Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1965

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1965 were Lisa for girls (377 babies) and Michael for boys (620). Social Security records list 24,343 babies born in Nebraska in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1965

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, 8.8× the national rate
Janelle: 20 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Kristi: 50 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Leann: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Kristine: 78 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kay: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jody: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Joni: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shari: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Karla: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Lynn: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Monte: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kent: 52 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Doug: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kirk: 43 babies, 3× the national rate
Kurt: 58 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bret: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bradley: 89 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shane: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Duane: 41 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	377	↑1	1
2	Mary	283	↓1	2
3	Julie	278	↑2	14
4	Lori	241	↓1	19
5	Kimberly	212	↑1	4
6	Susan	209	↓2	5
7	Michelle	185	↑2	18
8	Karen	171	–	3
9	Brenda	168	↓2	23
10	Christine	149	↑5	21
11	Teresa	148	↑3	24
12	Linda	146	↓2	8
13	Patricia	142	↓2	6
14	Pamela	141	↓2	12
15	Cynthia	140	↑6	9
16	Angela	135	↑12	10
17	Tammy	133	↓1	11
18	Jennifer	127	↑18	20
19	Barbara	126	–	25
20	Debra	120	↓7	27
21	Kelly	120	↑6	30
22	Sandra	119	↓4	15
23	Diane	118	↓6	40
24	Amy	115	↑15	35
25	Denise	115	↓3	28
26	Rhonda	115	↑7	37
27	Dawn	108	↑15	26
28	Kim	104	new	43
29	Jill	103	↑14	51
30	Laura	103	↓5	17
31	Elizabeth	93	–	16
32	Kathleen	93	↓9	34
33	Tracy	93	↑11	36
34	Cindy	92	↓8	53
35	Nancy	92	↓11	32
36	Deborah	89	↓7	13
37	Cheryl	86	↓17	31
38	Carol	82	↓4	42
39	Donna	80	↓9	7
40	Robin	79	↓2	33
41	Theresa	79	↓9	45
42	Kristine	78	new	>100
43	Michele	78	new	48
44	Janet	76	↓4	55
45	Wendy	76	new	39
46	Laurie	71	↓5	60
47	Ann	70	↓12	59
48	Tina	69	new	29
49	Rebecca	68	new	41
50	Kathy	65	↓13	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	620	–	1
2	David	496	–	3
3	John	485	–	2
4	James	410	–	4
5	Mark	398	↑1	7
6	Robert	365	↓1	5
7	Scott	341	–	15
8	Jeffrey	298	–	10
9	Steven	296	↑3	14
10	Kevin	275	↑1	13
11	Brian	267	↑5	19
12	Timothy	254	↓2	12
13	Richard	252	–	8
14	Daniel	240	↑1	17
15	Todd	231	↓6	30
16	William	227	↑2	6
17	Thomas	215	↓3	9
18	Douglas	194	↓1	32
19	Paul	178	↑1	16
20	Joseph	155	↑8	11
21	Patrick	153	↓2	31
22	Christopher	141	↑10	18
23	Ronald	135	↓2	24
24	Donald	132	↑3	26
25	Kenneth	122	↓1	21
26	Gregory	112	↓4	23
27	Charles	111	↑4	20
28	Rodney	108	↑15	33
29	Gary	106	↓6	27
30	Terry	103	↓5	40
31	Randy	91	↑3	42
32	Bradley	89	↓6	72
33	Eric	87	↑12	25
34	Larry	86	↓4	38
35	Mike	86	↓6	51
36	Matthew	80	↑4	36
37	Troy	77	↓4	53
38	Dennis	76	↓2	44
39	Roger	74	↓2	49
40	Anthony	73	↑8	22
41	Jerry	72	↓3	41
42	Russell	72	↑5	58
43	Craig	71	↓8	46
44	Jeffery	70	new	47
45	Jeff	68	↓6	62
46	Alan	65	↓2	59
47	Jon	65	new	78
48	Keith	65	new	35
49	Stephen	65	new	28
50	Dale	64	–	83

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