Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	582
2	Michael	491
3	Brian	350
4	Christopher	345
5	Matthew	321
6	David	277
7	Scott	248
8	Jeffrey	246
9	Chad	244
10	James	243
11	John	241
12	Ryan	222
13	Robert	220
14	Jeremy	214
15	Daniel	205
16	Eric	173
17	Mark	159
18	Kevin	153
19	Joseph	151
20	Steven	143
21	Aaron	141
22	Timothy	138
23	Shawn	134
24	Andrew	129
24	William	129

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Justin	124
27	Travis	121
28	Richard	109
28	Shane	109
30	Anthony	107
31	Todd	106
32	Thomas	105
33	Troy	101
34	Bradley	89
35	Joshua	88
35	Paul	88
37	Adam	87
38	Benjamin	85
39	Patrick	83
40	Nathan	74
41	Cory	67
42	Craig	66
42	Gregory	66
44	Brent	63
44	Charles	63
46	Douglas	61
47	Sean	60
48	Bryan	59
49	Jonathan	57
50	Kenneth	56
51	Jon	52
52	Kyle	50
53	Terry	49
54	Donald	47
55	Dustin	43
55	Keith	43
55	Ronald	43
58	Brandon	42
59	Jamie	41
59	Jesse	41
61	Gary	40
62	Corey	39
63	Stephen	38
64	Joel	36
64	Randy	36
66	Nicholas	35
67	Dennis	34
67	Edward	34
69	Brett	33
69	Casey	33
71	Jeffery	32
72	Tony	30
73	Alan	28
73	Jay	28
73	Phillip	28
73	Russell	28
77	Kelly	27
78	Jared	26
78	Jerry	26
80	Darin	25
80	Kurt	25
80	Larry	25
83	Brad	24
83	Chris	24
83	Clinton	24
83	Lee	24
83	Marc	24
83	Rodney	24
89	Jeff	23
90	Dale	22
90	Gerald	22
90	Jacob	22
90	Martin	22
90	Peter	22
90	Samuel	22
96	Curtis	21
96	Erik	21
98	Frank	20
98	Raymond	20
98	Toby	20
98	Trevor	20