Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1928

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1928 were Betty for girls (573 babies) and Robert for boys (839). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 22,874 babies born in Nebraska in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1928

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: 129 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Twila: 16 babies, 9× the national rate
Alyce: 21 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Dona: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lavonne: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Donna: 218 babies, 5× the national rate
Bonnie: 130 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Neva: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Alta: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Marcella: 43 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Lavern: 33 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Darrel: 20 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Delmar: 25 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Rolland: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Lyle: 68 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Harlan: 29 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dean: 83 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Duane: 78 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dale: 155 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Darrell: 34 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Betty	573	–	2
2	Mary	512	–	1
3	Dorothy	424	–	3
4	Shirley	290	↑2	10
5	Helen	220	↓1	4
6	Donna	218	↑1	61
7	Ruth	214	↓2	6
8	Phyllis	211	↑5	26
9	Lois	209	↑2	18
10	Patricia	200	↑4	11
11	Doris	196	↑1	7
12	Margaret	190	↓4	5
13	Norma	181	↓4	23
14	Virginia	170	↓4	9
15	Evelyn	161	↑1	17
16	Marjorie	157	↓1	29
17	Barbara	148	–	8
18	Jean	137	↑7	12
19	Joan	135	↑9	27
20	Bonnie	130	↓2	89
21	Marilyn	130	↑1	38
22	Darlene	129	↓3	>100
23	Dolores	128	↑8	20
24	Alice	119	↓4	19
25	Mildred	108	↓4	15
26	Beverly	107	↑7	46
27	Joyce	93	↑13	30
28	Delores	92	↑6	94
29	Wilma	91	↑6	69
30	Arlene	86	↓6	>100
31	Maxine	81	↓1	84
32	Frances	79	↓9	13
33	Geraldine	79	↑5	50
34	Gloria	77	↑14	25
35	Irene	77	↓9	28
36	Elaine	76	↓9	68
37	Elizabeth	76	↑2	14
38	Lorraine	74	↑6	39
39	Marian	73	new	71
40	June	72	↓3	44
41	Eleanor	67	↓5	36
42	Anna	66	↑5	16
43	Carol	64	new	77
44	Lucille	64	↓15	51
45	Ramona	63	new	>100
46	Rose	63	↓14	24
47	Marie	57	↓6	21
48	Ruby	53	↓6	34
49	Rita	52	new	57
50	Velma	51	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Robert	839	–	1
2	Donald	599	–	7
3	Richard	440	↑1	6
4	William	394	↑1	4
5	John	391	↓2	2
6	James	357	–	3
7	Charles	258	↑1	5
8	Kenneth	231	↓1	17
9	Harold	223	–	14
10	Jack	189	↑1	15
11	George	187	↓1	8
12	Edward	179	↑1	10
13	Gerald	156	↓1	41
14	Dale	155	↑1	75
15	Eugene	151	↑1	20
16	Raymond	147	↓2	16
17	Wayne	133	↑6	69
18	Paul	126	↑1	13
19	Frank	120	↑5	12
20	Joseph	118	↓3	9
21	Marvin	115	↓3	46
22	Ralph	108	↑6	24
23	Thomas	108	↓2	11
24	Melvin	96	↓4	48
25	Leonard	89	↑5	42
26	Walter	89	↓4	18
27	Norman	87	↑9	39
28	Leroy	84	↑4	51
29	Lloyd	84	↑6	59
30	Dean	83	↓1	>100
31	Don	81	new	84
32	Carl	78	↑15	28
33	Duane	78	new	>100
34	Bernard	75	↓1	49
35	Harry	74	↑4	26
36	Bill	73	new	64
37	Earl	73	↓10	37
38	Howard	73	↓7	31
39	Clarence	69	↑3	35
40	Francis	69	↓2	40
41	Lyle	68	↓1	>100
42	Stanley	68	new	45
43	Arthur	67	↓17	22
44	David	67	↓10	19
45	Gene	65	↓20	62
46	Herbert	65	new	25
47	Ronald	64	↓1	50
48	Lawrence	63	new	38
49	Alfred	58	new	33
50	Bob	58	new	95

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