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Baby names in Nebraska, 1970s

1970–1979 · 210,011 recorded births

Jennifer was the most common name given in Nebraska across the 1970s, with 5,013 births in the decade. The state recorded 210,011 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Nebraska in the 1970s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Michaela13111×
Renae98
Darin213
Shad68
Trent157
Cory618
Stacia61
Trenton67

Top 25 in the 1970s

RankNameBirths
#1Jennifer5,013
#2Michael4,781
#3Jason4,443
#4Christopher3,319
#5Matthew3,178
#6Brian3,047
#7Amy3,002
#8David2,871
#9James2,646
#10John2,578
#11Scott2,496
#12Jeffrey2,487
#13Michelle2,457
#14Angela2,349
#15Robert2,306
#16Ryan2,149
#17Daniel2,063
#18Chad1,967
#19Lisa1,940
#20Melissa1,834
#21Heather1,814
#22Kimberly1,733
#23Mark1,718
#24Eric1,688
#25Jeremy1,669

Other decades in Nebraska

All Nebraska names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org