Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1991

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1991 were Jessica for girls (255 babies) and Jacob for boys (310). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #17 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 19,465 babies born in Nebraska in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1991

Names given at least 15 times in Nebraska that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Makayla: 15 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Mikayla: 17 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Michaela: 31 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Mckenzie: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Shayla: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bailey: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Abby: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maggie: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sydney: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mackenzie: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Beau: 21 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Tanner: 52 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cole: 45 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brock: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Riley: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Brady: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Seth: 73 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Grant: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Drew: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Logan: 70 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Jessica	255	↑1	2
2	Ashley	253	↓1	1
3	Amanda	208	–	4
4	Sarah	181	↑3	6
5	Emily	179	↑1	10
6	Megan	171	↓2	11
7	Elizabeth	161	↑1	9
8	Samantha	158	↑1	5
9	Brittany	150	↓4	3
10	Kelsey	135	–	26
11	Shelby	133	↑35	33
12	Rachel	131	↑6	14
13	Nicole	122	–	15
14	Stephanie	120	–	7
15	Hannah	111	↑5	29
16	Jennifer	108	↓5	8
17	Amber	107	↓2	16
18	Kayla	103	↓6	12
19	Rebecca	102	↑5	21
20	Danielle	96	↑2	17
21	Chelsea	91	↑6	18
22	Sara	90	↑14	37
23	Lauren	89	↓4	13
24	Taylor	89	↑13	32
25	Courtney	78	↓9	19
26	Katherine	76	↑9	25
27	Morgan	76	↑7	49
28	Jordan	75	–	62
29	Laura	73	↓8	35
30	Katie	68	↓7	53
31	Melissa	68	↓2	20
32	Brooke	67	↑9	65
33	Alyssa	66	↓8	30
34	Heather	65	↓17	23
35	Michelle	64	↓5	22
36	Alexandra	61	new	36
37	Allison	59	↑10	50
38	Cassandra	59	↓7	54
39	Anna	57	↑1	46
40	Jamie	57	↑2	60
41	Paige	57	↑2	76
42	Erin	56	↓16	44
43	Lindsey	56	↑1	52
44	Andrea	55	↑4	39
45	Brianna	55	new	51
46	Molly	52	↓7	74
47	Mary	51	new	38
48	Tiffany	51	↓15	27
49	Kathryn	49	new	57
50	Kelly	47	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Jacob	310	↑5	17
2	Michael	303	↓1	1
3	Tyler	287	↑1	16
4	Matthew	281	↓1	3
5	Joshua	266	–	4
6	Andrew	241	↓4	5
7	Nicholas	196	↑2	12
8	Cody	193	↑5	24
9	Zachary	193	↑2	22
10	Christopher	191	↓3	2
11	Ryan	190	↓3	11
12	Brandon	182	–	15
13	Jordan	177	↓3	29
14	Daniel	166	↑2	6
15	Justin	155	–	14
16	Joseph	147	↑1	9
17	Kyle	146	↓3	21
18	Benjamin	138	↑1	33
19	Nathan	137	↑1	42
20	James	131	↑1	7
21	Taylor	130	↑8	52
22	Alexander	128	↑8	26
23	John	125	↓5	10
24	Anthony	124	–	18
25	Austin	122	↑12	50
26	David	119	↓1	8
27	William	116	↑9	19
28	Derek	114	↓2	59
29	Eric	112	↑6	25
30	Adam	107	↓7	36
31	Timothy	100	↑1	32
32	Aaron	96	↓10	31
33	Travis	92	↓5	44
34	Kevin	91	↑11	23
35	Robert	87	↓8	13
36	Alex	85	↑6	63
37	Thomas	85	↓6	28
38	Jonathan	84	↓4	20
39	Dylan	80	new	46
40	Patrick	80	↑6	35
41	Ethan	79	↓8	65
42	Jared	79	↑2	64
43	Brian	75	↓4	30
44	Seth	73	new	99
45	Dustin	72	↓4	56
46	Jeffrey	72	↑1	45
47	Logan	70	new	94
48	Samuel	66	new	39
49	Steven	66	↓11	27
50	Scott	64	new	57

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