State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 2006 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,037 Nebraska births in 2006 across 909 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

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

#58Makennaoutside the national top 200
#59Delaney#193 nationally
#60Ellie#175 nationally
#68Jordyn#179 nationally
#91Macyoutside the national top 200
#94Izabellaoutside the national top 200
#99Addysonoutside the national top 200
#54Grant#155 nationally
#100Cadenceoutside the national top 200
#99Jace#187 nationally
#73Reagan#156 nationally
#47Cooper#113 nationally

Girls

#1Emma165US #2
#2Ava163US #5
#3Madison134US #3
#4Addison132US #28
#5Emily119US #1
#6Hannah114US #8
#7Abigail113US #6
#8Olivia109US #7
#9Grace100US #16
#10Isabella100US #4
#11Chloe97US #18
#12Elizabeth91US #11
#13Alexis82US #14
#14Sophia82US #9
#15Ella78US #21
#16Natalie77US #17
#17Anna75US #22
#18Samantha73US #10
#19Avery71US #52
#20Lauren70US #24
#21Taylor70US #23
#22Hailey68US #25
#23Morgan66US #35
#24Ashley63US #12
#25Mia61US #13
#26Lily60US #33
#27Brooklyn58US #66
#28Lillian57US #38
#29Brianna52US #20
#30Sarah51US #15
#31Alyssa49US #19
#32Sydney49US #34
#33Allison45US #47
#34Nevaeh45US #43
#35Kaitlyn44US #41
#36Mackenzie44US #53
#37Kaylee43US #42
#38Paige43US #77
#39Claire42US #86
#40Faith41US #62
#41Isabel41US #87
#42Jenna41US #88
#43Savannah40US #30
#44Alexa39US #39
#45Brooke39US #44
#46Jasmine39US #29
#47Mary37US #80
#48Victoria37US #27
#49Zoe37US #54
#50Bailey34US #112
#51Gracie34US #103
#52Katherine34US #37
#53Madeline34US #71
#54Kylie33US #67
#55Makayla33US #45
#56Jessica32US #32
#57Katelyn32US #61
#58Makenna32
#59Delaney31US #193
#60Ellie31US #175
#61Gabriella31US #50
#62Isabelle31US #84
#63Megan31US #60
#64Julia30US #31
#65Rachel30US #48
#66Haley29US #75
#67Jocelyn29US #73
#68Jordyn29US #179
#69Keira29US #110
#70Rylee29US #135
#71Zoey29US #119
#72Jennifer28US #51
#73Reagan28US #156
#74Shelby28US #133
#75Amelia27US #83
#76Aubrey27US #93
#77Andrea26US #59
#78Gabrielle26US #63
#79Molly26US #105
#80Riley26US #56
#81Ruby26US #137
#82Sara26US #72
#83Leah25US #68
#84Mariah25US #82
#85Peyton25US #138
#86Sierra25US #140
#87Audrey24US #69
#88Evelyn24US #65
#89Katie24US #106
#90Kylee24US #146
#91Macy24
#92Madelyn24US #113
#93Aaliyah23US #90
#94Izabella23
#95Kennedy23US #115
#96Lucy23US #153
#97Maria23US #46
#98Reese23US #161
#99Addyson22
#100Cadence22

Boys

#1Jacob150US #1
#2Alexander144US #12
#3Ethan131US #4
#4Andrew124US #7
#5Logan122US #20
#6Jackson117US #35
#7William112US #10
#8Noah108US #15
#9Samuel108US #25
#10Michael106US #2
#11Joseph104US #11
#12Joshua104US #3
#13Mason102US #40
#14Tyler102US #18
#15Zachary102US #33
#16Gavin101US #38
#17Jack98US #36
#18Benjamin97US #24
#19Caleb94US #34
#20Nathan93US #23
#21Carter92US #75
#22Elijah91US #29
#23Ryan91US #14
#24Owen89US #58
#25Austin88US #41
#26Anthony87US #9
#27John85US #19
#28Landon85US #50
#29Connor79US #53
#30Isaac78US #48
#31Matthew77US #5
#32Aiden76US #32
#33Cole75US #84
#34David74US #13
#35Evan73US #42
#36Dylan72US #26
#37James72US #16
#38Hunter71US #54
#39Gabriel70US #28
#40Nicholas70US #17
#41Daniel69US #6
#42Jonathan69US #22
#43Christopher68US #8
#44Wyatt68US #82
#45Brayden67US #79
#46Christian66US #21
#47Cooper66US #113
#48Kaden66US #92
#49Carson65US #87
#50Caden64US #91
#51Luke63US #43
#52Brandon60US #27
#53Chase59US #83
#54Grant59US #155
#55Thomas59US #51
#56Aidan58US #44
#57Alex57US #67
#58Lucas57US #59
#59Isaiah55US #39
#60Aaron54US #57
#61Brady54US #106
#62Cameron53US #52
#63Jordan53US #46
#64Blake52US #97
#65Cody51US #105
#66Jayden49US #49
#67Ian48US #80
#68Parker48US #116
#69Angel47US #31
#70Charles47US #60
#71Kevin46US #37
#72Nathaniel46US #69
#73Riley46US #101
#74Colton43US #135
#75Jose43US #30
#76Liam43US #98
#77Jason42US #55
#78Preston42US #114
#79Garrett39US #139
#80Henry39US #95
#81Kaleb39US #115
#82Nolan39US #146
#83Robert38US #47
#84Adrian37US #63
#85Hayden37US #73
#86Xavier37US #78
#87Ashton35US #121
#88Colin35US #111
#89Juan35US #61
#90Justin35US #45
#91Luis35US #62
#92Diego34US #56
#93Eli34US #136
#94Trevor34US #125
#95Conner33US #144
#96Josiah33US #117
#97Levi33US #133
#98Tanner33US #142
#99Jace32US #187
#100Brody31US #148

On the move since 2005

Rising

↑51Mary#47
↑28Cody#65
↑27Brianna#29
↑27Jocelyn#67
↑25Brady#61
↑23Nathaniel#72
↑22Jason#77
↑21Owen#24

Falling

↓32Audrey#87
↓32Maria#97
↓29Megan#63
↓28Kennedy#95
↓27Haley#66
↓27Dylan#36
↓25Aidan#56
↓23Jessica#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2005 rankings.