Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1973

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (582 babies) and Michael for boys (494). Social Security records list 19,423 babies born in Nebraska in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1973

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: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tammi: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Staci: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bobbi: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Teri: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jodi: 64 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kristine: 43 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Becky: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kelli: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Trisha: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Cory: 66 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Darin: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kent: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Trevor: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heath: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Troy: 107 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tyler: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kirk: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Ryan: 196 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Brent: 62 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	582	–	1
2	Amy	297	–	2
3	Michelle	276	–	3
4	Angela	222	↑1	7
5	Heather	194	↑2	8
6	Lisa	189	↓2	5
7	Kimberly	177	↓1	4
8	Julie	155	–	12
9	Melissa	149	↑1	6
10	Nicole	140	↓1	11
11	Stephanie	131	↑1	9
12	Rebecca	118	↓1	10
13	Dawn	106	↑3	21
14	Tracy	98	↑8	20
15	Kelly	94	↑9	18
16	Brenda	86	↓3	53
17	Mary	86	↓2	14
18	Christina	84	↑16	16
19	Stacy	82	↑7	32
20	Christine	79	↓3	17
21	Lori	78	↓3	28
22	Jill	77	↓3	62
23	Tammy	76	↓9	15
24	Shannon	72	↓4	22
25	Susan	72	↓4	25
26	Sarah	70	↑19	35
27	Elizabeth	69	↑2	13
28	Tina	69	↓5	24
29	Carrie	64	↑4	46
30	Jodi	64	↑6	100
31	Karen	62	↓1	23
32	Laura	61	↓7	19
33	Wendy	60	↓2	29
34	Stacey	59	↑9	41
35	Andrea	55	↓8	30
36	Heidi	53	↓8	65
37	Erin	51	new	79
38	Tara	50	new	37
39	Teresa	50	↓4	45
40	Denise	49	↓2	38
41	Sara	49	new	89
42	Cynthia	48	↓5	26
43	Tamara	48	new	66
44	Jessica	43	↑4	34
45	Kristine	43	new	>100
46	Patricia	43	↓2	27
47	Amanda	42	new	51
48	Ann	42	↓2	93
49	April	42	new	33
50	Michele	42	↓8	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	494	–	1
2	Jason	475	–	3
3	Brian	377	↑1	8
4	Christopher	358	↓1	2
5	Matthew	287	↑4	10
6	David	274	↓1	5
7	Scott	256	–	18
8	James	241	↑3	4
9	Jeffrey	241	↓3	17
10	John	239	–	6
11	Chad	233	↓3	25
12	Robert	219	–	7
13	Daniel	217	–	11
14	Ryan	196	↑8	30
15	Kevin	170	↑1	14
16	Mark	159	↑1	15
17	Eric	143	↑2	13
18	Timothy	136	↓4	22
19	William	132	↓4	9
20	Shawn	130	↑5	27
21	Aaron	124	↑6	34
22	Jeremy	124	↑17	33
23	Joseph	118	–	12
24	Todd	112	↓3	35
25	Thomas	109	↓5	19
26	Richard	108	↓2	16
27	Steven	107	↓9	20
28	Troy	107	↓2	59
29	Travis	105	↑7	53
30	Justin	103	↑17	51
31	Andrew	102	↓1	29
32	Shane	101	–	54
33	Anthony	91	↓4	21
34	Patrick	91	↓6	37
35	Paul	82	–	24
36	Bradley	74	↓5	62
37	Charles	71	↑1	23
38	Gregory	70	↓4	26
39	Adam	67	new	45
40	Joshua	67	new	42
41	Cory	66	↑9	>100
42	Douglas	66	↓9	47
43	Craig	64	↓3	48
44	Brent	62	↓3	80
45	Sean	62	↓8	36
46	Bryan	61	↓2	43
47	Jonathan	58	↓1	31
48	Nathan	54	new	63
49	Terry	54	new	65
50	Corey	51	new	89

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