Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1931

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1931 were Mary for girls (547 babies) and Robert for boys (826). Social Security records list 22,065 babies born in Nebraska in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1931

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: 21 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Darlene: 145 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Lavonne: 26 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Ila: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dona: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Myrna: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Donna: 297 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bonnie: 148 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Deloris: 35 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Fern: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Lavern: 37 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Dean: 99 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Marlin: 22 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Eldon: 40 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Harlan: 29 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Darrel: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Duane: 111 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Lyle: 61 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dale: 174 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dick: 50 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	547	↑1	1
2	Betty	517	↓1	2
3	Dorothy	306	–	3
4	Donna	297	↑1	32
5	Shirley	295	↓1	9
6	Barbara	250	↑5	4
7	Patricia	246	↓1	8
8	Marilyn	226	–	19
9	Joan	224	↑1	5
10	Norma	188	↑3	22
11	Lois	187	↓4	20
12	Phyllis	165	↑2	29
13	Beverly	163	↑8	31
14	Doris	161	↓2	10
15	Helen	157	↓6	6
16	Margaret	153	–	7
17	Virginia	150	–	12
18	Bonnie	148	↑4	73
19	Darlene	145	–	>100
20	Ruth	139	↓5	11
21	Delores	130	↓3	58
22	Joyce	126	↑5	15
23	Marjorie	118	↑1	34
24	Evelyn	105	↑1	24
25	Dolores	103	↓5	14
26	Jean	102	↓3	13
27	Alice	85	↓1	21
28	Elaine	83	↑2	72
29	Carol	82	↑6	46
30	Marlene	76	new	95
31	Joann	71	↑5	90
32	Geraldine	70	↑2	38
33	Arlene	68	–	77
34	Gloria	68	↑16	23
35	Wanda	68	new	54
36	Maxine	67	↓5	>100
37	Irene	66	↑4	37
38	Mildred	66	↓9	26
39	Rose	64	↓7	30
40	Rita	63	new	48
41	Joanne	62	new	68
42	June	62	new	44
43	Frances	61	↓15	18
44	Jacqueline	61	↓5	78
45	Eleanor	60	↓1	40
46	Elizabeth	60	↑2	16
47	Nancy	58	new	17
48	Janet	57	↑1	45
49	Lucille	57	↓12	62
50	Janice	56	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Robert	826	–	1
2	Donald	617	–	7
3	Richard	548	–	5
4	James	378	↑1	2
5	John	351	↓1	3
6	William	328	–	4
7	Charles	285	–	6
8	Kenneth	223	–	14
9	Harold	182	–	18
10	Jack	177	–	15
11	Dale	174	↑1	62
12	Gerald	155	↑3	26
13	George	141	↓2	8
14	Edward	130	↑3	11
15	Eugene	126	↓2	21
16	Paul	119	↓2	12
17	Ronald	115	↑3	27
18	Raymond	114	–	17
19	Duane	111	↑7	>100
20	Norman	104	↑18	36
21	Marvin	103	↓5	45
22	Dean	99	↑8	>100
23	Thomas	98	↓4	10
24	Wayne	98	↑1	58
25	Don	95	↑4	59
26	Jerry	93	↓3	43
27	Melvin	92	↑5	51
28	Leonard	86	↓7	48
29	Joseph	82	↓5	9
30	Leroy	80	↑1	52
31	Bill	78	↑4	57
32	David	77	↓10	13
33	Frank	76	↑1	16
34	Francis	74	new	42
35	Larry	71	new	88
36	Lloyd	68	↑8	68
37	Ralph	68	↓4	25
38	Roger	66	↑12	53
39	Walter	66	↑6	20
40	Bob	65	↓12	78
41	Gene	65	↑2	64
42	Billy	62	↓3	19
43	Lyle	61	new	>100
44	Stanley	61	↑3	49
45	Bernard	60	↓3	54
46	Howard	60	↓6	34
47	Carl	59	↓20	28
48	Vernon	57	new	74
49	Arthur	56	↓13	23
50	Roy	56	↓4	35

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