Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	452
2	Jason	410
3	Matthew	407
4	Christopher	329
5	Ryan	307
6	Joshua	274
7	Brian	263
8	John	256
9	James	247
10	David	243
11	Nicholas	239
12	Jeffrey	229
13	Andrew	220
14	Jeremy	213
15	Daniel	210
16	Justin	205
17	Robert	198
18	Joseph	188
19	Timothy	185
20	Scott	171
21	Aaron	167
21	Eric	167
23	Adam	149
24	Chad	144
25	Mark	141

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Travis	137
27	Nathan	136
28	Kevin	135
29	Anthony	130
30	William	122
31	Benjamin	118
32	Thomas	114
33	Shawn	107
34	Brandon	106
35	Patrick	104
36	Steven	103
37	Richard	90
38	Bradley	72
39	Bryan	70
39	Charles	70
39	Jonathan	70
42	Gregory	68
42	Kyle	68
44	Joel	67
45	Paul	65
45	Shane	65
47	Dustin	64
48	Jesse	62
49	Cory	61
50	Douglas	59
50	Sean	59
52	Brent	57
53	Troy	56
54	Kenneth	53
54	Zachary	53
56	Corey	51
56	Donald	51
56	Jeremiah	51
59	Jacob	50
59	Todd	50
61	Casey	49
62	Craig	48
63	Jared	45
64	Shaun	44
65	Derek	42
66	Keith	40
66	Tyler	40
68	Samuel	39
69	Seth	38
70	Cody	37
70	Jeffery	37
72	Stephen	36
73	Jay	35
73	Lucas	35
75	Jon	34
76	Curtis	33
76	Luke	33
78	Erik	32
79	Edward	29
80	Brett	28
80	Lee	28
80	Ronald	28
80	Terry	28
80	Trevor	28
85	Peter	27
85	Phillip	27
87	Mitchell	26
87	Randy	26
87	Russell	26
90	Marcus	25
91	Brad	24
91	Kelly	24
91	Lance	24
94	Jeff	23
94	Philip	23
96	Clinton	22
96	Trent	22
96	Wesley	22
99	Larry	21
99	Tony	21