Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1976

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (513 babies) and Jason for boys (478). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 20,223 babies born in Nebraska in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1976

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: 17 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Jami: 36 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Janelle: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Teri: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Mindy: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Trisha: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kari: 47 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kelli: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jody: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tami: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Trenton: 15 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Jeff: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brock: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Heath: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Cody: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tyler: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Toby: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kirk: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Travis: 138 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Wade: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	513	–	1
2	Amy	340	–	2
3	Angela	272	–	5
4	Michelle	195	↑1	6
5	Heather	189	↓1	4
6	Sarah	172	↑7	15
7	Melissa	171	↓1	3
8	Rebecca	162	↑3	12
9	Lisa	156	↓2	9
10	Jamie	153	↑40	18
11	Kimberly	147	↓1	7
12	Nicole	145	↓4	13
13	Jessica	141	↑10	8
14	Stephanie	138	↓5	11
15	Shannon	133	↑12	17
16	Sara	123	↑9	27
17	Julie	120	↓5	21
18	Amanda	109	↓2	10
19	Kelly	104	↑1	19
20	Andrea	101	↑4	25
21	Jill	98	↓7	52
22	Christina	96	↓5	14
23	Erin	93	↑3	24
24	Carrie	91	↓5	28
25	Elizabeth	90	↑9	16
26	Jaime	87	new	29
27	Laura	80	↓12	20
28	Amber	78	new	49
29	Mary	72	↑2	22
30	Wendy	71	↑2	39
31	Stacy	69	↓9	38
32	Tracy	67	↓11	37
33	Christine	62	↓5	26
34	Mandy	59	new	100
35	Rachel	58	↑3	23
36	Melanie	56	new	53
37	Brenda	55	↓7	77
38	Dawn	55	↓20	35
39	Lori	55	↓6	47
40	Tara	55	↓1	42
41	Tina	55	↓6	48
42	Heidi	54	↓13	70
43	Megan	54	↑2	62
44	Tiffany	53	↓7	32
45	Karen	52	new	31
46	Misty	51	new	46
47	Kari	47	↑2	>100
48	Stacey	47	↓7	51
49	Danielle	46	↓7	33
50	Katherine	46	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jason	478	–	2
2	Michael	449	–	1
3	Matthew	365	–	9
4	Christopher	320	–	3
5	Brian	302	–	8
6	Ryan	292	↑1	16
7	Jeremy	248	↑9	14
8	David	225	↓2	4
9	James	224	↑1	5
10	Daniel	215	↑4	10
11	Chad	214	–	29
12	Eric	211	↑3	13
13	Scott	209	–	24
14	John	208	↓6	6
15	Jeffrey	202	↓3	17
16	Robert	199	↓7	7
17	Justin	171	↑7	33
18	Andrew	165	↑1	27
19	Mark	163	↓2	25
20	Joshua	160	↑8	18
21	Joseph	155	↑4	12
22	Timothy	150	↓4	21
23	Aaron	144	↓1	30
24	Travis	138	↑7	46
25	Anthony	125	↑10	22
26	Shawn	125	↑1	34
27	Benjamin	122	↑3	32
28	Kevin	121	↓5	15
29	Steven	119	↓9	20
30	William	119	↓9	11
31	Thomas	114	↓5	23
32	Nathan	109	–	39
33	Adam	96	–	36
34	Shane	91	–	57
35	Richard	89	↓6	19
36	Bradley	84	↑1	51
37	Patrick	83	↑3	41
38	Paul	78	–	28
39	Gregory	75	↑4	35
40	Todd	75	↓4	50
41	Jonathan	74	↑4	31
42	Brandon	73	↓1	40
43	Bryan	71	new	43
44	Charles	70	–	26
45	Corey	64	new	64
46	Cory	61	↑4	83
47	Jesse	59	new	55
48	Kenneth	59	new	38
49	Brent	58	–	78
50	Douglas	55	↓3	56

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