Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1921

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1921 were Mary for girls (574 babies) and Robert for boys (797). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,324 babies born in Nebraska in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1921

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

Girls

Darlene: 45 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Ardis: 17 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Ferne: 15 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Iola: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Leila: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Berniece: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Fern: 62 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Delores: 36 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Neva: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Arlene: 73 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Lavern: 30 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Milo: 19 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Duane: 49 babies, 8× the national rate
Dean: 76 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Dale: 156 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Keith: 63 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Harlan: 26 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Anton: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Vern: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Darrell: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	574	↑1	1
2	Dorothy	544	↓1	2
3	Helen	389	–	3
4	Ruth	353	–	5
5	Betty	341	↑1	8
6	Margaret	332	↓1	4
7	Doris	253	–	13
8	Evelyn	252	↑1	12
9	Virginia	245	↑1	6
10	Marjorie	239	↑2	16
11	Mildred	215	↓3	7
12	Frances	180	↑2	9
13	Irene	165	↓2	18
14	Marie	152	↑3	14
15	Lucille	145	↓2	31
16	Alice	144	–	15
17	Maxine	142	↓2	77
18	Esther	135	↑1	42
19	Lois	130	↓1	38
20	Wilma	122	↑8	72
21	Elizabeth	120	–	10
22	Phyllis	116	↑5	60
23	Florence	113	↑2	17
24	Bernice	109	↑8	39
25	Jean	106	↓5	25
26	Norma	103	↑7	51
27	Gladys	101	↓4	24
28	Anna	95	↓6	11
29	Edna	93	↓5	27
30	Hazel	92	↑5	34
31	Rose	86	↑5	20
32	Viola	85	↑6	66
33	Martha	83	new	21
34	Eleanor	78	↓5	29
35	June	76	↑5	50
36	Louise	74	↑6	22
37	Arlene	73	new	>100
38	Grace	72	↑11	35
39	Lillian	72	↓13	19
40	Thelma	72	↓3	30
41	Barbara	71	new	40
42	Elaine	71	↑4	97
43	Marian	71	↑2	69
44	Opal	71	↓3	>100
45	Elsie	70	↓1	55
46	Lorraine	70	↑1	61
47	Patricia	69	new	84
48	Shirley	69	new	44
49	Leona	67	↓18	92
50	Pauline	67	↓20	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Robert	797	–	2
2	John	500	–	1
3	Donald	426	↑1	13
4	William	426	↓1	3
5	James	328	↑2	4
6	Charles	299	–	5
7	Harold	288	↓2	12
8	Richard	278	↑1	10
9	George	260	↓1	6
10	Raymond	221	↑2	16
11	Kenneth	213	↓1	22
12	Jack	200	↑1	18
13	Edward	194	↓2	8
14	Joseph	175	↑1	7
15	Dale	156	↑3	93
16	Paul	155	↓2	14
17	Leonard	140	↑3	39
18	Frank	138	↓2	9
19	Walter	131	–	15
20	Gerald	130	↑17	60
21	Warren	125	–	24
22	Arthur	115	↑2	19
23	Wayne	111	↑2	81
24	Harry	109	↓2	21
25	Melvin	109	↑9	53
26	Thomas	107	↑3	11
27	Eugene	104	↑6	26
28	Ralph	104	↓11	23
29	Clarence	103	↓6	28
30	Howard	103	↓4	27
31	Marvin	97	↑7	59
32	Leo	92	↓4	50
33	Floyd	91	↑10	63
34	Albert	89	↑5	20
35	Lloyd	87	↓5	58
36	Roy	86	↑11	32
37	Bernard	85	new	45
38	Earl	85	↓6	31
39	Elmer	81	↓3	48
40	Lawrence	81	↓13	37
41	Dean	76	new	>100
42	Francis	76	↓11	35
43	Carl	75	↓2	30
44	Vernon	73	↓9	68
45	Clifford	70	new	62
46	Edwin	69	↓2	54
47	Henry	68	↓7	17
48	Stanley	67	new	41
49	Virgil	67	–	98
50	Fred	66	new	33

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