Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1982

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (479 babies) and Michael for boys (451). Social Security records list 22,902 babies born in Nebraska in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1982

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: 22 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Kylie: 18 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Abbie: 16 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Carissa: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kelsey: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Abby: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chelsea: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Molly: 46 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rachelle: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Becky: 15 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Bryce: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cole: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tyler: 104 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tyson: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ross: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brett: 78 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Cody: 61 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bret: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kelly: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Brent: 60 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	479	–	1
2	Jessica	378	–	2
3	Sarah	317	↑1	4
4	Amanda	305	↓1	3
5	Melissa	243	–	5
6	Nicole	212	–	6
7	Elizabeth	183	↑3	8
8	Amber	170	↓1	18
9	Angela	169	↑5	16
10	Amy	164	↓2	10
11	Sara	150	–	28
12	Stephanie	148	↓3	7
13	Erin	146	–	20
14	Rebecca	146	↓2	15
15	Michelle	139	–	11
16	Jamie	136	↑5	29
17	Megan	136	↑1	34
18	Ashley	128	↑15	17
19	Andrea	127	–	27
20	Crystal	125	↑8	9
21	Lindsey	124	↑20	40
22	Heather	117	↓5	12
23	Lisa	117	↓7	23
24	Emily	114	↑1	24
25	Rachel	113	↓3	21
26	Katie	111	↑4	45
27	Laura	96	↓3	22
28	Lindsay	94	↑6	39
29	Kimberly	92	↓9	14
30	Kristin	91	↓7	37
31	Tiffany	90	↓2	13
32	Julie	87	↓5	41
33	Kelly	85	↓7	25
34	Christina	83	↓3	19
35	Mary	81	↑3	30
36	Tara	76	↑6	47
37	April	71	↓5	32
38	Shannon	69	↓1	38
39	Katherine	66	–	36
40	Danielle	65	↓4	31
41	Jill	61	↓6	89
42	Brandi	59	new	55
43	Cassandra	57	new	62
44	Brooke	54	↓4	92
45	Kathryn	53	↓1	48
46	Erica	51	new	35
47	Holly	50	new	61
48	Alicia	48	new	53
49	Carrie	48	↓6	57
50	Brandy	47	–	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	451	↑1	1
2	Matthew	430	↓1	3
3	Christopher	404	↑4	2
4	Joshua	354	↓1	7
5	Ryan	301	↓1	13
6	Andrew	299	↑4	17
7	Justin	288	↓2	12
8	Jason	269	↓2	4
9	Nicholas	257	↑2	22
10	David	250	↓2	5
11	John	243	↑3	8
12	Daniel	229	↑3	10
13	Joseph	229	↑3	11
14	Adam	224	↓5	19
15	James	217	↓2	6
16	Nathan	188	↑11	36
17	Brandon	180	↑2	18
18	Aaron	177	↑3	30
19	Jeremy	176	↓1	28
20	Jonathan	175	↑4	16
21	Robert	175	↑2	9
22	Brian	174	↓10	14
23	Benjamin	169	↓1	33
24	Eric	165	↓7	20
25	Jeffrey	165	↓5	29
26	Anthony	159	↑9	21
27	Dustin	158	↓2	42
28	Timothy	158	↓2	24
29	Scott	152	↓1	34
30	Travis	136	↑2	39
31	Kyle	128	↑9	47
32	Thomas	127	↓3	23
33	Jacob	125	↑3	41
34	Jesse	122	↓3	43
35	William	116	↓5	15
36	Kevin	115	↓3	25
37	Mark	114	↓3	32
38	Steven	108	↓1	26
39	Tyler	104	↑10	66
40	Patrick	94	↑5	37
41	Zachary	94	new	55
42	Richard	81	↓1	27
43	Brett	78	new	72
44	Jared	78	–	54
45	Paul	77	↓3	35
46	Chad	74	↓8	48
47	Derek	74	↓4	50
48	Gregory	71	new	40
49	Bradley	68	↓10	51
50	Bryan	63	–	49

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