Most popular names

[mom2lulu]

Check out our new feature that lets you look up the popularity of baby names in Nebraska over the last 20 years...our number-crunchers here at the WH got EVERY name from the state, added them up and ranked them. 500,000 names given to babies since 1990.

Go to the momaha.com homepage and scroll down to middle.

See how Addison has kicked butt the last few years....

We'll be running an upcoming feature on this in Veronica's Mom Daily and in our Living section..but you can start having fun with the feature and plugging in names NOW.

[Lagvcha]

I am happy to report that my youngest daughter, (who I named after my mother) still has a pretty exclusive name!! hehe Marcia Rose Jurado. Marcia (pronounced Mar-see-a) has only been used 8 times in Nebraska in 20 years!! Yay for me! hehe My daughter Katie, whose proper name is Caterlina Maria has a super common middle name, but rare first name. My first son if seperated has a common name, but his name is JuanGabriel so keeping it different, and my youngest son has the most common names, (though he has 3), Jacob Aaron Daniel Jurado!! So, so far...so good! hehe

[mom2lulu]

Yeah, it's pretty cool to be able to see EXACTLY where things rank. From my family:

Mary: 37 times the year she was born (2006)
Lucia: 11 times in 2009, 67 times over 20 years

[javamommy]

Yeah both my boys' names ranked somewhere between 40 and 50. It's interesting to see the trends over the years. With both names, Hunter and Henry, I thought we were being somewhat original. I guess not! 

[BrycesMomma]

This is interesting.  Bryce was ranked 180 last year.  Average was a rank of 95! 

[mom2lulu]

Latest story on popular names nationally.

In Nebraska, Addison was No. 1 for 2009, followed by Isabella. Check out our baby names finder on the home page for more.....




WASHINGTON (AP) Scoot over, Emma. Isabella is the new top baby name for girls.

Jacob is the most popular baby name for boys, continuing an 11-year run at the top, the Social Security Administration said Friday. Emma's reign was much shorter, lasting just a year before slipping to No. 2.

Pop culture appeared to influence many of the most popular names in 2009. Barack still didn't crack the top 1,000 for boys, but a version of the president's daughter's name, Malia, was the fastest riser for girls.

"Anything can influence baby names, from pop culture to literature, to music and celebrities," said Jennifer Moss, author of "The One-in-a-Million Baby Name Book" and founder of Babynames.com.

Many of the top names and the fastest risers came straight from the popular "Twilight" series of books and movies, a collection of stories about teen romance and vampires. If that sounds hokey, don't bother naming your son Cullen.

Edward Cullen is one of the lead characters in the "Twilight" books and movies. Edward moved up only 11 spots, to No. 137 on the list. But Cullen was the biggest riser among boys' names, moving up 297 spots, to No. 485.

Edward Cullen is, of course, a vampire. His girlfriend? Bella, a common nickname for Isabella.

Jacob is another character in the stories, but Jacob's reign at the top started well before the first "Twilight" book was published in 2005. Isabella has been in the top 10 since 2004.

"People seem to be a little bit more creative, inventive and flexible with their daughters' names," said Social Security Commissioner Michael J. Astrue. "With boys, I think we tend to be a little bit more consistent. The names don't change quite as much."

A little more than 22,000 girls born in 2009 were named Isabella, followed by Emma, Olivia, Sophia and Ava. Nearly 21,000 boys were named Jacob, followed by Ethan, Michael, Alexander and William.

Mia was the only newcomer to the top 10 for girls, rising from 14th to 10th. Among the boys, Jayden moved up from 11th to 8th, and Noah moved up from 15th to 9th.

[ReillysMom]

My Reilly was only 1 of 2 with her spelling in NE for 2007.... and there are only 37 girls spelled that way in NE since 1990!