Popular baby names in Nebraska, 2016

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 2016 were Emma for girls (138 babies) and Liam for boys (118). Liam ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 18,041 babies born in Nebraska in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 2016

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

Girls

Lennon: 21 babies, 7× the national rate
Hattie: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Leighton: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Brinley: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gracelynn: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Emersyn: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tatum: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Hadley: 54 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kenzie: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Blakely: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Brecken: 16 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Briggs: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Barrett: 47 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Ryker: 83 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kasen: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lane: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Beckham: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Drake: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Hayes: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brooks: 35 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Emma	138	↑1	1
2	Harper	117	↑1	11
3	Ava	107	↑2	3
4	Olivia	105	↓3	2
5	Charlotte	97	↓1	7
6	Sophia	92	–	4
7	Evelyn	86	↑1	12
8	Avery	79	↑2	16
9	Mia	79	–	6
10	Elizabeth	76	↓3	13
11	Emily	76	–	9
12	Amelia	75	↑2	10
13	Nora	71	↑5	36
14	Isabella	66	↓2	5
15	Scarlett	65	↑4	18
16	Abigail	64	↑6	8
17	Grace	64	↓4	19
18	Brooklyn	62	↑31	34
19	Ella	60	↑4	17
20	Eleanor	57	↑16	41
21	Claire	55	↑14	40
22	Hadley	54	↓1	>100
23	Cora	52	↑3	87
24	Hazel	52	↑8	52
25	Lillian	50	↓9	28
26	Lily	49	↑11	24
27	Violet	49	↑14	47
28	Lucy	47	↑5	55
29	Addison	46	↓9	29
30	Madison	46	↑4	15
31	Paisley	45	↓14	46
32	Aria	43	↑7	23
33	Quinn	43	↑5	79
34	Clara	42	↑10	100
35	Penelope	42	new	27
36	Piper	42	↓8	67
37	Riley	42	new	22
38	Sofia	42	↑8	14
39	Stella	40	↓14	45
40	Victoria	40	↑7	21
41	Kennedy	39	↓12	59
42	Chloe	37	↓18	20
43	Everly	37	↓1	>100
44	Lydia	37	new	80
45	Zoey	37	↓30	26
46	Adeline	36	new	63
47	Ellie	36	↓2	43
48	Hannah	36	↓17	33
49	Kinsley	36	new	86
50	Aubrey	35	↓23	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Liam	118	↑2	2
2	Henry	117	↓1	22
3	Oliver	117	↑2	12
4	Owen	105	↑2	24
5	Mason	103	↑4	4
6	Benjamin	99	↑6	6
7	William	98	↓5	3
8	Elijah	92	↑6	9
9	Noah	91	↓5	1
10	Wyatt	91	↑1	33
11	Alexander	90	↑2	11
12	Ryker	83	↑15	>100
13	James	82	↑4	5
14	Michael	78	↑9	8
15	Carter	76	↓8	26
16	Grayson	75	↑33	37
17	Samuel	75	↓9	21
18	Jackson	74	↑12	17
19	Jacob	72	↓3	7
20	Hudson	71	↑4	61
21	Hunter	69	↑18	45
22	Easton	68	↓3	66
23	Isaac	68	↓13	31
24	Connor	67	new	54
25	Daniel	66	↑4	13
26	John	66	↑16	28
27	Cooper	65	↓1	79
28	Lucas	64	↓3	14
29	Aiden	62	↓1	16
30	Gabriel	62	↑3	25
31	Joseph	61	↓11	20
32	Levi	61	↑11	42
33	Jack	60	↓18	38
34	Eli	59	↑2	50
35	Logan	59	↓4	18
36	Charles	58	↑11	52
37	Lincoln	58	new	51
38	Braxton	56	–	>100
39	Ethan	56	↓21	10
40	Leo	56	new	74
41	Theodore	56	new	83
42	David	55	↓7	19
43	Isaiah	52	new	47
44	Luke	52	↓4	29
45	Jaxson	50	↓11	82
46	Landon	50	↓24	53
47	Nolan	50	new	67
48	Matthew	49	new	15
49	Barrett	47	new	>100
50	Bentley	47	new	100

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