Popular baby names in Nebraska, 2018

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 2018 were Olivia for girls (128 babies) and Liam for boys (129). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 16,906 babies born in Nebraska in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 2018

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

Girls

Berkley: 19 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Macy: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Blakely: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gracelynn: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Brinley: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Brynlee: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Aspen: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Millie: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Emersyn: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sawyer: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Brecken: 17 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Briggs: 21 babies, 10× the national rate
Drake: 23 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Hayes: 31 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Barrett: 56 babies, 6× the national rate
Lane: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ryker: 71 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brooks: 52 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Knox: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Paxton: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Olivia	128	↑1	2
2	Emma	126	↓1	1
3	Evelyn	114	↑2	10
4	Charlotte	109	↓1	6
5	Harper	105	↑2	9
6	Amelia	96	↓2	8
7	Ava	82	↑1	3
8	Sophia	72	↓2	5
9	Scarlett	68	↑8	20
10	Isabella	62	↑1	4
11	Avery	61	↑4	16
12	Hazel	58	↑19	42
13	Mila	58	↑15	14
14	Grace	57	new	24
15	Ella	56	↑1	15
16	Abigail	54	↓3	11
17	Nora	52	↓5	30
18	Mia	51	↓9	7
19	Elizabeth	50	↓9	13
20	Aurora	48	new	44
21	Quinn	48	↑21	85
22	Eleanor	47	↑5	32
23	Ellie	46	↓5	36
24	Everly	46	↑5	53
25	Lillian	46	↓1	34
26	Lucy	46	↓5	51
27	Paisley	46	↑7	52
28	Layla	45	new	27
29	Lily	45	new	31
30	Cora	43	↓10	73
31	Stella	43	↓9	38
32	Violet	43	↓18	43
33	Aria	42	↓8	19
34	Emily	42	↓15	12
35	Willow	42	new	60
36	Lydia	41	↑1	89
37	Zoey	41	↑10	29
38	Chloe	39	↓2	25
39	Sofia	38	↑1	17
40	Emery	37	new	94
41	Madison	37	new	22
42	Addison	36	↓9	35
43	Penelope	36	↓17	26
44	Claire	35	↓21	50
45	Hadley	35	–	>100
46	Ivy	35	new	86
47	Alice	31	new	71
48	Brooklyn	31	↓16	47
49	Josephine	31	new	91
50	Nova	31	↓1	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Liam	129	↑1	1
2	Henry	123	↑2	16
3	Oliver	120	↓2	5
4	William	104	↓1	3
5	Theodore	100	↑33	44
6	Jack	98	↑21	28
7	Owen	95	↑3	25
8	Noah	94	↓3	2
9	Wyatt	89	↑3	27
10	Mason	88	↓1	9
11	James	83	↓4	4
12	Samuel	83	↓6	21
13	Jackson	81	↑4	17
14	Benjamin	79	–	6
15	Grayson	78	↑5	32
16	Carter	76	↑3	24
17	Ryker	71	↓4	>100
18	Alexander	67	↓3	11
19	Hudson	65	↑4	55
20	Daniel	63	↓4	15
21	Elijah	63	↓13	7
22	Lincoln	62	↑3	41
23	Jaxon	61	↑11	39
24	Isaac	60	↓2	34
25	Leo	59	↑12	50
26	Logan	59	↓15	10
27	Easton	58	↓1	66
28	Ethan	58	new	12
29	Ezra	58	new	59
30	Barrett	56	↑13	>100
31	David	56	new	22
32	Aiden	55	↓2	19
33	Maverick	54	↓2	73
34	Brooks	52	new	>100
35	Connor	52	new	58
36	John	51	new	26
37	Gabriel	50	↓4	35
38	Jacob	50	↓10	13
39	Michael	50	↓21	14
40	Asher	49	↓11	47
41	Sebastian	49	↑4	18
42	Cooper	48	↓3	83
43	Everett	48	new	95
44	Emmett	47	new	>100
45	Levi	47	↓4	33
46	Matthew	47	new	20
47	Bennett	46	new	>100
48	Charles	46	↓12	53
49	Joseph	46	↓25	23
50	Lucas	46	↓29	8

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