Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1944

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1944 were Mary for girls (530 babies) and Robert for boys (600). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 21,185 babies born in Nebraska in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1944

Names given at least 15 times in Nebraska that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Colleen: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Connie: 138 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Deanna: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sheryl: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Patty: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Beth: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marlene: 52 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Julie: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Karen: 297 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Cheryl: 143 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Merlin: 15 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Lyle: 45 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Eldon: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Duane: 66 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Loren: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Darrel: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dick: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rodney: 55 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dean: 49 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kent: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	530	–	1
2	Sharon	376	–	8
3	Linda	366	–	3
4	Carol	337	–	5
5	Karen	297	↑1	16
6	Judy	282	↑2	12
7	Patricia	278	–	4
8	Barbara	265	↓3	2
9	Sandra	244	↑1	6
10	Judith	205	↓1	9
11	Nancy	198	↑2	7
12	Donna	190	–	17
13	Janet	166	↓2	21
14	Janice	162	↑3	28
15	Susan	161	↑8	13
16	Kathleen	153	↑2	20
17	Betty	152	↓3	10
18	Shirley	150	↑2	15
19	Cheryl	143	↑15	36
20	Carolyn	138	↓4	11
21	Connie	138	–	51
22	Joyce	138	↓3	18
23	Margaret	123	↓1	14
24	Beverly	109	↑4	35
25	Bonnie	109	↓1	34
26	Marilyn	108	↓11	27
27	Joan	105	↓2	22
28	Diane	96	↑2	24
29	Jean	95	↓2	37
30	Phyllis	86	↑1	40
31	Pamela	78	new	44
32	Virginia	77	↓3	26
33	Lois	75	↑4	47
34	Dorothy	71	↓8	19
35	Gloria	68	↓3	25
36	Jane	68	↑2	41
37	Carole	67	new	43
38	Ruth	67	↓5	32
39	Elaine	60	↑7	46
40	Kathryn	60	–	68
41	Rita	57	↑3	54
42	Ann	54	new	39
43	Elizabeth	54	↓8	23
44	Joann	52	↑6	65
45	Marlene	52	↓2	>100
46	Marcia	51	new	89
47	Darlene	47	↓11	76
48	Alice	46	–	38
49	Norma	46	new	66
50	Peggy	45	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Robert	600	–	2
2	James	498	–	1
3	John	490	↑2	3
4	Richard	468	–	5
5	Larry	438	↓2	12
6	Gary	355	–	15
7	William	333	↑1	4
8	David	322	↑3	6
9	Ronald	315	↓2	10
10	Donald	265	↓1	11
11	Dennis	251	↓1	20
12	Thomas	243	↑4	8
13	Kenneth	226	–	16
14	Roger	226	↑1	23
15	Charles	206	↓1	7
16	Michael	202	↑1	9
17	Jerry	195	↓5	19
18	Gerald	132	–	24
19	Terry	119	↑10	43
20	Douglas	110	↑3	34
21	Paul	105	↓1	17
22	Dale	104	↑2	61
23	Jack	100	↓1	30
24	George	99	↓5	14
25	Edward	94	↑2	18
26	Joseph	87	↑6	13
27	Jim	83	↓2	68
28	Daniel	78	↑2	25
29	Marvin	78	↓3	75
30	Frank	70	↑6	21
31	Harold	68	↓10	27
32	Eugene	67	↑5	48
33	Steven	67	↑17	52
34	Duane	66	↑8	>100
35	Wayne	65	↓1	37
36	Raymond	63	↓8	22
37	Tom	61	↑11	87
38	Leroy	59	↓7	78
39	Stephen	58	↓4	28
40	Keith	56	↑3	>100
41	Rodney	55	↓8	>100
42	Norman	53	new	58
43	Lawrence	52	↓5	32
44	Stanley	52	↑3	57
45	Bill	50	↓6	66
46	Dean	49	new	>100
47	Gene	48	↓2	95
48	Patrick	48	new	64
49	Ralph	47	new	42
50	Don	46	↓6	72

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