Top baby names in Nebraska, 1945

Recorded as girls

RankNameBabies
1Mary498
2Linda438
3Sharon319
4Carol307
5Barbara295
6Judy264
7Patricia257
8Karen242
9Sandra230
10Nancy210
11Judith207
12Donna173
13Kathleen164
14Connie163
15Janet148
16Betty145
16Susan145
18Marilyn141
19Diane137
20Carolyn136
21Janice135
22Cheryl124
23Joyce118
23Shirley118
25Jean105
26Margaret104
27Beverly103
28Bonnie94
29Joan93
30Jane90
30Ruth90
32Dorothy86
33Gloria79
34Lois75
35Elaine73
36Virginia71
37Pamela65
38Kathryn64
39Rita61
40Elizabeth60
41Phyllis59
42Ann56
43Helen55
44Darlene52
44Marcia52
46Norma51
47Diana50
48Dianne49
48Marlene49
50Alice46

Recorded as boys

RankNameBabies
1Robert624
2James558
3John494
4Richard480
5Larry368
6Gary351
7William327
8David318
9Ronald284
10Donald259
11Dennis258
12Michael247
13Thomas246
14Kenneth211
15Charles194
16Roger183
17Jerry165
18Terry118
19Gerald115
20Douglas110
21Paul105
22Joseph104
23Dale100
24George99
25Jim98
26Edward96
27Steven86
28Raymond85
29Daniel80
30Frank79
30Stephen79
32Eugene75
33Wayne74
34Jack67
35Harold66
36Bruce60
37Marvin58
38Dean55
38Keith55
38Tom55
41Bill54
42Fred51
43Alan46
43Duane46
43Rodney46
43Walter46
47Allen45
47Norman45
49Gene44
49Leonard44