Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1927

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1927 were Betty for girls (602 babies) and Robert for boys (865). Betty ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 23,049 babies born in Nebraska in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1927

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: 16 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Darlene: 128 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Lavonne: 21 babies, 7× the national rate
Dona: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Donna: 209 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Deloris: 29 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Bonnie: 128 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ila: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Arlene: 107 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Delores: 80 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Lavern: 33 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Rolland: 18 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Darrel: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Dean: 84 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lyle: 67 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Eldon: 40 babies, 6× the national rate
Darrell: 37 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Marlin: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dale: 149 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Merlin: 23 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Betty	602	–	3
2	Mary	578	–	1
3	Dorothy	392	–	2
4	Helen	234	–	4
5	Ruth	232	–	6
6	Shirley	231	↑4	9
7	Donna	209	↑6	70
8	Margaret	208	–	5
9	Norma	206	↑5	26
10	Virginia	204	↓1	8
11	Lois	201	↓5	19
12	Doris	190	↓5	7
13	Phyllis	178	↓2	29
14	Patricia	159	↑4	18
15	Marjorie	152	↓3	25
16	Evelyn	150	↓1	15
17	Barbara	139	↑2	10
18	Bonnie	128	↑4	100
19	Darlene	128	↑2	>100
20	Alice	124	–	17
21	Mildred	120	↓4	11
22	Marilyn	117	↑9	46
23	Frances	108	–	12
24	Arlene	107	–	>100
25	Jean	106	↓9	14
26	Irene	100	–	21
27	Elaine	92	–	69
28	Joan	92	↑10	41
29	Lucille	92	–	45
30	Maxine	91	↓5	87
31	Dolores	82	↑4	34
32	Rose	82	↑1	23
33	Beverly	81	new	57
34	Delores	80	new	>100
35	Wilma	79	↓1	68
36	Eleanor	78	new	33
37	June	78	↑7	43
38	Geraldine	76	↓2	58
39	Elizabeth	74	↓7	13
40	Joyce	72	–	35
41	Marie	71	↓13	20
42	Ruby	67	↑6	30
43	Florence	64	–	28
44	Lorraine	64	↓7	44
45	Esther	57	↓15	65
46	Bernice	56	↓1	49
47	Anna	54	↓8	16
48	Gloria	54	↓6	22
49	Vivian	54	new	77
50	Martha	52	new	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Robert	865	–	1
2	Donald	592	–	8
3	John	434	–	2
4	Richard	414	–	6
5	William	383	–	4
6	James	355	–	3
7	Kenneth	247	↑2	18
8	Charles	246	↓1	5
9	Harold	234	↓1	14
10	George	189	↑1	7
11	Jack	185	↓1	16
12	Gerald	155	↑5	38
13	Edward	153	↑1	10
14	Raymond	151	↓1	15
15	Dale	149	↓3	81
16	Eugene	149	–	20
17	Joseph	129	↑1	9
18	Marvin	122	↑7	47
19	Paul	120	↓4	13
20	Melvin	115	↑2	48
21	Thomas	114	↑3	11
22	Walter	105	↑4	17
23	Wayne	100	↓2	67
24	Frank	97	↓5	12
25	Gene	94	new	72
26	Arthur	88	↑10	22
27	Earl	86	↑8	33
28	Ralph	85	↓1	24
29	Dean	84	↑9	>100
30	Leonard	84	↓10	40
31	Howard	81	↓8	28
32	Leroy	76	↑13	51
33	Bernard	75	↑6	50
34	David	72	new	21
35	Lloyd	72	↓6	58
36	Norman	71	↓3	39
37	Albert	69	↓5	23
38	Francis	67	↓4	36
39	Harry	67	↓9	25
40	Lyle	67	new	>100
41	Vernon	66	↑5	71
42	Clarence	63	↓14	32
43	Alvin	61	new	66
44	Fred	61	↓1	35
45	Leo	61	↓1	55
46	Ronald	61	new	63
47	Carl	60	↓7	26
48	Glenn	60	new	76
49	Keith	60	↑1	>100
50	Roy	60	new	34

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