Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1980

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (505 babies) and Matthew for boys (434). Matthew ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 23,468 babies born in Nebraska in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1980

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: 32 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Staci: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Joni: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Katie: 125 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jami: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jody: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jill: 84 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Trisha: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jana: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lacey: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Trent: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tyson: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Heath: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tyler: 57 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cody: 40 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Grant: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Drew: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Luke: 62 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Trevor: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lucas: 58 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	505	–	1
2	Amanda	317	↑1	2
3	Sarah	280	↑1	5
4	Jessica	276	↑2	3
5	Melissa	271	↓3	4
6	Amy	210	↑2	8
7	Nicole	195	–	7
8	Angela	184	↓3	12
9	Heather	168	–	6
10	Sara	167	↑3	27
11	Rebecca	164	↑1	17
12	Michelle	160	↓2	10
13	Megan	153	↑4	30
14	Amber	151	↑6	22
15	Elizabeth	149	↓1	9
16	Andrea	141	↑8	28
17	Lisa	136	↓6	16
18	Stephanie	130	–	13
19	Erin	126	↑3	20
20	Katie	125	↑15	44
21	Tiffany	125	↑13	14
22	Jamie	119	↓1	24
23	Christina	118	↓7	15
24	Kelly	114	↓9	19
25	Crystal	111	↑5	18
26	Kimberly	111	↓7	11
27	Laura	108	↓1	21
28	Rachel	101	–	23
29	Julie	92	↓4	32
30	Emily	86	↑2	31
31	April	85	↓4	26
32	Jill	84	↓9	66
33	Kristin	83	new	37
34	Mary	78	↑2	25
35	Shannon	77	↓6	29
36	Brooke	71	new	57
37	Katherine	69	–	35
38	Lindsay	63	↑9	71
39	Tara	63	↓8	43
40	Ashley	56	new	40
41	Kathryn	56	↓1	50
42	Alicia	51	↑6	47
43	Holly	50	↓5	52
44	Courtney	48	new	48
45	Danielle	47	new	33
46	Brandi	46	↑4	63
47	Brandy	46	↓5	42
48	Carrie	46	↓4	46
49	Heidi	46	↓8	79
50	Erica	45	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Matthew	434	↑3	6
2	Michael	424	↓1	1
3	Jason	409	↓1	3
4	Joshua	366	↑2	7
5	Christopher	359	↓2	2
6	Justin	337	↑6	13
7	Ryan	318	↓2	15
8	David	291	–	4
9	Andrew	281	↑4	19
10	Brian	278	↓1	12
11	John	258	–	8
12	Nicholas	257	↓5	17
13	Jeremy	241	↑2	18
14	James	238	–	5
15	Joseph	212	↑1	10
16	Adam	209	↑1	22
17	Daniel	209	↓7	11
18	Eric	205	–	16
19	Timothy	188	–	20
20	Robert	187	↑1	9
21	Scott	186	↑3	33
22	Jeffrey	182	↓2	27
23	Aaron	161	↑3	34
24	Benjamin	160	↑1	32
25	Chad	155	↓3	39
26	Nathan	153	↑2	36
27	Travis	143	↓4	37
28	Brandon	140	↓1	31
29	Dustin	134	↑7	44
30	Anthony	125	↑2	24
31	Jonathan	125	↑6	21
32	Thomas	125	↑3	25
33	William	124	↓2	14
34	Mark	115	↓4	30
35	Kevin	113	↓6	23
36	Jacob	101	↑5	43
37	Steven	101	↓4	28
38	Patrick	99	↓4	38
39	Jesse	97	↑7	45
40	Kyle	93	↑5	57
41	Bradley	90	↓1	51
42	Richard	89	↓3	26
43	Derek	82	new	50
44	Shawn	78	↓2	47
45	Paul	77	↓7	35
46	Charles	76	new	29
47	Zachary	72	↓3	72
48	Shane	65	↓5	69
49	Brent	64	↓1	84
50	Bryan	62	↓3	49

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