Popular baby names in Nebraska, 2025

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 2025 were Charlotte for girls (95 babies) and Liam for boys (149). Charlotte ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 15,915 babies born in Nebraska in 2025 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 2025

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: 24 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Della: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Hattie: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Murphy: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Leighton: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Thea: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Wrenley: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lennon: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Maisie: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Collins: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Baylor: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Briggs: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Barrett: 52 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Baker: 36 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Knox: 40 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Hank: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Boone: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Benson: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Hayes: 42 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sutton: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 2025

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Charlotte	95	–	2
2	Evelyn	82	–	8
3	Harper	80	–	16
4	Amelia	79	–	4
5	Olivia	75	–	1
6	Eleanor	74	↑4	12
7	Ailany	58	new	14
8	Ivy	58	↑8	39
9	Mia	58	↑3	6
10	Violet	58	↑4	13
11	Emma	57	↓3	3
12	Hazel	56	↓3	21
13	Clara	54	↑21	63
14	Sophia	54	↓7	5
15	Lainey	52	↓9	30
16	Nora	51	↓5	20
17	Ava	49	↑1	11
18	Willow	49	↑3	44
19	Aurora	48	↓4	15
20	Eliana	47	↑6	10
21	Elizabeth	46	↓4	17
22	Scarlett	46	↑3	32
23	Lucy	45	–	25
24	Sofia	42	↑13	9
25	Ella	41	↑2	29
26	Grace	41	↑20	38
27	Eloise	40	new	49
28	Josephine	40	↑7	53
29	Parker	40	new	>100
30	Avery	38	new	37
31	Isabella	38	↓18	7
32	Ruby	38	↑6	64
33	Lily	37	↑9	18
34	Millie	37	new	73
35	Chloe	36	new	23
36	Abigail	35	↑13	41
37	Ellie	35	↓15	24
38	Lydia	35	new	92
39	Maeve	35	↓7	76
40	Wrenley	34	new	>100
41	Emersyn	33	new	>100
42	Leilani	33	new	60
43	Lillian	33	new	57
44	Scottie	33	new	>100
45	Delilah	32	new	51
46	Quinn	32	↓6	97
47	Camila	31	↓17	19
48	Luna	31	↓20	27
49	Lyla	31	new	80
50	Vivian	31	↓6	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Liam	149	↑3	1
2	Theodore	128	–	4
3	Henry	113	–	5
4	Noah	109	↑1	2
5	Oliver	101	↓4	3
6	Cooper	82	↑2	27
7	James	73	↑5	6
8	William	71	↓1	9
9	Benjamin	69	↑12	11
10	Hudson	68	↑1	17
11	Brooks	64	↑17	64
12	Weston	63	↑26	55
13	Mateo	62	↓7	8
14	Miles	62	↑31	44
15	Bennett	61	↑19	40
16	Asher	60	↑4	28
17	Wesley	60	↑8	52
18	Jack	59	↓4	15
19	Levi	59	–	12
20	Beau	58	↑7	60
21	Elias	57	↑22	13
22	Julian	57	new	25
23	Leo	57	↓7	19
24	Samuel	57	↑17	18
25	Owen	56	↓12	31
26	Santiago	55	new	26
27	David	54	new	35
28	Elijah	53	↓18	7
29	Barrett	52	↑6	>100
30	Maverick	52	↓21	49
31	Myles	51	↑9	100
32	Michael	49	new	21
33	Thomas	49	↓10	34
34	Wyatt	49	↓2	38
35	Isaac	48	↓6	47
36	Dylan	47	↓18	41
37	Emmett	45	↑2	>100
38	Lucas	45	↓21	10
39	Carter	44	↓3	45
40	Ezra	44	↓25	20
41	Thiago	44	new	50
42	Luca	43	new	14
43	Alexander	42	new	30
44	Hayes	42	↓14	>100
45	Charles	41	↑2	48
46	Jackson	41	↓22	36
47	Rowan	41	new	59
48	Waylon	41	↓6	56
49	Archer	40	new	98
50	Callum	40	new	>100

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