Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1956

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1956 were Mary for girls (619 babies) and Michael for boys (834). Social Security records list 30,502 babies born in Nebraska in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1956

Names given at least 15 times in Nebraska that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Dixie: 31 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Jolene: 23 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Leann: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kristi: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jody: 49 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shari: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ronda: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lana: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Roxanne: 47 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jeri: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 31 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Loren: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kent: 71 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Max: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rex: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kelly: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lynn: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Monte: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Greg: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Randal: 30 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Mary	619	↑1	1
2	Debra	515	↓1	2
3	Susan	417	–	5
4	Linda	321	–	3
5	Cynthia	310	↑2	8
6	Patricia	301	↓1	6
7	Pamela	294	↑5	12
8	Karen	291	↑2	7
9	Nancy	284	–	11
10	Barbara	266	↓4	9
11	Deborah	261	↓3	4
12	Cheryl	219	↑3	18
13	Diane	205	↓2	15
14	Kathleen	200	↓1	17
15	Sandra	199	↑1	14
16	Sharon	196	↑4	13
17	Carol	183	↓3	16
18	Janet	168	↓1	21
19	Cindy	166	↑24	37
20	Connie	145	↓2	43
21	Teresa	142	↑2	24
22	Julie	134	–	48
23	Donna	133	↓4	10
24	Denise	131	↑1	23
25	Kathy	121	↑7	20
26	Lori	120	↑15	66
27	Peggy	118	↓6	63
28	Kimberly	117	new	74
29	Christine	114	↑2	42
30	Jane	114	↓4	50
31	Rebecca	110	↓7	27
32	Catherine	107	↑5	28
33	Judy	107	↑3	35
34	Kathryn	106	↓5	60
35	Kim	106	new	38
36	Margaret	103	↓2	25
37	Rhonda	98	↓4	62
38	Elizabeth	97	↑6	22
39	Joyce	97	↓4	30
40	Theresa	92	↓1	32
41	Brenda	90	↓1	19
42	Joan	88	↑4	52
43	Jean	86	↓16	65
44	Ann	79	↓14	46
45	Laura	79	new	34
46	Vicki	78	↓18	57
47	Janice	74	↓9	26
48	Debbie	73	↑1	39
49	Paula	72	new	47
50	Carolyn	71	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Michael	834	–	1
2	David	717	–	4
3	James	603	↑3	2
4	John	581	–	5
5	Mark	568	↑3	8
6	Robert	554	↓3	3
7	Steven	526	↓2	10
8	Richard	401	↓1	7
9	Thomas	385	↑1	9
10	William	380	↓1	6
11	Daniel	333	↑1	18
12	Douglas	307	↑2	29
13	Gary	301	↓2	13
14	Timothy	281	↑1	19
15	Donald	273	↓2	14
16	Ronald	269	–	15
17	Kevin	247	↑4	22
18	Jeffrey	228	↑2	20
19	Larry	218	–	21
20	Randy	211	↓3	28
21	Dennis	205	↓3	26
22	Kenneth	197	↑2	16
23	Gregory	189	↑2	24
24	Scott	187	↑3	34
25	Terry	182	↓3	31
26	Bruce	169	↑2	33
27	Charles	168	↓4	11
28	Joseph	166	↓2	12
29	Roger	159	↑2	41
30	Paul	156	↓1	17
31	Patrick	149	↑3	40
32	Stephen	120	↓2	23
33	Brian	117	↑9	32
34	Jerry	114	↑1	35
35	Alan	109	↑6	44
36	Dale	108	–	50
37	Rodney	108	↓5	65
38	Edward	104	↓1	25
39	Randall	100	↓6	54
40	Craig	95	↓2	51
41	Keith	86	↓1	36
42	George	77	↑1	27
43	Gerald	77	↓4	49
44	Ricky	75	–	43
45	Russell	74	new	52
46	Kent	71	↑2	>100
47	Rick	68	–	100
48	Bradley	66	↓2	>100
49	Jack	61	new	66
50	Stanley	60	new	70

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