Popular baby names in Nebraska, 2021

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 2021 were Olivia for girls (114 babies) and Henry for boys (123). Henry ranked #9 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 16,150 babies born in Nebraska in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 2021

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

Girls

Hattie: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Elsie: 30 babies, 5× the national rate
Lainey: 27 babies, 5× the national rate
Bristol: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Willa: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mabel: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Sutton: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Remington: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Millie: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Briella: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Baylor: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Baker: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Wells: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Banks: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Briggs: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Lane: 33 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dax: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sterling: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jett: 34 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Knox: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Olivia	114	–	1
2	Charlotte	112	↑1	3
3	Evelyn	88	↑2	9
4	Amelia	81	↓2	4
5	Eleanor	79	↑3	15
6	Ava	73	↑1	5
7	Harper	73	↓1	10
8	Nora	72	↑1	27
9	Emma	67	↓5	2
10	Sophia	60	–	6
11	Avery	55	↑4	19
12	Hazel	55	↓1	28
13	Isabella	52	–	7
14	Elizabeth	50	↑4	14
15	Luna	49	↑23	11
16	Everly	48	↑15	50
17	Willow	48	↑13	39
18	Zoey	48	↑10	38
19	Mia	46	↓7	8
20	Aurora	44	↓6	35
21	Ellie	44	↓2	30
22	Grace	44	↑11	33
23	Camila	43	↓2	12
24	Ella	43	↓8	16
25	Lucy	43	↓8	48
26	Ivy	42	new	49
27	Aria	41	new	22
28	Isla	41	↑15	34
29	Scarlett	41	↓6	20
30	Chloe	40	↑12	25
31	Lillian	38	↓7	51
32	Paisley	38	↑12	52
33	Penelope	36	↑7	23
34	Clara	35	↑16	>100
35	Gianna	34	↑11	13
36	Ruby	34	↓16	62
37	Kinsley	33	new	57
38	Layla	33	↓3	24
39	Sofia	33	↓13	18
40	Stella	33	↓4	41
41	Addison	32	↓12	45
42	Emily	32	↓5	21
43	Lydia	32	new	89
44	Blakely	31	new	>100
45	Hadley	31	↓11	>100
46	Lily	31	↑3	31
47	Millie	31	new	>100
48	Elsie	30	new	>100
49	Reagan	30	new	>100
50	Charlie	29	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Henry	123	↑1	9
2	Oliver	120	↓1	3
3	Liam	116	–	1
4	Theodore	99	–	10
5	William	90	–	6
6	Owen	85	↑4	22
7	Jack	84	↑1	11
8	Brooks	82	↑3	78
9	Hudson	79	↑7	34
10	Noah	79	↓4	2
11	James	74	↑2	5
12	Lucas	74	↑18	8
13	Elijah	72	↓6	4
14	Leo	70	↓5	31
15	Maverick	63	↓3	47
16	Alexander	62	↑15	13
17	Asher	62	↓2	25
18	Benjamin	61	↑3	7
19	Jackson	61	↑4	14
20	Samuel	60	↑4	23
21	Wyatt	59	↑4	29
22	Cooper	58	↑4	68
23	Ezra	57	new	37
24	Levi	56	↑5	12
25	Mason	54	↓11	18
26	Carter	53	↑17	39
27	Grayson	53	↓5	35
28	David	52	new	30
29	Mateo	52	↑12	15
30	Sebastian	51	↓2	19
31	Wesley	51	new	85
32	Charles	50	↑14	50
33	Ezekiel	50	new	53
34	Luke	50	↑6	32
35	Miles	50	↓16	55
36	Easton	48	new	72
37	Jameson	48	new	80
38	Daniel	47	↑9	16
39	Beau	46	new	94
40	Bennett	42	↓2	90
41	Nolan	42	new	60
42	Everett	41	↓7	83
43	Isaac	41	↓16	40
44	Lincoln	41	↓5	45
45	Aiden	40	↓3	26
46	Hunter	40	new	86
47	Jacob	40	new	24
48	Logan	40	↓3	21
49	Joseph	39	new	28
50	Michael	39	↓32	17

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