Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1963

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1963 were Lisa for girls (442 babies) and Michael for boys (725). Social Security records list 29,180 babies born in Nebraska in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1963

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: 26 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Janelle: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Tamera: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kelli: 37 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jayne: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kristi: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Joni: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jodi: 42 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shelly: 82 babies, 3× the national rate
Kay: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Monte: 30 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Lyle: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Loren: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Kent: 70 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Curt: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rick: 71 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bret: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Todd: 303 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bradley: 98 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Brad: 46 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	442	↑2	1
2	Mary	399	–	2
3	Lori	323	↓2	8
4	Susan	313	–	3
5	Julie	273	–	22
6	Kimberly	226	↑3	11
7	Linda	222	↓1	5
8	Brenda	216	↑2	15
9	Karen	201	↓2	4
10	Pamela	181	↑5	14
11	Teresa	176	↑1	18
12	Debra	175	↓4	21
13	Patricia	175	↑3	7
14	Sandra	175	↑4	9
15	Tammy	174	↑6	12
16	Nancy	166	↓2	23
17	Christine	152	↑8	29
18	Cynthia	150	↓5	10
19	Barbara	145	↓8	17
20	Michelle	145	↓1	26
21	Denise	144	↓1	27
22	Kelly	140	↑1	32
23	Deborah	139	↑3	13
24	Laura	136	↑8	16
25	Cheryl	131	↑5	24
26	Cindy	118	↓2	37
27	Donna	118	–	6
28	Diane	117	↓11	31
29	Elizabeth	111	↑10	20
30	Kim	111	↑10	39
31	Laurie	107	↑3	47
32	Kathy	103	↓3	34
33	Robin	103	↑12	25
34	Tracy	102	new	48
35	Carol	100	↓13	33
36	Debbie	99	↑1	41
37	Kathleen	99	↓4	28
38	Janet	97	–	40
39	Rhonda	97	↓4	45
40	Ann	94	↑1	57
41	Connie	94	↓10	55
42	Terri	90	↑1	58
43	Theresa	89	↓7	38
44	Jane	83	↓2	75
45	Jennifer	83	↓1	36
46	Shelly	82	new	>100
47	Angela	80	↓1	30
48	Amy	78	new	54
49	Paula	75	new	42
50	Sharon	75	↓22	19

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Michael	725	–	1
2	David	633	–	3
3	John	537	↑1	2
4	James	505	↑1	4
5	Mark	503	↓2	6
6	Robert	449	–	5
7	Scott	448	–	12
8	Jeffrey	354	↑1	10
9	Kevin	313	↓1	11
10	Todd	303	↑6	30
11	Thomas	301	–	9
12	Steven	294	↓2	14
13	Timothy	293	↓1	15
14	Daniel	281	–	19
15	Richard	271	–	8
16	Douglas	251	↑1	28
17	William	250	↓4	7
18	Brian	231	–	20
19	Donald	177	↑2	25
20	Joseph	177	↑3	13
21	Paul	165	↑8	17
22	Kenneth	164	↓2	18
23	Gregory	160	↑5	21
24	Gary	156	↓5	24
25	Patrick	152	↑5	35
26	Ronald	151	↓4	23
27	Terry	135	↓2	32
28	Charles	134	↓2	16
29	Larry	125	↓2	36
30	Randy	121	↓6	37
31	Mike	113	–	44
32	Dennis	103	↑13	39
33	Christopher	102	↑9	26
34	Roger	101	↑3	53
35	Bradley	98	↑1	82
36	Jerry	97	↓4	38
37	Randall	94	↓4	65
38	Rodney	93	↑11	76
39	Bruce	91	↓5	43
40	Russell	91	↑3	57
41	Craig	88	↑3	51
42	Jeff	87	↓7	48
43	Steve	86	↓2	49
44	Alan	85	↑3	56
45	Dale	83	↓5	69
46	Troy	82	↓7	66
47	Jon	78	new	84
48	Anthony	77	–	22
49	Eric	77	new	31
50	Keith	76	↓12	33

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