#6Dylan153US #23
#7Zachary147US #17
#8Nicholas145US #5
#9Matthew143US #3
#10Andrew135US #7
#11Ryan130US #12
#12Joseph129US #8
#13Nathan129US #32
#14Noah125US #24
#15Samuel109US #27
#16Benjamin108US #29
#17Alexander106US #21
#18Justin106US #20
#19John104US #15
#20Logan104US #42
#21Ethan103US #37
#22William100US #14
#23Brandon99US #11
#24Trevor97US #66
#25Christopher96US #6
#26James95US #19
#27Thomas91US #31
#28Caleb90US #41
#29Hunter90US #36
#30Christian89US #25
#31Cody89US #45
#32Jordan88US #30
#33Kyle85US #28
#34Daniel84US #9
#35David81US #16
#36Cole77US #75
#37Jack75US #52
#38Cameron74US #33
#39Anthony73US #18
#40Connor70US #48
#41Jonathan69US #22
#42Riley67US #127
#43Aaron66US #38
#44Seth66US #65
#45Chase65US #76
#46Jackson65US #83
#47Tanner65US #87
#48Luke64US #67
#49Jared63US #54
#50Grant61US #128
#51Alex60US #58
#52Mason60US #71
#53Colton57US #109
#54Adam56US #44
#55Garrett55US #78
#56Dalton53US #86
#57Spencer52US #92
#58Wyatt51US #131
#59Blake48US #84
#60Ian48US #72
#61Isaac48US #64
#62Jose47US #35
#63Dawson46US #136
#64Devin46US #68
#65Evan46US #57
#66Jason46US #40
#67Elijah44US #60
#68Timothy43US #49
#69Eric41US #39
#70Gabriel38US #53
#71Robert38US #26
#72Taylor38US #120
#73Dillon37US #142
#74Jaden37
#75Lucas37US #90
#76Mitchell37US #112
#77Nathaniel37US #62
#78Jesse36US #82
#79Bryce34US #93
#80Cade34
#81Gage34US #178
#82Kevin34US #34
#83Colin33US #119
#84Collin33US #130
#85Jake33US #97
#86Brady32US #184
#87Devon32US #125
#88Brian31US #43
#89Dakota31US #77
#90Gavin31US #101
#91Jayden31
#92Parker31US #124
#93Drew30US #175
#94Nolan30
#95Trenton30US #180
#96Tristan30US #99
#97Derek29US #113
#98Patrick29US #63
#99Trey29US #189
#100Charles28US #50

On the move since 1998

Rising

↑50Chloe#37
↑41Faith#59
↑37Autumn#55
↑35Hailey#31
↑33Mason#52
↑31Jordyn#64
↑29Breanna#49
↑27Cassandra#58

Falling

↓32Robert#71
↓31Jordan#63
↓27Dakota#89
↓26Sara#71
↓25Amber#79
↓24Courtney#45
↓24Cheyenne#75
↓24Danielle#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1998 rankings.