Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1959

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1959 were Mary for girls (492 babies) and Michael for boys (725). Social Security records list 30,825 babies born in Nebraska in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1959

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, 7.9× the national rate
Janelle: 20 babies, 7× the national rate
Kristi: 35 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kristy: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Barb: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Shari: 48 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Leann: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Luann: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Joni: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kellie: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Kent: 81 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lyle: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Loren: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kirk: 57 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lynn: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bradley: 92 babies, 3× the national rate
Rex: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Doug: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rodney: 113 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Todd: 81 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	492	–	1
2	Susan	389	–	2
3	Debra	328	–	7
4	Linda	315	–	3
5	Cynthia	292	–	8
6	Lori	275	↑9	27
7	Julie	272	↓1	26
8	Pamela	261	↑2	12
9	Karen	235	↓1	4
10	Patricia	226	↓3	6
11	Nancy	220	↑1	14
12	Barbara	213	↓3	11
13	Diane	208	↓2	19
14	Cindy	203	–	25
15	Sandra	189	↑10	13
16	Donna	185	↑13	5
17	Kathy	185	↑1	15
18	Teresa	176	↑10	24
19	Cheryl	171	↓6	18
20	Debbie	169	↓1	20
21	Brenda	167	↑3	16
22	Janet	162	↓2	28
23	Kathleen	160	↓6	23
24	Deborah	151	↓8	9
25	Sharon	150	↓2	17
26	Carol	143	↓5	22
27	Denise	143	↓1	29
28	Lisa	141	↑9	10
29	Kimberly	140	↓2	33
30	Ann	123	↑17	44
31	Kim	119	–	35
32	Christine	111	↑1	43
33	Laura	108	↑8	30
34	Rhonda	108	↑15	45
35	Tammy	106	↓5	31
36	Jane	102	↓1	67
37	Judy	99	↑3	41
38	Connie	98	↓6	48
39	Peggy	98	↓17	57
40	Theresa	95	↓6	34
41	Vicki	95	↓5	73
42	Michelle	91	↑6	47
43	Rebecca	91	↓4	38
44	Terri	91	↓2	46
45	Elizabeth	88	↓2	21
46	Laurie	84	new	56
47	Margaret	83	↓1	36
48	Kathryn	79	↓10	69
49	Kelly	78	new	74
50	Jean	75	↓5	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Michael	725	–	1
2	David	682	–	2
3	Mark	632	–	6
4	James	572	↑1	3
5	Robert	516	↓1	5
6	John	505	–	4
7	Steven	411	–	10
8	Richard	346	↑2	8
9	Thomas	338	↓1	9
10	Kevin	323	↑5	14
11	Daniel	305	↓2	18
12	Timothy	303	↓1	12
13	Scott	290	↑1	24
14	William	288	↓1	7
15	Douglas	276	↓3	30
16	Jeffrey	244	–	16
17	Donald	215	↑1	19
18	Randy	206	↑4	31
19	Ronald	205	↑1	21
20	Gary	202	↓1	20
21	Larry	201	↓4	25
22	Brian	180	↑4	22
23	Terry	171	↑1	33
24	Kenneth	168	↑1	15
25	Charles	163	↑2	11
26	Joseph	153	↑4	13
27	Mike	153	↑15	37
28	Gregory	148	↓7	23
29	Paul	143	–	17
30	Dennis	137	↓7	29
31	Patrick	136	↓3	43
32	Jerry	134	↑3	36
33	Roger	131	↓2	47
34	Bruce	122	↓2	38
35	Ricky	121	↑4	34
36	Rodney	113	↑1	67
37	Steve	107	↑9	41
38	Tim	107	new	60
39	Craig	103	↓6	44
40	Randall	103	↓4	59
41	Alan	102	↑9	50
42	Russell	97	↑5	56
43	Edward	96	↓3	27
44	Bradley	92	↓6	>100
45	Keith	89	↓4	39
46	Stephen	89	↓2	28
47	Rick	88	↓2	89
48	Dale	86	↓14	49
49	Jeff	86	new	52
50	Tom	86	new	82

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