Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1984

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1984 were Ashley for girls (387 babies) and Matthew for boys (437). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 22,323 babies born in Nebraska in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1984

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: 31 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Chelsey: 24 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jami: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Abby: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Lacy: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Sally: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kelsey: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jill: 48 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maggie: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lacey: 47 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Nolan: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Cole: 35 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bryce: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Trenton: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Wade: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Levi: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mitchell: 50 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Logan: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lucas: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Ashley	387	↑4	3
2	Jennifer	371	↓1	1
3	Jessica	361	↓1	2
4	Amanda	337	↓1	4
5	Sarah	276	↓1	5
6	Megan	245	↑1	11
7	Nicole	206	↑1	7
8	Amber	172	↑4	18
9	Melissa	170	↓3	8
10	Stephanie	169	↓1	6
11	Elizabeth	163	–	10
12	Heather	160	↑6	9
13	Rebecca	144	↑2	23
14	Amy	137	↓4	13
15	Rachel	131	↑10	15
16	Danielle	126	↑17	16
17	Laura	119	↑7	19
18	Erin	117	↓5	25
19	Emily	114	↑2	24
20	Michelle	114	↓6	17
21	Andrea	110	↓1	28
22	Lindsey	106	–	35
23	Sara	103	↓7	32
24	Katie	102	↑2	44
25	Lindsay	101	↑5	36
26	Kimberly	98	↑2	22
27	Angela	93	↓10	26
28	Lisa	90	↓5	29
29	Jamie	86	↓10	31
30	Katherine	81	↑6	30
31	Crystal	80	↓4	12
32	Tiffany	80	↓3	14
33	Alicia	79	new	40
34	Jenna	71	new	54
35	Kelly	71	↑3	27
36	Kathryn	65	↑4	48
37	Allison	63	new	51
38	Christina	63	↓7	20
39	Tara	61	↑5	49
40	Holly	60	↑5	53
41	Kristin	58	↓9	47
42	Shannon	57	–	37
43	April	56	↑3	42
44	Brittany	55	new	41
45	Julie	54	↓11	52
46	Cassandra	53	↓3	63
47	Mary	53	↓10	33
48	Samantha	53	↓7	39
49	Christine	51	–	43
50	Chelsea	49	new	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Matthew	437	–	3
2	Michael	426	–	1
3	Christopher	351	–	2
4	Joshua	339	–	4
5	Andrew	318	↑1	14
6	Ryan	287	↑2	12
7	Adam	277	↓2	18
8	Daniel	265	↑1	6
9	Nicholas	250	↑1	20
10	Justin	248	↓3	13
11	Jason	221	–	11
12	David	215	–	5
13	Joseph	210	–	10
14	Brandon	208	↑1	15
15	John	201	↑1	8
16	James	199	↑1	7
17	Eric	188	↑1	22
18	Kyle	165	↑8	34
19	Robert	165	↑1	9
20	Nathan	162	↑2	38
21	Aaron	159	–	29
22	Brian	159	↓8	17
23	Anthony	156	↑4	21
24	Tyler	154	↑10	47
25	Jacob	153	↓2	37
26	Travis	150	↑5	42
27	Benjamin	146	↓3	30
28	Jeffrey	144	↓9	28
29	Jonathan	137	↓1	19
30	Dustin	134	↓5	41
31	Timothy	133	↓2	26
32	Zachary	129	↑8	45
33	Thomas	119	↑4	25
34	William	117	↑2	16
35	Patrick	116	↑4	36
36	Scott	116	↓3	39
37	Mark	107	↑1	32
38	Jeremy	104	↓8	31
39	Steven	101	↓7	23
40	Kevin	92	↓5	24
41	Cody	84	new	62
42	Jared	84	↑4	59
43	Derek	83	↓2	52
44	Jesse	78	↓1	50
45	Richard	74	↑5	27
46	Brett	73	↑1	72
47	Shane	69	↑1	85
48	Paul	68	new	40
49	Jordan	67	new	65
50	Sean	67	↓6	43

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