Popular baby names in Nebraska, 2001

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 2001 were Madison for girls (190 babies) and Jacob for boys (288). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 18,266 babies born in Nebraska in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 2001

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

Girls

Jayden: 27 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Jadyn: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Makenna: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Josie: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Regan: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Payton: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Macy: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Zoey: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Jaden: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mckenna: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Tyson: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brock: 27 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Keaton: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Grant: 71 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Reece: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ty: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Nolan: 43 babies, 4× the national rate
Zane: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jace: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Caden: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Madison	190	↑1	2
2	Emily	175	↑1	1
3	Hannah	168	↓2	3
4	Emma	137	↑1	13
5	Grace	122	↑5	16
6	Abigail	121	↑6	8
7	Taylor	118	↓3	12
8	Samantha	117	↓2	7
9	Ashley	116	↑8	4
10	Alexis	110	↓3	5
11	Elizabeth	104	–	9
12	Olivia	102	↑4	10
13	Lauren	101	–	15
14	Morgan	99	↓5	29
15	Sydney	98	↓1	23
16	Megan	85	↓8	20
17	Sarah	81	↓2	6
18	Alyssa	80	↑5	14
19	Haley	78	↓1	34
20	Jessica	76	–	11
21	Chloe	75	↑10	30
22	Anna	73	↓3	19
23	Mackenzie	70	↓1	40
24	Hailey	67	↑8	33
25	Kaitlyn	67	↓1	31
26	Rachel	63	↓5	24
27	Bailey	61	↑3	69
28	Paige	56	↓3	71
29	Brianna	50	↓3	18
30	Katelyn	48	↑17	52
31	Katherine	48	↑10	35
32	Shelby	47	↑17	68
33	Kaylee	46	↑15	66
34	Sierra	46	↑10	55
35	Allison	44	↓6	44
36	Faith	44	↓3	53
37	Gabrielle	44	↑8	50
38	Jenna	44	↓2	45
39	Madeline	44	new	56
40	Sophia	44	new	37
41	Julia	43	↑5	27
42	Savannah	42	new	42
43	Kayla	41	↓16	17
44	Natalie	41	↓16	32
45	Alexandra	39	new	38
46	Amanda	39	new	39
47	Brooke	39	↓12	57
48	Claire	39	↑2	82
49	Kelsey	39	new	100
50	Zoe	39	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Jacob	288	–	1
2	Zachary	156	↑2	16
3	Ethan	152	↑8	17
4	Tyler	147	↓2	13
5	Matthew	142	↑2	3
6	Joshua	141	↓3	4
7	Andrew	140	↓2	7
8	Dylan	137	↑9	21
9	Nicholas	133	↓3	6
10	Samuel	125	↑3	26
11	Michael	117	↓2	2
12	Jackson	116	↑16	60
13	Joseph	113	↓5	8
14	Nathan	111	↓2	31
15	Alexander	110	↑3	20
16	Benjamin	110	↓2	27
17	Caleb	105	↑5	37
18	Logan	105	↑5	29
19	Noah	105	↓4	28
20	Austin	102	↓4	25
21	William	101	↑3	10
22	Daniel	95	↑8	9
23	John	94	↓2	14
24	Ryan	89	↓14	15
25	James	85	↑13	19
26	Christopher	84	↑8	5
27	Hunter	84	↓8	36
28	Brandon	83	↓8	18
29	Christian	82	↓2	24
30	Justin	78	↑5	22
31	David	77	–	12
32	Trevor	77	↑17	76
33	Connor	76	↑8	49
34	Anthony	75	↓9	11
35	Cole	74	↑5	74
36	Gabriel	74	new	38
37	Isaac	74	new	47
38	Grant	71	↑6	>100
39	Jonathan	71	↓2	23
40	Jack	69	↑6	48
41	Blake	68	↑4	77
42	Wyatt	64	new	>100
43	Luke	63	new	50
44	Mason	63	↑4	54
45	Jordan	60	↓19	39
46	Kyle	59	↓10	40
47	Thomas	59	↓18	33
48	Adam	58	new	51
49	Chase	58	new	79
50	Alex	57	new	62

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