Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1969

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1969 were Michelle for girls (351 babies) and Michael for boys (618). Michelle ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 21,570 babies born in Nebraska in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1969

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

Girls

Deann: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Tami: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jody: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Traci: 58 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kari: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cheri: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jodi: 64 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Becky: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Karla: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ronda: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Cory: 51 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rick: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kent: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chad: 83 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shane: 73 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Troy: 155 babies, 3× the national rate
Darin: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gregg: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jay: 54 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kelly: 44 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michelle	351	↑1	2
2	Lisa	324	↓1	1
3	Amy	261	↑3	6
4	Kimberly	249	↓1	4
5	Jennifer	234	–	3
6	Julie	206	↓2	12
7	Angela	186	–	7
8	Lori	160	↑3	20
9	Susan	158	↓1	11
10	Christine	134	–	14
11	Laura	133	↑2	10
12	Mary	133	↓3	8
13	Tammy	132	↑1	9
14	Stephanie	126	↑1	19
15	Tracy	125	↑12	17
16	Melissa	121	↑3	5
17	Brenda	117	↓5	38
18	Dawn	111	↑4	21
19	Kelly	110	↓2	15
20	Rebecca	98	↑8	28
21	Jill	93	↑3	51
22	Patricia	89	↓1	18
23	Tina	88	↑12	22
24	Wendy	86	↑10	29
25	Karen	84	↓5	13
26	Pamela	81	↓8	24
27	Cynthia	79	↓2	23
28	Shannon	79	new	31
29	Barbara	73	↑3	39
30	Michele	73	↑3	30
31	Teresa	73	↓15	32
32	Denise	72	↑8	35
33	Debra	71	↓10	43
34	Elizabeth	71	↑9	16
35	Sandra	69	↓9	25
36	Stacy	69	new	53
37	Linda	68	↓8	33
38	Ann	65	↓7	57
39	Jodi	64	↑6	95
40	Cindy	59	new	74
41	Heather	58	new	34
42	Traci	58	new	>100
43	Rhonda	55	↓4	44
44	Stacey	54	new	52
45	Theresa	54	↓1	49
46	Deborah	53	↓16	27
47	Heidi	53	new	80
48	Kristine	53	↓6	>100
49	Christina	51	↓11	37
50	Kathleen	50	–	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	618	–	1
2	David	428	–	2
3	John	368	–	4
4	Robert	368	–	5
5	James	364	–	3
6	Scott	355	–	12
7	Jeffrey	319	↑1	11
8	Mark	303	↓1	8
9	Brian	275	–	9
10	Steven	246	↑1	14
11	Timothy	220	↓1	17
12	Christopher	215	↑5	7
13	Kevin	207	↑2	16
14	Todd	201	↓1	28
15	Daniel	196	↓1	18
16	Richard	181	–	10
17	Thomas	181	↓5	13
18	Jason	171	↑23	25
19	Matthew	169	↑1	24
20	William	167	↓1	6
21	Troy	155	↓3	42
22	Douglas	129	↑1	34
23	Eric	128	↑2	21
24	Gregory	123	–	26
25	Patrick	121	↓4	31
26	Joseph	118	–	15
27	Paul	102	↓5	22
28	Ronald	101	↓1	29
29	Bradley	95	↓1	53
30	Craig	93	↓1	39
31	Donald	93	↑2	30
32	Shawn	90	–	41
33	Kenneth	85	↑4	23
34	Chad	83	↑12	69
35	Terry	81	↑3	52
36	Charles	80	↓5	19
37	Anthony	78	↓3	20
38	Gary	77	↓8	35
39	Shane	73	new	87
40	Jeffery	70	↓1	48
41	Bryan	69	↓5	51
42	Stephen	65	↓7	27
43	Andrew	63	–	33
44	Larry	63	↓2	40
45	Sean	62	↓5	37
46	Corey	61	new	58
47	Jerry	61	↓2	45
48	Jon	61	↑1	68
49	Rodney	60	↑1	49
50	Dennis	59	↓3	44

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