Popular baby names in Nebraska, 2002

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 2002 were Emma for girls (176 babies) and Jacob for boys (247). Emma ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 18,551 babies born in Nebraska in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 2002

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: 31 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tessa: 25 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jadyn: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Halle: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Hailee: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Macy: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Delaney: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Addison: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Josephine: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Josie: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Cayden: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tyson: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kaden: 54 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Nolan: 52 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lane: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Grant: 70 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jaxon: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brody: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Trey: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Brock: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Emma	176	↑3	4
2	Madison	175	↓1	2
3	Emily	171	↓1	1
4	Hannah	151	↓1	3
5	Grace	126	–	15
6	Alexis	120	↑4	5
7	Elizabeth	118	↑4	11
8	Olivia	109	↑4	10
9	Abigail	105	↓3	7
10	Anna	101	↑12	20
11	Lauren	96	↑2	13
12	Samantha	93	↓4	9
13	Taylor	90	↓6	18
14	Morgan	83	–	29
15	Sydney	83	–	23
16	Ashley	82	↓7	6
17	Jessica	80	↑3	16
18	Alyssa	77	–	12
19	Megan	74	↓3	22
20	Sarah	71	↓3	8
21	Chloe	69	–	25
22	Rachel	69	↑4	24
23	Kaitlyn	67	↑2	32
24	Allison	63	↑11	44
25	Natalie	63	↑19	30
26	Isabella	61	new	14
27	Paige	59	↑1	51
28	Sophia	56	↑12	27
29	Hailey	55	↓5	31
30	Katelyn	54	–	53
31	Brooke	50	↑16	52
32	Shelby	50	–	75
33	Haley	49	↓14	35
34	Katherine	49	↓3	36
35	Kaylee	49	↓2	57
36	Mackenzie	49	↓13	42
37	Jasmine	48	new	26
38	Jordan	47	new	45
39	Faith	45	↓3	48
40	Jenna	43	↓2	47
41	Kylie	43	new	61
42	Claire	42	↑6	95
43	Victoria	41	new	21
44	Autumn	39	new	73
45	Bailey	39	↓18	84
46	Kayla	39	↓3	19
47	Mia	39	new	43
48	Zoe	39	↑2	60
49	Jennifer	37	new	28
50	Julia	37	↓9	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Jacob	247	–	1
2	Ethan	170	↑1	5
3	Joshua	160	↑3	3
4	Zachary	143	↓2	19
5	Alexander	142	↑10	15
6	Tyler	138	↓2	14
7	Samuel	132	↑3	25
8	Austin	126	↑12	26
9	William	119	↑12	11
10	Logan	117	↑8	29
11	Matthew	117	↓6	4
12	Joseph	116	↑1	7
13	Noah	109	↑6	31
14	Nathan	108	–	28
15	Andrew	107	↓8	6
16	Benjamin	106	–	27
17	Jackson	106	↓5	50
18	Caleb	105	↓1	35
19	Michael	101	↓8	2
20	Nicholas	98	↓11	9
21	Dylan	97	↓13	23
22	Cole	93	↑13	69
23	Hunter	89	↑4	38
24	James	87	↑1	18
25	Anthony	86	↑9	12
26	Mason	86	↑18	53
27	Brandon	85	↑1	20
28	Daniel	81	↓6	10
29	Trevor	80	↑3	81
30	Kyle	79	↑16	40
31	Ryan	79	↓7	16
32	Elijah	78	new	41
33	Connor	77	–	47
34	Christopher	75	↓8	8
35	Blake	74	↑6	76
36	David	72	↓5	13
37	Evan	72	new	56
38	Christian	71	↓9	24
39	Gabriel	71	↓3	32
40	Thomas	71	↑7	36
41	Grant	70	↓3	>100
42	John	70	↓19	17
43	Jack	69	↓3	44
44	Jonathan	67	↓5	21
45	Justin	66	↓15	22
46	Isaac	65	↓9	48
47	Jordan	65	↓2	37
48	Luke	63	↓5	46
49	Aaron	61	new	43
50	Eric	61	new	52

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