Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1981

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (473 babies) and Matthew for boys (456). Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 23,237 babies born in Nebraska in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1981

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: 33 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Cortney: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Hilary: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jodi: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Janelle: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Becky: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jackie: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lacey: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Traci: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jill: 77 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Heath: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cody: 59 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Austin: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tyler: 70 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Caleb: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Logan: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brent: 70 babies, 3× the national rate
Tyson: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Kurt: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Trevor: 34 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	473	–	1
2	Jessica	355	↑2	2
3	Amanda	324	↓1	3
4	Sarah	322	↓1	4
5	Melissa	238	–	5
6	Nicole	220	↑1	7
7	Amber	197	↑7	20
8	Amy	189	↓2	6
9	Stephanie	189	↑9	8
10	Elizabeth	172	↑5	9
11	Sara	170	↓1	26
12	Rebecca	167	↓1	12
13	Erin	159	↑6	19
14	Angela	157	↓6	15
15	Michelle	156	↓3	11
16	Lisa	138	↑1	18
17	Heather	132	↓8	10
18	Megan	131	↓5	33
19	Andrea	128	↓3	24
20	Kimberly	120	↑6	13
21	Jamie	117	↑1	28
22	Rachel	104	↑6	22
23	Kristin	103	↑10	31
24	Laura	103	↑3	21
25	Emily	100	↑5	29
26	Kelly	99	↓2	23
27	Julie	98	↑2	37
28	Crystal	97	↓3	16
29	Tiffany	93	↓8	14
30	Katie	92	↓10	44
31	Christina	87	↓8	17
32	April	85	↓1	25
33	Ashley	83	↑7	34
34	Lindsay	80	↑4	47
35	Jill	77	↓3	78
36	Danielle	76	↑9	30
37	Shannon	75	↓2	32
38	Mary	74	↓4	27
39	Katherine	73	↓2	39
40	Brooke	72	↓4	52
41	Lindsey	71	new	58
42	Tara	62	↓3	45
43	Carrie	59	↑5	55
44	Kathryn	56	↓3	48
45	Stacy	52	new	65
46	Kristen	50	new	38
47	Anne	49	new	>100
48	Leslie	49	new	56
49	Patricia	49	new	53
50	Brandy	48	↓3	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Matthew	456	–	3
2	Michael	435	–	1
3	Joshua	390	↑1	6
4	Ryan	334	↑3	13
5	Justin	331	↑1	12
6	Jason	328	↓3	4
7	Christopher	324	↓2	2
8	David	268	–	5
9	Adam	257	↑7	20
10	Andrew	249	↓1	18
11	Nicholas	248	↑1	21
12	Brian	226	↓2	14
13	James	221	↑1	7
14	John	220	↓3	8
15	Daniel	217	↑2	10
16	Joseph	205	↓1	11
17	Eric	202	↑1	17
18	Jeremy	198	↓5	22
19	Brandon	195	↑9	19
20	Jeffrey	185	↑2	29
21	Aaron	178	↑2	30
22	Benjamin	176	↑2	32
23	Robert	166	↓3	9
24	Jonathan	160	↑7	16
25	Dustin	158	↑4	42
26	Timothy	158	↓7	24
27	Nathan	151	↓1	36
28	Scott	150	↓7	34
29	Thomas	146	↑3	26
30	William	137	↑3	15
31	Jesse	130	↑8	37
32	Travis	130	↓5	40
33	Kevin	127	↑2	25
34	Mark	118	–	33
35	Anthony	117	↓5	23
36	Jacob	111	–	43
37	Steven	100	–	28
38	Chad	98	↓13	47
39	Bradley	93	↑2	50
40	Kyle	92	–	52
41	Richard	89	↑1	27
42	Paul	84	↑3	35
43	Derek	81	–	53
44	Jared	80	new	57
45	Patrick	80	↓7	38
46	Shawn	72	↓2	49
47	Charles	71	↓1	31
48	Brent	70	↑1	88
49	Tyler	70	new	96
50	Bryan	67	–	48

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