Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1978

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (479 babies) and Michael for boys (452). Social Security records list 21,425 babies born in Nebraska in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1978

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: 25 babies, 22.5× the national rate
Renae: 15 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Jami: 29 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tami: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Abby: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kelli: 49 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jody: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jill: 116 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kari: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Molly: 37 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Trent: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jeff: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Beau: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Bryce: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Grant: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tyler: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Cody: 37 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wade: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mitchell: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Travis: 137 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	479	–	1
2	Sarah	248	↑4	8
3	Amy	243	↓1	4
4	Angela	234	↓1	7
5	Melissa	234	↓1	2
6	Jessica	229	↑1	3
7	Heather	185	↓2	5
8	Nicole	167	↑4	10
9	Lisa	158	↑1	11
10	Michelle	157	↓2	9
11	Kimberly	156	↑7	13
12	Amanda	155	↑1	6
13	Elizabeth	136	↑3	14
14	Erin	133	↑5	21
15	Jamie	133	↓6	20
16	Kelly	128	↓5	12
17	Rebecca	128	↓2	17
18	Sara	126	↑3	28
19	Stephanie	126	↓5	16
20	Julie	121	–	26
21	Jill	116	↑4	46
22	Christina	101	↑1	15
23	Laura	101	↑3	19
24	Megan	96	↑5	41
25	Amber	93	↓1	30
26	Andrea	91	↓9	23
27	Crystal	87	↑5	18
28	Shannon	80	↓6	22
29	Tara	75	↓1	40
30	April	74	↑9	27
31	Rachel	74	–	25
32	Carrie	71	↓5	35
33	Stacy	69	↓3	44
34	Emily	59	↑14	33
35	Christine	57	↓1	29
36	Mary	56	↓3	24
37	Tiffany	55	↑13	32
38	Tracy	54	new	47
39	Mandy	53	new	96
40	Dawn	51	↓5	52
41	Heidi	50	↓1	83
42	Katherine	50	↓6	38
43	Holly	49	–	55
44	Kelli	49	↑5	>100
45	Tina	48	new	45
46	Courtney	46	new	68
47	Kristin	45	new	78
48	Tammy	45	new	67
49	Kathryn	42	new	57
50	Jaime	41	↓8	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	452	↑1	1
2	Jason	410	↓1	2
3	Matthew	407	–	6
4	Christopher	329	–	3
5	Ryan	307	–	14
6	Joshua	274	↑7	12
7	Brian	263	↓1	9
8	John	256	↑2	7
9	James	247	–	5
10	David	243	↓3	4
11	Nicholas	239	↑34	25
12	Jeffrey	229	–	19
13	Andrew	220	↑1	22
14	Jeremy	213	↓6	18
15	Daniel	210	↓4	11
16	Justin	205	↑4	28
17	Robert	198	↑1	8
18	Joseph	188	↓2	10
19	Timothy	185	↓2	17
20	Scott	171	↓1	30
21	Aaron	167	↑2	32
22	Eric	167	↓7	16
23	Adam	149	↑3	29
24	Chad	144	↓2	35
25	Mark	141	↑4	26
26	Travis	137	↓2	46
27	Nathan	136	–	36
28	Kevin	135	↓7	15
29	Anthony	130	↑3	20
30	William	122	↓2	13
31	Benjamin	118	↓6	34
32	Thomas	114	↑1	23
33	Shawn	107	↓2	39
34	Brandon	106	–	40
35	Patrick	104	–	42
36	Steven	103	↓6	24
37	Richard	90	–	21
38	Bradley	72	↑11	53
39	Bryan	70	↑5	43
40	Charles	70	↑10	27
41	Jonathan	70	↓2	31
42	Gregory	68	↓1	38
43	Kyle	68	↓1	63
44	Joel	67	new	74
45	Paul	65	↓9	33
46	Shane	65	↓8	65
47	Dustin	64	↑1	68
48	Jesse	62	new	51
49	Cory	61	↓6	73
50	Douglas	59	↓3	59

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