Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1977

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (528 babies) and Jason for boys (490). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 21,471 babies born in Nebraska in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1977

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, 15.2× the national rate
Becky: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tami: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Anne: 50 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mindy: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Billie: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lindsey: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Kari: 41 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kelli: 46 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Trisha: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Tyler: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heath: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Brock: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kyle: 77 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lucas: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kirk: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Travis: 145 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Troy: 61 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kelly: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dustin: 62 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	528	–	1
2	Amy	296	–	3
3	Angela	253	–	6
4	Melissa	238	↑3	2
5	Heather	217	–	5
6	Sarah	208	–	11
7	Jessica	205	↑6	4
8	Michelle	190	↓4	7
9	Jamie	172	↑1	18
10	Lisa	158	↓1	12
11	Kelly	153	↑8	10
12	Nicole	149	–	15
13	Amanda	144	↑5	9
14	Stephanie	139	–	14
15	Rebecca	138	↓7	17
16	Elizabeth	123	↑9	13
17	Andrea	120	↑3	24
18	Kimberly	119	↓7	8
19	Erin	118	↑4	23
20	Julie	117	↓3	22
21	Sara	116	↓5	27
22	Shannon	111	↓7	19
23	Christina	105	↓1	16
24	Amber	102	↑4	33
25	Jill	102	↓4	41
26	Laura	101	↑1	20
27	Carrie	94	↓3	28
28	Tara	82	↑12	35
29	Megan	76	↑14	54
30	Stacy	69	↑1	42
31	Rachel	65	↑4	26
32	Crystal	64	new	25
33	Mary	64	↓4	21
34	Christine	62	↓1	30
35	Dawn	62	↑3	43
36	Katherine	62	↑14	44
37	Stacey	58	↑11	56
38	Karen	57	↑7	32
39	April	55	new	29
40	Heidi	55	↑2	81
41	Misty	55	↑5	40
42	Jaime	54	↓16	46
43	Holly	52	new	52
44	Lori	52	↓5	57
45	Renee	52	new	87
46	Wendy	51	↓16	49
47	Anne	50	new	>100
48	Emily	46	new	37
49	Kelli	46	new	>100
50	Tiffany	46	↓6	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jason	490	–	2
2	Michael	407	–	1
3	Matthew	353	–	9
4	Christopher	328	–	3
5	Ryan	313	↑1	16
6	Brian	285	↓1	8
7	David	270	↑1	4
8	Jeremy	265	↓1	15
9	James	255	–	5
10	John	246	↑4	7
11	Daniel	210	↓1	11
12	Jeffrey	207	↑3	19
13	Joshua	204	↑7	14
14	Andrew	201	↑4	24
15	Eric	196	↓3	17
16	Joseph	196	↑5	10
17	Timothy	189	↑5	18
18	Robert	187	↓2	6
19	Scott	187	↓6	27
20	Justin	175	↓3	30
21	Kevin	173	↑7	13
22	Chad	169	↓11	34
23	Aaron	151	–	32
24	Travis	145	–	44
25	Benjamin	137	↑2	29
26	Adam	134	↑7	33
27	Nathan	133	↑5	36
28	William	130	↑2	12
29	Mark	128	↓10	25
30	Steven	116	↓1	23
31	Shawn	115	↓5	37
32	Anthony	114	↓7	21
33	Thomas	112	↓2	22
34	Brandon	92	↑8	41
35	Patrick	87	↑2	40
36	Paul	87	↑2	31
37	Richard	85	↓2	20
38	Shane	85	↓4	61
39	Jonathan	84	↑2	28
40	Todd	84	–	50
41	Gregory	81	↓2	35
42	Kyle	77	new	79
43	Cory	73	↑3	67
44	Bryan	68	↓1	42
45	Nicholas	67	new	51
46	Corey	65	↓1	52
47	Douglas	63	↑3	59
48	Dustin	62	new	81
49	Bradley	61	↓13	49
50	Charles	61	↓6	26

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