Popular baby names in Nebraska, 2017

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 2017 were Emma for girls (124 babies) and Oliver for boys (147). Oliver ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,620 babies born in Nebraska in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 2017

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: 20 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Emersyn: 31 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Willa: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Aspen: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Elsie: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Everleigh: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cecilia: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Blakely: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Felicity: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Elaina: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Brecken: 17 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Briggs: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Hayes: 23 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Barrett: 48 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ryker: 79 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Cohen: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kyson: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Daxton: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rhett: 47 babies, 4× the national rate
Lane: 25 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Emma	124	–	1
2	Olivia	116	↑2	2
3	Charlotte	104	↑2	7
4	Amelia	103	↑8	8
5	Evelyn	91	↑2	9
6	Sophia	90	–	5
7	Harper	86	↓5	11
8	Ava	80	↓5	3
9	Mia	72	–	6
10	Elizabeth	69	–	13
11	Isabella	69	↑3	4
12	Nora	68	↑1	29
13	Abigail	62	↑3	10
14	Violet	58	↑13	47
15	Avery	57	↓7	14
16	Ella	57	↑3	16
17	Scarlett	55	↓2	18
18	Ellie	52	↑29	44
19	Emily	52	↓8	12
20	Cora	50	↑3	83
21	Lucy	49	↑7	52
22	Stella	48	↑17	42
23	Claire	47	↓2	49
24	Lillian	47	↑1	27
25	Aria	46	↑7	20
26	Penelope	44	↑9	24
27	Eleanor	43	↓7	36
28	Mila	43	new	30
29	Everly	42	↑14	82
30	Hannah	42	↑18	32
31	Hazel	42	↓7	43
32	Brooklyn	41	↓14	39
33	Addison	40	↓4	34
34	Paisley	40	↓3	45
35	Piper	40	↑1	81
36	Chloe	39	↑6	22
37	Lydia	39	↑7	85
38	Camila	38	new	23
39	Natalie	38	new	35
40	Sofia	38	↓2	15
41	Clara	37	↓7	95
42	Quinn	37	↓9	76
43	Aubrey	36	↑7	31
44	Audrey	36	new	46
45	Hadley	36	↓23	>100
46	Vivian	36	new	97
47	Zoey	36	↓2	28
48	Kinsley	35	↑1	59
49	Nova	35	new	94
50	Adeline	34	↓4	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Oliver	147	↑2	10
2	Liam	124	↓1	1
3	William	118	↑4	3
4	Henry	105	↓2	19
5	Noah	97	↑4	2
6	Samuel	92	↑11	21
7	James	91	↑6	4
8	Elijah	86	–	8
9	Mason	85	↓4	7
10	Owen	83	↓6	28
11	Logan	82	↑24	5
12	Wyatt	82	↓2	25
13	Ryker	79	↓1	>100
14	Benjamin	76	↓8	6
15	Alexander	72	↓4	13
16	Daniel	72	↑9	15
17	Jackson	72	↑1	20
18	Michael	72	↓4	12
19	Carter	71	↓4	24
20	Grayson	71	↓4	34
21	Lucas	71	↑7	11
22	Isaac	70	↑1	32
23	Hudson	69	↓3	64
24	Joseph	64	↑7	18
25	Lincoln	64	↑12	41
26	Easton	63	↓4	66
27	Jack	63	↑6	36
28	Jacob	61	↓9	9
29	Asher	60	new	59
30	Aiden	57	↓1	17
31	Maverick	56	new	84
32	Luke	55	↑12	30
33	Gabriel	53	↓3	31
34	Jaxon	53	new	43
35	Landon	53	↑11	57
36	Charles	52	–	48
37	Leo	51	↑3	62
38	Theodore	50	↑3	61
39	Cooper	49	↓12	88
40	Greyson	49	new	80
41	Levi	49	↓9	35
42	Thomas	49	new	49
43	Barrett	48	↑6	>100
44	Eli	48	↓10	54
45	Sebastian	48	new	23
46	Andrew	47	new	40
47	Anthony	47	new	33
48	Parker	47	new	90
49	Rhett	47	new	>100
50	Hunter	46	↓29	53

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