Popular baby names in Nebraska, 2000

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 2000 were Hannah for girls (195 babies) and Jacob for boys (270). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 18,527 babies born in Nebraska in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 2000

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

Girls

Rylee: 27 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Josie: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Delaney: 32 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tessa: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mckenna: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sidney: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Payton: 34 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Makenzie: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Macy: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Paige: 65 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Jayden: 46 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lane: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Riley: 76 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Caden: 31 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tyson: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Grant: 62 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nolan: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kaden: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brock: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brody: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Hannah	195	↑1	2
2	Madison	181	↑1	3
3	Emily	177	↓2	1
4	Taylor	125	↑1	10
5	Emma	124	↑1	17
6	Samantha	117	↓2	7
7	Alexis	115	–	6
8	Megan	111	↑2	18
9	Morgan	105	↑5	25
10	Grace	104	↑3	19
11	Elizabeth	103	↓3	9
12	Abigail	98	↑6	14
13	Lauren	97	↑4	11
14	Sydney	97	↑1	23
15	Sarah	94	↓6	5
16	Olivia	93	↑3	16
17	Ashley	90	↓5	4
18	Haley	85	↑14	28
19	Anna	80	↑6	22
20	Jessica	79	↓9	8
21	Rachel	72	↑1	21
22	Mackenzie	71	↑25	43
23	Alyssa	70	↓3	12
24	Kaitlyn	66	↑4	30
25	Paige	65	↑17	69
26	Brianna	64	↓5	15
27	Kayla	63	↑12	13
28	Natalie	57	↑8	34
29	Allison	56	↓2	44
30	Bailey	55	↓14	68
31	Chloe	54	↑6	38
32	Hailey	54	↓1	35
33	Faith	51	new	66
34	Rebecca	51	↑9	39
35	Brooke	50	↓9	51
36	Jenna	50	new	63
37	Jordan	50	new	50
38	Jennifer	46	↓5	26
39	Maria	46	new	41
40	Nicole	46	↓11	31
41	Katherine	44	new	33
42	Kylie	44	new	>100
43	Molly	44	new	96
44	Sierra	43	↓6	53
45	Gabrielle	42	new	49
46	Julia	42	new	29
47	Katelyn	42	↓6	54
48	Kaylee	42	↓14	72
49	Shelby	42	↓26	70
50	Claire	41	↓10	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Jacob	270	–	1
2	Tyler	178	–	10
3	Joshua	163	↑1	4
4	Zachary	161	↑3	15
5	Andrew	158	↑5	7
6	Nicholas	155	↑2	6
7	Matthew	142	↑2	3
8	Joseph	140	↑4	8
9	Michael	138	↓4	2
10	Ryan	133	↑1	13
11	Ethan	131	↑10	25
12	Nathan	129	↑1	30
13	Samuel	127	↑2	28
14	Benjamin	126	↑2	26
15	Noah	125	↓1	27
16	Austin	124	↓13	23
17	Dylan	124	↓11	24
18	Alexander	117	↓1	20
19	Hunter	116	↑10	35
20	Brandon	112	↑3	12
21	John	111	↓2	14
22	Caleb	106	↑6	38
23	Logan	97	↓3	40
24	William	96	↓2	11
25	Anthony	93	↑14	17
26	Jordan	93	↑6	36
27	Christian	89	↑3	22
28	Jackson	87	↑18	72
29	Thomas	86	↓2	33
30	Daniel	85	↑4	9
31	David	80	↑4	16
32	Cameron	77	↑6	31
33	Riley	76	↑9	>100
34	Christopher	74	↓9	5
35	Justin	74	↓17	19
36	Kyle	73	↓3	37
37	Jonathan	71	↑4	21
38	James	68	↓12	18
39	Seth	68	↑5	63
40	Cole	67	↓4	71
41	Connor	67	↓1	50
42	Jared	67	↑7	56
43	Aaron	65	–	41
44	Grant	62	↑6	>100
45	Blake	61	new	80
46	Jack	61	↓9	46
47	Tanner	61	–	93
48	Mason	59	new	64
49	Trevor	59	↓25	75
50	Garrett	56	new	74

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