Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1986

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1986 were Ashley for girls (368 babies) and Matthew for boys (400). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 20,640 babies born in Nebraska in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1986

Names given at least 15 times in Nebraska that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Kylee: 18 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Michaela: 34 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Kylie: 22 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Abby: 35 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Chelsey: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kelsey: 63 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jill: 40 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Traci: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lacey: 45 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Abigail: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Bret: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Cole: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Trenton: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Heath: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Seth: 74 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Drew: 45 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tyler: 239 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bryce: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Wade: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	368	–	2
2	Jessica	348	–	1
3	Amanda	331	↑1	3
4	Sarah	260	↑1	5
5	Jennifer	247	↓2	4
6	Megan	214	–	11
7	Amber	180	↑4	13
8	Elizabeth	174	↑1	10
9	Nicole	163	↓2	7
10	Stephanie	149	↓2	6
11	Melissa	140	↓1	12
12	Sara	129	↑6	27
13	Emily	123	↑1	24
14	Heather	123	↓1	9
15	Rachel	122	↑2	15
16	Amy	119	↑3	22
17	Katie	116	↓1	38
18	Danielle	115	↓3	16
19	Laura	112	↑1	20
20	Rebecca	104	↑4	26
21	Michelle	99	↑1	23
22	Brittany	95	↑9	8
23	Samantha	92	↑7	21
24	Kimberly	89	↑11	18
25	Angela	88	↑1	33
26	Lindsey	88	↓5	39
27	Katherine	87	↑1	28
28	Whitney	86	new	32
29	Erin	84	↓6	30
30	Tiffany	80	↑7	17
31	Jamie	79	↓19	34
32	Andrea	77	↓7	36
33	Kelly	77	↑8	29
34	Lisa	70	↑2	40
35	Courtney	68	new	35
36	Christina	67	↓9	19
37	Kelsey	63	new	>100
38	Lindsay	62	↓6	46
39	Alicia	61	↓5	45
40	Allison	61	↓7	42
41	Jenna	59	↓12	55
42	Crystal	58	↓4	25
43	Cassandra	56	↑5	60
44	Tara	54	↓5	56
45	Anna	53	↓5	51
46	Kayla	53	new	64
47	Shannon	51	new	44
48	Natalie	49	new	52
49	Mary	47	↓4	37
50	Lacey	45	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Matthew	400	–	3
2	Michael	348	–	1
3	Andrew	347	–	8
4	Christopher	299	↑1	2
5	Joshua	298	↓1	4
6	Ryan	245	–	11
7	Tyler	239	↑8	40
8	Justin	228	↑1	14
9	Kyle	225	↑7	23
10	Nicholas	222	↑1	17
11	Daniel	215	↓3	6
12	Brandon	211	↓2	13
13	Adam	191	↓6	24
14	Joseph	176	–	12
15	Eric	165	↑2	22
16	John	164	↓3	10
17	David	162	↓5	5
18	James	161	↑1	7
19	Jacob	156	↑3	31
20	Jason	155	↓2	18
21	Brian	153	↓1	20
22	Anthony	149	↑1	19
23	Zachary	148	↑1	38
24	Robert	146	↑2	9
25	Benjamin	144	–	30
26	Aaron	140	↓5	33
27	Thomas	134	↑11	26
28	Dustin	133	↑1	42
29	Nathan	131	↓2	43
30	Jonathan	130	–	16
31	Timothy	124	↑1	27
32	Jeffrey	118	↓4	32
33	Steven	118	↑1	25
34	Jeremy	117	↑3	28
35	Scott	115	↓4	44
36	Patrick	107	–	39
37	Cody	106	↑2	56
38	William	94	↓5	15
39	Mark	89	↑2	35
40	Travis	87	↓5	49
41	Brett	83	↑6	69
42	Kevin	83	↓2	21
43	Jordan	77	new	53
44	Jesse	74	↓2	48
45	Seth	74	new	97
46	Jared	72	↓1	58
47	Sean	69	↓4	37
48	Bradley	68	new	54
49	Chad	68	new	59
50	Alexander	67	new	41

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