Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1987

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1987 were Ashley for girls (391 babies) and Andrew for boys (350). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Andrew ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 19,906 babies born in Nebraska in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1987

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: 40 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Kylee: 17 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Kylie: 20 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Abby: 31 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Maggie: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jill: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Paige: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chelsey: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Molly: 49 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Randi: 17 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Trenton: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dillon: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tanner: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cole: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Tyson: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Drew: 36 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Wade: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Grant: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Colby: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brett: 80 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	391	–	2
2	Jessica	372	–	1
3	Amanda	303	–	3
4	Sarah	227	–	5
5	Jennifer	215	–	4
6	Megan	204	–	12
7	Nicole	176	↑2	8
8	Amber	164	↓1	15
9	Elizabeth	146	↓1	10
10	Stephanie	145	–	6
11	Samantha	142	↑12	11
12	Emily	137	↑1	19
13	Heather	119	↑1	9
14	Rachel	119	↑1	17
15	Danielle	118	↑3	14
16	Brittany	113	↑6	7
17	Kayla	113	↑29	27
18	Amy	112	↓2	24
19	Laura	110	–	22
20	Melissa	109	↓9	13
21	Katie	98	↓4	38
22	Sara	96	↓10	29
23	Rebecca	86	↓3	25
24	Kimberly	83	–	23
25	Lindsey	79	↑1	41
26	Michelle	78	↓5	21
27	Angela	77	↓2	35
28	Whitney	76	–	32
29	Katherine	75	↓2	28
30	Jamie	74	↑1	39
31	Jenna	74	↑10	57
32	Chelsea	72	new	47
33	Kelsey	70	↑4	67
34	Erin	69	↓5	34
35	Mary	67	↑14	37
36	Andrea	65	↓4	36
37	Lauren	65	new	16
38	Alicia	63	↑1	46
39	Christina	63	↓3	20
40	Cassandra	59	↑3	68
41	Courtney	59	↓6	33
42	Allison	58	↓2	44
43	Lindsay	58	↓5	49
44	Lisa	57	↓10	40
45	Alyssa	53	new	60
46	Kelly	53	↓13	30
47	Anna	52	↓2	52
48	Kristin	50	new	55
49	Tiffany	50	↓19	18
50	Molly	49	new	97

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Andrew	350	↑2	6
2	Matthew	347	↓1	3
3	Michael	318	↓1	1
4	Joshua	302	↑1	4
5	Christopher	291	↓1	2
6	Brandon	228	↑6	14
7	Ryan	228	↓1	13
8	Justin	224	–	9
9	Nicholas	221	↑1	16
10	Kyle	202	↓1	22
11	Daniel	195	–	7
12	Jacob	195	↑7	31
13	Tyler	188	↓6	39
14	David	179	↑3	5
15	John	177	↑1	11
16	Joseph	170	↓2	12
17	Eric	163	↓2	21
18	Adam	162	↓5	27
19	Brian	158	↑2	20
20	Anthony	152	↑2	17
21	Benjamin	152	↑4	28
22	James	147	↓4	8
23	Zachary	144	–	33
24	Jason	129	↓4	23
25	Aaron	125	↑1	34
26	Thomas	123	↑1	24
27	Dustin	117	↑1	44
28	Nathan	117	↑1	45
29	Robert	115	↓5	10
30	Timothy	113	↑1	26
31	Cody	111	↑6	49
32	Travis	111	↑8	42
33	Jeffrey	109	↓1	32
34	Jordan	97	↑9	52
35	Scott	97	–	43
36	Steven	96	↓3	25
37	Derek	95	new	54
38	William	90	–	15
39	Jeremy	89	↓5	29
40	Jonathan	89	↓10	18
41	Kevin	86	↑1	19
42	Patrick	82	↓6	41
43	Mark	81	↓4	36
44	Alexander	80	↑6	37
45	Brett	80	↓4	71
46	Sean	79	↑1	40
47	Richard	72	new	30
48	Samuel	67	new	50
49	Paul	66	new	46
50	Alex	63	new	60

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