Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1998

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1998 were Emily for girls (190 babies) and Jacob for boys (316). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 18,073 babies born in Nebraska in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1998

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

Girls

Makenna: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Tessa: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Allie: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Mckenna: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sidney: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Macy: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Abby: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Elise: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mallory: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Delaney: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Kaden: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Nolan: 37 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jayden: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Grant: 67 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Corbin: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lane: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Cade: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Dawson: 37 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jaden: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brock: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	190	–	1
2	Hannah	189	–	2
3	Madison	177	↑1	9
4	Alexis	140	↑7	6
5	Taylor	134	↓2	7
6	Megan	128	↓1	13
7	Samantha	120	↑2	3
8	Elizabeth	119	↓2	10
9	Ashley	110	↓2	5
10	Jessica	106	↓2	8
11	Morgan	103	↑3	23
12	Alyssa	100	↑3	11
13	Emma	95	↑3	22
14	Anna	91	↑11	31
15	Sydney	88	↑6	28
16	Sarah	87	↓6	4
17	Abigail	83	↑5	18
18	Lauren	76	↓6	14
19	Paige	73	↑9	63
20	Bailey	70	↓1	60
21	Courtney	69	↑6	39
22	Rachel	69	↓9	15
23	Allison	68	↑7	38
24	Amanda	67	↑9	19
25	Olivia	67	↑7	21
26	Kayla	66	new	12
27	Haley	65	↓9	36
28	Shelby	64	↓11	49
29	Nicole	59	↓5	24
30	Brianna	58	↓1	17
31	Jennifer	58	↑10	20
32	Jordan	58	↑3	42
33	Katelyn	57	↑10	58
34	Kelsey	57	↓3	56
35	Brittany	55	↓9	25
36	Brooke	55	↓16	46
37	Madeline	55	↑13	50
38	Natalie	55	↑6	40
39	Grace	52	new	53
40	Kaitlyn	52	↓2	35
41	Mary	50	↑5	44
42	Alexandra	47	↓3	27
43	Rebecca	46	↓20	30
44	Sierra	45	↑3	51
45	Sara	44	–	48
46	Kaylee	43	new	86
47	Miranda	43	new	80
48	Claire	42	new	91
49	Julia	42	new	32
50	Makayla	41	new	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	316	–	2
2	Austin	190	–	10
3	Tyler	190	–	8
4	Michael	171	↑5	1
5	Zachary	167	↓1	16
6	Matthew	162	↓1	3
7	Andrew	157	↑1	9
8	Joshua	146	↓2	4
9	Nicholas	145	↓2	6
10	Brandon	136	↑2	7
11	Ryan	136	↓1	17
12	Nathan	127	↑5	34
13	Dylan	126	↑1	25
14	Samuel	122	↑1	28
15	Joseph	120	↓2	11
16	Noah	119	↑7	29
17	Alexander	117	↓6	22
18	Hunter	114	↑27	36
19	Benjamin	109	↓3	30
20	John	108	↑4	15
21	Kyle	106	↓3	24
22	Ethan	105	↑8	38
23	Christopher	101	↑6	5
24	Daniel	100	↓2	12
25	Jordan	100	↓5	27
26	William	99	↑10	14
27	Logan	92	↓1	44
28	Caleb	91	↑6	42
29	Jonathan	91	↓1	21
30	Justin	91	↓5	20
31	Christian	90	↓12	26
32	David	87	↓5	13
33	Anthony	84	↓1	19
34	Trevor	84	↑4	58
35	Cody	82	↓14	43
36	Connor	82	↑7	47
37	James	78	↓6	18
38	Jack	75	new	61
39	Robert	75	–	23
40	Cameron	71	new	35
41	Thomas	68	↓4	31
42	Grant	67	↑8	>100
43	Jared	67	↓10	51
44	Cole	66	↓3	77
45	Jackson	65	new	100
46	Adam	62	↓6	45
47	Devin	58	new	62
48	Eric	55	↑1	39
49	Aaron	54	↓7	37
50	Blake	53	new	85

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