Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1953

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1953 were Mary for girls (631 babies) and Michael for boys (709). Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 29,020 babies born in Nebraska in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1953

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: 23 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Darla: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jody: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Deanna: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cheri: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lynette: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sheryl: 49 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Peggy: 166 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Colleen: 63 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Luann: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 18 babies, 8× the national rate
Lyle: 40 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kent: 48 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rodney: 174 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Duane: 62 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lynn: 42 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Myron: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jim: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rick: 73 babies, 3× the national rate
Greg: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	631	–	1
2	Linda	529	–	2
3	Debra	459	↑5	7
4	Patricia	451	↓1	4
5	Susan	449	↓1	5
6	Barbara	331	↓1	6
7	Deborah	296	↓1	3
8	Nancy	290	↓1	8
9	Cynthia	284	↑2	12
10	Pamela	267	↑3	10
11	Karen	240	↓1	9
12	Carol	234	–	16
13	Kathleen	222	↓4	14
14	Sandra	212	–	11
15	Sharon	201	↑2	15
16	Diane	173	–	17
17	Janet	170	↓2	19
18	Peggy	166	↑5	44
19	Cheryl	159	–	28
20	Donna	153	↑1	13
21	Connie	152	↓3	47
22	Janice	138	↑3	22
23	Judy	130	↑1	27
24	Margaret	127	↑3	20
25	Jane	122	↑12	43
26	Jean	115	↑4	52
27	Christine	112	↓7	32
28	Kathy	112	↑4	23
29	Marilyn	106	–	36
30	Vicki	106	↑6	61
31	Catherine	105	↑4	35
32	Joyce	101	↓10	26
33	Kathryn	100	↓7	48
34	Elizabeth	98	↑5	21
35	Beverly	97	↓7	34
36	Joan	97	↑2	37
37	Judith	97	↓6	30
38	Rebecca	96	↑4	24
39	Shirley	94	↓5	29
40	Denise	87	↑6	31
41	Julie	86	–	74
42	Teresa	85	↑1	42
43	Ann	83	↑2	46
44	Marcia	79	↓4	84
45	Rita	78	↑4	64
46	Paula	77	new	40
47	Rhonda	77	new	85
48	Carolyn	73	–	25
49	Jacqueline	71	new	58
50	Sally	68	new	81

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Michael	709	–	3
2	James	669	↑2	2
3	David	643	–	5
4	Robert	624	↓2	1
5	John	574	–	4
6	Richard	528	–	7
7	Steven	488	↑1	11
8	William	414	↑1	6
9	Thomas	400	↓2	8
10	Mark	343	↑6	12
11	Gary	339	↓1	10
12	Dennis	276	↓1	19
13	Donald	272	↑1	14
14	Daniel	268	↓1	20
15	Ronald	268	–	15
16	Larry	244	↓4	18
17	Douglas	239	↑3	27
18	Timothy	220	–	26
19	Charles	215	↓2	9
20	Roger	203	↑2	31
21	Kenneth	198	↓2	17
22	Rodney	174	↑11	58
23	Terry	163	↓2	30
24	Gregory	162	↓1	24
25	Randy	159	↓1	35
26	Bruce	152	↑2	28
27	Paul	151	–	16
28	Stephen	146	↓3	21
29	Jeffrey	139	↑9	25
30	Joseph	139	↓1	13
31	Dale	134	↑3	48
32	Jerry	130	↓6	29
33	Patrick	130	↓3	39
34	Randall	128	↓3	64
35	Gerald	105	↓3	42
36	Scott	98	↑5	46
37	Edward	90	↓2	23
38	Alan	89	↓2	43
39	Keith	87	–	47
40	Raymond	87	↑8	34
41	Wayne	86	↑2	40
42	Craig	83	↑5	60
43	George	82	↓3	22
44	Kevin	81	↑1	36
45	Danny	75	↑1	41
46	Rick	73	new	>100
47	Frank	70	new	33
48	Ricky	69	new	51
49	Duane	62	↓5	>100
50	Lawrence	62	↓8	37

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