Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1923

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1923 were Betty for girls (587 babies) and Robert for boys (868). Betty ranked #5 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 24,337 babies born in Nebraska in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1923

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: 60 babies, 12× the national rate
Fern: 73 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Donna: 87 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Alyce: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Deloris: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Arlene: 89 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Luella: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Maxine: 151 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Neva: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marcella: 50 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Lavern: 37 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Vern: 21 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Dean: 77 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Dale: 152 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lyle: 71 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Duane: 51 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Gale: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Merle: 46 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Delmar: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Eldon: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Betty	587	↑2	5
2	Mary	533	–	1
3	Dorothy	518	↓2	2
4	Helen	348	–	3
5	Ruth	299	–	6
6	Margaret	295	–	4
7	Doris	246	↑1	11
8	Virginia	220	↑2	7
9	Evelyn	206	–	12
10	Marjorie	196	↓3	16
11	Mildred	170	–	8
12	Lois	168	↑1	27
13	Frances	154	↑1	10
14	Maxine	151	↓2	76
15	Norma	147	↑8	41
16	Phyllis	142	↑3	45
17	Alice	141	↓2	15
18	Irene	136	↓2	17
19	Marie	124	↓2	14
20	Patricia	119	↑9	56
21	Lucille	116	–	35
22	Elizabeth	114	↓2	9
23	Esther	114	↓1	47
24	Jean	113	↓6	19
25	Shirley	108	↑2	26
26	Wilma	101	↓2	74
27	Lillian	96	↑1	20
28	Elaine	94	↑20	87
29	Rose	92	↑16	23
30	Arlene	89	↑8	>100
31	Donna	87	new	>100
32	Bernice	84	↑5	43
33	Gladys	84	↑7	29
34	Barbara	80	↑5	33
35	Eleanor	75	↓5	28
36	Florence	75	↓11	18
37	Anna	74	↑6	13
38	Leona	74	↑3	100
39	Edna	73	↓13	32
40	Fern	73	new	>100
41	June	72	↓6	42
42	Bonnie	68	new	>100
43	Marian	68	↓1	65
44	Ruby	65	new	25
45	Martha	62	new	21
46	Hazel	61	↓15	40
47	Lorraine	61	↓14	57
48	Darlene	60	new	>100
49	Charlotte	59	new	77
50	Viola	59	↓16	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Robert	868	–	2
2	Donald	485	↑1	10
3	John	458	↓1	1
4	William	438	–	3
5	James	362	–	4
6	Richard	332	↑2	9
7	Harold	283	↓1	13
8	Charles	260	↓1	5
9	George	244	↑1	6
10	Kenneth	210	↓1	21
11	Raymond	203	–	15
12	Jack	175	↑1	17
13	Edward	167	↓1	8
14	Dale	152	↑1	90
15	Joseph	151	↑1	7
16	Frank	142	↑2	11
17	Leonard	132	↑2	37
18	Ralph	130	↑3	23
19	Paul	127	↓5	14
20	Gerald	126	–	54
21	Wayne	120	↑11	75
22	Walter	116	↑9	16
23	Marvin	110	↑12	51
24	Eugene	108	↓7	25
25	Harry	108	↑1	22
26	Warren	105	↑16	43
27	Clarence	101	↓5	29
28	Earl	101	↑5	31
29	Arthur	100	↓4	19
30	Melvin	93	↓2	48
31	Lawrence	91	↑3	36
32	Leroy	87	new	55
33	Albert	86	↑15	20
34	Howard	86	↓11	26
35	Thomas	85	↓8	12
36	Lloyd	82	↓12	59
37	Norman	79	↑10	44
38	Dean	77	↑8	>100
39	Carl	73	↑10	28
40	Henry	73	↓4	18
41	Francis	72	↓11	34
42	Roy	72	↓13	32
43	David	71	new	24
44	Lyle	71	↑1	>100
45	Bernard	69	↓7	46
46	Leo	69	↓9	49
47	Vernon	68	↓6	67
48	Ernest	65	new	38
49	Floyd	65	↓6	64
50	Louis	65	new	27

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