Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1955

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1955 were Debra for girls (604 babies) and Michael for boys (834). Debra ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 30,641 babies born in Nebraska in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1955

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: 37 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Kristy: 20 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Kristi: 30 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Leann: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dixie: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Deanna: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jeri: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cheri: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lynette: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Luann: 30 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Galen: 21 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Monte: 25 babies, 6× the national rate
Lyle: 33 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dallas: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Loren: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kent: 60 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rex: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jan: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Randal: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Rodney: 138 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Debra	604	↑1	4
2	Mary	552	↓1	1
3	Susan	485	–	5
4	Linda	413	–	3
5	Patricia	359	–	6
6	Barbara	347	↑4	7
7	Cynthia	305	↑1	11
8	Deborah	289	↓1	2
9	Nancy	275	↓3	9
10	Karen	270	↑1	8
11	Diane	263	↑2	14
12	Pamela	262	↓3	12
13	Kathleen	233	↓1	17
14	Carol	229	–	15
15	Cheryl	226	↑2	19
16	Sandra	208	↓1	13
17	Janet	177	↓1	20
18	Connie	154	↑1	35
19	Donna	151	↑1	10
20	Sharon	150	↓2	16
21	Peggy	146	–	51
22	Julie	134	↑10	67
23	Teresa	120	↑13	26
24	Rebecca	119	↑15	27
25	Denise	117	↓3	23
26	Jane	115	↑5	50
27	Jean	112	↑1	60
28	Vicki	110	↓3	52
29	Kathryn	104	↑12	59
30	Ann	98	↑13	43
31	Christine	98	↑4	40
32	Kathy	98	↓6	22
33	Rhonda	96	↑7	71
34	Margaret	95	↓1	24
35	Joyce	94	↓8	29
36	Judy	94	↓7	32
37	Catherine	90	↓7	28
38	Janice	90	↓4	25
39	Theresa	89	↑11	38
40	Brenda	87	↑4	18
41	Lori	87	new	89
42	Beverly	86	↓18	34
43	Cindy	81	↑5	79
44	Elizabeth	80	↓21	21
45	Katherine	80	new	65
46	Joan	79	↓8	46
47	Judith	79	↓5	31
48	Marilyn	73	↓11	49
49	Debbie	70	new	63
50	Terri	70	new	85

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Michael	834	–	1
2	David	778	–	2
3	Robert	656	↑1	4
4	John	595	↑1	5
5	Steven	583	↑1	10
6	James	570	↓3	3
7	Richard	458	–	7
8	Mark	456	↑2	9
9	William	423	–	6
10	Thomas	399	↓2	8
11	Gary	323	↑1	12
12	Daniel	292	↓1	17
13	Donald	256	–	14
14	Douglas	243	↑1	29
15	Timothy	243	↑2	22
16	Ronald	232	↓2	18
17	Randy	220	↑5	30
18	Dennis	213	–	23
19	Larry	206	↑1	19
20	Jeffrey	197	↑8	20
21	Kevin	197	↑10	27
22	Terry	197	↓1	28
23	Charles	194	↓4	11
24	Kenneth	192	↓8	15
25	Gregory	185	↓2	24
26	Joseph	168	–	13
27	Scott	162	↑5	38
28	Bruce	154	↑6	32
29	Paul	153	↓4	16
30	Stephen	143	↑6	21
31	Roger	142	↓7	37
32	Rodney	138	↓2	65
33	Randall	130	↑2	53
34	Patrick	128	↓7	41
35	Jerry	125	↓6	33
36	Dale	112	↑1	52
37	Edward	105	↓4	25
38	Craig	92	–	50
39	Gerald	91	–	48
40	Keith	89	↑6	39
41	Alan	87	↓1	43
42	Brian	87	↑7	40
43	George	79	↑1	26
44	Ricky	75	↓3	46
45	Raymond	73	–	36
46	Bradley	68	↓4	>100
47	Rick	64	↑1	>100
48	Kent	60	new	>100
49	Kim	59	new	98
50	Wayne	59	↓7	44

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