Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1972

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (541 babies) and Michael for boys (479). Social Security records list 20,158 babies born in Nebraska in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1972

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: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Lynette: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mindy: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Traci: 50 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brenda: 116 babies, 3× the national rate
Jill: 86 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Molly: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jodi: 56 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Becky: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kerri: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Tyler: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Wade: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cory: 52 babies, 4× the national rate
Kent: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kirk: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Trevor: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Chad: 261 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bradley: 94 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Toby: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brent: 66 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	541	–	1
2	Amy	322	↑1	5
3	Michelle	296	↓1	2
4	Lisa	224	–	3
5	Angela	219	↑1	6
6	Kimberly	187	↓1	4
7	Heather	166	↑10	9
8	Julie	155	↓1	12
9	Nicole	148	↑20	10
10	Melissa	139	↓1	7
11	Rebecca	139	↑13	14
12	Stephanie	124	–	8
13	Brenda	116	↑2	44
14	Tammy	111	↓4	11
15	Mary	108	↑1	13
16	Dawn	105	↓8	20
17	Christine	94	↑3	16
18	Lori	91	↓7	28
19	Jill	86	↑2	62
20	Shannon	86	↑5	22
21	Susan	84	↓8	24
22	Tracy	83	↓8	19
23	Tina	80	↓5	18
24	Kelly	78	↓5	23
25	Laura	77	↓3	17
26	Stacy	75	↓3	33
27	Andrea	74	↓1	30
28	Heidi	72	↑15	64
29	Elizabeth	69	↑1	15
30	Karen	67	↑7	21
31	Wendy	65	↑3	29
32	Pamela	63	↑9	34
33	Carrie	61	↓1	53
34	Christina	61	↓7	26
35	Teresa	59	↓2	39
36	Jodi	56	↓1	97
37	Cynthia	54	↓9	25
38	Denise	53	↑4	35
39	Kristi	51	↑6	>100
40	Traci	50	new	>100
41	Tiffany	48	new	61
42	Michele	47	↓6	36
43	Stacey	46	↓12	41
44	Patricia	45	↓6	27
45	Sarah	45	new	49
46	Ann	44	↑1	91
47	Barbara	43	new	58
48	Jessica	43	new	46
49	Shelly	42	new	94
50	Kristin	41	↓4	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	479	–	1
2	Jason	453	↑1	7
3	Christopher	376	↑4	2
4	Brian	331	↑6	8
5	David	316	–	4
6	Jeffrey	310	↑2	17
7	Scott	293	↓5	11
8	Chad	261	↑5	25
9	Matthew	257	↑2	10
10	John	255	↓4	5
11	James	248	↓7	3
12	Robert	246	↓3	6
13	Daniel	188	↑3	15
14	Timothy	167	↑5	21
15	William	166	↑2	9
16	Kevin	164	↓1	13
17	Mark	162	↓5	18
18	Steven	158	↓4	19
19	Eric	152	↑8	16
20	Thomas	140	↑3	20
21	Todd	137	↓3	31
22	Ryan	134	↑10	39
23	Joseph	131	↑3	12
24	Richard	131	↓4	14
25	Shawn	115	↓3	28
26	Troy	109	↓5	49
27	Aaron	103	↑11	40
28	Patrick	99	–	35
29	Anthony	97	↑8	22
30	Andrew	94	↑4	30
31	Bradley	94	↓2	61
32	Shane	90	↑3	55
33	Douglas	88	↓9	43
34	Gregory	87	↓9	26
35	Paul	86	↓5	24
36	Travis	86	↓3	57
37	Sean	82	↑2	33
38	Charles	76	↑3	23
39	Jeremy	75	↓3	42
40	Craig	67	↓9	46
41	Brent	66	↑3	77
42	Ronald	66	–	32
43	Donald	62	↓3	36
44	Bryan	61	↑1	45
45	Kenneth	60	↓2	27
46	Jonathan	57	new	37
47	Justin	57	new	60
48	Brandon	55	new	63
49	Jeffery	54	↓1	58
50	Cory	52	↓3	>100

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