State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 2003 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,844 Nebraska births in 2003 across 825 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#54Makennaoutside the national top 200
#52Addison#191 nationally
#50Ellie#187 nationally
#69Reaganoutside the national top 200
#90Treyoutside the national top 200
#93Brynnoutside the national top 200
#39Grant#137 nationally
#74Abby#164 nationally
#85Nolan#175 nationally
#84Rylee#167 nationally
#55Gage#136 nationally
#86Cooper#167 nationally

Girls

#1Emma207US #2
#2Emily152US #1
#3Olivia130US #5
#4Grace126US #13
#5Madison125US #3
#6Abigail120US #6
#7Hannah117US #4
#8Elizabeth112US #9
#9Alexis104US #7
#10Taylor93US #19
#11Samantha91US #10
#12Alyssa83US #14
#13Ashley83US #8
#14Hailey82US #26
#15Anna81US #21
#16Lauren81US #15
#17Chloe78US #24
#18Jessica76US #18
#19Sydney74US #25
#20Sophia73US #20
#21Megan72US #30
#22Morgan68US #29
#23Isabella67US #12
#24Natalie65US #23
#25Ella63US #44
#26Rachel62US #28
#27Haley61US #34
#28Brianna54US #17
#29Kaitlyn54US #32
#30Paige54US #47
#31Jenna52US #55
#32Sarah52US #11
#33Bailey51US #98
#34Mackenzie51US #45
#35Allison50US #46
#36Kylie50US #52
#37Brooke48US #43
#38Avery47US #89
#39Jennifer47US #31
#40Kaylee46US #53
#41Madeline45US #61
#42Mia45US #36
#43Ava43US #39
#44Savannah43US #41
#45Faith42US #50
#46Jasmine42US #27
#47Jordan39US #48
#48Katelyn38US #58
#49Mary38US #59
#50Ellie37US #187
#51Riley37US #72
#52Addison35US #191
#53Claire35US #92
#54Makenna35
#55Brooklyn34US #118
#56Maria34US #42
#57Breanna33US #105
#58Gabrielle33US #66
#59Gracie33US #126
#60Julia33US #33
#61Kennedy33US #122
#62Marissa33US #95
#63Molly33US #99
#64Sierra33US #73
#65Alexandra32US #38
#66Madelyn32US #115
#67Makayla32US #51
#68Nicole32US #40
#69Reagan32
#70Isabelle31US #110
#71Rebecca31US #63
#72Zoe31US #57
#73Katherine30US #35
#74Abby29US #164
#75Alexa29US #67
#76Audrey29US #78
#77Leah29US #81
#78Erin28US #80
#79Lillian28US #76
#80Shelby28US #94
#81Victoria28US #22
#82Isabel27US #83
#83Lily27US #69
#84Rylee27US #167
#85Trinity27US #56
#86Autumn26US #75
#87Destiny26US #37
#88Kathryn26US #117
#89Kylee26US #154
#90Mckenzie26US #149
#91Nevaeh26US #145
#92Jocelyn25US #87
#93Brynn24
#94Danielle24US #82
#95Delaney24US #175
#96Kayla24US #16
#97Mya24US #116
#98Mariah23US #113
#99Sara23US #65
#100Vanessa23US #70

Boys

#1Jacob232US #1
#2Ethan183US #7
#3Tyler139US #15
#4Alexander137US #16
#5Joshua129US #3
#6Michael127US #2
#7Dylan125US #19
#8Andrew124US #5
#9Samuel124US #23
#10Joseph116US #6
#11Logan116US #28
#12Zachary116US #20
#13William115US #11
#14Matthew112US #4
#15Connor111US #43
#16Benjamin106US #24
#17Ryan106US #13
#18Gabriel102US #29
#19Jackson99US #52
#20Caleb94US #34
#21Austin93US #33
#22Nathan92US #26
#23Nicholas92US #12
#24Noah92US #31
#25Hunter91US #41
#26Cole90US #69
#27Anthony89US #10
#28Gavin86US #51
#29Daniel82US #8
#30Brandon80US #21
#31David79US #14
#32John79US #17
#33Mason79US #54
#34Christopher76US #9
#35Evan73US #44
#36Jonathan72US #22
#37Isaac71US #48
#38Elijah70US #37
#39Grant70US #137
#40Jack70US #45
#41James68US #18
#42Cameron67US #40
#43Carter65US #102
#44Christian65US #25
#45Blake64US #79
#46Luke64US #46
#47Aidan62US #39
#48Caden62US #113
#49Thomas62US #36
#50Jose60US #30
#51Kaden60US #121
#52Aaron59US #50
#53Carson59US #89
#54Chase57US #87
#55Gage56US #136
#56Kyle54US #53
#57Alex53US #62
#58Robert53US #35
#59Trevor53US #99
#60Cody52US #78
#61Wyatt52US #109
#62Brayden50US #110
#63Colton50US #135
#64Jordan50US #38
#65Ashton49US #101
#66Aiden48US #73
#67Angel48US #47
#68Jayden48US #75
#69Justin48US #27
#70Bryce47US #103
#71Seth47US #80
#72Ian46US #65
#73Hayden45US #84
#74Isaiah45US #49
#75Kevin45US #32
#76Owen45US #72
#77Riley45US #104
#78Adam44US #58
#79Charles44US #57
#80Lucas44US #71
#81Jason43US #42
#82Garrett40US #106
#83Eric39US #56
#84Tanner39US #120
#85Nolan38US #175
#86Cooper37US #167
#87Dalton36US #143
#88Kaleb36US #118
#89Nathaniel36US #63
#90Trey36
#91Bryan35US #64
#92Jaden35US #82
#93Parker35US #125
#94Adrian34US #68
#95Collin34US #133
#96Jared34US #107
#97Jesus34US #67
#98Juan34US #55
#99Sean34US #61
#100Colin33US #88

On the move since 2002

Rising

↑53Avery#38
↑44Addison#52
↑42Ellie#50
↑33Ella#25
↑32Aiden#66
↑31Aidan#47
↑30Bryce#70
↑27Brianna#28

Falling

↓50Kayla#96
↓48Shelby#80
↓42Autumn#86
↓39Katherine#73
↓38Victoria#81
↓33Eric#83
↓33Nathaniel#89
↓31Delaney#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2002 rankings.