Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1974

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (573 babies) and Jason for boys (582). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 20,378 babies born in Nebraska in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1974

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

Girls

Tami: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Mindy: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rachelle: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lora: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kari: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Keri: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Teri: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Traci: 43 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kristine: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Becky: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Rick: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cory: 67 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Darin: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jeff: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Troy: 101 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Cody: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Travis: 121 babies, 3× the national rate
Kurt: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shane: 109 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kyle: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	573	–	1
2	Amy	327	–	2
3	Michelle	278	–	3
4	Angela	256	–	5
5	Heather	222	–	4
6	Lisa	194	–	8
7	Kimberly	165	–	6
8	Melissa	162	↑1	7
9	Rebecca	154	↑3	10
10	Stephanie	146	↑1	9
11	Julie	133	↓3	14
12	Nicole	133	↓2	11
13	Jill	99	↑9	58
14	Sarah	94	↑12	20
15	Dawn	93	↓2	22
16	Lori	90	↑5	30
17	Shannon	84	↑7	18
18	Elizabeth	83	↑9	12
19	Heidi	82	↑17	60
20	Laura	81	↑12	21
21	Christina	80	↓3	16
22	Christine	79	↓2	19
23	Tracy	79	↓9	23
24	Wendy	78	↑9	32
25	Mary	77	↓8	13
26	Stacy	77	↓7	38
27	Brenda	75	↓11	59
28	Carrie	73	↑1	42
29	Tammy	67	↓6	24
30	Jessica	66	↑14	17
31	Susan	66	↓6	27
32	Rachel	63	new	36
33	Tina	63	↓5	25
34	Kelly	61	↓19	15
35	Jodi	60	↓5	91
36	Sara	60	↑5	61
37	Tonya	59	new	37
38	Stacey	58	↓4	48
39	Erin	56	↓2	47
40	Tiffany	54	new	41
41	Holly	53	new	56
42	Andrea	52	↓7	35
43	Ann	51	↑5	100
44	Michele	50	↑6	50
45	April	49	↑4	28
46	Danielle	48	new	40
47	Teresa	48	↓8	52
48	Tanya	46	new	46
49	Amanda	44	↓2	34
50	Karen	43	↓19	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jason	582	↑1	2
2	Michael	491	↓1	1
3	Brian	350	–	8
4	Christopher	345	–	3
5	Matthew	321	–	9
6	David	277	–	4
7	Scott	248	–	18
8	Jeffrey	246	↑1	15
9	Chad	244	↑2	26
10	James	243	↓2	5
11	John	241	↓1	6
12	Ryan	222	↑2	25
13	Robert	220	↓1	7
14	Jeremy	214	↑8	24
15	Daniel	205	↓2	11
16	Eric	173	↑1	13
17	Mark	159	↓1	16
18	Kevin	153	↓3	14
19	Joseph	151	↑4	12
20	Steven	143	↑7	19
21	Aaron	141	–	32
22	Timothy	138	↓4	22
23	Shawn	134	↓3	30
24	Andrew	129	↑7	28
25	William	129	↓6	10
26	Justin	124	↑4	43
27	Travis	121	↑2	54
28	Richard	109	↓2	17
29	Shane	109	↑3	56
30	Anthony	107	↑3	21
31	Todd	106	↓7	39
32	Thomas	105	↓7	20
33	Troy	101	↓5	63
34	Bradley	89	↑2	58
35	Joshua	88	↑5	29
36	Paul	88	↓1	27
37	Adam	87	↑2	36
38	Benjamin	85	new	46
39	Patrick	83	↓5	38
40	Nathan	74	↑8	52
41	Cory	67	–	>100
42	Craig	66	↑1	57
43	Gregory	66	↓5	31
44	Brent	63	–	76
45	Charles	63	↓8	23
46	Douglas	61	↓4	53
47	Sean	60	↓2	37
48	Bryan	59	↓2	45
49	Jonathan	57	↓2	33
50	Kenneth	56	new	34

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