Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1954

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1954 were Mary for girls (622 babies) and Michael for boys (800). Social Security records list 29,841 babies born in Nebraska in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1954

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: 33 babies, 9× the national rate
Kristi: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Janelle: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ronda: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dixie: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jody: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jeri: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kristine: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lynette: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Christy: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Monte: 27 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Clark: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lyle: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Loren: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kent: 47 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rex: 36 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gregg: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Duane: 60 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kelly: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bradley: 82 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	622	–	1
2	Debra	613	↑1	6
3	Susan	469	↑2	5
4	Linda	463	↓2	2
5	Patricia	386	↓1	4
6	Nancy	333	↑2	9
7	Deborah	321	–	3
8	Cynthia	317	↑1	10
9	Pamela	311	↑1	12
10	Barbara	297	↓4	7
11	Karen	295	–	8
12	Kathleen	235	↑1	14
13	Diane	218	↑3	17
14	Carol	216	↓2	15
15	Sandra	202	↓1	13
16	Janet	198	↑1	19
17	Cheryl	188	↑2	22
18	Sharon	182	↓3	16
19	Connie	156	↑2	39
20	Donna	156	–	11
21	Peggy	144	↓3	48
22	Denise	122	↑18	24
23	Elizabeth	116	↑11	20
24	Beverly	111	↑11	31
25	Vicki	109	↑5	50
26	Kathy	107	↑2	23
27	Joyce	106	↑5	28
28	Jean	104	↓2	56
29	Judy	104	↓6	29
30	Catherine	103	↑1	32
31	Jane	103	↓6	49
32	Julie	103	↑9	70
33	Margaret	103	↓9	21
34	Janice	100	↓12	25
35	Christine	99	↓8	43
36	Teresa	97	↑6	34
37	Marilyn	94	↓8	35
38	Joan	92	↓2	40
39	Rebecca	91	↓1	26
40	Rhonda	86	↑7	71
41	Kathryn	85	↓8	51
42	Judith	81	↓5	30
43	Ann	75	–	44
44	Brenda	75	new	18
45	Paula	75	↑1	38
46	Betty	73	new	36
47	Diana	72	new	57
48	Cindy	70	new	91
49	Gail	68	new	37
50	Theresa	65	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	800	–	1
2	David	685	↑1	5
3	James	652	↓1	3
4	Robert	636	–	2
5	John	549	–	4
6	Steven	530	↑1	11
7	Richard	474	↓1	7
8	Thomas	428	↑1	8
9	William	375	↓1	6
10	Mark	370	–	12
11	Daniel	315	↑3	18
12	Gary	313	↓1	9
13	Donald	251	–	14
14	Ronald	239	↑1	15
15	Douglas	237	↑2	29
16	Kenneth	216	↑5	17
17	Timothy	215	↑1	26
18	Dennis	210	↓6	21
19	Charles	208	–	10
20	Larry	188	↓4	19
21	Terry	181	↑2	27
22	Randy	176	↑3	33
23	Gregory	175	↑1	25
24	Roger	175	↓4	34
25	Paul	165	↑2	16
26	Joseph	157	↑4	13
27	Patrick	146	↑6	38
28	Jeffrey	144	↑1	23
29	Jerry	133	↑3	31
30	Rodney	133	↓8	66
31	Kevin	132	↑13	28
32	Scott	129	↑4	40
33	Edward	128	↑4	22
34	Bruce	127	↓8	30
35	Randall	127	↓1	55
36	Stephen	127	↓8	20
37	Dale	119	↓6	50
38	Craig	102	↑4	51
39	Gerald	93	↓4	44
40	Alan	89	↓2	43
41	Ricky	85	↑7	46
42	Bradley	82	new	>100
43	Wayne	78	↓2	41
44	George	77	↓1	24
45	Raymond	69	↓5	35
46	Keith	68	↓7	45
47	Lawrence	67	↑3	39
48	Rick	67	↓2	>100
49	Brian	66	new	48
50	Duane	60	↓1	>100

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