Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1985

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1985 were Ashley for girls (401 babies) and Matthew for boys (413). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 21,723 babies born in Nebraska in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1985

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: 41 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Kylie: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Chelsey: 27 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kelsey: 42 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tessa: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Abby: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jami: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Molly: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brooke: 51 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kelli: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Cole: 36 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Trenton: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Heath: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Brady: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tyson: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Trent: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Drew: 47 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mitchell: 46 babies, 3× the national rate
Bryce: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Brent: 61 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	401	–	2
2	Jessica	351	↑1	1
3	Jennifer	336	↓1	3
4	Amanda	329	–	4
5	Sarah	256	–	5
6	Megan	216	–	10
7	Nicole	197	–	7
8	Stephanie	180	↑2	6
9	Elizabeth	169	↑2	9
10	Melissa	166	↓1	11
11	Amber	159	↓3	16
12	Jamie	139	↑17	27
13	Heather	136	↓1	8
14	Emily	134	↑5	24
15	Danielle	133	↑1	18
16	Katie	126	↑8	39
17	Rachel	126	↓2	13
18	Sara	125	↑5	30
19	Amy	120	↓5	20
20	Laura	117	↓3	14
21	Lindsey	112	↑1	37
22	Michelle	109	↓2	22
23	Erin	107	↓5	26
24	Rebecca	103	↓11	25
25	Andrea	102	↓4	33
26	Angela	97	↑1	31
27	Christina	90	↑11	12
28	Katherine	87	↑2	32
29	Jenna	86	↑5	50
30	Samantha	82	↑18	29
31	Brittany	78	↑13	17
32	Lindsay	76	↓7	40
33	Allison	73	↑4	46
34	Alicia	71	↓1	45
35	Kimberly	70	↓9	19
36	Lisa	69	↓8	36
37	Tiffany	68	↓5	23
38	Crystal	66	↓7	21
39	Tara	64	–	51
40	Anna	62	new	54
41	Kelly	60	↓6	28
42	April	59	↑1	47
43	Lauren	58	new	15
44	Holly	56	↓4	56
45	Mary	56	↑2	35
46	Kathryn	52	↓10	48
47	Brooke	51	new	>100
48	Cassandra	50	↓2	62
49	Kristin	50	↓8	49
50	Stacy	49	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Matthew	413	–	3
2	Michael	383	–	1
3	Andrew	349	↑2	11
4	Joshua	347	–	4
5	Christopher	314	↓2	2
6	Ryan	301	–	12
7	Adam	252	–	22
8	Daniel	250	–	5
9	Justin	248	↑1	15
10	Brandon	230	↑4	13
11	Nicholas	226	↓2	19
12	David	213	–	6
13	John	209	↑2	9
14	Joseph	205	↓1	10
15	Tyler	183	↑9	43
16	Kyle	181	↑2	27
17	Eric	180	–	21
18	Jason	180	↓7	14
19	James	176	↓3	7
20	Brian	166	↑2	18
21	Aaron	163	–	33
22	Jacob	159	↑3	35
23	Anthony	156	–	20
24	Zachary	154	↑8	39
25	Benjamin	151	↑2	31
26	Robert	151	↓7	8
27	Nathan	143	↓7	40
28	Jeffrey	137	–	29
29	Dustin	133	↑1	41
30	Jonathan	118	↓1	17
31	Scott	118	↑5	44
32	Timothy	118	↓1	26
33	William	115	↑1	16
34	Steven	112	↑5	24
35	Travis	109	↓9	46
36	Patrick	108	↓1	37
37	Jeremy	107	↑1	30
38	Thomas	103	↓5	25
39	Cody	101	↑2	52
40	Kevin	97	–	23
41	Mark	89	↓4	32
42	Jesse	86	↑2	51
43	Sean	75	↑7	38
44	Derek	74	↓1	56
45	Jared	72	↓3	58
46	Shawn	72	new	55
47	Brett	71	↓1	70
48	Bryan	71	new	48
49	Charles	67	new	34
50	Paul	67	↓2	42

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