Name Legacy

Baby names in Nebraska, 2010s

2010–2019 · 176,329 recorded births

Emma was the most common name given in Nebraska across the 2010s, with 1,291 births in the decade. The state recorded 176,329 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Nebraska in the 2010s

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
Creighton4512×
Brecken16910×
Burke42
Eh27
Barrett359
Briggs105
Berkley92
Juana42

Top 25 in the 2010s

RankNameBirths
#1Emma1,291
#2Olivia1,265
#3Liam1,213
#4William1,128
#5Mason1,045
#6Sophia1,021
#7Henry1,018
#8Noah1,001
#9Ava997
#10Harper988
#11Oliver921
#12Owen910
#13Carter902
#14Jackson888
#15Samuel869
#16Charlotte855
#17Logan853
#18Elijah845
#19Avery841
#20Wyatt834
#21Benjamin825
#22Alexander816
#22Jacob816
#24Isabella802
#25James780

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