Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1951

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1951 were Linda for girls (704 babies) and Robert for boys (739). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 29,698 babies born in Nebraska in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1951

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: 25 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Coleen: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Deanna: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dixie: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Connie: 218 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Patty: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Cindy: 42 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ramona: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lynette: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Julie: 74 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lyle: 37 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Monte: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kent: 41 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kirk: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Loren: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rodney: 111 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tim: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rick: 48 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Terrance: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	704	–	1
2	Mary	619	–	2
3	Patricia	525	↑1	3
4	Susan	435	↓1	6
5	Nancy	376	↑1	7
6	Barbara	372	↓1	5
7	Deborah	317	↑5	4
8	Kathleen	305	↓1	10
9	Sandra	277	–	9
10	Karen	267	–	8
11	Carol	252	↓3	11
12	Sharon	220	↓1	13
13	Connie	218	↑2	44
14	Debra	207	↑34	18
15	Cynthia	201	↑3	20
16	Diane	194	↑3	15
17	Pamela	188	↓1	16
18	Donna	173	↓5	12
19	Janet	173	↓5	19
20	Margaret	165	–	17
21	Cheryl	161	↓4	30
22	Kathryn	159	↓1	45
23	Janice	150	↑2	21
24	Judy	149	↓2	26
25	Judith	136	↓2	25
26	Peggy	135	↑1	40
27	Joyce	134	↑3	28
28	Beverly	129	↑4	33
29	Marilyn	120	↓3	41
30	Vicki	119	↓2	58
31	Kathy	114	↑3	35
32	Christine	109	↑11	24
33	Shirley	105	↓9	27
34	Jean	104	↑2	49
35	Jane	102	↓4	43
36	Carolyn	98	↓7	22
37	Ann	94	↑8	46
38	Bonnie	93	↓5	37
39	Marcia	93	↓4	74
40	Rebecca	93	new	32
41	Joan	92	↓2	39
42	Diana	87	↓1	50
43	Betty	85	↓5	29
44	Catherine	84	↓4	34
45	Elizabeth	79	↓1	23
46	Katherine	78	new	55
47	Teresa	75	new	63
48	Julie	74	new	99
49	Constance	72	↓3	86
50	Gail	69	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Robert	739	–	2
2	Michael	738	↑1	4
3	James	708	↓1	1
4	John	645	–	3
5	David	623	–	5
6	Richard	520	–	7
7	Steven	471	↑2	13
8	William	465	–	6
9	Thomas	439	↓2	8
10	Gary	412	–	10
11	Ronald	336	↑2	12
12	Larry	311	↓1	11
13	Dennis	291	↓1	17
14	Donald	275	–	15
15	Kenneth	253	–	16
16	Douglas	252	↑3	27
17	Daniel	250	↑1	21
18	Charles	224	↓2	9
19	Terry	217	↑1	30
20	Roger	206	↓3	29
21	Mark	204	–	20
22	Timothy	183	↑2	28
23	Stephen	180	↓1	19
24	Jerry	167	↓1	24
25	Paul	154	↑1	18
26	Gregory	143	↑1	25
27	Dale	137	↑1	49
28	Bruce	132	↑3	26
29	Joseph	130	↓4	14
30	Gerald	122	↓1	36
31	Randall	119	↑4	66
32	Patrick	115	↑4	39
33	Rodney	111	↓3	84
34	Edward	105	↓1	23
35	Randy	101	↑4	56
36	George	93	↓2	22
37	Alan	88	↓5	40
38	Raymond	86	↑8	32
39	Jack	79	↓2	48
40	Scott	78	new	68
41	Stanley	77	↑2	54
42	Allen	76	↑8	72
43	Keith	74	↓2	59
44	Eugene	73	new	65
45	Wayne	73	↓1	37
46	Craig	72	↓1	63
47	Lawrence	68	↓9	33
48	Danny	65	↓6	41
49	Kevin	65	new	53
50	Russell	63	new	73

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