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Baby names in Nebraska in the 1970s

In Nebraska in the 1970s the most given names were Michael (4,762 boys) and Jennifer (5,013 girls), of 209,940 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Nebraska each year, the 1970s shaded
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Nebraska births by year and sex5k10k15k20k19101930195019701990201020251970-1979BoysGirls
Nebraska births by year and sex5k10k15k20k19101930195019701990201020251970-1979BoysGirls
Nebraska births by year and sex5k10k15k20k19101950199020251970-1979BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Nebraska, 1970-1979: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Nebraska, 1970s

Girls, 1970-1979
#NameBirths
1Jennifer5,013
2Amy3,002
3Michelle2,457
4Angela2,349
5Lisa1,940
6Melissa1,834
7Heather1,814
8Kimberly1,733
9Julie1,433
10Nicole1,412
11Stephanie1,327
12Rebecca1,294
13Sarah1,277
14Jessica1,087
15Kelly1,067
16Jill996
17Laura922
18Elizabeth913
19Amanda912
20Shannon906
Boys, 1970-1979
#NameBirths
1Michael4,762
2Jason4,443
3Christopher3,314
4Matthew3,178
5Brian3,047
6David2,871
7James2,646
8John2,578
9Scott2,496
10Jeffrey2,487
11Robert2,306
12Ryan2,144
13Daniel2,063
14Chad1,967
15Mark1,718
16Eric1,688
17Jeremy1,669
18Timothy1,651
19Kevin1,604
20Joseph1,496

Births summed over 1970-1979, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Nebraska in the 1970s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1970-1979.

More about names in Nebraska

  1. The 1970s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. Nebraska: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. Nebraska in the 1980sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1970The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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