Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1920

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1920 were Dorothy for girls (587 babies) and Robert for boys (679). Dorothy ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 24,594 babies born in Nebraska in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1920

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

Girls

Laverna: 15 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Darlene: 26 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Iola: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Delores: 37 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Maxine: 167 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Berniece: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Neva: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Frieda: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Erma: 56 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Alyce: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Lavern: 26 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Harlan: 27 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Dale: 134 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Duane: 35 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Dean: 54 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Keith: 52 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Orval: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Eldon: 32 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Vern: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Mervin: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Dorothy	587	↑1	2
2	Mary	516	↓1	1
3	Helen	467	–	3
4	Ruth	349	–	5
5	Margaret	294	–	4
6	Betty	290	↑12	11
7	Doris	258	↑2	14
8	Mildred	250	↓1	6
9	Evelyn	213	↓3	12
10	Virginia	201	–	7
11	Irene	195	↓3	17
12	Marjorie	187	↑1	24
13	Lucille	182	↑4	29
14	Frances	168	↓3	9
15	Maxine	167	↓1	81
16	Alice	155	↓1	15
17	Marie	154	↓5	13
18	Lois	146	↓2	38
19	Esther	140	–	39
20	Jean	120	↑11	33
21	Elizabeth	112	↑3	8
22	Anna	104	↑17	10
23	Gladys	100	↓1	22
24	Edna	99	↑2	27
25	Florence	99	↓4	16
26	Lillian	96	↑6	18
27	Phyllis	94	↑18	72
28	Wilma	94	↓5	78
29	Eleanor	91	↑14	25
30	Pauline	90	↑4	36
31	Leona	85	↑2	89
32	Bernice	82	↓7	40
33	Norma	82	↑13	69
34	Vera	82	new	75
35	Hazel	81	↓8	34
36	Rose	81	↓8	20
37	Thelma	81	↓2	31
38	Viola	81	↓8	59
39	Ruby	80	↓19	26
40	June	79	↓11	53
41	Opal	79	↑7	>100
42	Louise	78	–	19
43	Vivian	78	new	64
44	Elsie	72	↓4	51
45	Marian	70	new	73
46	Elaine	69	new	>100
47	Lorraine	69	↓10	70
48	Agnes	68	↑1	54
49	Grace	67	new	37
50	Ethel	66	↓9	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Robert	679	–	3
2	John	456	–	1
3	William	391	–	2
4	Donald	350	–	16
5	Harold	306	–	12
6	Charles	284	↑2	5
7	James	282	–	4
8	George	261	↓2	6
9	Richard	229	↑2	10
10	Kenneth	210	–	23
11	Edward	200	↑3	8
12	Raymond	179	↓3	15
13	Jack	164	↑2	20
14	Paul	156	↓2	14
15	Joseph	146	↑1	7
16	Frank	141	↓3	9
17	Ralph	136	–	22
18	Dale	134	–	>100
19	Walter	134	–	13
20	Leonard	131	–	38
21	Warren	131	new	39
22	Harry	129	↑3	21
23	Clarence	127	↓2	26
24	Arthur	118	↓1	18
25	Wayne	113	↑5	86
26	Howard	109	↓2	24
27	Lawrence	106	↑7	36
28	Leo	103	↑19	48
29	Thomas	102	↓1	11
30	Lloyd	101	↑1	58
31	Francis	100	↑11	34
32	Earl	99	↑1	31
33	Eugene	97	↑5	30
34	Melvin	95	↓12	54
35	Vernon	95	↓3	65
36	Elmer	93	↓10	45
37	Gerald	92	↓8	64
38	Marvin	88	↑5	62
39	Albert	85	↓2	19
40	Henry	85	↓13	17
41	Carl	83	↓5	27
42	Glenn	81	↑3	80
43	Floyd	76	↓2	61
44	Edwin	75	↑5	53
45	Lester	74	↑1	69
46	Louis	72	new	28
47	Roy	72	↓12	32
48	Ernest	71	↓8	37
49	Virgil	64	new	>100
50	Glen	63	new	>100

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