Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1934

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1934 were Mary for girls (561 babies) and Robert for boys (669). Social Security records list 20,995 babies born in Nebraska in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1934

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× the national rate
Darlene: 128 babies, 5× the national rate
Lavonne: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Gayle: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Deloris: 39 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Nadine: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Donna: 301 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lila: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bonnie: 126 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Glenda: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Lavern: 29 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Daryl: 15 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Merlin: 25 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Dwayne: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Rolland: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Darrel: 25 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Delmar: 21 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Eldon: 36 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Harlan: 24 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Duane: 109 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	561	–	1
2	Shirley	412	↑2	4
3	Betty	319	↓1	2
4	Donna	301	↓1	23
5	Barbara	279	–	3
6	Patricia	248	↑3	6
7	Marilyn	239	↑1	17
8	Joan	210	↓2	7
9	Dorothy	198	↓2	5
10	Beverly	188	–	22
11	Norma	166	↑7	24
12	Phyllis	157	↑1	28
13	Lois	152	↓2	20
14	Carol	150	↑3	14
15	Joyce	146	↓3	12
16	Margaret	143	–	8
17	Ruth	140	↑4	13
18	Janet	133	↑4	21
19	Darlene	128	↓5	90
20	Bonnie	126	↑3	58
21	Virginia	119	↓2	15
22	Joann	116	↑10	50
23	Helen	114	↓3	9
24	Marlene	114	↑3	57
25	Jean	112	↓1	16
26	Delores	111	↓1	51
27	Doris	109	↓12	11
28	Nancy	96	↑5	10
29	Marjorie	90	↑2	41
30	Alice	88	↓1	25
31	Carolyn	84	↑7	33
32	Elaine	78	↑8	54
33	Janice	77	↓5	68
34	Dolores	66	↓4	26
35	Evelyn	61	↓9	29
36	Frances	59	↑12	19
37	Arlene	57	–	53
38	Eleanor	57	new	44
39	Charlotte	56	new	72
40	Elizabeth	56	↓5	18
41	Peggy	56	↑6	36
42	Marian	54	↑4	97
43	Gloria	53	↑2	30
44	Joanne	53	↓8	45
45	Rita	53	↓11	63
46	Rose	53	↓7	37
47	Jo	52	↓5	75
48	Maxine	48	↓5	>100
49	Wilma	46	↓5	73
50	Lucille	44	new	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	669	–	1
2	Donald	528	–	6
3	Richard	496	–	5
4	James	427	↑1	2
5	John	409	↓1	3
6	William	272	–	4
7	Ronald	229	↑1	11
8	Charles	227	↓1	7
9	Kenneth	205	–	15
10	Larry	163	↑14	43
11	Harold	157	–	18
12	Gerald	156	–	22
13	Jack	155	↓3	17
14	Jerry	150	↑4	25
15	Dale	146	↑1	62
16	Marvin	133	↑5	44
17	Gary	128	↑18	60
18	George	122	↓4	8
19	Thomas	112	↓4	9
20	Wayne	110	↓1	48
21	Don	109	↑1	50
22	Duane	109	↓5	>100
23	Paul	109	–	14
24	David	105	↑3	12
25	Edward	105	↑1	13
26	Raymond	103	↓13	19
27	Eugene	91	↓7	24
28	Roger	86	↑8	39
29	Joseph	85	↑5	10
30	Bill	80	↓5	59
31	Dean	80	↑11	>100
32	Bob	77	–	75
33	Frank	73	↓4	16
34	Norman	72	↓6	38
35	Jim	70	↑2	90
36	Melvin	67	↑4	55
37	Gene	66	↓7	67
38	Leroy	65	new	54
39	Arthur	64	new	29
40	Carl	64	new	28
41	Joe	63	new	26
42	Fred	60	new	33
43	Lloyd	58	new	82
44	Dennis	56	↑6	95
45	Howard	56	↓6	37
46	Leonard	56	↓13	53
47	Ralph	56	↓16	31
48	Francis	54	new	49
49	Keith	54	↓4	>100
50	Stanley	54	↓6	58

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