Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	413
2	Michael	383
3	Andrew	349
4	Joshua	347
5	Christopher	314
6	Ryan	301
7	Adam	252
8	Daniel	250
9	Justin	248
10	Brandon	230
11	Nicholas	226
12	David	213
13	John	209
14	Joseph	205
15	Tyler	183
16	Kyle	181
17	Eric	180
17	Jason	180
19	James	176
20	Brian	166
21	Aaron	163
22	Jacob	159
23	Anthony	156
24	Zachary	154
25	Benjamin	151

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Robert	151
27	Nathan	143
28	Jeffrey	137
29	Dustin	133
30	Jonathan	118
30	Scott	118
30	Timothy	118
33	William	115
34	Steven	112
35	Travis	109
36	Patrick	108
37	Jeremy	107
38	Thomas	103
39	Cody	101
40	Kevin	97
41	Mark	89
42	Jesse	86
43	Sean	75
44	Derek	74
45	Jared	72
45	Shawn	72
47	Brett	71
47	Bryan	71
49	Charles	67
49	Paul	67
49	Shane	67
52	Bradley	65
53	Jordan	64
54	Gregory	63
55	Brent	61
56	Richard	56
57	Chad	55
57	Joel	55
59	Stephen	53
60	Alexander	52
61	Drew	47
62	Mitchell	46
62	Seth	46
64	Casey	44
65	Cory	43
66	Kenneth	40
67	Alex	39
68	Blake	38
68	Caleb	38
68	Chase	38
68	Corey	38
68	Marcus	38
73	Craig	37
74	Cole	36
74	Ian	36
74	Luke	36
74	Philip	36
74	Todd	36
79	Austin	35
79	Ross	35
79	Samuel	35
82	Keith	34
82	Lucas	34
82	Trevor	34
85	Curtis	33
86	Douglas	31
86	Jeremiah	31
86	Phillip	31
86	Troy	31
90	Nathaniel	30
91	Edward	29
92	Shaun	26
93	Jay	25
94	Donald	24
94	Jeffery	24
94	Wesley	24
97	Clinton	23
97	Jonathon	23
99	Lance	22
100	Brady	21
100	Evan	21
100	Grant	21
100	Tyson	21