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Baby names in Nebraska, 1960s

1960–1969 · 259,043 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Nebraska across the 1960s, with 6,696 births in the decade. The state recorded 259,043 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Nebraska in the 1960s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Jolene199
Michaela44
Monte187
Janelle160
Lyle154
Kent506
Joni215
Deann107

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael6,696
#2David5,619
#3John4,688
#4Mark4,518
#5James4,339
#6Robert4,207
#7Scott3,670
#8Lisa3,433
#9Jeffrey3,070
#10Mary2,948
#11Steven2,911
#12Kevin2,780
#13Timothy2,716
#14Lori2,585
#15Julie2,521
#16Thomas2,515
#17Susan2,513
#18Richard2,490
#19Daniel2,463
#20Brian2,439
#21Todd2,243
#22Michelle2,226
#23William2,222
#24Kimberly2,203
#25Douglas1,958

Other decades in Nebraska

All Nebraska names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org