Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1979

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (444 babies) and Michael for boys (428). Social Security records list 22,260 babies born in Nebraska in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1979

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: 19 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Kylie: 20 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jody: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Becky: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Jill: 112 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jodi: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Abby: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kristine: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Traci: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jami: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Trent: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Wade: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cody: 53 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Luke: 64 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tyler: 45 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Heath: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brent: 66 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Casey: 59 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lucas: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Levi: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	444	–	1
2	Melissa	281	↑3	2
3	Amanda	268	↑9	3
4	Sarah	246	↓2	6
5	Angela	237	↓1	8
6	Jessica	228	–	4
7	Nicole	223	↑1	9
8	Amy	213	↓5	5
9	Heather	172	↓2	7
10	Michelle	158	–	10
11	Lisa	152	↓2	13
12	Rebecca	146	↑5	17
13	Sara	143	↑5	30
14	Elizabeth	139	↓1	11
15	Kelly	139	↑1	16
16	Christina	135	↑6	14
17	Megan	135	↑7	31
18	Stephanie	133	↑1	15
19	Kimberly	128	↓8	12
20	Amber	126	↑5	22
21	Jamie	126	↓6	19
22	Erin	119	↓8	21
23	Jill	112	↓2	52
24	Andrea	105	↑2	26
25	Julie	102	↓5	29
26	Laura	102	↓3	20
27	April	90	↑3	23
28	Rachel	90	↑3	27
29	Shannon	90	↓1	25
30	Crystal	83	↓3	18
31	Tara	79	↓2	38
32	Emily	75	↑2	34
33	Stacy	66	–	43
34	Tiffany	65	↑3	28
35	Katie	64	new	63
36	Mary	64	–	24
37	Katherine	58	↑5	36
38	Holly	57	↑5	48
39	Kristina	57	new	74
40	Kathryn	56	↑9	50
41	Heidi	55	–	83
42	Brandy	54	new	39
43	Dawn	53	↓3	57
44	Carrie	51	↓12	41
45	Christine	51	↓10	35
46	Tracy	51	↓8	49
47	Lindsay	50	new	88
48	Alicia	49	new	47
49	Stacey	49	new	60
50	Brandi	48	new	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	428	–	1
2	Jason	411	–	3
3	Christopher	370	↑1	2
4	Matthew	355	↓1	6
5	Ryan	308	–	14
6	Joshua	307	–	9
7	Nicholas	307	↑4	15
8	David	286	↑2	4
9	Brian	283	↓2	10
10	Daniel	234	↑5	12
11	John	233	↓3	7
12	Justin	230	↑4	22
13	Andrew	226	–	20
14	James	224	↓5	5
15	Jeremy	222	↓1	16
16	Joseph	202	↑2	11
17	Adam	198	↑6	23
18	Eric	194	↑4	17
19	Timothy	186	–	18
20	Jeffrey	179	↓8	24
21	Robert	179	↓4	8
22	Chad	173	↑2	38
23	Travis	169	↑3	36
24	Scott	163	↓4	29
25	Benjamin	155	↑6	33
26	Aaron	148	↓5	32
27	Brandon	146	↑7	35
28	Nathan	143	↓1	37
29	Kevin	141	↓1	19
30	Mark	128	↓5	30
31	William	127	↓1	13
32	Anthony	126	↓3	21
33	Steven	111	↑3	27
34	Patrick	104	↑1	39
35	Thomas	102	↓3	26
36	Dustin	88	↑11	62
37	Jonathan	87	↑4	31
38	Paul	86	↑7	34
39	Richard	83	↓2	25
40	Bradley	76	↓2	47
41	Jacob	75	new	45
42	Shawn	75	↓9	43
43	Shane	74	↑3	67
44	Zachary	74	new	74
45	Kyle	71	↓2	56
46	Jesse	69	↑2	50
47	Bryan	67	↓8	46
48	Brent	66	new	84
49	Luke	64	new	>100
50	Cory	63	↓1	82

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