Nebraska
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Nebraska has been given to 85 babies in the U.S. since 1914. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1927, with 6 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 51% boys, 49% girls all-time.
Babies named Nebraska, 1954
1 in 796,000
Nebraska over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Nebraska over time
In 2023, Nebraska went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Nebraska?
Nebraska had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1954, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1954
- 1 in 796,000
- 5 of 3,979,464 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 408,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 1954
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 551,672 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Nebraska sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1954 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 551,672 children born in 1954 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nebraska. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Nebraskas were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Nebraska was born before 1930 — so the typical Nebraska is around 95 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1930s
- 27.9% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 51.2%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 5
- People you could plausibly meet
1930s — 27.9% of all recorded uses (12).
Is Nebraska rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
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- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1927 (6)
- Years since peak
- 98
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Not enough data
- Too few years
Nebraska by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Nebraska
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Nebraska
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.