Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1990

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1990 were Ashley for girls (296 babies) and Michael for boys (349). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 20,103 babies born in Nebraska in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1990

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

Girls

Makayla: 24 babies, 19.7× the national rate
Michaela: 62 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Kylee: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kelsie: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Abby: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kylie: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bailey: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Maggie: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Molly: 61 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shelby: 54 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Brady: 30 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Tanner: 42 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Gage: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Brock: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Trenton: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Wade: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dillon: 38 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cole: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Chance: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Drew: 38 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Ashley	296	–	2
2	Jessica	292	–	1
3	Amanda	229	–	4
4	Megan	203	–	11
5	Brittany	196	–	3
6	Emily	191	↑1	12
7	Sarah	181	↓1	6
8	Elizabeth	165	–	9
9	Samantha	163	↑1	5
10	Kelsey	130	↑3	32
11	Jennifer	128	↓2	8
12	Kayla	125	↑3	14
13	Nicole	125	↓2	13
14	Stephanie	117	–	7
15	Amber	110	↓3	15
16	Courtney	103	↑2	17
17	Heather	102	↑4	19
18	Rachel	100	↓1	16
19	Lauren	99	–	10
20	Hannah	95	↑15	30
21	Laura	94	↓5	29
22	Danielle	93	–	18
23	Katie	92	–	53
24	Rebecca	91	↑7	21
25	Alyssa	89	↑2	27
26	Erin	79	↑14	43
27	Chelsea	78	↓1	24
28	Jordan	76	↑15	59
29	Melissa	76	↓5	20
30	Michelle	76	↓5	22
31	Cassandra	75	↓2	49
32	Amy	71	–	38
33	Tiffany	71	↓3	23
34	Morgan	70	new	58
35	Katherine	63	↓7	26
36	Sara	63	↓16	34
37	Taylor	63	new	46
38	Michaela	62	↑12	>100
39	Molly	61	↑9	80
40	Anna	59	↓1	45
41	Brooke	58	↑5	70
42	Jamie	58	↓6	55
43	Paige	57	new	79
44	Lindsey	56	↓11	51
45	Whitney	55	↑2	60
46	Shelby	54	new	100
47	Allison	52	↓13	48
48	Andrea	52	↓3	40
49	Alicia	51	↓11	54
50	Erica	51	↓1	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	349	–	1
2	Andrew	282	↑2	7
3	Matthew	277	↓1	3
4	Tyler	276	↑3	21
5	Joshua	261	↓2	4
6	Jacob	247	↑2	20
7	Christopher	237	↓2	2
8	Ryan	234	↑7	11
9	Nicholas	214	↓3	14
10	Jordan	199	↑9	29
11	Zachary	198	↑5	22
12	Brandon	194	↓1	19
13	Cody	185	↑14	31
14	Kyle	181	↓1	18
15	Justin	169	↓6	9
16	Daniel	160	↓6	5
17	Joseph	156	↓5	10
18	John	153	↑6	12
19	Benjamin	152	↓5	33
20	Nathan	148	↓2	44
21	James	146	–	8
22	Aaron	137	–	34
23	Adam	135	↓6	32
24	Anthony	134	↓1	15
25	David	131	↓5	6
26	Derek	119	↑12	54
27	Robert	116	↑4	13
28	Travis	113	↑9	42
29	Taylor	109	↑21	64
30	Alexander	106	↑9	28
31	Thomas	105	↓5	26
32	Timothy	102	↓2	30
33	Ethan	98	new	58
34	Jonathan	97	↓6	17
35	Eric	96	↓10	24
36	William	86	↓1	16
37	Austin	85	↓3	55
38	Steven	83	↓2	25
39	Brian	82	↓7	27
40	Jesse	81	↑7	48
41	Dustin	78	↓1	50
42	Alex	77	new	59
43	Trevor	76	new	76
44	Jared	73	↓11	63
45	Kevin	73	↓16	23
46	Patrick	72	↑2	36
47	Jeffrey	71	↓2	43
48	Jeremy	67	↓4	40
49	Sean	67	↓8	37
50	Mark	64	new	47

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