Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	400
2	Michael	348
3	Andrew	347
4	Christopher	299
5	Joshua	298
6	Ryan	245
7	Tyler	239
8	Justin	228
9	Kyle	225
10	Nicholas	222
11	Daniel	215
12	Brandon	211
13	Adam	191
14	Joseph	176
15	Eric	165
16	John	164
17	David	162
18	James	161
19	Jacob	156
20	Jason	155
21	Brian	153
22	Anthony	149
23	Zachary	148
24	Robert	146
25	Benjamin	144

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	140
27	Thomas	134
28	Dustin	133
29	Nathan	131
30	Jonathan	130
31	Timothy	124
32	Jeffrey	118
32	Steven	118
34	Jeremy	117
35	Scott	115
36	Patrick	107
37	Cody	106
38	William	94
39	Mark	89
40	Travis	87
41	Brett	83
41	Kevin	83
43	Jordan	77
44	Jesse	74
44	Seth	74
46	Jared	72
47	Sean	69
48	Bradley	68
48	Chad	68
50	Alexander	67
51	Derek	66
52	Bryan	65
53	Shane	63
54	Richard	60
55	Shawn	55
56	Joel	50
56	Paul	50
58	Charles	49
58	Corey	49
58	Gregory	49
61	Austin	47
62	Brent	46
62	Craig	46
62	Nathaniel	46
65	Drew	45
66	Lucas	44
66	Trevor	44
68	Samuel	43
69	Alex	41
70	Casey	39
70	Cory	39
72	Marcus	35
72	Mitchell	35
74	Kenneth	34
74	Stephen	34
76	Cole	31
77	Chase	29
78	Blake	28
78	Evan	28
78	Todd	28
81	Grant	27
81	Luke	27
83	Bryce	26
83	Keith	26
85	Caleb	25
85	Logan	25
85	Philip	25
88	Curtis	24
88	Dylan	24
88	Jay	24
88	Mathew	24
92	Phillip	23
93	Douglas	22
93	Lee	22
95	Alan	21
95	Donald	21
97	Cameron	20
97	Ian	20
97	Levi	20
97	Peter	20
97	Raymond	20
97	Vincent	20