Popular baby names in Nebraska, 2009

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 2009 were Addison for girls (129 babies) and Alexander for boys (142). Addison ranked #12 nationally for girls. Alexander ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 18,580 babies born in Nebraska in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 2009

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: 20 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Kinley: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Macy: 27 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Josie: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Hadley: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Brynn: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Joselyn: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Delaney: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Emerson: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Norah: 17 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Barrett: 21 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Cale: 15 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Kale: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Beau: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kade: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Paxton: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Keaton: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jaxson: 45 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Easton: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Grady: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Addison	129	↑1	12
2	Isabella	119	↑7	1
3	Ava	118	↓2	5
4	Olivia	116	–	3
5	Sophia	110	–	4
6	Emma	108	↓3	2
7	Ella	101	↓1	15
8	Emily	98	↑5	6
9	Alexis	85	↓1	13
10	Grace	84	↓3	17
11	Chloe	83	↑3	9
12	Elizabeth	75	↓1	11
13	Madison	73	↓3	7
14	Avery	69	↑8	32
15	Brooklyn	66	↑14	37
16	Abigail	65	↓4	8
17	Lillian	64	↑1	27
18	Taylor	62	↑2	22
19	Natalie	61	↓3	16
20	Claire	58	↑4	53
21	Hailey	58	–	25
22	Mia	58	↑1	10
23	Lily	57	↓8	18
24	Hannah	55	↓7	23
25	Anna	54	↑8	28
26	Samantha	54	↓7	14
27	Kaylee	53	↑22	26
28	Aubrey	51	↑3	41
29	Lauren	46	↓3	46
30	Leah	46	↑9	29
31	Audrey	42	new	49
32	Morgan	42	↓5	57
33	Reagan	41	new	>100
34	Ellie	39	new	>100
35	Payton	39	new	84
36	Peyton	38	↑1	42
37	Alyssa	37	↓12	19
38	Bailey	36	↓3	85
39	Madelyn	36	↑2	59
40	Sarah	36	↑4	21
41	Ashley	35	↓1	20
42	Jocelyn	35	new	71
43	Layla	35	new	45
44	Molly	35	new	92
45	Nevaeh	35	↓17	34
46	Amelia	34	new	55
47	Brianna	34	↓15	24
48	Isabelle	34	↓2	100
49	Ashlyn	33	new	>100
50	Madeline	33	↓16	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Alexander	142	↑7	4
2	Carter	128	↑8	50
3	Noah	127	↑2	9
4	William	122	↑3	5
5	Jacob	120	↓4	1
6	Ethan	119	↓4	2
7	Logan	118	↓3	17
8	Samuel	116	↓5	24
9	Landon	108	↑7	36
10	Gavin	106	↓4	33
11	Jackson	100	↑1	27
12	Caleb	95	↑5	31
13	Owen	95	↑9	51
14	Mason	94	↑1	34
15	Jack	90	↑26	42
16	Benjamin	85	↑4	19
17	Elijah	85	↑23	21
18	Michael	84	↑8	3
19	Brayden	83	↑2	48
20	Wyatt	83	↓1	60
21	Matthew	82	new	13
22	Aiden	80	↓11	12
23	Evan	80	↑10	35
24	Anthony	77	↓15	11
25	Isaac	77	↑4	40
26	Gabriel	76	↑18	22
27	Hunter	76	↑3	56
28	Daniel	74	–	7
29	Cooper	73	↓5	84
30	James	72	↓5	18
31	Ryan	72	↑5	20
32	Nathan	70	↑10	25
33	Joshua	68	↓10	6
34	Andrew	67	↓20	16
35	Jayden	67	–	8
36	Joseph	67	↓23	15
37	John	64	new	26
38	Tyler	64	↓1	28
39	Chase	63	–	61
40	Brody	62	↓22	77
41	Carson	62	↑4	88
42	Christian	62	new	23
43	Dylan	61	–	30
44	Christopher	60	new	10
45	Jonathan	60	↑1	29
46	Henry	58	new	71
47	Blake	57	↓20	89
48	Luke	57	new	47
49	Connor	56	↓18	52
50	Austin	54	new	63

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