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Baby names in Nebraska, 2000s

2000–2009 · 187,038 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Nebraska across the 2000s, with 1,999 births in the decade. The state recorded 187,038 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Nebraska in the 2000s

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
Neleigh619×
Creighton6315×
Nyamal611×
Treyton77
Trevin67
Joslyn112
Cael65
Emersyn33

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob1,999
#2Emma1,524
#3Ethan1,499
#4Emily1,385
#5Madison1,355
#6Alexander1,279
#7Samuel1,227
#8Hannah1,198
#9Logan1,197
#10Joshua1,180
#11Grace1,144
#12Tyler1,138
#13Andrew1,136
#14Olivia1,134
#15Noah1,120
#16Alexis1,110
#17William1,108
#18Zachary1,077
#19Michael1,062
#20Jackson1,061
#21Joseph1,038
#22Benjamin1,023
#23Elizabeth1,019
#23Matthew1,019
#25Abigail987

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