Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	490
2	Michael	407
3	Matthew	353
4	Christopher	328
5	Ryan	313
6	Brian	285
7	David	270
8	Jeremy	265
9	James	255
10	John	246
11	Daniel	210
12	Jeffrey	207
13	Joshua	204
14	Andrew	201
15	Eric	196
15	Joseph	196
17	Timothy	189
18	Robert	187
18	Scott	187
20	Justin	175
21	Kevin	173
22	Chad	169
23	Aaron	151
24	Travis	145
25	Benjamin	137

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Adam	134
27	Nathan	133
28	William	130
29	Mark	128
30	Steven	116
31	Shawn	115
32	Anthony	114
33	Thomas	112
34	Brandon	92
35	Patrick	87
35	Paul	87
37	Richard	85
37	Shane	85
39	Jonathan	84
39	Todd	84
41	Gregory	81
42	Kyle	77
43	Cory	73
44	Bryan	68
45	Nicholas	67
46	Corey	65
47	Douglas	63
48	Dustin	62
49	Bradley	61
49	Charles	61
49	Troy	61
52	Brent	58
53	Craig	54
53	Joel	54
53	Sean	54
56	Jacob	52
57	Jesse	51
58	Jeremiah	50
59	Jared	47
60	Casey	46
61	Donald	45
62	Kenneth	40
62	Zachary	40
64	Stephen	37
65	Seth	36
66	Gary	35
66	Tyler	35
68	Gabriel	34
69	Jeffery	32
70	Jay	31
70	Philip	31
70	Wesley	31
73	Brad	30
73	Edward	30
73	Jon	30
73	Samuel	30
77	Peter	29
78	Kelly	28
78	Lance	28
78	Randy	28
81	Larry	27
81	Terry	27
83	Curtis	26
83	Heath	26
83	Jamie	26
83	Phillip	26
87	Brett	25
87	Erik	25
87	Ronald	25
90	George	24
90	Lucas	24
92	Kristopher	23
92	Nathaniel	23
94	Keith	22
94	Russell	22
94	Tony	22
97	Clinton	20
97	Cody	20
97	Marcus	20
97	Martin	20
97	Shannon	20
97	Shaun	20
97	Trevor	20