Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1953

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	709
2	James	669
3	David	643
4	Robert	624
5	John	574
6	Richard	528
7	Steven	488
8	William	414
9	Thomas	400
10	Mark	343
11	Gary	339
12	Dennis	276
13	Donald	272
14	Daniel	268
14	Ronald	268
16	Larry	244
17	Douglas	239
18	Timothy	220
19	Charles	215
20	Roger	203
21	Kenneth	198
22	Rodney	174
23	Terry	163
24	Gregory	162
25	Randy	159

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	152
27	Paul	151
28	Stephen	146
29	Jeffrey	139
29	Joseph	139
31	Dale	134
32	Jerry	130
32	Patrick	130
34	Randall	128
35	Gerald	105
36	Scott	98
37	Edward	90
38	Alan	89
39	Keith	87
39	Raymond	87
41	Wayne	86
42	Craig	83
43	George	82
44	Kevin	81
45	Danny	75
46	Rick	73
47	Frank	70
48	Ricky	69
49	Duane	62
49	Lawrence	62
51	Stanley	61
52	Bradley	58
52	Russell	58
54	Micheal	57
55	Dean	54
56	Jack	52
57	Kent	48
58	Allen	47
59	Eugene	44
60	Anthony	42
60	Lynn	42
62	Harold	41
63	Jay	40
63	Lyle	40
65	Brian	39
65	Jim	39
65	Kim	39
65	Melvin	39
69	Martin	38
69	Ralph	38
69	Steve	38
69	Walter	38
73	Carl	37
74	Arthur	36
75	Howard	35
75	Lonnie	35
77	Jon	34
78	Bill	33
78	Dan	33
80	Curtis	32
80	Gordon	32
80	Marvin	32
80	Peter	32
84	Glenn	30
84	Mike	30
84	Roy	30
87	Fred	29
87	Lee	29
87	Leroy	29
90	Clifford	28
90	Don	28
90	Joe	28
90	Kurt	28
90	Wesley	28
95	Bernard	27
95	Brad	27
95	Francis	27
95	Neil	27
99	Darrell	26
99	Kirk	26
99	Leonard	26
99	Norman	26
99	Warren	26