Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1975

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (523 babies) and Jason for boys (507). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 20,192 babies born in Nebraska in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1975

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

Girls

Michaela: 16 babies, 20.5× the national rate
Mindy: 43 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tami: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bobbi: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jami: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mandi: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Staci: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Molly: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Janelle: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Teri: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Jeff: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Trent: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Darin: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Dustin: 70 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cory: 56 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Trevor: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Heath: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kirk: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Troy: 81 babies, 3× the national rate
Jay: 45 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	523	–	1
2	Amy	358	–	2
3	Angela	236	↑1	5
4	Heather	233	↑1	3
5	Michelle	224	↓2	6
6	Melissa	202	↑2	4
7	Lisa	172	↓1	8
8	Nicole	164	↑4	10
9	Stephanie	148	↑1	9
10	Kimberly	146	↓3	7
11	Rebecca	137	↓2	11
12	Julie	132	↓1	18
13	Sarah	116	↑1	17
14	Jill	111	↓1	46
15	Laura	109	↑5	20
16	Amanda	105	↑33	14
17	Christina	104	↑4	12
18	Dawn	101	↓3	23
19	Carrie	99	↑9	29
20	Kelly	98	↑14	16
21	Tracy	95	↑2	24
22	Stacy	89	↑4	34
23	Jessica	81	↑7	13
24	Andrea	80	↑18	28
25	Sara	79	↑11	54
26	Erin	72	↑13	38
27	Shannon	72	↓10	21
28	Christine	68	↓6	22
29	Heidi	65	↓10	66
30	Brenda	64	↓3	67
31	Mary	64	↓6	19
32	Wendy	64	↓8	33
33	Lori	62	↓17	39
34	Elizabeth	61	↓16	15
35	Tina	61	↓2	35
36	Susan	60	↓5	32
37	Tiffany	57	↑3	37
38	Rachel	56	↓6	26
39	Tara	56	new	41
40	April	53	↑5	25
41	Stacey	53	↓3	44
42	Danielle	52	↑4	42
43	Holly	51	↓2	55
44	Tanya	48	↑4	50
45	Megan	46	new	69
46	Tammy	46	↓17	31
47	Kristin	45	new	74
48	Tonya	45	↓11	45
49	Kari	44	new	>100
50	Jamie	43	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jason	507	–	2
2	Michael	449	–	1
3	Matthew	356	↑2	9
4	Christopher	329	–	3
5	Brian	305	↓2	8
6	David	246	–	5
7	Ryan	246	↑5	23
8	John	237	↑3	7
9	Robert	233	↑4	6
10	James	227	–	4
11	Chad	220	↓2	27
12	Jeffrey	210	↓4	14
13	Scott	204	↓6	17
14	Daniel	196	↑1	11
15	Eric	181	↑1	13
16	Jeremy	180	↓2	24
17	Mark	165	–	19
18	Timothy	161	↑4	22
19	Andrew	156	↑5	28
20	Steven	139	–	18
21	William	138	↑4	10
22	Aaron	130	↓1	32
23	Kevin	129	↓5	15
24	Justin	127	↑2	37
25	Joseph	122	↓6	12
26	Thomas	122	↑6	20
27	Shawn	120	↓4	31
28	Joshua	110	↑7	26
29	Richard	110	↓1	16
30	Benjamin	107	↑8	36
31	Travis	107	↓4	51
32	Nathan	102	↑8	45
33	Adam	98	↑4	38
34	Shane	95	↓5	57
35	Anthony	91	↓5	21
36	Todd	85	↓5	43
37	Bradley	81	↓3	52
38	Paul	81	↓2	29
39	Troy	81	↓6	69
40	Patrick	79	↓1	39
41	Brandon	76	new	44
42	Dustin	70	new	96
43	Gregory	69	–	33
44	Charles	67	↑1	25
45	Jonathan	67	↑4	30
46	Craig	64	↓4	58
47	Douglas	62	↓1	55
48	Sean	61	↓1	40
49	Brent	57	↓5	79
50	Cory	56	↓9	99

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