Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	451
2	Matthew	430
3	Christopher	404
4	Joshua	354
5	Ryan	301
6	Andrew	299
7	Justin	288
8	Jason	269
9	Nicholas	257
10	David	250
11	John	243
12	Daniel	229
12	Joseph	229
14	Adam	224
15	James	217
16	Nathan	188
17	Brandon	180
18	Aaron	177
19	Jeremy	176
20	Jonathan	175
20	Robert	175
22	Brian	174
23	Benjamin	169
24	Eric	165
24	Jeffrey	165

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	159
27	Dustin	158
27	Timothy	158
29	Scott	152
30	Travis	136
31	Kyle	128
32	Thomas	127
33	Jacob	125
34	Jesse	122
35	William	116
36	Kevin	115
37	Mark	114
38	Steven	108
39	Tyler	104
40	Patrick	94
40	Zachary	94
42	Richard	81
43	Brett	78
43	Jared	78
45	Paul	77
46	Chad	74
46	Derek	74
48	Gregory	71
49	Bradley	68
50	Bryan	63
50	Charles	63
50	Sean	63
53	Cody	61
53	Shane	61
55	Brent	60
56	Douglas	54
57	Stephen	53
58	Jordan	50
59	Craig	48
60	Jeremiah	44
60	Kenneth	44
62	Phillip	43
62	Seth	43
62	Shawn	43
65	Nathaniel	41
66	Casey	40
66	Lucas	40
66	Luke	40
69	Joel	38
70	Mitchell	37
71	Blake	35
71	Todd	35
73	Cory	34
74	Curtis	33
75	Austin	31
75	Clinton	31
75	Philip	31
75	Ross	31
79	Samuel	30
79	Troy	30
81	Corey	29
81	Marcus	29
81	Russell	29
84	Keith	28
84	Lance	28
84	Raymond	28
87	Donald	27
87	Jay	27
87	Kristopher	27
90	Gabriel	26
90	Randall	26
92	Edward	25
93	Alan	24
93	Kelly	24
95	Shaun	23
95	Trevor	23
97	Dennis	22
97	Erik	22
97	Jeffery	22
100	Bret	21
100	Caleb	21