Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1983

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (425 babies) and Matthew for boys (438). Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 22,324 babies born in Nebraska in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1983

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: 29 babies, 16× the national rate
Chelsey: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jill: 73 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kelsey: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Abby: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Becky: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Staci: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lacey: 52 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Molly: 50 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lacy: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Colby: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cole: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Lucas: 62 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Heath: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bryce: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tyler: 119 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ross: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shane: 69 babies, 3× the national rate
Mitchell: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Brent: 55 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	425	–	1
2	Jessica	339	–	2
3	Amanda	303	↑1	3
4	Sarah	289	↓1	5
5	Ashley	279	↑13	4
6	Melissa	222	↓1	6
7	Megan	194	↑10	21
8	Nicole	189	↓2	7
9	Stephanie	182	↑3	8
10	Amy	166	–	12
11	Elizabeth	161	↓4	10
12	Amber	160	↓4	17
13	Erin	160	–	18
14	Michelle	142	↑1	13
15	Rebecca	138	↓1	19
16	Sara	138	↓5	31
17	Angela	136	↓8	22
18	Heather	134	↑4	9
19	Jamie	130	↓3	28
20	Andrea	123	↓1	30
21	Emily	115	↑3	25
22	Lindsey	113	↓1	35
23	Lisa	107	–	27
24	Laura	106	↑3	23
25	Rachel	104	–	20
26	Katie	98	–	45
27	Crystal	96	↓7	11
28	Kimberly	92	↑1	15
29	Tiffany	87	↑2	14
30	Lindsay	82	↓2	36
31	Christina	81	↑3	16
32	Kristin	78	↓2	42
33	Danielle	75	↑7	29
34	Julie	75	↓2	46
35	Jill	73	↑6	98
36	Katherine	68	↑3	34
37	Mary	68	↓2	32
38	Kelly	62	↓5	26
39	Kayla	60	new	81
40	Kathryn	59	↑5	50
41	Samantha	58	new	40
42	Shannon	58	↓4	38
43	Cassandra	55	–	70
44	Tara	54	↓8	51
45	Holly	53	↑2	48
46	April	52	↓9	39
47	Lacey	52	new	>100
48	Courtney	51	new	44
49	Christine	50	new	47
50	Molly	50	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Matthew	438	↑1	3
2	Michael	426	↓1	1
3	Christopher	373	–	2
4	Joshua	316	–	5
5	Adam	310	↑9	18
6	Andrew	306	–	15
7	Justin	302	–	12
8	Ryan	301	↓3	13
9	Daniel	260	↑3	8
10	Nicholas	240	↓1	21
11	Jason	235	↓3	7
12	David	229	↓2	4
13	Joseph	221	–	11
14	Brian	218	↑8	14
15	Brandon	201	↑2	17
16	John	199	↓5	9
17	James	197	↓2	6
18	Eric	193	↑6	20
19	Jeffrey	189	↑6	28
20	Robert	175	↑1	10
21	Aaron	169	↓3	29
22	Nathan	161	↓6	40
23	Jacob	147	↑10	36
24	Benjamin	146	↓1	32
25	Dustin	146	↑2	43
26	Kyle	141	↑5	34
27	Anthony	137	↓1	22
28	Jonathan	137	↓8	19
29	Timothy	135	↓1	26
30	Jeremy	133	↓11	30
31	Travis	132	↓1	41
32	Steven	128	↑6	23
33	Scott	126	↓4	38
34	Tyler	119	↑5	57
35	Kevin	118	↑1	25
36	William	117	↓1	16
37	Thomas	116	↓5	24
38	Mark	112	↓1	31
39	Patrick	105	↑1	37
40	Zachary	96	↑1	50
41	Derek	92	↑6	51
42	Chad	86	↑4	49
43	Jesse	83	↓9	46
44	Sean	77	new	44
45	Bradley	74	↑4	52
46	Jared	74	↓2	56
47	Brett	69	↓4	73
48	Shane	69	new	84
49	Gregory	68	↓1	42
50	Richard	68	↓8	27

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