Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1962

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1962 were Lori for girls (349 babies) and Michael for boys (763). Lori ranked #11 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 30,492 babies born in Nebraska in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1962

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: 30 babies, 7× the national rate
Deann: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Janelle: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kristine: 44 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Joni: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Janette: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kellie: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kristi: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Lynette: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Shelly: 70 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Monte: 25 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lyle: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rob: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Loren: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lynn: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shane: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Clark: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Randal: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Pat: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bradley: 103 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lori	349	↑1	11
2	Mary	326	↓1	2
3	Lisa	324	↑2	1
4	Susan	317	↓1	3
5	Julie	300	↓1	22
6	Linda	249	↑1	5
7	Karen	246	↑1	4
8	Debra	230	↓2	15
9	Kimberly	227	↑4	16
10	Brenda	226	↑1	12
11	Barbara	195	↑3	14
12	Teresa	193	↓3	18
13	Cynthia	176	↑3	8
14	Nancy	175	↑6	19
15	Pamela	175	↑2	13
16	Patricia	174	↓4	6
17	Diane	163	↓2	26
18	Sandra	163	↓8	10
19	Michelle	160	↑5	31
20	Denise	157	↑2	30
21	Tammy	149	↑5	23
22	Carol	146	↑3	28
23	Kelly	142	↑13	38
24	Cindy	140	↓6	34
25	Christine	135	↑5	39
26	Deborah	131	↓5	9
27	Donna	130	↓4	7
28	Sharon	130	↑5	17
29	Kathy	125	–	27
30	Cheryl	124	↓11	24
31	Connie	124	↑10	51
32	Laura	124	↓5	21
33	Kathleen	120	↑1	29
34	Laurie	120	↓2	42
35	Rhonda	118	↑4	45
36	Theresa	116	↓8	40
37	Debbie	111	↓6	32
38	Janet	109	↓3	35
39	Elizabeth	108	↓2	20
40	Kim	106	↓2	37
41	Ann	103	↓1	56
42	Jane	91	↑8	73
43	Terri	90	↑2	54
44	Jennifer	85	new	41
45	Robin	83	↓3	25
46	Angela	82	new	36
47	Judy	82	–	63
48	Jill	78	new	72
49	Rebecca	78	↓5	47
50	Vicki	78	↓1	85

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Michael	763	–	1
2	David	715	–	2
3	Mark	593	–	6
4	John	544	–	3
5	James	504	↑1	4
6	Robert	501	↓1	5
7	Scott	450	↑1	11
8	Kevin	372	↑2	14
9	Jeffrey	322	–	10
10	Steven	319	↓3	12
11	Thomas	307	–	9
12	Timothy	286	–	16
13	William	286	↑1	7
14	Daniel	282	↓1	17
15	Richard	267	–	8
16	Todd	241	↑3	30
17	Douglas	237	↓1	27
18	Brian	236	↓1	20
19	Gary	192	↑2	22
20	Kenneth	171	↑4	18
21	Donald	168	↓1	23
22	Ronald	161	↓4	25
23	Joseph	157	↑7	13
24	Randy	156	↑1	35
25	Terry	150	↓3	34
26	Charles	147	↑7	15
27	Larry	147	↑2	31
28	Gregory	146	–	21
29	Paul	145	↓6	19
30	Patrick	135	↓3	40
31	Mike	130	↓5	39
32	Jerry	113	↑4	38
33	Randall	111	↑9	64
34	Bruce	108	↑5	41
35	Jeff	104	↑2	44
36	Bradley	103	↑2	87
37	Roger	103	↓5	47
38	Keith	100	new	36
39	Troy	99	new	67
40	Dale	98	↑5	62
41	Steve	93	↓1	46
42	Christopher	92	↑2	26
43	Russell	92	–	57
44	Craig	91	↓10	51
45	Dennis	90	↓14	37
46	Jay	90	↑2	80
47	Alan	88	↓12	53
48	Anthony	86	↑1	24
49	Rodney	84	↓8	76
50	Edward	78	new	29

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