Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	434
2	Michael	424
3	Jason	409
4	Joshua	366
5	Christopher	359
6	Justin	337
7	Ryan	318
8	David	291
9	Andrew	281
10	Brian	278
11	John	258
12	Nicholas	257
13	Jeremy	241
14	James	238
15	Joseph	212
16	Adam	209
16	Daniel	209
18	Eric	205
19	Timothy	188
20	Robert	187
21	Scott	186
22	Jeffrey	182
23	Aaron	161
24	Benjamin	160
25	Chad	155

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nathan	153
27	Travis	143
28	Brandon	140
29	Dustin	134
30	Anthony	125
30	Jonathan	125
30	Thomas	125
33	William	124
34	Mark	115
35	Kevin	113
36	Jacob	101
36	Steven	101
38	Patrick	99
39	Jesse	97
40	Kyle	93
41	Bradley	90
42	Richard	89
43	Derek	82
44	Shawn	78
45	Paul	77
46	Charles	76
47	Zachary	72
48	Shane	65
49	Brent	64
50	Bryan	62
50	Luke	62
52	Jeremiah	58
52	Lucas	58
52	Sean	58
55	Tyler	57
56	Brett	56
56	Kenneth	56
58	Gregory	52
59	Craig	51
60	Joel	49
61	Casey	48
61	Douglas	48
61	Jared	48
61	Todd	48
65	Troy	44
66	Erik	42
67	Curtis	41
67	Keith	41
67	Seth	41
70	Cody	40
70	Russell	40
70	Samuel	40
73	Cory	39
73	Donald	39
73	Gary	39
73	Nathaniel	39
77	Stephen	37
78	Corey	33
78	Jeffery	33
78	Shaun	33
78	Trevor	33
82	Phillip	32
83	Gabriel	30
83	Jay	30
83	Randy	30
86	Clinton	29
87	Ronald	27
87	Vincent	27
89	Brad	25
89	Edward	25
89	Jamie	25
89	Marcus	25
93	Peter	24
93	Philip	24
93	Tyson	24
96	Alan	23
96	Alexander	23
96	Grant	23
96	Heath	23
96	Lance	23
96	Larry	23
96	Lee	23