Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1949

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1949 were Linda for girls (898 babies) and James for boys (705). Social Security records list 27,820 babies born in Nebraska in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1949

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

Girls

Ronda: 18 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Jolene: 19 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Dixie: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Deanna: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Connie: 210 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Candice: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Pat: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Colleen: 47 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ginger: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Vicki: 109 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 22 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Donn: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Eldon: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lyle: 39 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kent: 41 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Duane: 75 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Myron: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rodney: 113 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Delbert: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jim: 69 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	898	–	1
2	Mary	644	–	2
3	Patricia	392	–	3
4	Susan	388	↑1	5
5	Barbara	351	↓1	4
6	Nancy	332	↑2	7
7	Kathleen	304	↑4	9
8	Carol	288	↓2	8
9	Sandra	279	↓2	6
10	Sharon	276	↓1	10
11	Karen	250	↓1	11
12	Connie	210	–	43
13	Janet	193	↑4	23
14	Cheryl	188	↓1	28
15	Diane	184	↑6	19
16	Judy	184	↓1	20
17	Pamela	184	↑1	21
18	Cynthia	183	↑5	27
19	Margaret	179	↑7	14
20	Judith	173	↓4	16
21	Donna	169	↓7	12
22	Marilyn	153	↑6	33
23	Joyce	136	↓3	26
24	Janice	134	↓5	24
25	Deborah	131	↑15	15
26	Shirley	128	↓4	18
27	Carolyn	123	–	17
28	Beverly	113	↓4	31
29	Peggy	113	↑5	38
30	Kathy	111	↑1	42
31	Bonnie	110	↑4	35
32	Vicki	109	↑4	70
33	Kathryn	100	↓4	52
34	Jane	97	↓1	41
35	Jean	96	↑2	45
36	Betty	91	↓11	22
37	Catherine	86	new	37
38	Rita	86	↑11	54
39	Joan	83	↑2	36
40	Elizabeth	77	↑2	25
41	Diana	76	↓11	48
42	Marcia	76	↓10	78
43	Christine	73	new	30
44	Katherine	73	new	59
45	Gloria	72	↑3	29
46	Jeanne	66	new	92
47	Virginia	64	↓8	39
48	Ann	63	↓2	44
49	Phyllis	61	↓5	50
50	Ruth	61	↓12	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	James	705	–	1
2	Robert	671	–	2
3	John	634	–	3
4	Michael	608	–	5
5	David	543	↑1	6
6	Richard	516	↓1	7
7	Thomas	402	↑5	8
8	Larry	397	–	10
9	William	376	↓2	4
10	Gary	365	↓1	12
11	Steven	350	↑3	20
12	Ronald	323	↓2	11
13	Dennis	295	↓2	16
14	Donald	285	↓1	13
15	Charles	260	↑3	9
16	Kenneth	225	↓1	15
17	Roger	206	–	25
18	Daniel	202	↑2	22
19	Terry	201	↓3	28
20	Stephen	195	↑1	19
21	Douglas	175	↑1	29
22	Jerry	164	↓3	23
23	Mark	129	↑13	24
24	Joseph	125	↑2	14
25	Edward	124	↑2	21
26	Paul	120	↓3	17
27	Timothy	120	↑5	34
28	Gerald	118	↓4	33
29	Rodney	113	↑8	87
30	Dale	105	↓5	54
31	Bruce	104	↓3	26
32	Jack	92	↓1	47
33	Wayne	91	↑11	35
34	George	89	↓5	18
35	Patrick	88	↓2	39
36	Randall	86	↑14	79
37	Gregory	83	↑2	31
38	Danny	81	↑4	40
39	Duane	75	↑1	>100
40	Jim	69	↑6	>100
41	Raymond	69	↓11	30
42	Alan	68	↓7	45
43	Frank	66	↓9	27
44	Randy	65	new	92
45	Stanley	61	↓7	60
46	Steve	61	new	68
47	Keith	59	↓4	85
48	Lawrence	59	↓3	32
49	Tom	55	↓8	>100
50	Allen	54	↓2	71

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