State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,527 Nebraska births in 2000 across 759 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#69Delaneyoutside the national top 200
#63Jayden#194 nationally
#82Ryleeoutside the national top 200
#83Makenzie#199 nationally
#85Cadenoutside the national top 200
#75Mckenna#188 nationally
#73Nolan#182 nationally
#92Josieoutside the national top 200
#94Bradenoutside the national top 200
#77Peyton#183 nationally
#95Cadeoutside the national top 200
#99Tessaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Hannah195US #2
#2Madison181US #3
#3Emily177US #1
#4Taylor125US #10
#5Emma124US #17
#6Samantha117US #7
#7Alexis115US #6
#8Megan111US #18
#9Morgan105US #25
#10Grace104US #19
#11Elizabeth103US #9
#12Abigail98US #14
#13Lauren97US #11
#14Sydney97US #23
#15Sarah94US #5
#16Olivia93US #16
#17Ashley90US #4
#18Haley85US #28
#19Anna80US #22
#20Jessica79US #8
#21Rachel72US #21
#22Mackenzie71US #43
#23Alyssa70US #12
#24Kaitlyn66US #30
#25Paige65US #69
#26Brianna64US #15
#27Kayla63US #13
#28Natalie57US #34
#29Allison56US #44
#30Bailey55US #68
#31Chloe54US #38
#32Hailey54US #35
#33Faith51US #66
#34Rebecca51US #39
#35Brooke50US #51
#36Jenna50US #63
#37Jordan50US #50
#38Jennifer46US #26
#39Maria46US #41
#40Nicole46US #31
#41Katherine44US #33
#42Kylie44US #104
#43Molly44US #96
#44Sierra43US #53
#45Gabrielle42US #49
#46Julia42US #29
#47Katelyn42US #54
#48Kaylee42US #72
#49Shelby42US #70
#50Claire41US #86
#51Destiny40US #24
#52Madeline38US #56
#53Mary38US #46
#54Andrea37US #55
#55Sara37US #57
#56Breanna36US #80
#57Sophia36US #42
#58Victoria36US #20
#59Amber35US #47
#60Mariah35US #75
#61Brittany34US #60
#62Cheyenne34US #99
#63Danielle34US #48
#64Jasmine34US #27
#65Payton34US #163
#66Amanda33US #32
#67Courtney33US #59
#68Kelsey33US #88
#69Delaney32
#70Miranda32US #112
#71Cassidy31US #107
#72Katie31US #95
#73Caitlin30US #76
#74Erin29US #61
#75Mckenna29US #188
#76Riley29US #131
#77Laura28US #85
#78Lydia28US #147
#79Alexandra27US #36
#80Kennedy27US #139
#81Makayla27US #67
#82Rylee27
#83Makenzie26US #199
#84Melissa26US #71
#85Zoe26US #82
#86Caitlyn24US #118
#87Cassandra24US #100
#88Hope24US #146
#89Savannah24US #37
#90Alexa23US #87
#91Erica23US #102
#92Josie23
#93Kathryn23US #89
#94Lindsey23US #103
#95Margaret23US #110
#96Mckenzie23US #133
#97Mikayla23US #108
#98Stephanie23US #40
#99Tessa23
#100Vanessa23US #62

Boys

#1Jacob270US #1
#2Tyler178US #10
#3Joshua163US #4
#4Zachary161US #15
#5Andrew158US #7
#6Nicholas155US #6
#7Matthew142US #3
#8Joseph140US #8
#9Michael138US #2
#10Ryan133US #13
#11Ethan131US #25
#12Nathan129US #30
#13Samuel127US #28
#14Benjamin126US #26
#15Noah125US #27
#16Austin124US #23
#17Dylan124US #24
#18Alexander117US #20
#19Hunter116US #35
#20Brandon112US #12
#21John111US #14
#22Caleb106US #38
#23Logan97US #40
#24William96US #11
#25Anthony93US #17
#26Jordan93US #36
#27Christian89US #22
#28Jackson87US #72
#29Thomas86US #33
#30Daniel85US #9
#31David80US #16
#32Cameron77US #31
#33Riley76US #109
#34Christopher74US #5
#35Justin74US #19
#36Kyle73US #37
#37Jonathan71US #21
#38James68US #18
#39Seth68US #63
#40Cole67US #71
#41Connor67US #50
#42Jared67US #56
#43Aaron65US #41
#44Grant62US #123
#45Blake61US #80
#46Jack61US #46
#47Tanner61US #93
#48Mason59US #64
#49Trevor59US #75
#50Garrett56US #74
#51Gabriel55US #44
#52Chase54US #77
#53Ian54US #73
#54Colton53US #111
#55Dalton53US #91
#56Isaac53US #53
#57Luke53US #59
#58Evan52US #55
#59Robert52US #29
#60Cody51US #60
#61Nathaniel49US #61
#62Eric46US #42
#63Jayden46US #194
#64Elijah44US #52
#65Isaiah44US #47
#66Spencer43US #98
#67Wyatt43US #110
#68Alex42US #62
#69Adam41US #45
#70Carson41US #119
#71Bryce39US #92
#72Gage39US #166
#73Nolan39US #182
#74Devin38US #69
#75Jaden37US #154
#76Gavin36US #85
#77Peyton36US #183
#78Jesse35US #90
#79Carter34US #152
#80Dakota33US #88
#81Patrick33US #68
#82Preston33US #142
#83Jason32US #39
#84Tristan32US #105
#85Caden31
#86Dillon31US #169
#87Jesus31US #76
#88Mitchell31US #132
#89Charles30US #51
#90Jose30US #34
#91Juan30US #48
#92Sean30US #57
#93Trenton30US #179
#94Braden29
#95Cade29
#96Conner29US #191
#97Derek29US #121
#98Richard29US #65
#99Taylor29US #136
#100Brian28US #43

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑33Destiny#51
↑32Gabrielle#45
↑29Andrea#54
↑28Katherine#41
↑28Jayden#63
↑26Faith#33
↑26Jordan#37
↑26Cassidy#71

Falling

↓42Amanda#66
↓35Alexandra#79
↓33Kelsey#68
↓31Brittany#61
↓29Cassandra#87
↓29Cody#60
↓28Kathryn#93
↓28Jose#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.