Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1960

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1960 were Mary for girls (452 babies) and Michael for boys (720). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,769 babies born in Nebraska in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1960

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: 24 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Janelle: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kristi: 41 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Leann: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kristin: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Tammi: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Joni: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shawn: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Luann: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shelly: 62 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kent: 68 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bradley: 132 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lynn: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rex: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Curt: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Todd: 123 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rodney: 112 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kurt: 56 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marty: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	452	–	1
2	Susan	358	–	2
3	Lori	313	↑3	20
4	Linda	297	–	3
5	Debra	272	↓2	8
6	Julie	266	↑1	28
7	Karen	257	↑2	4
8	Pamela	229	–	14
9	Patricia	216	↑1	7
10	Diane	215	↑3	22
11	Nancy	215	–	15
12	Cynthia	201	↓7	9
13	Barbara	192	↓1	12
14	Lisa	189	↑14	6
15	Brenda	183	↑6	13
16	Cheryl	177	↑3	17
17	Kimberly	177	↑12	26
18	Sandra	177	↓3	11
19	Cindy	176	↓5	30
20	Teresa	161	↓2	19
21	Deborah	154	↑3	10
22	Carol	150	↑4	23
23	Denise	149	↑4	29
24	Laura	145	↑9	25
25	Janet	142	↓3	32
26	Kathy	141	↓9	21
27	Sharon	138	↓2	16
28	Kathleen	136	↓5	27
29	Tammy	136	↑6	31
30	Kim	132	↑1	34
31	Donna	129	↓15	5
32	Debbie	120	↓12	24
33	Connie	117	↑5	47
34	Laurie	111	↑12	37
35	Michelle	109	↑7	39
36	Theresa	109	↑4	35
37	Terri	108	↑7	49
38	Kelly	105	↑11	52
39	Peggy	103	–	69
40	Ann	101	↓10	51
41	Elizabeth	94	↑4	18
42	Christine	92	↓10	40
43	Judy	89	↓6	48
44	Rhonda	87	↓10	44
45	Robin	83	new	33
46	Kathryn	82	↑2	82
47	Vicki	82	↓6	73
48	Jane	77	↓12	67
49	Rebecca	75	↓6	38
50	Margaret	74	↓3	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Michael	720	–	2
2	David	686	–	1
3	Mark	638	–	6
4	John	528	↑2	4
5	James	506	↓1	3
6	Robert	480	↓1	5
7	Kevin	383	↑3	15
8	Steven	373	↓1	10
9	Thomas	331	–	9
10	Timothy	331	↑2	11
11	Richard	324	↓3	8
12	Scott	304	↑1	23
13	Daniel	301	↓2	17
14	William	291	–	7
15	Jeffrey	273	↑1	14
16	Douglas	255	↓1	30
17	Gary	199	↑3	22
18	Randy	199	–	32
19	Brian	195	↑3	20
20	Ronald	189	↓1	21
21	Donald	179	↓4	19
22	Gregory	175	↑6	24
23	Charles	171	↑2	13
24	Kenneth	171	–	16
25	Joseph	166	↑1	12
26	Paul	163	↑3	18
27	Terry	162	↓4	34
28	Larry	160	↓7	28
29	Dennis	151	↑1	31
30	Patrick	147	↑1	45
31	Mike	141	↓4	36
32	Craig	139	↑7	41
33	Jerry	138	↓1	37
34	Bradley	132	↑10	90
35	Jeff	125	↑14	49
36	Todd	123	new	71
37	Randall	113	↑3	59
38	Dale	112	↑10	54
39	Rodney	112	↓3	68
40	Roger	109	↓7	47
41	Russell	105	↑1	56
42	Alan	104	↓1	50
43	Gerald	101	new	62
44	Bruce	99	↓10	39
45	Steve	97	↓8	43
46	Tim	89	↓8	60
47	Keith	86	↓2	35
48	Ricky	86	↓13	38
49	Tom	83	↑1	86
50	Edward	78	↓7	26

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