Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1997

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1997 were Emily for girls (182 babies) and Jacob for boys (329). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,975 babies born in Nebraska in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1997

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

Girls

Mckenna: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Callie: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Shayla: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maggie: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kylie: 45 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bailey: 80 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tessa: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kylee: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brenna: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kaylee: 43 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Brook: 16 babies, 65.8× the national rate
Tyson: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lane: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Keaton: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Trey: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Brock: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dallas: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Wyatt: 49 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gage: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tanner: 80 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	182	–	1
2	Hannah	169	–	5
3	Taylor	161	–	7
4	Madison	152	↑5	10
5	Megan	135	↓1	11
6	Elizabeth	131	↑4	9
7	Ashley	128	↑1	3
8	Jessica	122	↓3	2
9	Samantha	122	↓3	6
10	Sarah	117	↓3	4
11	Alexis	112	↑2	8
12	Lauren	99	↑21	14
13	Rachel	98	↓1	13
14	Morgan	96	↓3	22
15	Alyssa	86	↑6	15
16	Emma	83	↑18	36
17	Shelby	83	↓2	43
18	Haley	82	↓2	31
19	Bailey	80	–	65
20	Brooke	80	↓2	45
21	Sydney	79	↑6	35
22	Abigail	78	↓2	26
23	Rebecca	78	↑9	25
24	Nicole	73	↓1	21
25	Anna	69	–	33
26	Brittany	67	↓2	20
27	Courtney	67	↓13	28
28	Paige	67	↑3	64
29	Brianna	66	–	17
30	Allison	62	↓2	39
31	Kelsey	61	↓14	57
32	Olivia	59	↑18	27
33	Amanda	57	↓3	16
34	Katherine	56	↑1	32
35	Jordan	55	↑7	40
36	Amber	53	↑1	29
37	Erin	53	↑12	52
38	Kaitlyn	53	↑2	41
39	Alexandra	52	↑9	30
40	Mariah	52	new	67
41	Jennifer	50	↓19	18
42	Danielle	48	↓3	34
43	Katelyn	48	↓7	63
44	Natalie	48	↑2	48
45	Sara	48	new	50
46	Mary	47	new	46
47	Sierra	47	new	56
48	Victoria	46	new	19
49	Kylie	45	↓2	>100
50	Madeline	44	↓6	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	329	–	2
2	Austin	209	–	9
3	Tyler	186	–	10
4	Zachary	186	–	13
5	Matthew	185	↑1	3
6	Joshua	183	↑2	5
7	Nicholas	151	↑2	6
8	Andrew	148	↓1	7
9	Michael	148	↓4	1
10	Ryan	147	↑3	16
11	Alexander	138	↓1	22
12	Brandon	135	↑2	8
13	Joseph	126	↓2	12
14	Dylan	123	↑1	30
15	Samuel	112	↑7	27
16	Benjamin	108	↓4	29
17	Nathan	108	↓1	34
18	Kyle	107	↑1	24
19	Christian	106	↑5	25
20	Jordan	104	↓2	26
21	Cody	95	↑2	36
22	Daniel	95	↓1	11
23	Noah	95	↑15	38
24	John	94	↓4	15
25	Justin	92	–	20
26	Logan	92	↑9	42
27	David	91	↑6	14
28	Jonathan	91	↑9	21
29	Christopher	90	↓12	4
30	Ethan	83	↑20	46
31	James	82	↓1	17
32	Anthony	81	↓4	18
33	Jared	81	↑3	56
34	Caleb	80	↑6	47
35	Tanner	80	↓6	82
36	William	80	↓4	19
37	Thomas	75	↓10	31
38	Trevor	75	↓7	62
39	Robert	71	↑5	23
40	Adam	70	↓1	39
41	Cole	70	–	72
42	Aaron	65	↓8	33
43	Connor	64	↓17	52
44	Chase	58	↑4	77
45	Hunter	58	new	44
46	Seth	58	new	97
47	Alex	53	↓5	55
48	Dakota	52	new	66
49	Eric	52	new	35
50	Grant	51	new	>100

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