Popular baby names in Nebraska, 2005

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 2005 were Emma for girls (158 babies) and Jacob for boys (169). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 18,601 babies born in Nebraska in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 2005

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

Girls

Joslyn: 16 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Makenna: 43 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Mckenna: 34 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Delaney: 37 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lexi: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lauryn: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Josie: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Addison: 55 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tatum: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ellie: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Barrett: 15 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Beau: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Tate: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Easton: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Tyson: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Reece: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cooper: 66 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tucker: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Corbin: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Trey: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Emma	158	–	2
2	Emily	145	–	1
3	Madison	142	–	3
4	Grace	131	–	14
5	Olivia	129	↑1	5
6	Ava	125	↑7	9
7	Hannah	121	↓2	7
8	Elizabeth	104	–	11
9	Ella	103	↑2	23
10	Abigail	94	↓3	4
11	Alexis	87	↓2	13
12	Isabella	85	↑10	6
13	Hailey	81	↑2	26
14	Samantha	81	↓4	8
15	Taylor	81	↑1	24
16	Sophia	80	↓4	12
17	Lauren	78	↓3	21
18	Anna	75	↓1	22
19	Chloe	69	↑2	19
20	Mia	68	↑20	17
21	Ashley	67	↑4	10
22	Alyssa	66	↑4	16
23	Natalie	61	↓3	18
24	Addison	55	new	>100
25	Avery	55	↑10	67
26	Brooklyn	55	new	78
27	Morgan	54	↓3	33
28	Sydney	53	↓9	30
29	Kaylee	52	↑7	40
30	Allison	50	↑9	45
31	Sarah	50	↓8	15
32	Jenna	49	–	62
33	Jessica	49	↓6	27
34	Megan	48	↓5	41
35	Paige	48	↓17	60
36	Brooke	47	↑6	47
37	Lillian	47	–	50
38	Nevaeh	47	new	69
39	Haley	46	↓11	53
40	Faith	44	new	49
41	Mackenzie	44	↓3	51
42	Claire	43	↑1	95
43	Kaitlyn	43	↓10	34
44	Lily	43	–	39
45	Makenna	43	new	>100
46	Jasmine	42	new	29
47	Savannah	41	↑2	35
48	Isabelle	40	new	96
49	Katelyn	40	↑1	59
50	Rachel	40	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Jacob	169	–	1
2	Ethan	164	–	5
3	Samuel	127	–	21
4	Alexander	118	–	13
5	Noah	114	↑14	23
6	Joshua	113	↓1	3
7	Jackson	112	↑4	44
8	Benjamin	108	–	25
9	Dylan	108	↑1	24
10	Jack	108	↑20	34
11	Caleb	107	↑7	35
12	Michael	106	↑4	2
13	William	106	–	11
14	Logan	104	↓5	26
15	Mason	104	↑9	42
16	Tyler	101	↓10	16
17	Andrew	100	↓10	6
18	Zachary	100	↓1	29
19	Daniel	98	↑17	7
20	Carter	97	↑18	77
21	Nathan	97	↓7	20
22	Matthew	96	↓7	4
23	Gabriel	92	↑25	28
24	James	92	↑4	17
25	Ryan	89	↓4	14
26	Joseph	87	↓14	9
27	Gavin	86	↑13	47
28	Connor	82	↓8	48
29	Anthony	79	↓3	8
30	Christian	79	↑3	22
31	Aidan	75	↑19	43
32	Isaac	75	–	49
33	Nicholas	74	↑4	15
34	Landon	73	new	61
35	Hunter	71	↓12	53
36	Austin	70	↓7	38
37	Elijah	70	↓10	31
38	Aiden	69	new	50
39	Evan	69	↓17	39
40	John	68	↓15	18
41	Luke	67	↑4	41
42	Cole	66	↓8	79
43	Cooper	66	new	>100
44	David	66	↓9	12
45	Owen	66	↓4	60
46	Christopher	65	new	10
47	Jayden	64	new	54
48	Brayden	63	new	80
49	Cameron	59	new	52
50	Jonathan	59	↓6	19

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