Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	478
2	Michael	449
3	Matthew	365
4	Christopher	320
5	Brian	302
6	Ryan	292
7	Jeremy	248
8	David	225
9	James	224
10	Daniel	215
11	Chad	214
12	Eric	211
13	Scott	209
14	John	208
15	Jeffrey	202
16	Robert	199
17	Justin	171
18	Andrew	165
19	Mark	163
20	Joshua	160
21	Joseph	155
22	Timothy	150
23	Aaron	144
24	Travis	138
25	Anthony	125

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Shawn	125
27	Benjamin	122
28	Kevin	121
29	Steven	119
29	William	119
31	Thomas	114
32	Nathan	109
33	Adam	96
34	Shane	91
35	Richard	89
36	Bradley	84
37	Patrick	83
38	Paul	78
39	Gregory	75
39	Todd	75
41	Jonathan	74
42	Brandon	73
43	Bryan	71
44	Charles	70
45	Corey	64
46	Cory	61
47	Jesse	59
47	Kenneth	59
49	Brent	58
50	Douglas	55
50	Troy	55
52	Dustin	54
53	Sean	52
54	Kyle	49
55	Craig	46
56	Jeffery	43
57	Seth	39
58	Edward	38
58	Jamie	38
58	Jay	38
58	Ronald	38
58	Stephen	38
63	Jared	37
64	Donald	36
64	Joel	36
64	Nicholas	36
64	Tony	36
68	Brad	35
69	Samuel	34
69	Zachary	34
71	Jacob	33
72	Gary	32
73	Jon	31
74	Keith	30
75	Casey	28
75	Jeremiah	28
75	Lance	28
75	Randy	28
79	Russell	27
79	Tyler	27
81	Clinton	25
81	Heath	25
83	Cody	24
83	Curtis	24
83	Phillip	24
86	Larry	23
86	Toby	23
88	Jeff	22
88	Kelly	22
88	Peter	22
91	Dennis	21
91	Gabriel	21
91	Terry	21
91	Trevor	21
95	Brett	20
95	Wade	20
97	Chris	19
97	Christian	19
97	Kirk	19
97	Marcus	19
97	Mitchell	19
97	Philip	19
97	Shannon	19