Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1926

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1926 were Betty for girls (559 babies) and Robert for boys (880). Betty ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 22,986 babies born in Nebraska in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1926

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: 116 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Twila: 18 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Lavonne: 19 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Donna: 167 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Deloris: 29 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Fern: 44 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Bonnie: 111 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Arlene: 104 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Neva: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maxine: 104 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Vern: 28 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Lavern: 25 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Delmar: 26 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Dale: 168 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Darrel: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Duane: 64 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Darrell: 38 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Harlan: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lyle: 58 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dean: 65 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Betty	559	–	3
2	Mary	483	↑1	1
3	Dorothy	434	↓1	2
4	Helen	280	–	4
5	Ruth	218	↑3	6
6	Lois	212	↑1	19
7	Doris	201	↓1	7
8	Margaret	198	↓3	5
9	Virginia	193	–	8
10	Shirley	188	↑2	14
11	Phyllis	179	↑2	33
12	Marjorie	170	↓2	22
13	Donna	167	↑7	90
14	Norma	166	↑1	29
15	Evelyn	163	↓4	13
16	Jean	153	↑3	12
17	Mildred	137	↓1	9
18	Patricia	134	↓4	23
19	Barbara	126	↑10	16
20	Alice	118	↓2	17
21	Darlene	116	↑10	>100
22	Bonnie	111	↑4	>100
23	Frances	107	↓1	10
24	Arlene	104	↑6	>100
25	Maxine	104	↓8	85
26	Irene	102	↓5	21
27	Elaine	92	↓3	68
28	Marie	92	↑13	18
29	Lucille	91	↓4	43
30	Esther	89	↑4	62
31	Marilyn	86	↑9	65
32	Elizabeth	84	↓9	11
33	Rose	83	↑11	25
34	Wilma	83	↓7	67
35	Dolores	80	↑2	49
36	Geraldine	77	↑6	54
37	Lorraine	76	↑1	53
38	Joan	73	↑5	51
39	Anna	67	↓7	15
40	Joyce	67	new	44
41	Gladys	66	↓8	35
42	Gloria	65	new	20
43	Florence	64	↑4	26
44	June	63	↓9	40
45	Bernice	62	new	45
46	Marian	60	–	70
47	Eileen	58	new	92
48	Ruby	57	new	30
49	Leona	56	↓4	>100
50	Edna	55	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Robert	880	–	1
2	Donald	513	–	9
3	John	441	–	2
4	Richard	416	↑1	7
5	William	411	↓1	4
6	James	327	–	3
7	Charles	265	↑1	5
8	Harold	234	↓1	14
9	Kenneth	224	–	18
10	Jack	208	↑2	16
11	George	187	↓1	6
12	Dale	168	↑5	84
13	Raymond	164	↓2	15
14	Edward	163	↑2	10
15	Paul	152	↓2	13
16	Eugene	141	↑3	23
17	Gerald	137	↓2	41
18	Joseph	127	–	8
19	Frank	126	↓5	12
20	Leonard	108	↑1	38
21	Wayne	107	↓1	68
22	Melvin	104	↑7	47
23	Howard	100	↑9	27
24	Thomas	97	↑1	11
25	Marvin	96	↓2	50
26	Walter	93	↓4	17
27	Ralph	92	–	24
28	Clarence	88	–	29
29	Lloyd	86	↓5	60
30	Harry	85	↑3	25
31	Lawrence	77	↑17	36
32	Albert	72	↑15	21
33	Norman	72	↑8	39
34	Francis	71	–	35
35	Earl	70	↓4	32
36	Arthur	69	↓10	20
37	Stanley	69	↑12	43
38	Dean	65	↓1	>100
39	Bernard	64	↓1	49
40	Carl	64	↓4	26
41	Duane	64	↑4	>100
42	Warren	63	new	71
43	Fred	61	new	31
44	Leo	61	↓9	54
45	Leroy	61	↓5	51
46	Vernon	61	↓16	66
47	Henry	60	↓1	19
48	Don	59	new	96
49	Clifford	58	new	62
50	Keith	58	new	>100

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