Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1964

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1964 were Mary for girls (396 babies) and Michael for boys (659). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 27,235 babies born in Nebraska in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1964

Names given at least 15 times in Nebraska that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Kristie: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jolene: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Tammi: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Joni: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kay: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jana: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jody: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shelly: 80 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kristine: 46 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shari: 40 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Monte: 26 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Corey: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kent: 73 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Clark: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lyle: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bradley: 130 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Loren: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rex: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lynn: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shane: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Mary	396	↑1	2
2	Lisa	393	↓1	1
3	Lori	310	–	15
4	Susan	262	–	3
5	Julie	261	–	17
6	Kimberly	213	–	6
7	Brenda	200	↑1	18
8	Karen	190	↑1	4
9	Michelle	189	↑11	23
10	Linda	178	↓3	8
11	Patricia	177	↑2	5
12	Pamela	170	↓2	11
13	Debra	167	↓1	24
14	Teresa	165	↓3	21
15	Christine	160	↑2	28
16	Tammy	160	↓1	10
17	Diane	151	↑11	32
18	Sandra	145	↓4	13
19	Barbara	138	–	19
20	Cheryl	127	↑5	29
21	Cynthia	121	↓3	9
22	Denise	120	↓1	25
23	Kathleen	119	↑14	30
24	Nancy	118	↓8	26
25	Laura	117	↓1	14
26	Cindy	111	–	47
27	Kelly	108	↓5	35
28	Angela	106	↑19	22
29	Deborah	105	↓6	12
30	Donna	105	↓3	7
31	Elizabeth	105	↓2	16
32	Theresa	102	↑11	38
33	Rhonda	99	↑6	43
34	Carol	96	↑1	36
35	Ann	95	↑5	60
36	Jennifer	92	↑9	31
37	Kathy	89	↓5	39
38	Robin	88	↓5	27
39	Amy	86	↑9	44
40	Janet	86	↓2	48
41	Laurie	86	↓10	59
42	Dawn	85	new	33
43	Jill	83	new	61
44	Tracy	83	↓10	40
45	Jane	81	↓1	93
46	Sharon	81	↑4	20
47	Shelly	80	↓1	>100
48	Connie	76	↓7	64
49	Paula	76	–	45
50	Terri	76	↓8	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Michael	659	–	1
2	David	588	–	3
3	John	541	–	2
4	James	473	–	4
5	Robert	467	↑1	5
6	Mark	430	↓1	6
7	Scott	388	–	14
8	Jeffrey	318	–	10
9	Todd	318	↑1	28
10	Timothy	305	↑3	15
11	Kevin	291	↓2	13
12	Steven	289	–	12
13	Richard	283	↑2	8
14	Thomas	261	↓3	9
15	Daniel	249	↓1	19
16	Brian	227	↑2	20
17	Douglas	215	↓1	31
18	William	193	↓1	7
19	Patrick	176	↑6	30
20	Paul	175	↑1	16
21	Ronald	159	↑5	24
22	Gregory	147	↑1	22
23	Gary	144	↑1	26
24	Kenneth	137	↓2	18
25	Terry	136	↑2	35
26	Bradley	130	↑9	77
27	Donald	129	↓8	25
28	Joseph	127	↓8	11
29	Mike	118	↑2	47
30	Larry	117	↓1	36
31	Charles	116	↓3	17
32	Christopher	113	↑1	23
33	Troy	104	↑13	57
34	Randy	100	↓4	38
35	Craig	96	↑6	48
36	Dennis	96	↓4	42
37	Roger	92	↓3	49
38	Jerry	91	↓2	40
39	Jeff	89	↑3	52
40	Matthew	86	new	43
41	Bruce	85	↓2	46
42	Jay	85	new	84
43	Rodney	80	↓5	59
44	Alan	79	–	53
45	Eric	79	↑4	32
46	Randall	79	↓9	66
47	Russell	77	↓7	58
48	Anthony	75	–	21
49	Kent	73	new	>100
50	Dale	72	↓5	72

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