Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1950

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1950 were Linda for girls (768 babies) and Robert for boys (771). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,069 babies born in Nebraska in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1950

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, 7× the national rate
Lynette: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Marla: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Deanna: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Patty: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Connie: 186 babies, 3× the national rate
Ramona: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Trudy: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lana: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cindy: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Gale: 22 babies, 8× the national rate
Donn: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Lyle: 46 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Merle: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kent: 50 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Loren: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lynn: 55 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Monte: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Leland: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rodney: 104 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	768	–	1
2	Mary	665	–	2
3	Susan	411	↑1	5
4	Patricia	374	↓1	3
5	Barbara	366	–	4
6	Nancy	317	–	6
7	Kathleen	313	–	10
8	Carol	295	–	9
9	Sandra	267	–	8
10	Karen	265	↑1	12
11	Sharon	221	↓1	11
12	Deborah	217	↑13	7
13	Donna	202	↑8	13
14	Janet	194	↓1	18
15	Connie	186	↓3	44
16	Pamela	179	↑1	17
17	Cheryl	172	↓3	29
18	Cynthia	162	–	23
19	Diane	156	↓4	16
20	Margaret	154	↓1	15
21	Kathryn	141	↑12	46
22	Judy	140	↓6	25
23	Judith	134	↓3	21
24	Shirley	129	↑2	19
25	Janice	124	↓1	22
26	Marilyn	112	↓4	37
27	Peggy	111	↑2	41
28	Vicki	111	↑4	61
29	Carolyn	107	↓2	20
30	Joyce	105	↓7	27
31	Jane	104	↑3	39
32	Beverly	102	↓4	31
33	Bonnie	102	↓2	33
34	Kathy	101	↓4	38
35	Marcia	97	↑7	77
36	Jean	90	↓1	48
37	Rita	88	↑1	56
38	Betty	83	↓2	26
39	Joan	82	–	40
40	Catherine	81	↓3	34
41	Diana	79	–	47
42	Gloria	76	↑3	30
43	Christine	74	–	28
44	Elizabeth	74	↓4	24
45	Ann	69	↑3	45
46	Constance	68	new	85
47	Virginia	67	–	43
48	Debra	64	new	59
49	Phyllis	64	–	53
50	Sally	64	new	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Robert	771	↑1	2
2	James	718	↓1	1
3	Michael	656	↑1	4
4	John	636	↓1	3
5	David	544	–	5
6	Richard	489	–	7
7	Thomas	418	–	8
8	William	418	↑1	6
9	Steven	412	↑2	16
10	Gary	355	–	10
11	Larry	354	↓3	11
12	Dennis	342	↑1	17
13	Ronald	303	↓1	12
14	Donald	268	–	14
15	Kenneth	244	↑1	15
16	Charles	221	↓1	9
17	Roger	220	–	27
18	Daniel	218	–	21
19	Douglas	207	↑2	28
20	Terry	199	↓1	30
21	Mark	192	↑2	23
22	Stephen	174	↓2	19
23	Jerry	162	↓1	24
24	Timothy	147	↑3	32
25	Joseph	143	↓1	13
26	Paul	129	–	18
27	Gregory	127	↑10	25
28	Dale	118	↑2	49
29	Gerald	113	↓1	34
30	Rodney	104	↓1	88
31	Bruce	103	–	26
32	Alan	100	↑10	41
33	Edward	100	↓8	22
34	George	99	–	20
35	Randall	93	↑1	70
36	Patrick	91	↓1	38
37	Jack	88	↓5	48
38	Lawrence	85	↑10	33
39	Randy	80	↑5	80
40	Frank	77	↑3	29
41	Keith	71	↑6	78
42	Danny	69	↓4	39
43	Stanley	69	↑2	60
44	Wayne	69	↓11	35
45	Craig	58	new	69
46	Raymond	58	↓5	31
47	Harold	57	new	45
48	Marvin	56	new	93
49	Lynn	55	new	>100
50	Allen	53	–	71

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