Popular baby names in Nebraska, 2012

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 2012 were Emma for girls (157 babies) and Liam for boys (155). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Liam ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,644 babies born in Nebraska in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 2012

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: 23 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Halle: 18 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Emersyn: 18 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Tenley: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kinsley: 41 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Mckinley: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Quinn: 44 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Elsie: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lucille: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brynlee: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Brecken: 19 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Kyler: 42 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Barrett: 25 babies, 6× the national rate
Ryker: 47 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Tate: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Knox: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Paxton: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Cruz: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Reid: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Beckett: 22 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	157	–	2
2	Olivia	138	↑2	4
3	Sophia	129	↓1	1
4	Harper	106	↑5	24
5	Ava	90	↓2	5
6	Ella	76	↓1	12
7	Avery	73	↑3	13
8	Isabella	70	↓2	3
9	Addison	67	↑2	14
10	Emily	67	↑3	6
11	Lillian	67	↑6	25
12	Charlotte	64	↑7	19
13	Elizabeth	63	↑3	10
14	Grace	62	↑1	21
15	Evelyn	61	↑3	27
16	Mia	61	↑6	8
17	Chloe	59	↓10	11
18	Lily	59	↑2	16
19	Amelia	58	↑2	23
20	Brooklyn	58	↓6	29
21	Zoey	58	↑2	20
22	Claire	57	↑7	45
23	Madison	57	↓15	9
24	Natalie	57	↑1	17
25	Alexis	56	↑14	40
26	Aubrey	53	↓2	15
27	Layla	46	↑10	31
28	Aubree	45	new	60
29	Hannah	45	↓1	22
30	Abigail	44	↓18	7
31	Quinn	44	new	>100
32	Kinsley	41	new	>100
33	Ellie	39	↓3	85
34	Leah	39	new	33
35	Kennedy	38	↑7	84
36	Nora	38	new	>100
37	Stella	37	↑8	62
38	Lucy	36	↓6	66
39	Gabriella	35	↓3	37
40	Alexa	34	↑9	57
41	Hailey	34	–	32
42	Samantha	34	new	26
43	Allison	33	↑3	38
44	Lydia	33	↓11	95
45	Nevaeh	32	new	39
46	Reese	32	↑1	>100
47	Anna	31	↓21	34
48	Eva	31	new	86
49	Hadley	31	new	>100
50	Kaylee	31	↓19	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Liam	155	↑6	6
2	William	134	↑1	5
3	Mason	124	↓2	2
4	Jackson	114	↓2	21
5	Owen	106	↑14	38
6	Benjamin	100	↑25	16
7	Noah	99	↑2	4
8	Samuel	98	↑10	25
9	Jacob	96	↓4	1
10	Logan	94	–	22
11	Carter	93	↓5	36
12	Elijah	88	↑1	13
13	Ethan	85	↓5	3
14	James	85	↑7	14
15	Gabriel	81	↑35	24
16	Wyatt	79	↓4	41
17	Aiden	78	↑5	10
18	Henry	78	↓4	44
19	Joseph	75	↑22	19
20	Easton	74	↓9	96
21	Isaac	73	↓1	30
22	Cooper	72	↓6	83
23	Connor	71	↑9	59
24	Luke	71	↑9	37
25	Evan	70	new	47
26	Gavin	70	↓1	40
27	Jack	70	↓12	46
28	Andrew	69	↑7	18
29	Lucas	69	↑16	27
30	Alexander	68	↓26	9
31	Daniel	68	↓2	11
32	Landon	68	↓15	35
33	Brayden	67	↑9	39
34	Jayden	64	↑9	8
35	Bentley	63	↑3	75
36	Eli	62	↑4	43
37	Michael	62	↓14	7
38	Nolan	61	new	89
39	Joshua	60	↓9	17
40	Hudson	59	↓6	93
41	Ryan	59	↓14	26
42	David	58	new	20
43	Grayson	58	new	86
44	Levi	57	new	55
45	Braxton	56	new	>100
46	Caleb	55	↓20	32
47	Hunter	55	↓11	45
48	Matthew	55	new	12
49	Parker	54	new	81
50	Anthony	53	↓22	15

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