Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1933

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1933 were Mary for girls (476 babies) and Robert for boys (627). Social Security records list 20,006 babies born in Nebraska in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1933

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

Girls

Ladonna: 17 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Lavonne: 27 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Darlene: 150 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Donna: 330 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dixie: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Fern: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bonnie: 110 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sharon: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Patty: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marcella: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Rolland: 16 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Lavern: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Darrel: 25 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Harlan: 27 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Merlin: 21 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Duane: 121 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lyle: 58 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dick: 63 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Merle: 34 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Eldon: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	476	–	1
2	Betty	360	–	2
3	Donna	330	–	24
4	Shirley	291	–	9
5	Barbara	264	↑1	3
6	Joan	251	↑1	5
7	Dorothy	235	↓2	4
8	Marilyn	235	↑1	16
9	Patricia	230	↓1	6
10	Beverly	208	↑3	26
11	Lois	187	↑1	19
12	Joyce	159	↑5	12
13	Phyllis	159	↓2	28
14	Darlene	150	–	96
15	Doris	150	↑3	10
16	Margaret	150	↓1	7
17	Carol	145	↑9	20
18	Norma	130	↓8	23
19	Virginia	120	↑2	15
20	Helen	119	↓4	8
21	Ruth	116	↓2	13
22	Janet	115	↑10	25
23	Bonnie	110	↓1	68
24	Jean	110	–	14
25	Delores	107	↓5	52
26	Evelyn	93	↑4	30
27	Marlene	92	↑2	50
28	Janice	87	↑6	81
29	Alice	83	↓4	22
30	Dolores	83	↓7	21
31	Marjorie	81	↓4	41
32	Joann	80	↑3	72
33	Nancy	66	↑4	11
34	Rita	65	↑9	53
35	Elizabeth	61	↑3	17
36	Joanne	61	↑10	56
37	Arlene	59	↑3	74
38	Carolyn	57	↑7	40
39	Rose	57	↓3	35
40	Elaine	53	↓12	61
41	Sally	51	new	76
42	Jo	50	new	90
43	Maxine	50	↓4	>100
44	Wilma	49	↑6	66
45	Gloria	48	↓3	31
46	Marian	48	↑1	89
47	Peggy	48	new	36
48	Frances	47	↓4	18
49	Geraldine	46	↓16	42
50	Kathryn	45	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Robert	627	–	1
2	Donald	522	–	7
3	Richard	497	–	5
4	John	360	–	3
5	James	350	–	2
6	William	293	–	4
7	Charles	222	–	6
8	Ronald	180	↑3	12
9	Kenneth	171	↓1	15
10	Jack	147	↓1	17
11	Harold	136	↓1	18
12	Gerald	135	–	22
13	Raymond	128	↑5	19
14	George	126	↓1	8
15	Thomas	126	↑7	10
16	Dale	122	↓2	65
17	Duane	121	↑8	>100
18	Jerry	121	↓1	31
19	Wayne	115	↑5	52
20	Eugene	113	↓1	23
21	Marvin	110	↓5	44
22	Don	108	↑8	54
23	Paul	100	↓8	14
24	Larry	99	↑3	58
25	Bill	98	↑1	59
26	Edward	95	↓6	11
27	David	91	↑1	13
28	Norman	89	↑6	37
29	Frank	84	↓8	16
30	Gene	82	↑8	66
31	Ralph	80	↑6	29
32	Bob	78	↑1	82
33	Leonard	78	↓4	47
34	Joseph	73	↓11	9
35	Gary	72	new	80
36	Roger	67	↓1	48
37	Jim	65	new	98
38	Dick	63	new	>100
39	Howard	63	↑1	36
40	Melvin	63	↑1	51
41	Harry	61	new	35
42	Dean	60	↓11	>100
43	Lyle	58	↓7	>100
44	Stanley	56	↓12	55
45	Keith	55	↓3	>100
46	Bernard	53	↑3	63
47	Lawrence	51	↓8	38
48	Vernon	51	↓2	83
49	Gordon	50	new	71
50	Dennis	49	new	>100

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