Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1971

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (472 babies) and Michael for boys (529). Social Security records list 22,073 babies born in Nebraska in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1971

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

Girls

Joni: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Janelle: 27 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Teri: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tami: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Staci: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Keri: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Rachelle: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Bobbi: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Jill: 105 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shari: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Shad: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Cory: 59 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Darin: 36 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Wade: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Trent: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dana: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kent: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rick: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Troy: 141 babies, 3× the national rate
Kurt: 34 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	472	–	1
2	Michelle	356	–	2
3	Amy	320	–	5
4	Lisa	256	–	3
5	Kimberly	233	–	4
6	Angela	208	–	6
7	Julie	191	–	10
8	Dawn	146	↑9	14
9	Melissa	141	↑6	7
10	Tammy	133	↓1	8
11	Lori	128	↑1	25
12	Stephanie	125	↑4	11
13	Susan	125	↑6	17
14	Tracy	121	↓4	13
15	Brenda	120	↓2	43
16	Mary	120	↓8	9
17	Heather	117	↓3	12
18	Tina	114	↑3	20
19	Kelly	113	↑1	22
20	Christine	108	↓9	18
21	Jill	105	↑1	59
22	Laura	104	↓4	16
23	Stacy	100	↑4	32
24	Rebecca	96	↑7	23
25	Shannon	88	↓2	21
26	Andrea	77	↑22	35
27	Christina	75	↑13	30
28	Cynthia	75	↑5	24
29	Nicole	73	↑6	27
30	Elizabeth	72	↑4	19
31	Stacey	72	↑16	41
32	Carrie	71	↑5	55
33	Teresa	71	↓7	34
34	Wendy	71	↓4	29
35	Jodi	64	↑4	94
36	Michele	63	↓12	39
37	Karen	62	↓8	15
38	Patricia	62	–	26
39	Deborah	61	↑4	33
40	Debra	61	↓12	57
41	Pamela	59	↓16	28
42	Denise	57	–	36
43	Heidi	52	new	77
44	Renee	52	new	73
45	Kristi	50	new	>100
46	Kristin	50	↓1	71
47	Ann	48	↓15	78
48	Paula	48	new	63
49	Melanie	47	new	66
50	Sheila	46	new	81

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	529	–	1
2	Scott	405	↑3	10
3	Jason	363	↑6	8
4	James	331	↓1	2
5	David	320	↓3	3
6	John	304	–	4
7	Christopher	303	↑4	6
8	Jeffrey	301	↓4	12
9	Robert	282	↓2	5
10	Brian	279	–	9
11	Matthew	262	↑3	19
12	Mark	238	↓4	13
13	Chad	210	↑18	29
14	Steven	210	↓2	16
15	Kevin	203	↓2	14
16	Daniel	180	↓1	20
17	William	165	↑1	7
18	Todd	162	↓1	30
19	Timothy	161	–	21
20	Richard	147	↓4	11
21	Troy	141	–	46
22	Shawn	131	↑6	28
23	Thomas	131	↓3	17
24	Douglas	124	–	39
25	Gregory	124	↑2	26
26	Joseph	124	↑3	15
27	Eric	118	↓5	18
28	Patrick	112	↓3	35
29	Bradley	103	↓3	58
30	Paul	102	↓7	24
31	Craig	99	↓1	43
32	Ryan	96	new	51
33	Travis	89	↑16	61
34	Andrew	87	↓2	33
35	Shane	85	↑4	60
36	Jeremy	82	new	45
37	Anthony	81	↓4	23
38	Aaron	75	↑7	41
39	Sean	73	↓3	36
40	Donald	71	–	34
41	Charles	70	↓7	22
42	Ronald	69	↓4	31
43	Kenneth	67	↓8	25
44	Brent	64	↑4	73
45	Bryan	61	new	48
46	Corey	60	↓4	77
47	Cory	59	new	>100
48	Jeffery	58	new	53
49	Jerry	58	↑1	50
50	Stephen	55	↓9	27

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