Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1966

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1966 were Lisa for girls (406 babies) and Michael for boys (622). Social Security records list 22,430 babies born in Nebraska in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1966

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

Girls

Joni: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Leann: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jody: 43 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kay: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kendra: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shelly: 79 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jodi: 60 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kelli: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kristi: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lynette: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Monte: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Lyle: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Cory: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kent: 42 babies, 4× the national rate
Brad: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bradley: 95 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kirk: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Darin: 42 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rick: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Troy: 126 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	406	–	1
2	Michelle	280	↑5	4
3	Kimberly	270	↑2	2
4	Julie	223	↓1	13
5	Susan	201	↑1	6
6	Mary	198	↓4	3
7	Lori	181	↓3	21
8	Brenda	165	↑1	25
9	Christine	152	↑1	20
10	Amy	148	↑14	30
11	Karen	133	↓3	5
12	Tammy	131	↑5	8
13	Angela	129	↑3	9
14	Patricia	126	↓1	7
15	Jennifer	121	↑3	10
16	Teresa	117	↓5	29
17	Kelly	114	↑4	26
18	Barbara	113	↑1	27
19	Sandra	113	↑3	17
20	Denise	112	↑5	32
21	Cynthia	109	↓6	11
22	Debra	108	↓2	35
23	Linda	108	↓11	18
24	Pamela	106	↓10	15
25	Dawn	103	↑2	24
26	Laura	103	↑4	19
27	Deborah	99	↑9	14
28	Rhonda	96	↓2	39
29	Tracy	96	↑4	31
30	Cheryl	91	↑7	34
31	Jill	88	↓2	49
32	Elizabeth	79	↓1	16
33	Nancy	79	↑2	33
34	Shelly	79	new	89
35	Diane	78	↓12	45
36	Cindy	76	↓2	56
37	Michele	76	↑6	36
38	Stephanie	76	new	38
39	Kim	74	↓11	43
40	Ann	73	↑7	61
41	Rebecca	70	↑8	40
42	Theresa	70	↓1	46
43	Sheila	69	new	51
44	Donna	67	↓5	12
45	Kathleen	65	↓13	37
46	Tina	64	↑2	23
47	Laurie	62	↓1	63
48	Jodi	60	new	>100
49	Kristine	56	↓7	>100
50	Melissa	56	new	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	622	–	1
2	David	500	–	2
3	John	387	–	4
4	James	376	–	3
5	Mark	374	–	7
6	Scott	353	↑1	16
7	Robert	349	↓1	5
8	Jeffrey	298	–	9
9	Brian	293	↑2	14
10	Steven	256	↓1	13
11	Todd	230	↑4	29
12	Timothy	229	–	11
13	Richard	228	–	8
14	Daniel	215	–	19
15	Kevin	213	↓5	17
16	William	204	–	6
17	Thomas	200	–	10
18	Paul	156	↑1	18
19	Douglas	155	↓1	33
20	Patrick	150	↑1	31
21	Christopher	138	↑1	12
22	Troy	126	↑15	48
23	Ronald	125	–	24
24	Joseph	124	↓4	15
25	Kenneth	123	–	21
26	Gary	120	↑3	28
27	Donald	115	↓3	27
28	Gregory	101	↓2	23
29	Matthew	98	↑7	34
30	Bradley	95	↑2	68
31	Charles	93	↓4	20
32	Rodney	92	↓4	35
33	Randy	83	↓2	45
34	Anthony	82	↑6	22
35	Eric	82	↓2	25
36	Shawn	82	new	54
37	Terry	80	↓7	40
38	Craig	77	↑5	46
39	Larry	77	↓5	38
40	Roger	76	↓1	51
41	Bryan	73	new	52
42	Randall	70	new	70
43	Edward	67	new	30
44	Mike	66	↓9	69
45	Dennis	63	↓7	44
46	Stephen	63	↑3	26
47	Keith	60	↑1	32
48	Jeff	59	↓3	72
49	Chris	57	new	55
50	Jon	55	↓3	76

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