Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1961

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1961 were Mary for girls (433 babies) and Michael for boys (733). Social Security records list 30,940 babies born in Nebraska in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1961

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: 27 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Janelle: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kristy: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kristi: 40 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Shelly: 79 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kristin: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jeri: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jodi: 40 babies, 3× the national rate
Jody: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joni: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Monte: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bradley: 114 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kent: 56 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Loren: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brad: 53 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Randal: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kurt: 57 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Todd: 184 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dan: 65 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	433	–	1
2	Lori	406	↑1	14
3	Susan	339	↓1	3
4	Julie	316	↑2	23
5	Lisa	286	↑9	2
6	Debra	277	↓1	13
7	Linda	264	↓3	4
8	Karen	261	↓1	5
9	Teresa	204	↑11	18
10	Sandra	203	↑8	9
11	Brenda	201	↑4	11
12	Patricia	200	↓3	6
13	Kimberly	196	↑4	22
14	Barbara	190	↓1	12
15	Diane	184	↓5	26
16	Cynthia	183	↓4	8
17	Pamela	183	↓9	15
18	Cindy	176	↑1	33
19	Cheryl	175	↓3	20
20	Nancy	164	↓9	16
21	Deborah	163	–	10
22	Denise	147	↑1	30
23	Donna	147	↑8	7
24	Michelle	145	↑11	34
25	Carol	144	↓3	24
26	Tammy	136	↑3	28
27	Laura	133	↓3	21
28	Theresa	130	↑8	35
29	Kathy	128	↓3	25
30	Christine	126	↑12	39
31	Debbie	124	↑1	31
32	Laurie	124	↑2	43
33	Sharon	123	↓6	17
34	Kathleen	122	↓6	29
35	Janet	120	↓10	32
36	Kelly	112	↑2	45
37	Elizabeth	108	↑4	19
38	Kim	104	↓8	36
39	Rhonda	103	↑5	46
40	Ann	101	–	54
41	Connie	101	↓8	50
42	Robin	91	↑3	27
43	Peggy	87	↓4	88
44	Rebecca	85	↑5	44
45	Terri	82	↓8	51
46	Margaret	80	↑4	40
47	Judy	79	↓4	58
48	Shelly	79	new	>100
49	Vicki	79	↓2	76
50	Jane	78	↓2	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Michael	733	–	1
2	David	696	–	2
3	Mark	646	–	6
4	John	548	–	3
5	Robert	505	↑1	5
6	James	498	↓1	4
7	Steven	380	↑1	10
8	Scott	360	↑4	19
9	Jeffrey	325	↑6	11
10	Kevin	320	↓3	14
11	Thomas	310	↓2	9
12	Timothy	307	↓2	15
13	Daniel	301	–	17
14	William	284	–	7
15	Richard	283	↓4	8
16	Douglas	257	–	28
17	Brian	187	↑2	20
18	Ronald	187	↑2	24
19	Todd	184	↑17	46
20	Donald	182	↑1	22
21	Gary	176	↓4	21
22	Terry	170	↑5	32
23	Paul	160	↑3	18
24	Kenneth	159	–	16
25	Randy	159	↓7	33
26	Mike	154	↑5	36
27	Patrick	152	↑3	39
28	Gregory	145	↓6	23
29	Larry	142	↓1	30
30	Joseph	139	↓5	12
31	Dennis	137	↓2	34
32	Roger	134	↑8	47
33	Charles	131	↓10	13
34	Craig	120	↓2	43
35	Alan	118	↑7	51
36	Jerry	118	↓3	37
37	Jeff	116	↓2	49
38	Bradley	114	↓4	87
39	Bruce	108	↑5	40
40	Steve	106	↑5	45
41	Rodney	100	↓2	72
42	Randall	98	↓5	63
43	Russell	97	↓2	55
44	Christopher	92	new	26
45	Dale	90	↓7	58
46	Ricky	84	↑2	44
47	Tim	83	↓1	65
48	Jay	82	new	81
49	Anthony	80	new	25
50	Gerald	78	↓7	62

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