Trending Boy Names in Nebraska, 2025
Nebraska’s 2025 trending boys’ list is led by Thiago, which climbed from 390th in 2016 to 39th this year.
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Thiago leads the momentum ranking, with Enzo and Atlas close behind. The scale of the rise is the story: Atlas went from 440th in 2016 to 56th in 2025, while Callum made a similarly steep climb to 49th. These are not just familiar top-100 entries; they are the list’s fastest climbers.
Around them, the list mixes short, vowel-forward choices such as Luca, Milo and Leo with surname-style picks like Hayes, Brooks and Bennett and a strong run of Western-sounding names including Stetson, Waylon and Weston. Arthur and Theodore add an old-fashioned counterweight, while Rowan and August keep the unisex and softer side in view.
At the other end of the trending ranking, some names that were much higher in 2016 have slipped even while staying in the 2025 top 100: Mason went from 5th to 90th, Easton from 22nd to 93rd and Ryker from 12th to 93rd. Their presence is a reminder that this page ranks momentum, not just current popularity.
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Ordered by how fast each name climbed from 2016 to 2025. “Since 2016” gives its rank then and now.
| # | Name | Babies | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thiago | 44 | #390 to #39 |
| 2 | Enzo | 38 | #349 to #56 |
| 3 | Atlas | 38 | #440 to #56 |
| 4 | Walker | 31 | #349 to #78 |
| 5 | Callum | 40 | #440 to #49 |
| 6 | Stetson | 32 | #440 to #76 |
| 7 | Emiliano | 31 | #316 to #78 |
| 8 | Arlo | 33 | #349 to #69 |
| 9 | Tate | 32 | #250 to #76 |
| 10 | Arthur | 30 | #198 to #82 |
| 11 | Luca | 43 | #228 to #42 |
| 12 | Waylon | 41 | #210 to #45 |
| 13 | Gael | 25 | #316 to #98 |
| 14 | Archer | 40 | #131 to #49 |
| 15 | Santiago | 55 | #145 to #26 |
| 16 | Mateo | 62 | #154 to #13 |
| 17 | Myles | 51 | #126 to #31 |
| 18 | Hayes | 42 | #173 to #43 |
| 19 | August | 37 | #105 to #59 |
| 20 | Rowan | 41 | #198 to #45 |
| 21 | Jett | 38 | #149 to #56 |
| 22 | Milo | 40 | #173 to #49 |
| 23 | Wesley | 60 | #111 to #16 |
| 24 | Dean | 33 | #210 to #69 |
| 25 | Beau | 58 | #83 to #20 |
#440 was the last rank in 2016: 71 boy names shared it, each given to just 5 babies, the fewest the SSA lists.
| # | Name | Babies | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Elias | 57 | #97 to #21 |
| 27 | Brooks | 64 | #81 to #11 |
| 28 | Weston | 63 | #74 to #12 |
| 29 | Ezra | 44 | #97 to #39 |
| 30 | Knox | 40 | #138 to #49 |
| 31 | Miles | 62 | #67 to #13 |
| 32 | Bennett | 61 | #74 to #15 |
| 33 | Dylan | 47 | #61 to #36 |
| 34 | Asher | 60 | #74 to #16 |
| 35 | Roman | 30 | #167 to #82 |
| 36 | Beckett | 34 | #74 to #67 |
| 37 | Silas | 33 | #105 to #69 |
| 38 | Theodore | 128 | #38 to #2 |
| 39 | Cooper | 82 | #27 to #6 |
| 40 | Maverick | 52 | #58 to #29 |
| 41 | Julian | 57 | #83 to #21 |
| 42 | Thomas | 49 | #49 to #32 |
| 43 | Levi | 59 | #31 to #18 |
| 44 | Leo | 57 | #38 to #21 |
| 45 | Ezekiel | 26 | #105 to #93 |
| 46 | Everett | 40 | #72 to #49 |
| 47 | Calvin | 30 | #113 to #82 |
| 48 | Ian | 26 | #126 to #93 |
| 49 | Hudson | 68 | #20 to #10 |
| 50 | Jack | 59 | #33 to #18 |
| 51 | Emmett | 45 | #54 to #37 |
| 52 | Barrett | 52 | #49 to #29 |
| 53 | Axel | 35 | #83 to #66 |
| 54 | Noah | 109 | #9 to #4 |
| 55 | James | 73 | #13 to #7 |
| 56 | Sebastian | 33 | #72 to #69 |
| 57 | David | 54 | #42 to #27 |
Holding steady or slipping
The rest of the top 100 boy names in Nebraska: none of these climbed steadily from 2016 to 2025. They held their place, slipped, or rose and fell back.
| # | Name | Babies | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | Graham | 34 | #67 to #67 |
| 59 | Vincent | 29 | #58 to #86 |
| 60 | Lucas | 45 | #28 to #37 |
| 61 | Luke | 36 | #43 to #63 |
| 62 | Henry | 113 | #2 to #3 |
| 63 | Charles | 41 | #36 to #45 |
| 64 | Oliver | 101 | #2 to #5 |
| 65 | Lane | 25 | #97 to #98 |
| 66 | Liam | 149 | #1 to #1 |
| 67 | Parker | 33 | #64 to #69 |
| 68 | William | 71 | #7 to #8 |
| 69 | Rhett | 29 | #97 to #86 |
| 70 | Benjamin | 69 | #6 to #9 |
| 71 | Isaac | 48 | #22 to #35 |
| 72 | Elijah | 53 | #8 to #28 |
| 73 | Owen | 56 | #4 to #25 |
| 74 | Caleb | 25 | #52 to #98 |
| 75 | Angel | 29 | #58 to #86 |
| 76 | Nathan | 26 | #67 to #93 |
| 77 | John | 37 | #25 to #59 |
| 78 | Gabriel | 40 | #29 to #49 |
| 79 | Jackson | 41 | #18 to #45 |
| 80 | Samuel | 57 | #16 to #21 |
| 81 | Lincoln | 39 | #36 to #55 |
| 82 | Joseph | 37 | #31 to #59 |
| 83 | Adrian | 30 | #93 to #82 |
| 84 | Grayson | 36 | #16 to #63 |
| 85 | Daniel | 37 | #25 to #59 |
| 86 | Wyatt | 49 | #9 to #32 |
| 87 | Carter | 44 | #15 to #39 |
| 88 | Michael | 49 | #14 to #32 |
| 89 | Alexander | 42 | #11 to #43 |
| 90 | Ethan | 33 | #38 to #69 |
| 91 | Matthew | 27 | #48 to #90 |
| 92 | Sawyer | 28 | #64 to #89 |
| 93 | Robert | 27 | #88 to #90 |
| 94 | Jacob | 31 | #19 to #78 |
| 95 | Isaiah | 33 | #43 to #69 |
| 96 | Ryker | 26 | #12 to #93 |
| 97 | Easton | 26 | #22 to #93 |
| 98 | Mason | 27 | #5 to #90 |