Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1932

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1932 were Mary for girls (513 babies) and Robert for boys (777). Social Security records list 21,131 babies born in Nebraska in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1932

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: 18 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Darlene: 163 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Lavonne: 26 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Janis: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Donna: 349 babies, 5× the national rate
Dona: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Deloris: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sharon: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ramona: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lila: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Darold: 16 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Lavern: 20 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Gale: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Lyle: 67 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Eldon: 34 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Harlan: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Darrel: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dean: 78 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Duane: 90 babies, 5× the national rate
Darrell: 48 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	513	–	1
2	Betty	357	–	2
3	Donna	349	↑1	29
4	Shirley	274	↑1	9
5	Dorothy	255	↓2	4
6	Barbara	248	–	3
7	Joan	241	↑2	5
8	Patricia	238	↓1	6
9	Marilyn	226	↓1	16
10	Norma	201	–	22
11	Phyllis	193	↑1	30
12	Lois	189	↓1	20
13	Beverly	188	–	28
14	Darlene	163	↑5	>100
15	Margaret	163	↑1	7
16	Helen	148	↓1	8
17	Joyce	144	↑5	12
18	Doris	131	↓4	10
19	Ruth	128	↑1	11
20	Delores	127	↑1	56
21	Virginia	121	↓4	14
22	Bonnie	112	↓4	64
23	Dolores	105	↑2	18
24	Jean	102	↑2	15
25	Alice	100	↑2	21
26	Carol	89	↑3	32
27	Marjorie	88	↓4	37
28	Elaine	79	–	68
29	Marlene	77	↑1	78
30	Evelyn	76	↓6	23
31	Mildred	76	↑7	26
32	Janet	69	↑16	35
33	Geraldine	66	↓1	42
34	Janice	66	↑16	94
35	Joann	65	↓4	79
36	Rose	65	↑3	33
37	Nancy	64	↑10	13
38	Elizabeth	60	↑8	17
39	Maxine	59	↓3	>100
40	Arlene	57	↓7	80
41	Gladys	57	new	54
42	Gloria	54	↓8	25
43	Rita	53	↓3	53
44	Frances	52	↓1	19
45	Carolyn	51	new	46
46	Joanne	51	↓5	62
47	Marian	50	new	86
48	Irene	47	↓11	43
49	Patsy	46	new	77
50	Wilma	46	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Robert	777	–	1
2	Donald	584	–	7
3	Richard	495	–	5
4	John	410	↑1	3
5	James	361	↓1	2
6	William	316	–	4
7	Charles	259	–	6
8	Kenneth	212	–	14
9	Jack	208	↑1	17
10	Harold	173	↓1	18
11	Ronald	170	↑6	16
12	Gerald	150	–	24
13	George	145	–	8
14	Dale	125	↓3	61
15	Paul	120	↑1	13
16	Marvin	118	↑5	46
17	Jerry	117	↑9	34
18	Raymond	117	–	19
19	Eugene	105	↓4	22
20	Edward	104	↓6	11
21	Frank	96	↑12	15
22	Thomas	94	↑1	10
23	Joseph	92	↑6	9
24	Wayne	91	–	57
25	Duane	90	↓6	>100
26	Bill	87	↑5	58
27	Larry	87	↑8	65
28	David	86	↑4	12
29	Leonard	86	↓1	48
30	Don	84	↓5	55
31	Dean	78	↓9	>100
32	Stanley	75	↑12	52
33	Bob	73	↑7	79
34	Norman	73	↓14	37
35	Roger	72	↑3	50
36	Lyle	67	↑7	>100
37	Ralph	67	–	27
38	Gene	66	↑3	64
39	Lawrence	64	new	35
40	Howard	63	↑6	36
41	Melvin	63	↓14	51
42	Keith	62	new	>100
43	Walter	61	↓4	21
44	Carl	59	↑3	28
45	Earl	56	new	41
46	Vernon	56	↑2	78
47	Leroy	55	↓17	53
48	Lloyd	55	↓12	71
49	Bernard	52	↓4	60
50	Francis	51	↓16	43

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