Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	494
2	Jason	475
3	Brian	377
4	Christopher	358
5	Matthew	287
6	David	274
7	Scott	256
8	James	241
8	Jeffrey	241
10	John	239
11	Chad	233
12	Robert	219
13	Daniel	217
14	Ryan	196
15	Kevin	170
16	Mark	159
17	Eric	143
18	Timothy	136
19	William	132
20	Shawn	130
21	Aaron	124
21	Jeremy	124
23	Joseph	118
24	Todd	112
25	Thomas	109

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Richard	108
27	Steven	107
27	Troy	107
29	Travis	105
30	Justin	103
31	Andrew	102
32	Shane	101
33	Anthony	91
33	Patrick	91
35	Paul	82
36	Bradley	74
37	Charles	71
38	Gregory	70
39	Adam	67
39	Joshua	67
41	Cory	66
41	Douglas	66
43	Craig	64
44	Brent	62
44	Sean	62
46	Bryan	61
47	Jonathan	58
48	Nathan	54
48	Terry	54
50	Corey	51
50	Donald	51
52	Kenneth	49
53	Benjamin	47
54	Edward	45
55	Brandon	44
56	Gary	40
56	Jay	40
56	Jeffery	40
56	Ronald	40
60	Dennis	38
60	Kyle	38
62	Brett	37
62	Stephen	37
64	Jamie	36
65	Joel	35
65	Nicholas	35
67	Jon	34
67	Keith	34
67	Randy	34
70	Darin	31
71	Jerry	30
71	Russell	30
73	Dustin	29
73	Larry	29
75	Randall	27
76	Derek	26
77	Chris	25
77	Micheal	25
77	Rodney	25
77	Tony	25
81	Brad	24
81	Heath	24
81	Kirk	24
81	Shannon	24
81	Trevor	24
86	Clinton	22
86	Jesse	22
88	Roger	21
89	Dale	20
89	Jeff	20
89	Marc	20
89	Marcus	20
93	Duane	19
93	Erik	19
93	George	19
93	Lee	19
93	Raymond	19
93	Tracy	19
99	Alan	18
99	Bruce	18
99	Danny	18
99	Greg	18
99	Jared	18
99	Kent	18
99	Kurt	18
99	Lance	18
99	Philip	18