Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1970

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (358 babies) and Michael for boys (584). Social Security records list 22,408 babies born in Nebraska in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1970

Names given at least 15 times in Nebraska that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Janelle: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Mindy: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Marci: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rachelle: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jean: 41 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Keri: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kari: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kerri: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kendra: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Peggy: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Cory: 49 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dana: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kent: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darin: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Trent: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Troy: 156 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jay: 63 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Corey: 67 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bradley: 116 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shane: 75 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	358	↑4	1
2	Michelle	327	↓1	4
3	Amy	286	–	5
4	Lisa	281	↓2	2
5	Kimberly	275	↓1	3
6	Angela	212	↑1	6
7	Julie	207	↓1	11
8	Mary	145	↑4	9
9	Tammy	140	↑4	8
10	Tracy	138	↑5	10
11	Christine	126	↓1	14
12	Lori	126	↓4	23
13	Brenda	121	↑4	40
14	Heather	119	↑27	19
15	Melissa	117	↑1	7
16	Stephanie	117	↓2	17
17	Dawn	114	↑1	16
18	Laura	106	↓7	13
19	Susan	102	↓10	15
20	Kelly	99	↓1	20
21	Tina	96	↑2	21
22	Jill	90	↓1	52
23	Shannon	90	↑5	22
24	Michele	87	↑6	31
25	Pamela	86	↑1	26
26	Teresa	86	↑5	34
27	Stacy	84	↑9	42
28	Debra	81	↑5	47
29	Karen	78	↓4	12
30	Wendy	78	↓6	28
31	Rebecca	76	↓11	29
32	Ann	73	↑6	62
33	Cynthia	73	↓6	25
34	Elizabeth	71	–	18
35	Nicole	70	new	30
36	Theresa	66	↑9	53
37	Carrie	65	new	73
38	Patricia	65	↓16	24
39	Jodi	64	–	95
40	Christina	63	↑9	35
41	Sandra	63	↓6	27
42	Denise	57	↓10	36
43	Deborah	56	↑3	33
44	Rhonda	56	↓1	46
45	Kristin	54	new	63
46	Nancy	54	new	50
47	Stacey	53	↓3	48
48	Andrea	52	new	43
49	Barbara	49	↓20	41
50	Dana	49	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	584	–	1
2	David	414	–	3
3	James	406	↑2	2
4	Jeffrey	362	↑3	11
5	Scott	360	↑1	12
6	John	359	↓3	4
7	Robert	343	↓3	5
8	Mark	275	–	9
9	Jason	274	↑9	13
10	Brian	272	↓1	8
11	Christopher	256	↑1	6
12	Steven	254	↓2	15
13	Kevin	215	–	14
14	Matthew	215	↑5	24
15	Daniel	208	–	19
16	Richard	186	–	10
17	Todd	181	↓3	28
18	William	179	↑2	7
19	Timothy	178	↓8	20
20	Thomas	175	↓3	17
21	Troy	156	–	41
22	Eric	153	↑1	18
23	Paul	153	↑4	23
24	Douglas	152	↓2	36
25	Patrick	117	–	33
26	Bradley	116	↑3	47
27	Gregory	112	↓3	26
28	Shawn	110	↑4	34
29	Joseph	109	↓3	16
30	Craig	106	–	39
31	Chad	99	↑3	51
32	Andrew	93	↑11	32
33	Anthony	93	↑4	22
34	Charles	87	↑2	21
35	Kenneth	85	↓2	25
36	Sean	84	↑9	37
37	Gary	81	↑1	35
38	Ronald	79	↓10	29
39	Shane	75	–	64
40	Donald	71	↓9	30
41	Stephen	70	↑1	27
42	Corey	67	↑4	84
43	Dennis	65	↑7	46
44	Larry	64	–	43
45	Aaron	63	new	52
46	Jay	63	new	97
47	Jon	63	↑1	68
48	Brent	57	new	74
49	Travis	56	new	69
50	Jerry	54	↓3	45

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