Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1957

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1957 were Mary for girls (511 babies) and Michael for boys (740). Social Security records list 29,805 babies born in Nebraska in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1957

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

Girls

Shari: 41 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Jolene: 30 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Janelle: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Leann: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Kristi: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dixie: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lorie: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Cheri: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sheri: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kristine: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Monte: 24 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jerald: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Lynn: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Loren: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kent: 58 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Brad: 48 babies, 3× the national rate
Lyle: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Bradley: 73 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kurt: 51 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kelly: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	511	–	1
2	Susan	440	↑1	2
3	Debra	431	↓1	4
4	Cynthia	369	↑1	7
5	Linda	324	↓1	3
6	Karen	290	↑2	5
7	Patricia	278	↓1	8
8	Barbara	248	↑2	9
9	Cindy	241	↑10	19
10	Nancy	231	↓1	11
11	Diane	227	↑2	17
12	Julie	219	↑10	28
13	Pamela	213	↓6	12
14	Deborah	200	↓3	6
15	Cheryl	189	↓3	16
16	Sandra	188	↓1	15
17	Sharon	187	↓1	14
18	Carol	179	↓1	18
19	Kathleen	171	↓5	21
20	Kathy	151	↑5	20
21	Kimberly	147	↑7	42
22	Janet	145	↓4	23
23	Brenda	143	↑18	13
24	Lori	135	↑2	45
25	Denise	134	↓1	25
26	Donna	131	↓3	10
27	Teresa	125	↓6	24
28	Connie	114	↓8	47
29	Kim	114	↑6	35
30	Peggy	112	↓3	62
31	Judy	100	↑2	38
32	Rhonda	95	↑5	52
33	Christine	94	↓4	41
34	Joan	94	↑8	60
35	Theresa	93	↑5	36
36	Rebecca	91	↓5	34
37	Debbie	88	↑11	27
38	Jean	88	↑5	67
39	Kathryn	88	↓5	65
40	Diana	86	new	43
41	Vicki	84	↑5	51
42	Terri	83	new	68
43	Ann	82	↑1	44
44	Jane	81	↓14	56
45	Margaret	80	↓9	29
46	Lisa	79	new	26
47	Joyce	75	↓8	40
48	Paula	75	↑1	49
49	Laura	73	↓4	31
50	Janice	71	↓3	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	740	–	1
2	David	672	–	3
3	Robert	589	↑3	4
4	James	569	↓1	2
5	Mark	485	–	7
6	John	481	↓2	5
7	Steven	475	–	10
8	Richard	410	–	8
9	Thomas	375	–	9
10	William	361	–	6
11	Daniel	296	–	16
12	Timothy	292	↑2	19
13	Douglas	272	↓1	30
14	Gary	263	↓1	13
15	Kevin	251	↑2	20
16	Ronald	233	–	17
17	Donald	229	↓2	15
18	Scott	227	↑6	32
19	Larry	212	–	22
20	Kenneth	211	↑2	14
21	Jeffrey	202	↓3	21
22	Randy	202	↓2	31
23	Terry	185	↑2	33
24	Gregory	180	↓1	23
25	Charles	175	↑2	11
26	Paul	170	↑4	18
27	Bruce	149	↓1	34
28	Dennis	149	↓7	28
29	Patrick	149	↑2	41
30	Joseph	148	↓2	12
31	Brian	136	↑2	26
32	Roger	125	↓3	42
33	Rodney	117	↑4	70
34	Dale	103	↑2	50
35	Jerry	103	↓1	35
36	Alan	95	↓1	48
37	Randall	95	↑2	59
38	Keith	94	↑3	36
39	Craig	93	↑1	55
40	Edward	90	↓2	25
41	Stephen	86	↓9	24
42	Rick	85	↑5	87
43	Russell	85	↑2	54
44	Gerald	83	↓1	51
45	Steve	82	new	44
46	Ricky	77	↓2	40
47	Bradley	73	↑1	>100
48	George	73	↓6	29
49	Jay	71	new	88
50	Mike	71	new	53

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