Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1945

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1945 were Mary for girls (498 babies) and Robert for boys (624). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 20,978 babies born in Nebraska in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1945

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

Girls

Jolene: 19 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Lavonne: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Dixie: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Connie: 163 babies, 4× the national rate
Sheryl: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lana: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Patty: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Deanna: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Colleen: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dianna: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 42 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Merle: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Harlan: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ivan: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Darrel: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dean: 55 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kent: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dick: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Ken: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lowell: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	498	–	1
2	Linda	438	↑1	2
3	Sharon	319	↓1	8
4	Carol	307	–	5
5	Barbara	295	↑3	3
6	Judy	264	–	13
7	Patricia	257	–	4
8	Karen	242	↓3	16
9	Sandra	230	–	6
10	Nancy	210	↑1	7
11	Judith	207	↓1	9
12	Donna	173	–	17
13	Kathleen	164	↑3	19
14	Connie	163	↑7	47
15	Janet	148	↓2	20
16	Betty	145	↑1	11
17	Susan	145	↓2	10
18	Marilyn	141	↑8	27
19	Diane	137	↑9	22
20	Carolyn	136	–	12
21	Janice	135	↓7	24
22	Cheryl	124	↓3	32
23	Joyce	118	↓1	18
24	Shirley	118	↓6	14
25	Jean	105	↑4	38
26	Margaret	104	↓3	15
27	Beverly	103	↓3	37
28	Bonnie	94	↓3	35
29	Joan	93	↓2	25
30	Jane	90	↑6	36
31	Ruth	90	↑7	33
32	Dorothy	86	↑2	21
33	Gloria	79	↑2	23
34	Lois	75	↓1	48
35	Elaine	73	↑4	44
36	Virginia	71	↓4	28
37	Pamela	65	↓6	42
38	Kathryn	64	↑2	65
39	Rita	61	↑2	59
40	Elizabeth	60	↑3	26
41	Phyllis	59	↓11	40
42	Ann	56	–	39
43	Helen	55	new	31
44	Darlene	52	↑3	71
45	Marcia	52	↑1	88
46	Norma	51	↑3	74
47	Diana	50	new	43
48	Dianne	49	new	72
49	Marlene	49	↓4	>100
50	Alice	46	↓2	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Robert	624	–	2
2	James	558	–	1
3	John	494	–	3
4	Richard	480	–	5
5	Larry	368	–	11
6	Gary	351	–	13
7	William	327	–	4
8	David	318	–	6
9	Ronald	284	–	10
10	Donald	259	–	12
11	Dennis	258	–	19
12	Michael	247	↑4	9
13	Thomas	246	↓1	8
14	Kenneth	211	↓1	16
15	Charles	194	–	7
16	Roger	183	↓2	22
17	Jerry	165	–	20
18	Terry	118	↑1	33
19	Gerald	115	↓1	25
20	Douglas	110	–	29
21	Paul	105	–	17
22	Joseph	104	↑4	14
23	Dale	100	↓1	61
24	George	99	–	15
25	Jim	98	↑2	68
26	Edward	96	↓1	18
27	Steven	86	↑6	43
28	Raymond	85	↑8	23
29	Daniel	80	↓1	24
30	Frank	79	–	21
31	Stephen	79	↑8	26
32	Eugene	75	–	50
33	Wayne	74	↑2	35
34	Jack	67	↓11	32
35	Harold	66	↓4	28
36	Bruce	60	new	48
37	Marvin	58	↓8	80
38	Dean	55	↑8	>100
39	Keith	55	↑1	>100
40	Tom	55	↓3	89
41	Bill	54	↑4	66
42	Fred	51	new	51
43	Alan	46	new	52
44	Duane	46	↓10	>100
45	Rodney	46	↓4	>100
46	Walter	46	new	27
47	Allen	45	new	74
48	Norman	45	↓6	65
49	Gene	44	↓2	100
50	Leonard	44	new	57

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