Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	438
2	Michael	426
3	Christopher	373
4	Joshua	316
5	Adam	310
6	Andrew	306
7	Justin	302
8	Ryan	301
9	Daniel	260
10	Nicholas	240
11	Jason	235
12	David	229
13	Joseph	221
14	Brian	218
15	Brandon	201
16	John	199
17	James	197
18	Eric	193
19	Jeffrey	189
20	Robert	175
21	Aaron	169
22	Nathan	161
23	Jacob	147
24	Benjamin	146
24	Dustin	146

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kyle	141
27	Anthony	137
27	Jonathan	137
29	Timothy	135
30	Jeremy	133
31	Travis	132
32	Steven	128
33	Scott	126
34	Tyler	119
35	Kevin	118
36	William	117
37	Thomas	116
38	Mark	112
39	Patrick	105
40	Zachary	96
41	Derek	92
42	Chad	86
43	Jesse	83
44	Sean	77
45	Bradley	74
45	Jared	74
47	Brett	69
47	Shane	69
49	Gregory	68
49	Richard	68
51	Bryan	65
52	Paul	63
53	Lucas	62
54	Cody	61
55	Craig	56
56	Brent	55
57	Casey	50
58	Nathaniel	49
59	Joel	47
59	Jordan	47
61	Seth	46
62	Cory	45
62	Stephen	45
64	Charles	43
64	Samuel	43
66	Luke	42
67	Blake	39
67	Keith	39
69	Kenneth	38
69	Mitchell	38
69	Shawn	38
72	Troy	37
73	Jeremiah	35
73	Todd	35
75	Donald	34
75	Douglas	34
75	Trevor	34
78	Corey	33
78	Philip	33
80	Cole	30
81	Jeffery	29
82	Austin	28
82	Ross	28
84	Evan	27
84	Marcus	27
86	Clinton	25
87	Alan	24
87	Erik	24
87	Grant	24
87	Jon	24
91	Chase	23
91	Ian	23
93	Kristopher	22
93	Lance	22
93	Phillip	22
93	Ronald	22
93	Shaun	22
98	Cameron	21
99	Edward	20
99	Randy	20