Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1952

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1952 were Mary for girls (638 babies) and Michael for boys (775). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,038 babies born in Nebraska in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1952

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: 21 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Janelle: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Ronda: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cheri: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dixie: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marla: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Deanna: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Janette: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lynette: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Debora: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 38 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dallas: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kent: 56 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Duane: 71 babies, 4× the national rate
Myron: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lynn: 47 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jerald: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Monte: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rodney: 108 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Loren: 16 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Mary	638	↑1	2
2	Linda	582	↓1	1
3	Patricia	439	–	3
4	Susan	433	–	5
5	Barbara	358	↑1	6
6	Deborah	343	↑1	4
7	Nancy	339	↓2	7
8	Debra	322	↑6	9
9	Kathleen	295	↓1	11
10	Karen	283	–	8
11	Cynthia	261	↑4	18
12	Carol	250	↓1	12
13	Pamela	243	↑4	17
14	Sandra	225	↓5	10
15	Janet	216	↑4	19
16	Diane	212	–	16
17	Sharon	205	↓5	14
18	Connie	175	↓5	44
19	Cheryl	168	↑2	31
20	Christine	151	↑12	20
21	Donna	148	↓3	13
22	Joyce	144	↑5	27
23	Peggy	141	↑3	43
24	Judy	137	–	26
25	Janice	135	↓2	23
26	Kathryn	126	↓4	48
27	Margaret	125	↓7	21
28	Beverly	123	–	35
29	Marilyn	118	–	38
30	Jean	114	↑4	50
31	Judith	113	↓6	25
32	Kathy	108	↓1	29
33	Bonnie	107	↑5	41
34	Shirley	107	↓1	28
35	Catherine	102	↑9	34
36	Vicki	100	↓6	61
37	Jane	98	↓2	42
38	Joan	98	↑3	37
39	Elizabeth	95	↑6	22
40	Marcia	95	↓1	80
41	Julie	90	↑7	85
42	Rebecca	90	↓2	30
43	Teresa	89	↑4	52
44	Betty	87	↓1	32
45	Ann	83	↓8	45
46	Denise	81	new	33
47	Katherine	80	↓1	59
48	Carolyn	77	↓12	24
49	Rita	73	new	66
50	Diana	70	↓8	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Michael	775	↑1	4
2	Robert	736	↓1	2
3	David	714	↑2	5
4	James	656	↓1	1
5	John	616	↓1	3
6	Richard	538	–	7
7	Thomas	507	↑2	8
8	Steven	466	↓1	11
9	William	414	↓1	6
10	Gary	367	–	10
11	Dennis	317	↑2	18
12	Larry	297	–	14
13	Daniel	292	↑4	20
14	Donald	286	–	13
15	Ronald	277	↓4	15
16	Mark	264	↑5	17
17	Charles	235	↑1	9
18	Timothy	211	↑4	27
19	Kenneth	208	↓4	16
20	Douglas	207	↓4	28
21	Terry	176	↓2	29
22	Roger	174	↓2	30
23	Gregory	170	↑3	24
24	Randy	168	↑11	41
25	Stephen	164	↓2	21
26	Jerry	150	↓2	26
27	Paul	148	↓2	19
28	Bruce	145	–	25
29	Joseph	138	–	12
30	Patrick	133	↑2	37
31	Randall	116	–	63
32	Gerald	111	↓2	39
33	Rodney	108	–	84
34	Dale	107	↓7	46
35	Edward	105	↓1	23
36	Alan	92	↑1	42
37	Jack	92	↑2	52
38	Jeffrey	88	new	31
39	Keith	83	↑4	49
40	George	79	↓4	22
41	Scott	78	↓1	54
42	Lawrence	73	↑5	35
43	Wayne	72	↑2	38
44	Duane	71	new	>100
45	Kevin	71	↑4	43
46	Danny	70	↑2	40
47	Craig	67	↓1	59
48	Raymond	65	↓10	33
49	Allen	61	↓7	78
50	Stanley	61	↓9	58

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