Popular baby names in Nebraska, 2024

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 2024 were Charlotte for girls (107 babies) and Oliver for boys (137). Charlotte ranked #4 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 16,096 babies born in Nebraska in 2024 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 2024

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

Girls

Merritt: 15 babies, 20.4× the national rate
Collins: 33 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Willa: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Sutton: 34 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Scottie: 30 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hattie: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lennon: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Palmer: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Thea: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ada: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Baylor: 30 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Baker: 33 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ridge: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Armani: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Mack: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Barrett: 44 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Hayes: 47 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Briggs: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ryker: 40 babies, 4× the national rate
Colter: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 2024

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Charlotte	107	–	4
2	Evelyn	83	↑3	8
3	Harper	83	↑5	12
4	Amelia	82	–	3
5	Olivia	82	↓3	1
6	Lainey	77	↑6	38
7	Sophia	74	↓4	6
8	Emma	68	↓1	2
9	Hazel	66	↑4	19
10	Eleanor	64	↓1	14
11	Nora	64	–	22
12	Mia	57	↓6	5
13	Isabella	55	↑5	7
14	Violet	55	↑13	15
15	Aurora	54	↑1	16
16	Ivy	52	↑14	36
17	Elizabeth	50	↓2	17
18	Ava	48	↓4	9
19	Mila	48	↑10	33
20	Penelope	48	↓3	28
21	Willow	47	↓1	41
22	Ellie	46	↑9	21
23	Lucy	45	↓13	34
24	Adeline	41	new	58
25	Scarlett	41	↓6	27
26	Eliana	40	new	18
27	Ella	40	↑9	30
28	Luna	39	–	13
29	Maria	39	new	74
30	Camila	38	↑2	11
31	Isla	38	↑2	35
32	Maeve	38	↑18	75
33	Cecilia	37	new	>100
34	Clara	37	↑9	78
35	Josephine	37	↑10	56
36	Layla	37	↓15	37
37	Sofia	37	↓11	10
38	Ruby	36	↑8	62
39	Nova	35	↓14	39
40	Quinn	35	↓5	96
41	Everly	34	new	81
42	Lily	34	↓8	24
43	Sutton	34	new	>100
44	Vivian	34	new	77
45	Collins	33	new	>100
46	Grace	33	↑1	40
47	Natalie	33	new	73
48	Elena	32	new	46
49	Abigail	30	↓1	32
50	Hadley	30	↓6	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Oliver	137	–	3
2	Theodore	122	↑2	4
3	Henry	113	–	6
4	Liam	107	↓2	1
5	Noah	97	–	2
6	Mateo	72	↑21	7
7	William	71	↓1	10
8	Cooper	70	↑13	50
9	Maverick	70	↑5	36
10	Elijah	68	↓3	8
11	Hudson	68	↑2	22
12	James	66	–	5
13	Owen	66	↓4	26
14	Jack	65	↓4	15
15	Ezra	64	↑10	13
16	Leo	58	↓8	24
17	Lucas	58	↑17	9
18	Dylan	56	↑22	28
19	Levi	56	↓2	12
20	Asher	55	↓9	20
21	Benjamin	54	↓1	11
22	Daniel	54	↑27	16
23	Thomas	53	↑25	39
24	Jackson	52	↓2	35
25	Wesley	52	↑18	58
26	Grayson	51	↓8	48
27	Beau	49	↑8	69
28	Brooks	49	↓12	67
29	Isaac	49	↓3	41
30	Hayes	47	new	>100
31	Lincoln	47	↑16	73
32	Wyatt	46	↑5	38
33	August	45	↓2	88
34	Bennett	45	↓10	60
35	Barrett	44	↓16	>100
36	Carter	43	↑8	46
37	Luke	43	↓7	34
38	Weston	43	↓6	70
39	Emmett	42	new	>100
40	Myles	42	new	99
41	Samuel	42	↓18	17
42	Waylon	42	↑3	65
43	Elias	41	new	25
44	Joseph	41	↑6	32
45	Miles	41	↓30	37
46	Sebastian	41	new	14
47	Charles	40	↓14	51
48	Gabriel	40	new	43
49	John	40	↓20	21
50	Ryker	40	new	>100

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