Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1999

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1999 were Emily for girls (187 babies) and Jacob for boys (307). Social Security records list 18,039 babies born in Nebraska in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1999

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

Girls

Regan: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Ellie: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Josie: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Baylee: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Makenna: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jordyn: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tessa: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bailey: 87 babies, 4× the national rate
Payton: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Mckenna: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Caden: 26 babies, 5× the national rate
Tyson: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jayden: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lane: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jace: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Riley: 67 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cade: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jaden: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Grant: 61 babies, 4× the national rate
Kaden: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Emily	187	–	1
2	Hannah	170	–	2
3	Madison	156	–	7
4	Samantha	134	↑3	5
5	Taylor	129	–	8
6	Emma	117	↑7	17
7	Alexis	116	↓3	3
8	Elizabeth	114	–	10
9	Sarah	114	↑7	4
10	Megan	112	↓4	15
11	Jessica	105	↓1	9
12	Ashley	101	↓3	6
13	Grace	97	↑26	27
14	Morgan	91	↓3	24
15	Sydney	91	–	23
16	Bailey	87	↑4	65
17	Lauren	86	↑1	12
18	Abigail	80	↓1	18
19	Olivia	76	↑6	20
20	Alyssa	75	↓8	11
21	Brianna	74	↑9	14
22	Rachel	74	–	19
23	Shelby	69	↑5	62
24	Amanda	65	–	22
25	Anna	60	↓11	29
26	Brooke	58	↑10	47
27	Allison	56	↓4	40
28	Kaitlyn	54	↑12	33
29	Nicole	54	–	25
30	Brittany	53	↑5	35
31	Hailey	53	new	54
32	Haley	53	↓5	31
33	Jennifer	53	↓2	21
34	Kaylee	51	↑12	69
35	Kelsey	50	↓1	72
36	Natalie	49	↑2	34
37	Chloe	47	new	63
38	Sierra	47	↑6	49
39	Kayla	46	↓13	13
40	Claire	44	↑8	86
41	Katelyn	44	↓8	55
42	Paige	44	↓23	67
43	Rebecca	43	–	38
44	Alexandra	41	↓2	32
45	Courtney	41	↓24	44
46	Jasmine	41	new	26
47	Mackenzie	41	new	52
48	Mary	40	↓7	45
49	Breanna	39	new	74
50	Erin	39	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Jacob	307	–	1
2	Tyler	194	↑1	10
3	Austin	180	↓1	13
4	Joshua	166	↑4	4
5	Michael	154	↓1	2
6	Dylan	153	↑7	23
7	Zachary	147	↓2	17
8	Nicholas	145	↑1	5
9	Matthew	143	↓3	3
10	Andrew	135	↓3	7
11	Ryan	130	–	12
12	Joseph	129	↑3	8
13	Nathan	129	↓1	32
14	Noah	125	↑2	24
15	Samuel	109	↓1	27
16	Benjamin	108	↑3	29
17	Alexander	106	–	21
18	Justin	106	↑12	20
19	John	104	↑1	15
20	Logan	104	↑7	42
21	Ethan	103	↑1	37
22	William	100	↑4	14
23	Brandon	99	↓13	11
24	Trevor	97	↑10	66
25	Christopher	96	↓2	6
26	James	95	↑11	19
27	Thomas	91	↑14	31
28	Caleb	90	–	41
29	Hunter	90	↓11	36
30	Christian	89	↑1	25
31	Cody	89	↑4	45
32	Jordan	88	↓7	30
33	Kyle	85	↓12	28
34	Daniel	84	↓10	9
35	David	81	↓3	16
36	Cole	77	↑8	75
37	Jack	75	↑1	52
38	Cameron	74	↑2	33
39	Anthony	73	↓6	18
40	Connor	70	↓4	48
41	Jonathan	69	↓12	22
42	Riley	67	new	>100
43	Aaron	66	↑6	38
44	Seth	66	new	65
45	Chase	65	new	76
46	Jackson	65	↓1	83
47	Tanner	65	new	87
48	Luke	64	new	67
49	Jared	63	↓6	54
50	Grant	61	↓8	>100

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