Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1988

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1988 were Ashley for girls (357 babies) and Matthew for boys (334). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 19,927 babies born in Nebraska in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1988

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: 49 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Kylie: 26 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Abby: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jill: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Chelsey: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jordan: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Hilary: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mallory: 36 babies, 3× the national rate
Molly: 51 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kelsey: 74 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 30 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Bret: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Brady: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Cole: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tyson: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lucas: 56 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Levi: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Micah: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Trenton: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Spencer: 52 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	357	–	2
2	Jessica	349	–	1
3	Amanda	274	–	3
4	Sarah	236	–	4
5	Megan	200	↑1	12
6	Jennifer	159	↓1	5
7	Elizabeth	158	↑2	10
8	Nicole	156	↓1	9
9	Stephanie	144	↑1	7
10	Emily	142	↑2	18
11	Amber	124	↓3	15
12	Rachel	124	↑2	19
13	Samantha	121	↓2	8
14	Danielle	117	↑1	17
15	Heather	116	↓2	14
16	Brittany	113	–	6
17	Kayla	113	–	20
18	Melissa	112	↑2	16
19	Sara	104	↑3	30
20	Katie	103	↑1	40
21	Tiffany	103	↑28	13
22	Laura	92	↓3	23
23	Chelsea	90	↑9	33
24	Michelle	89	↑2	21
25	Amy	82	↓7	29
26	Erin	82	↑8	37
27	Rebecca	81	↓4	26
28	Lauren	77	↑9	11
29	Alyssa	74	↑16	47
30	Kelsey	74	↑3	64
31	Andrea	72	↑5	35
32	Whitney	70	↓4	39
33	Jamie	64	↓3	45
34	Kimberly	64	↓10	25
35	Lindsey	62	↓10	48
36	Christina	61	↑3	22
37	Katherine	61	↓8	27
38	Cassandra	60	↑2	59
39	Alicia	59	↓1	50
40	Lindsay	56	↑3	57
41	Kathryn	55	new	55
42	Courtney	54	↓1	24
43	Kristen	54	new	36
44	Allison	53	↓2	46
45	Anna	53	↑2	54
46	Jenna	53	↓15	66
47	Lisa	53	↓3	43
48	Caitlin	52	new	44
49	Mary	52	↓14	34
50	Molly	51	–	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Matthew	334	↑1	3
2	Andrew	312	↓1	5
3	Michael	308	–	1
4	Joshua	304	–	4
5	Christopher	283	–	2
6	Tyler	237	↑7	33
7	Justin	233	↑1	7
8	Nicholas	219	↑1	14
9	Jacob	215	↑3	28
10	Daniel	214	↑1	8
11	Ryan	211	↓4	13
12	Kyle	192	↓2	21
13	John	180	↑2	11
14	David	177	–	6
15	Brandon	170	↓9	17
16	Joseph	167	–	12
17	Benjamin	148	↑4	30
18	Zachary	147	↑5	29
19	Adam	146	↓1	26
20	Eric	145	↓3	19
21	Nathan	145	↑7	44
22	James	142	–	9
23	Robert	142	↑6	10
24	Aaron	141	↑1	31
25	Anthony	140	↓5	18
26	Cody	136	↑5	43
27	Thomas	136	↓1	23
28	Brian	118	↓9	22
29	Timothy	117	↑1	25
30	Jonathan	116	↑10	15
31	Travis	114	↑1	41
32	William	107	↑6	16
33	Jason	106	↓9	27
34	Jordan	104	–	52
35	Jeremy	98	↑4	35
36	Jeffrey	94	↓3	36
37	Scott	94	↓2	47
38	Derek	91	↓1	53
39	Dustin	90	↓12	48
40	Kevin	90	↑1	20
41	Steven	90	↓5	24
42	Jared	88	new	60
43	Sean	85	↑3	38
44	Alexander	81	–	34
45	Austin	81	new	63
46	Jesse	71	new	55
47	Mark	69	↓4	39
48	Brett	68	↓3	73
49	Samuel	67	↓1	45
50	Alex	66	–	58

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