Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1989

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1989 were Ashley for girls (346 babies) and Michael for boys (357). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 20,111 babies born in Nebraska in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1989

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, 9.9× the national rate
Abby: 40 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Kylee: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shayla: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kassandra: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Maggie: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kylie: 37 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jill: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Paige: 41 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Molly: 51 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Heath: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Brock: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Riley: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cole: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Levi: 43 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dillon: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Colby: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Brady: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tanner: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Trenton: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	346	–	2
2	Jessica	328	–	1
3	Amanda	273	–	4
4	Megan	208	↑1	11
5	Brittany	189	↑11	3
6	Sarah	180	↓2	5
7	Emily	175	↑3	13
8	Elizabeth	163	↓1	10
9	Jennifer	160	↓3	7
10	Samantha	154	↑3	6
11	Nicole	138	↓3	12
12	Amber	126	↓1	14
13	Kelsey	125	↑17	31
14	Stephanie	120	↓5	8
15	Kayla	114	↑2	20
16	Laura	106	↑6	25
17	Rachel	106	↓5	18
18	Courtney	95	↑24	21
19	Lauren	95	↑9	9
20	Sara	95	↓1	29
21	Heather	93	↓6	15
22	Danielle	91	↓8	17
23	Katie	91	↓3	45
24	Melissa	91	↓6	19
25	Michelle	85	↓1	22
26	Chelsea	81	↓3	27
27	Alyssa	79	↑2	33
28	Katherine	77	↑9	26
29	Cassandra	76	↑9	54
30	Tiffany	76	↓9	16
31	Rebecca	74	↓4	24
32	Amy	72	↓7	35
33	Lindsey	72	↑2	48
34	Allison	62	↑10	46
35	Hannah	61	new	42
36	Jamie	60	↓3	52
37	Christina	59	↓1	23
38	Alicia	58	↑1	53
39	Anna	58	↑6	51
40	Erin	57	↓14	40
41	Kimberly	57	↓7	28
42	Lisa	57	↑5	55
43	Jordan	56	new	72
44	Mary	54	↑5	38
45	Andrea	53	↓14	39
46	Brooke	53	new	74
47	Whitney	53	↓15	57
48	Molly	51	↑2	93
49	Erica	49	new	34
50	Michaela	49	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	357	↑2	1
2	Matthew	338	↓1	3
3	Joshua	323	↑1	4
4	Andrew	265	↓2	7
5	Christopher	260	–	2
6	Nicholas	243	↑2	14
7	Tyler	232	↓1	30
8	Jacob	222	↑1	26
9	Justin	205	↓2	8
10	Daniel	189	–	6
11	Brandon	185	↑4	18
12	Joseph	183	↑4	11
13	Kyle	182	↓1	20
14	Benjamin	181	↑3	29
15	Ryan	180	↓4	13
16	Zachary	179	↑2	25
17	Adam	164	↑2	27
18	Nathan	158	↑3	43
19	Jordan	150	↑15	44
20	David	149	↓6	5
21	James	146	↑1	9
22	Aaron	142	↑2	31
23	Anthony	141	↑2	16
24	John	129	↓11	12
25	Eric	125	↓5	21
26	Thomas	124	↑1	23
27	Cody	120	↓1	45
28	Jonathan	115	↑2	17
29	Kevin	111	↑11	19
30	Timothy	109	↓1	28
31	Robert	106	↓8	10
32	Brian	103	↓4	24
33	Jared	102	↑9	57
34	Austin	101	↑11	59
35	William	99	↓3	15
36	Steven	95	↑5	22
37	Travis	94	↓6	41
38	Derek	90	–	54
39	Alexander	89	↑5	32
40	Dustin	85	↓1	48
41	Sean	80	↑2	39
42	Samuel	79	↑7	47
43	Jason	77	↓10	35
44	Jeremy	75	↓9	34
45	Jeffrey	73	↓9	37
46	Brett	70	↑2	81
47	Jesse	68	↓1	50
48	Patrick	67	new	38
49	Scott	66	↓12	51
50	Taylor	66	new	72

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