Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1924

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1924 were Betty for girls (671 babies) and Robert for boys (936). Betty ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 24,659 babies born in Nebraska in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1924

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: 72 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Twila: 15 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Ardis: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Winona: 19 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lavonne: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Donna: 114 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Beth: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Arlene: 95 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Delores: 55 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Alyce: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Lavern: 31 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Milo: 15 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Lyle: 76 babies, 7× the national rate
Dale: 175 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Merlin: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Dean: 72 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Duane: 47 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ivan: 43 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Keith: 57 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Harlan: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Betty	671	–	4
2	Mary	581	–	1
3	Dorothy	500	–	2
4	Helen	341	–	3
5	Ruth	266	–	6
6	Margaret	265	–	5
7	Evelyn	231	↑2	12
8	Doris	230	↓1	9
9	Virginia	219	↓1	7
10	Lois	217	↑2	22
11	Marjorie	191	↓1	17
12	Mildred	173	↓1	8
13	Phyllis	173	↑3	44
14	Shirley	155	↑11	19
15	Norma	151	–	40
16	Irene	139	↑2	18
17	Jean	134	↑7	16
18	Lucille	134	↑3	37
19	Patricia	132	↑1	35
20	Alice	125	↓3	15
21	Maxine	121	↓7	77
22	Frances	119	↓9	10
23	Donna	114	↑8	>100
24	Marie	113	↓5	14
25	Wilma	106	↑1	67
26	Esther	97	↓3	51
27	Elizabeth	96	↓5	11
28	Arlene	95	↑2	>100
29	Barbara	94	↑5	28
30	Bernice	94	↑2	47
31	June	86	↑10	45
32	Anna	81	↑5	13
33	Gladys	79	–	30
34	Bonnie	77	↑8	>100
35	Lorraine	75	↑12	52
36	Edna	74	↑3	31
37	Elaine	74	↓9	73
38	Marilyn	74	new	>100
39	Eleanor	73	↓4	29
40	Marian	73	↑3	64
41	Darlene	72	↑7	>100
42	Hazel	70	↑4	42
43	Viola	68	↑7	82
44	Lillian	65	↓17	23
45	Ruby	65	↓1	26
46	Florence	64	↓10	20
47	Leona	63	↓9	>100
48	Vera	60	new	85
49	Dolores	59	new	75
50	Joyce	59	new	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Robert	936	–	1
2	Donald	499	–	10
3	John	495	–	2
4	William	427	–	3
5	James	362	–	4
6	Richard	358	–	8
7	Charles	286	↑1	5
8	Harold	285	↓1	13
9	Kenneth	228	↑1	19
10	George	224	↓1	6
11	Raymond	198	–	15
12	Jack	193	–	17
13	Dale	175	↑1	84
14	Edward	172	↓1	9
15	Joseph	163	–	7
16	Paul	142	↑3	14
17	Gerald	136	↑3	49
18	Eugene	135	↑6	25
19	Frank	129	↓3	12
20	Walter	112	↑2	16
21	Wayne	112	–	74
22	Leonard	110	↓5	38
23	Marvin	105	–	50
24	Howard	102	↑10	26
25	Thomas	101	↑10	11
26	Melvin	100	↑4	48
27	Ralph	99	↓9	23
28	Arthur	98	↑1	20
29	Lloyd	95	↑7	61
30	Clarence	90	↓3	29
31	Harry	87	↓6	22
32	Vernon	86	↑15	68
33	Earl	85	↓5	33
34	Carl	82	↑5	27
35	Calvin	79	new	44
36	Albert	77	↓3	21
37	Lyle	76	↑7	>100
38	Francis	75	↑3	34
39	Henry	73	↑1	18
40	Norman	73	↓3	42
41	Bernard	72	↑4	46
42	Dean	72	↓4	>100
43	Leo	70	↑3	51
44	Ernest	69	↑4	37
45	Elmer	66	new	57
46	Glenn	64	new	79
47	Louis	62	↑3	28
48	Fred	60	new	32
49	Stanley	60	new	40
50	Floyd	59	↓1	66

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