Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	456
2	Michael	435
3	Joshua	390
4	Ryan	334
5	Justin	331
6	Jason	328
7	Christopher	324
8	David	268
9	Adam	257
10	Andrew	249
11	Nicholas	248
12	Brian	226
13	James	221
14	John	220
15	Daniel	217
16	Joseph	205
17	Eric	202
18	Jeremy	198
19	Brandon	195
20	Jeffrey	185
21	Aaron	178
22	Benjamin	176
23	Robert	166
24	Jonathan	160
25	Dustin	158

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Timothy	158
27	Nathan	151
28	Scott	150
29	Thomas	146
30	William	137
31	Jesse	130
31	Travis	130
33	Kevin	127
34	Mark	118
35	Anthony	117
36	Jacob	111
37	Steven	100
38	Chad	98
39	Bradley	93
40	Kyle	92
41	Richard	89
42	Paul	84
43	Derek	81
44	Jared	80
44	Patrick	80
46	Shawn	72
47	Charles	71
48	Brent	70
48	Tyler	70
50	Bryan	67
51	Brett	63
51	Lucas	63
53	Shane	62
54	Casey	61
55	Craig	60
56	Cody	59
57	Sean	57
58	Zachary	55
59	Gregory	53
60	Kenneth	52
61	Nathaniel	51
62	Jeremiah	49
63	Seth	47
64	Joel	45
65	Luke	42
66	Corey	41
66	Samuel	41
68	Stephen	39
69	Clinton	37
69	Cory	37
71	Douglas	36
71	Todd	36
73	Austin	34
73	Trevor	34
75	Jordan	33
75	Ronald	33
77	Jeffery	32
77	Mitchell	32
77	Russell	32
80	Caleb	31
80	Curtis	31
80	Donald	31
80	Erik	31
80	Troy	31
85	Marcus	29
86	Jay	28
86	Phillip	28
88	Jon	27
88	Keith	27
90	Lance	26
91	Peter	25
91	Philip	25
93	Ian	24
93	Levi	24
93	Ross	24
96	Alexander	23
96	Kurt	23
96	Shaun	23
99	Edward	21
99	Gary	21
99	Heath	21
99	Kelly	21