Popular baby names in Nebraska, 2023

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 2023 were Charlotte for girls (104 babies) and Oliver for boys (121). Charlotte ranked #3 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,470 babies born in Nebraska in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 2023

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

Girls

Baylor: 16 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Briar: 17 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Hattie: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Collins: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Palmer: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sutton: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Wrenley: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lainey: 53 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Hadley: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Hallie: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Huxley: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Barrett: 52 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Briggs: 25 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tripp: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Baker: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Baylor: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Otto: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Knox: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Graham: 46 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Banks: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 2023

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Charlotte	104	–	3
2	Olivia	89	–	1
3	Sophia	84	↑4	5
4	Amelia	81	↑4	4
5	Evelyn	79	–	9
6	Mia	74	↑4	6
7	Emma	72	↓4	2
8	Harper	70	↓4	11
9	Eleanor	61	↑3	14
10	Lucy	57	↑18	40
11	Nora	57	↑5	24
12	Lainey	53	new	54
13	Hazel	52	↓7	18
14	Ava	51	↓5	8
15	Elizabeth	49	↑4	15
16	Aurora	47	↑31	22
17	Penelope	47	↑9	23
18	Isabella	46	↓5	7
19	Scarlett	46	↓2	17
20	Willow	45	↑11	41
21	Layla	44	↑25	30
22	Avery	43	↑13	29
23	Lillian	43	↑4	55
24	Paisley	43	↓2	56
25	Nova	42	↑14	35
26	Sofia	42	new	12
27	Violet	42	↓16	16
28	Luna	41	↓14	10
29	Mila	41	–	28
30	Ivy	40	↓10	38
31	Ellie	39	↑1	27
32	Camila	37	↓7	13
33	Isla	35	↑5	33
34	Lily	35	↓10	20
35	Quinn	35	new	86
36	Ella	34	↓18	32
37	Emily	34	↑13	19
38	Gianna	34	new	21
39	Madelyn	34	new	58
40	Millie	33	new	>100
41	Sadie	33	new	59
42	Chloe	31	↓19	26
43	Clara	31	↑1	98
44	Hadley	31	↓7	>100
45	Josephine	31	new	64
46	Ruby	31	↓25	65
47	Grace	29	↓32	39
48	Abigail	28	new	31
49	Kinsley	28	↓15	67
50	Maeve	28	new	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Oliver	121	–	3
2	Liam	112	↑1	1
3	Henry	104	↓1	8
4	Theodore	96	–	7
5	Noah	86	↑2	2
6	William	86	↑3	10
7	Elijah	82	↑9	5
8	Leo	82	↑4	18
9	Owen	80	↓3	20
10	Jack	79	↓2	14
11	Asher	71	↓1	23
12	James	70	↓7	4
13	Hudson	68	↓2	21
14	Maverick	67	↑11	37
15	Miles	63	↑29	43
16	Brooks	61	↓2	73
17	Levi	60	↑2	12
18	Grayson	54	↑3	44
19	Barrett	52	new	>100
20	Benjamin	52	↓7	11
21	Cooper	50	↓1	52
22	Jackson	50	↑2	28
23	Samuel	50	↑4	19
24	Bennett	49	↑16	74
25	Ezra	49	↑3	15
26	Isaac	49	↓9	42
27	Mateo	49	↓9	6
28	Graham	46	new	>100
29	John	46	new	26
30	Luke	46	↓7	31
31	August	45	new	>100
32	Weston	45	↓1	75
33	Charles	44	↑8	54
34	Lucas	44	↓19	9
35	Beau	43	↑10	81
36	Parker	43	new	91
37	Wyatt	43	↓5	47
38	Alexander	42	↓12	22
39	Anthony	42	new	46
40	Dylan	42	new	34
41	Walker	42	new	85
42	Theo	41	↑7	78
43	Wesley	41	↓13	70
44	Carter	40	↓2	48
45	Waylon	40	new	63
46	Ezekiel	39	new	50
47	Lincoln	39	↓14	64
48	Thomas	39	↓11	41
49	Daniel	38	↓3	17
50	Joseph	38	↓21	29

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