Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	428
2	Jason	411
3	Christopher	370
4	Matthew	355
5	Ryan	308
6	Joshua	307
6	Nicholas	307
8	David	286
9	Brian	283
10	Daniel	234
11	John	233
12	Justin	230
13	Andrew	226
14	James	224
15	Jeremy	222
16	Joseph	202
17	Adam	198
18	Eric	194
19	Timothy	186
20	Jeffrey	179
20	Robert	179
22	Chad	173
23	Travis	169
24	Scott	163
25	Benjamin	155

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	148
27	Brandon	146
28	Nathan	143
29	Kevin	141
30	Mark	128
31	William	127
32	Anthony	126
33	Steven	111
34	Patrick	104
35	Thomas	102
36	Dustin	88
37	Jonathan	87
38	Paul	86
39	Richard	83
40	Bradley	76
41	Jacob	75
41	Shawn	75
43	Shane	74
43	Zachary	74
45	Kyle	71
46	Jesse	69
47	Bryan	67
48	Brent	66
49	Luke	64
50	Cory	63
51	Sean	61
52	Casey	59
52	Todd	59
54	Charles	58
54	Jared	58
56	Douglas	55
57	Kenneth	54
58	Cody	53
59	Gregory	51
60	Seth	49
61	Brett	47
61	Lucas	47
63	Tyler	45
64	Troy	44
65	Craig	42
65	Jeremiah	42
67	Curtis	39
68	Derek	38
68	Joel	38
68	Phillip	38
68	Stephen	38
72	Donald	36
73	Shaun	35
74	Samuel	33
75	Edward	32
75	Keith	32
77	Dennis	30
77	Erik	30
77	Jeffery	30
80	Jon	28
81	Corey	27
81	Jamie	27
83	Russell	26
84	Gary	25
84	Jerry	25
86	Mitchell	24
86	Nathaniel	24
86	Raymond	24
89	Ian	23
89	Philip	23
89	Randy	23
89	Trevor	23
89	Wade	23
94	Heath	22
94	Trent	22
96	Marcus	21
96	Randall	21
96	Ronald	21
96	Terry	21
96	Tony	21