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Baby names in Nebraska, 1990s

1990–1999 · 185,260 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Nebraska across the 1990s, with 2,998 births in the decade. The state recorded 185,260 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Nebraska in the 1990s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Trev716×
Jaydn1314×
Jadyn44
Cale55
Creighton18
Tyson135
Jayden111
Abbie82

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob2,998
#2Tyler2,464
#3Michael2,271
#4Taylor2,176
#5Matthew2,097
#6Joshua1,974
#7Emily1,923
#8Jordan1,921
#9Zachary1,912
#10Andrew1,886
#11Austin1,853
#12Nicholas1,786
#13Jessica1,776
#14Ashley1,769
#15Ryan1,656
#16Brandon1,621
#17Megan1,488
#18Samantha1,453
#19Sarah1,451
#20Cody1,410
#21Hannah1,392
#22Joseph1,367
#23Elizabeth1,355
#24Alexander1,352
#25Christopher1,330

Other decades in Nebraska

All Nebraska names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org