Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1947

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1947 were Linda for girls (1,055 babies) and Robert for boys (745). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,078 babies born in Nebraska in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1947

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, 7.4× the national rate
Lavonne: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Lynette: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Deanna: 38 babies, 4× the national rate
Colleen: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Connie: 233 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Vicky: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cheri: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sheryl: 41 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Vicki: 78 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Harlan: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Gale: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lyle: 43 babies, 6× the national rate
Merle: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Eldon: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dick: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Loren: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Duane: 64 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darrel: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kent: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	1,055	↑1	1
2	Mary	624	↓1	2
3	Patricia	392	↑1	3
4	Sharon	377	↓1	9
5	Barbara	368	↑1	4
6	Sandra	346	↑1	5
7	Carol	323	↓2	6
8	Susan	308	↑2	8
9	Judy	295	↓1	14
10	Nancy	291	↑2	7
11	Karen	274	↓2	13
12	Kathleen	236	↑1	11
13	Connie	233	↑4	43
14	Donna	206	↑1	10
15	Cheryl	199	↑1	24
16	Janet	193	↑2	23
17	Janice	184	↓3	22
18	Judith	173	↓7	12
19	Diane	169	–	18
20	Marilyn	150	–	29
21	Carolyn	146	↑4	15
22	Margaret	141	↑1	16
23	Joyce	140	↑1	20
24	Pamela	140	↑3	28
25	Shirley	136	↓4	19
26	Beverly	135	–	31
27	Betty	121	↓5	17
28	Jean	112	–	40
29	Jane	107	–	36
30	Joan	106	↑1	30
31	Bonnie	104	↓1	35
32	Kathryn	99	↑1	55
33	Diana	95	↓1	48
34	Kathy	87	new	64
35	Cynthia	82	↑11	33
36	Ruth	80	–	44
37	Vicki	78	new	>100
38	Virginia	74	↓3	34
39	Peggy	72	↑5	42
40	Gloria	71	↓2	27
41	Sherry	71	↑4	67
42	Phyllis	70	↓8	37
43	Ann	68	↓3	41
44	Rita	68	new	60
45	Elaine	65	↑2	50
46	Lois	65	↓5	63
47	Catherine	64	new	46
48	Dorothy	64	↓11	26
49	Elizabeth	61	↓6	25
50	Dianne	60	new	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Robert	745	–	2
2	James	689	–	1
3	John	652	–	3
4	Richard	554	–	5
5	David	502	↑3	6
6	Michael	477	↑3	7
7	Larry	462	↓2	10
8	Gary	423	↓2	12
9	William	402	↓2	4
10	Dennis	383	↑1	17
11	Ronald	371	↓1	11
12	Thomas	351	↑1	8
13	Donald	297	↓1	13
14	Charles	265	–	9
15	Kenneth	262	–	15
16	Jerry	246	↑2	20
17	Terry	238	–	26
18	Steven	229	↑2	24
19	Roger	217	↓3	25
20	Joseph	145	↑6	14
21	Paul	144	↓2	18
22	Gerald	136	–	28
23	Stephen	133	–	21
24	Daniel	130	↓3	22
25	George	124	↑5	16
26	Douglas	121	↓2	31
27	Dale	116	↑4	63
28	Jack	111	↓3	37
29	Edward	100	↓1	19
30	Wayne	100	↑4	30
31	Rodney	91	↓4	94
32	Jim	89	↓3	77
33	Mike	87	↑8	65
34	Bruce	85	↑2	29
35	Mark	75	new	47
36	Raymond	75	↑4	27
37	Alan	74	↑8	45
38	Eugene	74	new	59
39	Harold	73	↓6	35
40	Timothy	73	↑8	52
41	Frank	72	↓6	23
42	Stanley	71	↑5	67
43	Danny	65	↓1	39
44	Duane	64	new	>100
45	Gregory	64	new	33
46	Keith	64	↓8	91
47	Steve	64	↓3	58
48	Tom	64	↑2	87
49	Bill	63	↓12	76
50	Marvin	63	↓18	89

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