Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1929

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1929 were Mary for girls (545 babies) and Robert for boys (801). Social Security records list 21,972 babies born in Nebraska in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1929

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, 15× the national rate
Twila: 16 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Darlene: 130 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Alyce: 17 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Dona: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Donna: 289 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Lavonne: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Patty: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Nadine: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bonnie: 120 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Lavern: 37 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Harlan: 25 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Darrell: 48 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Duane: 84 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dean: 84 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Darrel: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dale: 162 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lyle: 58 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Eldon: 32 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Loren: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	545	↑1	1
2	Betty	532	↓1	2
3	Dorothy	337	–	3
4	Shirley	317	–	9
5	Donna	289	↑1	47
6	Phyllis	211	↑2	24
7	Patricia	204	↑3	10
8	Lois	196	↑1	17
9	Ruth	190	↓2	8
10	Norma	179	↑3	25
11	Doris	174	–	6
12	Helen	174	↓7	4
13	Margaret	169	↓1	5
14	Barbara	168	↑3	7
15	Joan	148	↑4	13
16	Virginia	139	↓2	11
17	Darlene	130	↑5	>100
18	Beverly	129	↑8	39
19	Delores	125	↑9	74
20	Evelyn	125	↓5	19
21	Marjorie	123	↓5	30
22	Bonnie	120	↓2	86
23	Dolores	117	–	14
24	Marilyn	117	↓3	33
25	Jean	112	↓7	12
26	Alice	102	↓2	21
27	Mildred	94	↓2	18
28	Frances	86	↑4	16
29	Joyce	78	↓2	23
30	Carol	72	↑13	63
31	Ramona	72	↑14	>100
32	Elaine	71	↑4	67
33	Irene	71	↑2	29
34	Wilma	70	↓5	66
35	Maxine	69	↓4	85
36	Rose	68	↑10	26
37	Arlene	65	↓7	>100
38	Lucille	64	↑6	57
39	Geraldine	63	↓6	43
40	Esther	62	new	71
41	Lorraine	61	↓3	42
42	Gloria	58	↓8	28
43	Marie	55	↑4	22
44	Leona	53	new	>100
45	Gladys	52	new	44
46	Joanne	50	new	>100
47	June	50	↓7	48
48	Marian	50	↓9	75
49	Rita	50	–	52
50	Eleanor	48	↓9	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Robert	801	–	1
2	Donald	609	–	7
3	Richard	476	–	6
4	John	423	↑1	3
5	William	391	↓1	4
6	James	388	–	2
7	Kenneth	221	↑1	18
8	Charles	220	↓1	5
9	Harold	215	–	16
10	George	170	↑1	8
11	Jack	166	↓1	14
12	Dale	162	↑2	73
13	Eugene	160	↑2	20
14	Raymond	155	↑2	15
15	Edward	138	↓3	10
16	Marvin	135	↑5	46
17	Paul	128	↑1	13
18	Gerald	121	↓5	33
19	Wayne	105	↓2	69
20	Thomas	104	↑3	11
21	Frank	103	↓2	12
22	Ronald	94	↑25	45
23	Ralph	92	↓1	26
24	Joseph	91	↓4	9
25	Leonard	90	–	42
26	Melvin	88	↓2	49
27	Dean	84	↑3	>100
28	Duane	84	↑5	>100
29	Norman	84	↓2	40
30	Earl	76	↑7	36
31	Francis	74	↑9	39
32	Don	73	↓1	78
33	Carl	72	↓1	28
34	Gene	72	↑11	68
35	Arthur	71	↑8	22
36	Bernard	71	↓2	52
37	David	69	↑7	17
38	Lloyd	69	↓9	62
39	Walter	69	↓13	19
40	Clarence	68	↓1	37
41	Leroy	67	↓13	51
42	Leo	66	new	60
43	Keith	65	new	>100
44	Harry	64	↓9	27
45	Stanley	64	↓3	48
46	Bob	63	↑4	89
47	Howard	61	↓9	31
48	Vernon	60	new	71
49	Herbert	59	↓3	25
50	Lyle	58	↓9	>100

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