Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1948

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1948 were Linda for girls (1,008 babies) and James for boys (741). Social Security records list 27,358 babies born in Nebraska in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1948

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

Girls

Lila: 20 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Vicky: 30 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Connie: 236 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Deanna: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sheryl: 51 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Patty: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Candice: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Cindy: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dixie: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Marcia: 95 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 31 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Lyle: 46 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Gale: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Duane: 73 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Darrel: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Loren: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Leland: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kent: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dean: 49 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lynn: 41 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	1,008	–	1
2	Mary	658	–	2
3	Patricia	376	–	4
4	Barbara	370	↑1	3
5	Susan	349	↑3	5
6	Carol	306	↑1	8
7	Sandra	287	↓1	6
8	Nancy	286	↑2	7
9	Sharon	284	↓5	9
10	Karen	279	↑1	12
11	Kathleen	254	↑1	10
12	Connie	236	↑1	43
13	Cheryl	219	↑2	25
14	Donna	193	–	11
15	Judy	190	↓6	16
16	Judith	175	↑2	15
17	Janet	174	↓1	24
18	Pamela	169	↑6	22
19	Janice	166	↓2	23
20	Joyce	141	↑3	21
21	Diane	138	↓2	19
22	Shirley	132	↑3	20
23	Cynthia	131	↑12	27
24	Beverly	130	↑2	31
25	Betty	127	↑2	18
26	Margaret	127	↓4	13
27	Carolyn	126	↓6	14
28	Marilyn	120	↓8	33
29	Kathryn	109	↑3	54
30	Diana	100	↑3	48
31	Kathy	96	↑3	55
32	Marcia	95	new	79
33	Jane	90	↓4	39
34	Peggy	90	↑5	38
35	Bonnie	88	↓4	34
36	Vicki	82	↑1	81
37	Jean	81	↓9	47
38	Ruth	78	↓2	45
39	Virginia	75	↓1	36
40	Deborah	71	new	30
41	Joan	70	↓11	37
42	Elizabeth	69	↑7	26
43	Lois	69	↑3	70
44	Phyllis	67	↓2	46
45	Teresa	67	new	82
46	Ann	66	↓3	44
47	Sherry	64	↓6	61
48	Gloria	63	↓8	28
49	Rita	62	↓5	59
50	Dianne	57	–	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	741	↑1	1
2	Robert	725	↓1	2
3	John	602	–	3
4	Michael	522	↑2	6
5	Richard	501	↓1	7
6	David	467	↓1	5
7	William	433	↑2	4
8	Larry	419	↓1	11
9	Gary	386	↓1	12
10	Ronald	362	↑1	10
11	Dennis	350	↓1	17
12	Thomas	348	–	8
13	Donald	263	–	14
14	Steven	263	↑4	23
15	Kenneth	241	–	15
16	Terry	228	↑1	26
17	Roger	214	↑2	24
18	Charles	207	↓4	9
19	Jerry	189	↓3	21
20	Daniel	166	↑4	22
21	Stephen	143	↑2	20
22	Douglas	142	↑4	33
23	Paul	132	↓2	18
24	Gerald	127	↓2	30
25	Dale	123	↑2	56
26	Joseph	117	↓6	13
27	Edward	108	↑2	19
28	Bruce	104	↑6	28
29	George	104	↓4	16
30	Raymond	103	↑6	27
31	Jack	97	↓3	43
32	Timothy	91	↑8	38
33	Patrick	87	new	48
34	Frank	85	↑7	25
35	Alan	84	↑2	46
36	Mark	80	↓1	29
37	Rodney	80	↓6	92
38	Stanley	77	↑4	65
39	Gregory	74	↑6	32
40	Duane	73	↑4	>100
41	Tom	72	↑7	94
42	Danny	71	↑1	39
43	Keith	71	↑3	89
44	Wayne	69	↓14	34
45	Lawrence	66	new	31
46	Jim	65	↓14	86
47	Bill	64	↑2	84
48	Allen	62	new	72
49	Harold	58	↓10	36
50	Randall	58	new	98

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