Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1971

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	529
2	Scott	405
3	Jason	363
4	James	331
5	David	320
6	John	304
7	Christopher	303
8	Jeffrey	301
9	Robert	282
10	Brian	279
11	Matthew	262
12	Mark	238
13	Chad	210
13	Steven	210
15	Kevin	203
16	Daniel	180
17	William	165
18	Todd	162
19	Timothy	161
20	Richard	147
21	Troy	141
22	Shawn	131
22	Thomas	131
24	Douglas	124
24	Gregory	124

Rank	Name	Babies
24	Joseph	124
27	Eric	118
28	Patrick	112
29	Bradley	103
30	Paul	102
31	Craig	99
32	Ryan	96
33	Travis	89
34	Andrew	87
35	Shane	85
36	Jeremy	82
37	Anthony	81
38	Aaron	75
39	Sean	73
40	Donald	71
41	Charles	70
42	Ronald	69
43	Kenneth	67
44	Brent	64
45	Bryan	61
46	Corey	60
47	Cory	59
48	Jeffery	58
48	Jerry	58
50	Stephen	55
51	Larry	54
52	Jay	49
52	Jonathan	49
52	Lance	49
52	Terry	49
56	Dennis	48
56	Jon	48
56	Russell	48
59	Chris	47
60	Edward	46
61	Gary	45
61	Joel	45
63	Dale	42
64	Justin	41
65	Brett	38
66	Kelly	37
67	Benjamin	36
67	Darin	36
67	Roger	36
70	Randy	35
71	Kurt	34
71	Rodney	34
73	Jeff	33
74	Keith	32
75	Adam	31
75	Kirk	31
75	Tony	31
78	Alan	30
78	Brad	30
80	Randall	29
80	Wade	29
82	Barry	28
82	Brandon	28
82	Greg	28
85	Dana	27
85	Kyle	27
87	Derek	26
88	Erik	25
88	Joshua	25
88	Nicholas	25
88	Shannon	25
92	Dean	24
92	Frank	24
92	Lee	24
92	Raymond	24
96	Kent	23
96	Marc	23
96	Marcus	23
96	Mike	23
96	Nathan	23
96	Peter	23
96	Phillip	23
96	Ricky	23