Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1958

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1958 were Mary for girls (479 babies) and Michael for boys (724). Social Security records list 29,596 babies born in Nebraska in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1958

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

Girls

Kristie: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Leann: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kristy: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kristi: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kristine: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jolene: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Deanna: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Karla: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shelly: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Joni: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Monte: 31 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Darwin: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lyle: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kent: 76 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rex: 37 babies, 4× the national rate
Kelly: 64 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Loren: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bradley: 101 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lynn: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brad: 47 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	479	–	1
2	Susan	377	–	2
3	Debra	343	–	6
4	Linda	329	↑1	3
5	Cynthia	294	↓1	8
6	Julie	260	↑6	23
7	Patricia	254	–	5
8	Karen	249	↓2	4
9	Barbara	247	↓1	9
10	Pamela	242	↑3	11
11	Diane	231	–	18
12	Nancy	230	↓2	12
13	Cheryl	200	↑2	13
14	Cindy	198	↓5	25
15	Lori	187	↑9	30
16	Deborah	175	↓2	7
17	Kathleen	160	↑2	21
18	Kathy	159	↑2	14
19	Debbie	153	↑18	24
20	Janet	153	↑2	28
21	Carol	150	↓3	20
22	Peggy	149	↑8	42
23	Sharon	145	↓6	17
24	Brenda	138	↓1	16
25	Sandra	134	↓9	15
26	Denise	132	↓1	27
27	Kimberly	128	↓6	39
28	Teresa	116	↓1	26
29	Donna	111	↓3	10
30	Tammy	111	new	44
31	Kim	110	↓2	40
32	Connie	108	↓4	50
33	Christine	106	–	43
34	Theresa	106	↑1	33
35	Jane	105	↑9	61
36	Vicki	101	↑5	57
37	Lisa	100	↑9	19
38	Kathryn	99	↑1	58
39	Rebecca	96	↓3	41
40	Judy	93	↓9	36
41	Laura	90	↑8	29
42	Terri	89	–	51
43	Elizabeth	88	new	22
44	Diana	87	↓4	45
45	Jean	84	↓7	73
46	Margaret	84	↓1	31
47	Ann	83	↓4	47
48	Michelle	80	new	56
49	Rhonda	79	↓17	48
50	Catherine	78	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Michael	724	–	1
2	David	688	–	2
3	Mark	537	↑2	7
4	Robert	534	↓1	4
5	James	532	↓1	3
6	John	504	–	5
7	Steven	384	–	10
8	Thomas	370	↑1	9
9	Daniel	339	↑2	16
10	Richard	337	↓2	8
11	Timothy	326	↑1	13
12	Douglas	281	↑1	30
13	William	277	↓3	6
14	Scott	271	↑4	25
15	Kevin	270	–	20
16	Jeffrey	236	↑5	21
17	Larry	225	↑2	22
18	Donald	222	↓1	18
19	Gary	222	↓5	17
20	Ronald	211	↓4	19
21	Gregory	196	↑3	23
22	Randy	183	–	32
23	Dennis	170	↑5	29
24	Terry	165	↓1	33
25	Kenneth	160	↓5	14
26	Brian	159	↑5	24
27	Charles	150	↓2	11
28	Patrick	142	↑1	42
29	Paul	141	↓3	15
30	Joseph	138	–	12
31	Roger	125	↑1	47
32	Bruce	116	↓5	36
33	Craig	107	↑6	53
34	Dale	102	–	46
35	Jerry	102	–	35
36	Randall	102	↑1	62
37	Rodney	102	↓4	65
38	Bradley	101	↑9	>100
39	Ricky	97	↑7	34
40	Edward	92	–	28
41	Keith	91	↓3	37
42	Mike	90	↑8	40
43	Gerald	88	↑1	58
44	Stephen	87	↓3	26
45	Rick	86	↓3	77
46	Steve	82	↓1	44
47	Russell	79	↓4	54
48	Jim	76	new	87
49	Kent	76	new	>100
50	Alan	74	↓14	49

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