Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1996

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1996 were Emily for girls (184 babies) and Jacob for boys (316). Jacob ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,957 babies born in Nebraska in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1996

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

Girls

Jordyn: 32 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Mckenna: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Makenzie: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bailey: 79 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kylee: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mckenzie: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kylie: 46 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Riley: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tessa: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Michaela: 47 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Nolan: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Brady: 45 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tanner: 90 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gage: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
Trey: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Riley: 48 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cole: 68 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dillon: 54 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Trenton: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ty: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	184	–	1
2	Hannah	175	↑4	7
3	Taylor	173	↓1	6
4	Megan	144	↑3	12
5	Jessica	137	↓1	2
6	Samantha	135	↑3	5
7	Sarah	128	↓4	4
8	Ashley	126	↓3	3
9	Madison	126	↑9	15
10	Elizabeth	119	↓2	10
11	Morgan	115	–	25
12	Rachel	107	↓2	9
13	Alexis	89	↑4	8
14	Courtney	87	↑1	21
15	Shelby	86	↓1	35
16	Haley	82	↑6	30
17	Kelsey	82	↑11	36
18	Brooke	80	↑3	45
19	Bailey	79	↑20	85
20	Abigail	78	↑7	32
21	Alyssa	76	↑4	23
22	Jennifer	76	↑10	19
23	Nicole	75	↓4	22
24	Brittany	74	↓11	14
25	Anna	71	↓5	33
26	Kayla	71	↑5	11
27	Sydney	69	↓11	39
28	Allison	67	↓2	38
29	Brianna	67	↓6	17
30	Amanda	66	↓18	13
31	Paige	66	↓1	65
32	Rebecca	65	↑1	24
33	Lauren	64	↓9	16
34	Emma	60	↑6	53
35	Katherine	60	↑2	31
36	Katelyn	58	new	64
37	Amber	57	↑7	27
38	Mackenzie	56	new	75
39	Danielle	55	↓5	29
40	Kaitlyn	51	↑1	40
41	Marissa	50	↑6	59
42	Jordan	49	↓13	49
43	Katie	47	new	81
44	Madeline	47	new	67
45	Michaela	47	↑4	>100
46	Natalie	47	new	46
47	Kylie	46	↓5	>100
48	Alexandra	45	↓10	26
49	Erin	45	↓13	51
50	Olivia	45	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jacob	316	–	3
2	Austin	230	↑2	9
3	Tyler	224	–	7
4	Zachary	202	↓2	14
5	Michael	192	↑1	1
6	Matthew	181	↑2	2
7	Andrew	168	–	10
8	Joshua	168	↑2	5
9	Nicholas	167	↓4	6
10	Alexander	140	↑3	22
11	Joseph	137	↑1	12
12	Benjamin	136	↑7	29
13	Ryan	135	↓2	16
14	Brandon	131	↓5	8
15	Dylan	120	↑2	33
16	Nathan	119	↓1	37
17	Christopher	117	↓1	4
18	Jordan	115	–	27
19	Kyle	111	↑2	25
20	John	106	–	15
21	Daniel	104	↑1	11
22	Samuel	104	↑3	30
23	Cody	103	↓9	31
24	Christian	100	↑18	24
25	Justin	100	↑1	20
26	Connor	96	↑12	54
27	Thomas	94	↑3	28
28	Anthony	91	↑3	19
29	Tanner	90	↓2	90
30	James	89	↓7	17
31	Trevor	89	↓2	63
32	William	89	↑15	18
33	David	88	–	13
34	Aaron	80	↓10	34
35	Logan	80	↑2	42
36	Jared	79	↓4	64
37	Jonathan	78	↓9	21
38	Noah	78	new	50
39	Adam	76	↓3	39
40	Caleb	73	↓5	48
41	Cole	68	↑3	>100
42	Alex	62	↑8	53
43	Colton	61	new	>100
44	Robert	61	↓5	23
45	Blake	57	new	84
46	Taylor	57	new	82
47	Cameron	56	new	49
48	Chase	55	↓5	76
49	Dillon	54	new	>100
50	Ethan	54	new	62

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