Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1968

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1968 were Lisa for girls (357 babies) and Michael for boys (625). Social Security records list 21,011 babies born in Nebraska in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1968

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

Girls

Janelle: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Kay: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Trisha: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rachelle: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kristi: 48 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Teri: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kristine: 63 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jody: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Staci: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jodie: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Monte: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Cory: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kent: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bradley: 96 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rick: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dan: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Troy: 152 babies, 3× the national rate
Darin: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Chad: 54 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Wade: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	357	–	1
2	Michelle	334	–	2
3	Kimberly	216	–	3
4	Julie	210	↑2	16
5	Jennifer	198	↑7	4
6	Amy	196	↓1	13
7	Angela	182	↑2	7
8	Susan	160	↓4	10
9	Mary	152	↓2	6
10	Christine	151	↓2	14
11	Lori	150	↓1	22
12	Brenda	132	↓1	34
13	Laura	128	↑4	11
14	Tammy	126	↓1	8
15	Stephanie	117	↑8	23
16	Teresa	115	↑2	30
17	Kelly	107	↓3	12
18	Pamela	106	↑1	20
19	Melissa	105	↑13	5
20	Karen	98	–	9
21	Patricia	94	↓5	15
22	Dawn	90	↓1	21
23	Debra	90	↓8	38
24	Jill	89	↑1	46
25	Cynthia	86	↑5	19
26	Sandra	85	–	26
27	Tracy	84	–	25
28	Rebecca	83	↑7	33
29	Linda	82	↑2	28
30	Deborah	81	↑12	27
31	Ann	79	↑2	54
32	Barbara	79	↓8	36
33	Michele	79	↑1	29
34	Wendy	79	new	31
35	Tina	78	↑1	18
36	Nancy	74	↓14	39
37	Diane	73	↑10	51
38	Christina	67	↑11	44
39	Rhonda	67	↓1	42
40	Denise	66	↓11	35
41	Donna	66	↑7	24
42	Kristine	63	↑3	>100
43	Elizabeth	62	↓15	17
44	Theresa	62	–	47
45	Jodi	58	↓8	97
46	Cheryl	57	↓5	37
47	Andrea	55	new	48
48	Robin	55	new	43
49	Shelly	54	↓9	98
50	Kathleen	52	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	625	–	1
2	David	405	–	2
3	John	379	–	3
4	Robert	364	–	5
5	James	363	–	4
6	Scott	336	–	14
7	Mark	305	–	7
8	Jeffrey	287	–	11
9	Brian	267	–	10
10	Timothy	239	–	13
11	Steven	233	–	15
12	Thomas	219	↑4	12
13	Todd	205	–	28
14	Daniel	198	↑1	18
15	Kevin	197	↓3	17
16	Richard	195	↓2	8
17	Christopher	179	↑1	9
18	Troy	152	↑2	40
19	William	150	↓2	6
20	Matthew	147	↑7	24
21	Patrick	132	↑1	30
22	Paul	129	↓1	19
23	Douglas	123	↓4	33
24	Gregory	116	↑6	26
25	Eric	110	↑10	22
26	Joseph	108	↓1	16
27	Ronald	104	↓4	25
28	Bradley	96	–	57
29	Craig	95	↑3	41
30	Gary	94	↓1	32
31	Charles	93	–	20
32	Shawn	93	↑7	43
33	Donald	82	↓9	29
34	Anthony	81	↓1	21
35	Stephen	77	↑14	27
36	Bryan	74	↑12	51
37	Kenneth	74	↓11	23
38	Terry	74	↓2	48
39	Jeffery	73	↑7	46
40	Sean	73	new	37
41	Jason	65	new	47
42	Larry	64	↓5	38
43	Andrew	63	new	34
44	Edward	58	new	31
45	Jerry	55	↑2	44
46	Chad	54	↓5	>100
47	Dennis	54	↓9	45
48	Russell	53	new	56
49	Jon	51	↓9	65
50	Rodney	51	↓16	42

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