Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1946

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1946 were Mary for girls (562 babies) and Robert for boys (685). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 24,359 babies born in Nebraska in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1946

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: 17 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Patty: 37 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dixie: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Connie: 174 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Trudy: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marlene: 65 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Colleen: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sheryl: 36 babies, 3× the national rate
Lana: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dianna: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Darrel: 29 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lyle: 43 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Eldon: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Loren: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dick: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Daryl: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rodney: 93 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Myron: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jerald: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lonnie: 42 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	562	–	1
2	Linda	524	–	2
3	Sharon	397	–	9
4	Patricia	380	↑3	3
5	Carol	367	↓1	5
6	Barbara	323	↓1	4
7	Sandra	302	↑2	6
8	Judy	293	↓2	11
9	Karen	242	↓1	15
10	Susan	237	↑7	8
11	Judith	234	–	10
12	Nancy	224	↓2	7
13	Kathleen	211	–	16
14	Janice	210	↑7	22
15	Donna	207	↓3	13
16	Cheryl	174	↑6	27
17	Connie	174	↓3	45
18	Janet	168	↓3	21
19	Diane	166	–	19
20	Marilyn	147	↓2	29
21	Shirley	145	↑3	18
22	Betty	143	↓6	14
23	Margaret	136	↑3	17
24	Joyce	132	↓1	20
25	Carolyn	128	↓5	12
26	Beverly	108	↑1	30
27	Pamela	99	↑10	34
28	Jean	98	↓3	37
29	Jane	96	↑1	35
30	Bonnie	91	↓2	33
31	Joan	90	↓2	28
32	Diana	84	↑15	42
33	Kathryn	82	↑5	63
34	Phyllis	82	↑7	41
35	Virginia	79	↑1	31
36	Ruth	77	↓5	38
37	Dorothy	70	↓5	23
38	Gloria	69	↓5	26
39	Marlene	65	↑10	>100
40	Ann	62	↑2	40
41	Lois	62	↓7	55
42	Marcia	62	↑3	89
43	Elizabeth	56	↓3	25
44	Peggy	56	new	43
45	Sherry	56	new	73
46	Cynthia	55	new	46
47	Elaine	52	↓12	47
48	Jo	52	new	53
49	Helen	51	↓6	36
50	Kay	51	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Robert	685	–	2
2	James	674	–	1
3	John	540	–	3
4	Richard	524	–	5
5	Larry	449	–	11
6	Gary	413	–	12
7	William	356	–	4
8	David	354	–	6
9	Michael	348	↑3	7
10	Ronald	338	↓1	10
11	Dennis	322	–	17
12	Donald	296	↓2	13
13	Thomas	283	–	8
14	Charles	233	↑1	9
15	Kenneth	230	↓1	15
16	Roger	214	–	23
17	Terry	169	↑1	26
18	Jerry	165	↓1	20
19	Paul	145	↑2	18
20	Steven	131	↑7	28
21	Daniel	122	↑8	21
22	Gerald	115	↓3	27
23	Stephen	109	↑8	24
24	Douglas	105	↓4	34
25	Jack	100	↑9	35
26	Joseph	97	↓4	14
27	Rodney	93	↑18	93
28	Edward	92	↓2	19
29	Jim	89	↓4	73
30	George	88	↓6	16
31	Dale	78	↓8	62
32	Marvin	78	↑5	88
33	Harold	74	↑2	33
34	Wayne	71	↓1	29
35	Frank	68	↓5	22
36	Bruce	67	–	32
37	Bill	66	↑4	72
38	Keith	66	↑1	96
39	Lawrence	66	new	31
40	Raymond	66	↓12	25
41	Mike	63	new	64
42	Danny	60	new	46
43	Leroy	58	new	90
44	Steve	58	new	69
45	Alan	56	↓2	49
46	Don	56	new	79
47	Stanley	56	new	65
48	Timothy	56	new	60
49	Patrick	52	new	59
50	Tom	52	↓10	87

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