Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1925

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1925 were Betty for girls (599 babies) and Robert for boys (886). Betty ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 23,697 babies born in Nebraska in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1925

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

Girls

Darleen: 17 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Darlene: 89 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Ardis: 17 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Lavonne: 20 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Donna: 123 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Alyce: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Deloris: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Delores: 72 babies, 5× the national rate
Fern: 46 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Berniece: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Lavern: 29 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Merlin: 29 babies, 8× the national rate
Duane: 64 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Lyle: 67 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Dean: 73 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Eldon: 36 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dale: 135 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ivan: 43 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Darrell: 30 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Delmar: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Betty	599	–	3
2	Dorothy	488	↑1	2
3	Mary	485	↓1	1
4	Helen	304	–	4
5	Margaret	268	↑1	5
6	Doris	249	↑2	8
7	Lois	245	↑3	18
8	Ruth	233	↓3	6
9	Virginia	202	–	7
10	Marjorie	187	↑1	21
11	Evelyn	181	↓4	12
12	Shirley	180	↑2	17
13	Phyllis	179	–	40
14	Patricia	150	↑5	28
15	Norma	146	–	34
16	Mildred	143	↓4	9
17	Maxine	136	↑4	79
18	Alice	135	↑2	15
19	Jean	130	↓2	14
20	Donna	123	↑3	>100
21	Irene	119	↓5	19
22	Frances	113	–	11
23	Elizabeth	108	↑4	10
24	Elaine	105	↑13	73
25	Lucille	104	↓7	41
26	Bonnie	101	↑8	>100
27	Wilma	101	↓2	62
28	Lillian	96	↑16	25
29	Barbara	95	–	22
30	Arlene	89	↓2	>100
31	Darlene	89	↑10	>100
32	Anna	81	–	13
33	Gladys	81	–	33
34	Esther	77	↓8	56
35	June	75	↓4	39
36	Delores	72	new	>100
37	Dolores	72	↑12	64
38	Lorraine	72	↓3	51
39	Eleanor	71	–	31
40	Marilyn	71	↓2	83
41	Marie	69	↓17	16
42	Geraldine	68	new	54
43	Joan	65	new	66
44	Rose	65	new	26
45	Leona	64	↑2	>100
46	Marian	63	↓6	67
47	Florence	62	↓1	24
48	Pauline	61	new	38
49	Louise	57	new	27
50	Rita	57	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Robert	886	–	1
2	Donald	509	–	10
3	John	466	–	2
4	William	422	–	3
5	Richard	369	↑1	8
6	James	345	↓1	4
7	Harold	261	↑1	14
8	Charles	258	↓1	5
9	Kenneth	217	–	19
10	George	216	–	6
11	Raymond	195	–	15
12	Jack	189	–	17
13	Paul	177	↑3	13
14	Frank	145	↑5	12
15	Gerald	143	↑2	45
16	Edward	139	↓2	9
17	Dale	135	↓4	86
18	Joseph	133	↓3	7
19	Eugene	124	↓1	24
20	Wayne	123	↑1	74
21	Leonard	120	↑1	38
22	Walter	108	↓2	16
23	Marvin	107	–	51
24	Lloyd	104	↑5	62
25	Thomas	96	–	11
26	Arthur	95	↑2	20
27	Ralph	92	–	25
28	Clarence	89	↑2	30
29	Melvin	86	↓3	50
30	Vernon	82	↑2	67
31	Earl	81	↑2	31
32	Howard	81	↓8	26
33	Harry	80	↓2	23
34	Francis	78	↑4	35
35	Leo	74	↑8	54
36	Carl	73	↓2	28
37	Dean	73	↑5	>100
38	Bernard	72	↑3	48
39	Elmer	72	↑6	61
40	Leroy	69	new	52
41	Norman	69	↓1	41
42	Alvin	67	new	70
43	David	67	new	22
44	Lyle	67	↓7	>100
45	Duane	64	new	>100
46	Henry	62	↓7	18
47	Albert	61	↓11	21
48	Lawrence	61	new	36
49	Stanley	61	–	40
50	Calvin	60	↓15	47

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