Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1930

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1930 were Betty for girls (541 babies) and Robert for boys (815). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 22,301 babies born in Nebraska in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1930

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

Girls

Twila: 26 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Darlene: 133 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Ardis: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Lavonne: 28 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Dona: 21 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Donna: 292 babies, 5× the national rate
Ila: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bonnie: 129 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Luella: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Nadine: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Merlyn: 16 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Lavern: 26 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Harlan: 31 babies, 7× the national rate
Eldon: 35 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Darrell: 50 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Merlin: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dale: 173 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Duane: 86 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dean: 75 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lyle: 50 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Betty	541	↑1	2
2	Mary	535	↓1	1
3	Dorothy	333	–	3
4	Shirley	311	–	11
5	Donna	292	–	37
6	Patricia	232	↑1	7
7	Lois	229	↑1	17
8	Marilyn	202	↑16	22
9	Helen	194	↑3	4
10	Joan	194	↑5	8
11	Barbara	193	↑3	6
12	Doris	192	↓1	9
13	Norma	188	↓3	25
14	Phyllis	173	↓8	28
15	Ruth	162	↓6	10
16	Margaret	160	↓3	5
17	Virginia	159	↓1	12
18	Delores	141	↑1	66
19	Darlene	133	↓2	>100
20	Dolores	131	↑3	13
21	Beverly	129	↓3	34
22	Bonnie	129	–	78
23	Jean	124	↑2	14
24	Marjorie	123	↓3	32
25	Evelyn	112	↓5	19
26	Alice	111	–	20
27	Joyce	111	↑2	18
28	Frances	90	–	16
29	Mildred	90	↓2	21
30	Elaine	80	↑2	69
31	Maxine	77	↑4	93
32	Rose	75	↑4	29
33	Arlene	73	↑4	>100
34	Geraldine	68	↑5	43
35	Carol	66	↓5	54
36	Joann	65	new	>100
37	Lucille	62	↑1	59
38	Wilma	62	↓4	68
39	Jacqueline	59	new	74
40	Gladys	56	↑5	48
41	Irene	56	↓8	33
42	Charlotte	55	new	75
43	Lorraine	55	↓2	46
44	Eleanor	54	↑6	39
45	Florence	52	new	38
46	Audrey	51	new	63
47	Bernice	50	new	58
48	Elizabeth	50	new	15
49	Janet	50	new	53
50	Gloria	48	↓8	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Robert	815	–	1
2	Donald	599	–	7
3	Richard	484	–	5
4	John	406	–	3
5	James	385	↑1	2
6	William	376	↓1	4
7	Charles	265	↑1	6
8	Kenneth	251	↓1	17
9	Harold	204	–	18
10	Jack	187	↑1	14
11	George	174	↓1	8
12	Dale	173	–	64
13	Eugene	146	–	21
14	Paul	145	↑3	12
15	Gerald	144	↑3	30
16	Marvin	143	–	48
17	Edward	132	↓2	10
18	Raymond	128	↓4	16
19	Thomas	120	↑1	11
20	Ronald	108	↑2	37
21	Leonard	100	↑4	45
22	David	97	↑15	15
23	Jerry	95	new	51
24	Joseph	92	–	9
25	Wayne	92	↓6	65
26	Duane	86	↑2	>100
27	Carl	82	↑6	26
28	Bob	78	↑18	88
29	Don	77	↑3	68
30	Dean	75	↓3	>100
31	Leroy	75	↑10	53
32	Melvin	75	↓6	50
33	Ralph	74	↓10	25
34	Frank	73	↓13	13
35	Bill	72	new	59
36	Arthur	70	↓1	23
37	Earl	70	↓7	38
38	Norman	69	↓9	40
39	Billy	67	new	20
40	Howard	67	↑7	31
41	Lawrence	66	new	36
42	Bernard	64	↓6	52
43	Gene	63	↓9	70
44	Lloyd	63	↓6	69
45	Walter	63	↓6	19
46	Roy	61	new	33
47	Stanley	59	↓2	49
48	Clarence	57	↓8	39
49	Keith	57	↓6	>100
50	Roger	57	new	58

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