Popular baby names in Nebraska, 2020

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 2020 were Olivia for girls (132 babies) and Oliver for boys (128). Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,882 babies born in Nebraska in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 2020

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: 16 babies, 11× the national rate
Willa: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lennon: 25 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Collins: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Maren: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Hallie: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Brinley: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Palmer: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Brynlee: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Elsie: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Brecken: 18 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Briggs: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Crew: 35 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Baylor: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ryker: 57 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Callum: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Barrett: 45 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Brooks: 69 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marshall: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jett: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Olivia	132	–	1
2	Amelia	108	↑2	6
3	Charlotte	103	–	5
4	Emma	94	↓2	2
5	Evelyn	85	↑3	9
6	Harper	85	↓1	10
7	Ava	70	↓1	3
8	Eleanor	59	↑3	22
9	Nora	58	–	30
10	Sophia	58	↓3	4
11	Hazel	56	↑15	31
12	Mia	53	↑5	8
13	Isabella	52	↓3	7
14	Aurora	48	↑19	36
15	Avery	48	↓3	19
16	Ella	48	↓2	15
17	Lucy	48	↑18	50
18	Elizabeth	46	↓2	16
19	Ellie	46	↑22	29
20	Ruby	44	↑19	74
21	Camila	43	↑11	11
22	Cora	43	↑15	88
23	Scarlett	43	↓10	21
24	Lillian	42	↓4	46
25	Mila	42	↓4	20
26	Sofia	42	↓3	17
27	Violet	42	–	37
28	Zoey	42	new	32
29	Addison	41	↓1	47
30	Willow	41	↓6	48
31	Everly	40	↓6	43
32	Josephine	40	new	87
33	Grace	39	↓18	28
34	Hadley	38	↑4	>100
35	Layla	38	↓1	24
36	Stella	38	↓18	42
37	Emily	37	↓18	18
38	Luna	37	↓8	14
39	Madison	37	new	23
40	Penelope	36	↓9	26
41	Abigail	35	↓1	12
42	Chloe	35	↑7	25
43	Isla	35	new	44
44	Paisley	35	↓22	49
45	Emery	34	new	89
46	Gianna	34	new	13
47	Kennedy	34	↑3	72
48	Natalie	34	↓5	51
49	Lily	32	new	35
50	Clara	31	↓8	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Oliver	128	–	3
2	Henry	116	↑1	9
3	Liam	114	↓1	1
4	Theodore	96	↑7	23
5	William	94	↓1	5
6	Noah	83	–	2
7	Elijah	78	↑5	4
8	Jack	76	↑1	21
9	Leo	74	↓1	36
10	Owen	74	↑5	22
11	Brooks	69	↑21	92
12	Maverick	68	↑24	50
13	James	63	↑3	6
14	Mason	63	new	11
15	Asher	59	↑20	32
16	Hudson	59	↓2	43
17	John	58	↑12	27
18	Michael	58	↑10	12
19	Miles	57	↑28	59
20	Ryker	57	↑3	>100
21	Benjamin	56	↓16	7
22	Grayson	54	↓4	35
23	Jackson	54	↓2	17
24	Samuel	54	↓11	25
25	Wyatt	54	↓18	29
26	Cooper	53	↑13	75
27	Isaac	53	↓2	39
28	Sebastian	53	↑18	19
29	Levi	52	↓10	18
30	Lucas	51	↓3	8
31	Alexander	50	↓7	10
32	Julian	49	↑2	34
33	Elias	48	new	54
34	Jaxon	48	↑16	48
35	Everett	46	new	90
36	Thomas	46	new	45
37	Barrett	45	↓7	>100
38	Bennett	44	new	>100
39	Lincoln	43	↓19	40
40	Luke	43	new	31
41	Mateo	43	new	20
42	Aiden	42	↓2	24
43	Carter	42	↓33	33
44	Emmett	42	↑4	>100
45	Logan	42	↓8	16
46	Charles	41	new	46
47	Daniel	41	↓25	14
48	Declan	41	↓4	>100
49	Ethan	40	↓18	13
50	Gabriel	40	new	38

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