Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	479
2	Jason	453
3	Christopher	376
4	Brian	331
5	David	316
6	Jeffrey	310
7	Scott	293
8	Chad	261
9	Matthew	257
10	John	255
11	James	248
12	Robert	246
13	Daniel	188
14	Timothy	167
15	William	166
16	Kevin	164
17	Mark	162
18	Steven	158
19	Eric	152
20	Thomas	140
21	Todd	137
22	Ryan	134
23	Joseph	131
23	Richard	131
25	Shawn	115

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Troy	109
27	Aaron	103
28	Patrick	99
29	Anthony	97
30	Andrew	94
30	Bradley	94
32	Shane	90
33	Douglas	88
34	Gregory	87
35	Paul	86
35	Travis	86
37	Sean	82
38	Charles	76
39	Jeremy	75
40	Craig	67
41	Brent	66
41	Ronald	66
43	Donald	62
44	Bryan	61
45	Kenneth	60
46	Jonathan	57
46	Justin	57
48	Brandon	55
49	Jeffery	54
50	Cory	52
50	Randy	52
52	Keith	49
53	Joel	48
54	Stephen	47
55	Gary	46
55	Jon	46
57	Dennis	45
57	Kyle	45
59	Brett	42
60	Jerry	41
61	Adam	40
61	Terry	40
63	Larry	38
63	Nathan	38
65	Jay	36
66	Russell	35
67	Rodney	34
68	Chris	33
68	Corey	33
70	Kelly	32
71	Edward	31
71	Roger	31
71	Tony	31
71	Tracy	31
75	Jamie	30
76	Alan	29
76	Frank	29
76	Wade	29
79	Benjamin	28
79	Dale	28
79	Erik	28
79	Tyler	28
83	Joshua	27
83	Kirk	27
85	Dustin	26
85	Martin	26
87	Darren	24
88	Nicholas	23
88	Wayne	23
90	Phillip	22
90	Raymond	22
90	Shannon	22
90	Trevor	22
94	Curtis	21
94	Dean	21
94	Derek	21
94	Randall	21
98	Darin	20
98	Heath	20
98	Jesse	20
98	Joe	20
98	Marc	20
98	Micheal	20
98	Mitchell	20
98	Peter	20