Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1922

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1922 were Dorothy for girls (558 babies) and Robert for boys (764). Dorothy ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 24,401 babies born in Nebraska in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1922

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: 47 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Alyce: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Maxine: 165 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Berniece: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Fern: 53 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Donna: 54 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Arlene: 71 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bette: 57 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Luella: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Delores: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Lavern: 28 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Gale: 18 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Dale: 162 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Keith: 78 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Dean: 75 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Lyle: 76 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Duane: 44 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Vern: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Delmar: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Orval: 15 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Dorothy	558	↑1	2
2	Mary	531	↓1	1
3	Betty	470	↑2	6
4	Helen	383	↓1	3
5	Ruth	309	↓1	5
6	Margaret	269	–	4
7	Marjorie	250	↑3	16
8	Doris	244	↓1	11
9	Evelyn	243	↓1	13
10	Virginia	242	↓1	7
11	Mildred	216	–	8
12	Maxine	165	↑5	82
13	Lois	157	↑6	35
14	Frances	152	↓2	10
15	Alice	146	↑1	15
16	Irene	142	↓3	17
17	Marie	139	↓3	14
18	Jean	138	↑7	20
19	Phyllis	132	↑3	53
20	Elizabeth	127	↑1	9
21	Lucille	119	↓6	33
22	Esther	118	↓4	44
23	Norma	109	↑3	46
24	Wilma	105	↓4	77
25	Florence	100	↓2	18
26	Edna	95	↑3	29
27	Shirley	92	↑21	39
28	Lillian	90	↑11	19
29	Patricia	90	↑18	69
30	Eleanor	82	↑4	28
31	Hazel	79	↓1	37
32	Geraldine	76	new	58
33	Lorraine	76	↑13	56
34	Viola	76	↓2	72
35	June	75	–	45
36	Pauline	75	↑14	36
37	Bernice	72	↓13	41
38	Arlene	71	↓1	>100
39	Barbara	71	↑2	40
40	Gladys	71	↓13	25
41	Leona	68	↑8	>100
42	Marian	68	↑1	67
43	Anna	66	↓15	12
44	Violet	66	new	86
45	Rose	65	↓14	23
46	Eileen	64	new	96
47	Vivian	64	new	74
48	Elaine	63	↓6	>100
49	Vera	63	new	79
50	Loretta	62	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Robert	764	–	2
2	John	437	–	1
3	Donald	422	–	12
4	William	421	–	3
5	James	321	–	4
6	Harold	320	↑1	13
7	Charles	285	↓1	5
8	Richard	260	–	9
9	Kenneth	220	↑2	21
10	George	197	↓1	6
11	Raymond	197	↓1	16
12	Edward	186	↑1	8
13	Jack	169	↓1	18
14	Paul	167	↑2	14
15	Dale	162	–	89
16	Joseph	159	↓2	7
17	Eugene	137	↑10	25
18	Frank	130	–	10
19	Leonard	122	↓2	38
20	Gerald	111	–	58
21	Ralph	109	↑7	23
22	Clarence	106	↑7	29
23	Howard	106	↑7	26
24	Lloyd	104	↑11	59
25	Arthur	103	↓3	19
26	Harry	103	↓2	22
27	Thomas	102	↓1	11
28	Melvin	100	↓3	50
29	Roy	99	↑7	32
30	Francis	95	↑12	34
31	Walter	94	↓12	15
32	Wayne	92	↓9	78
33	Earl	88	↑5	31
34	Lawrence	88	↑6	36
35	Marvin	85	↓4	56
36	Henry	83	↑11	17
37	Leo	81	↓5	51
38	Bernard	80	↓1	46
39	Elmer	80	–	54
40	Keith	78	new	>100
41	Vernon	78	↑3	68
42	Warren	78	↓21	45
43	Floyd	76	↓10	61
44	Glenn	76	new	79
45	Lyle	76	new	>100
46	Dean	75	↓5	>100
47	Norman	73	new	44
48	Albert	72	↓14	20
49	Carl	71	↓6	30
50	Clifford	68	↓5	63

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