Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1935

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1935 were Shirley for girls (614 babies) and Robert for boys (607). Shirley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 19,804 babies born in Nebraska in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1935

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

Girls

Alyce: 22 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Lavonne: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Darlene: 116 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Nadine: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Karen: 39 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Donna: 250 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sharon: 75 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Colleen: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bonnie: 107 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Deloris: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Lavern: 23 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Dwayne: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Merlin: 22 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Darrel: 29 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Loren: 39 babies, 7× the national rate
Eldon: 32 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dick: 67 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Duane: 110 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Merle: 28 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Leland: 32 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Shirley	614	↑1	2
2	Mary	480	↓1	1
3	Barbara	272	↑2	3
4	Betty	263	↓1	4
5	Donna	250	↓1	23
6	Patricia	236	–	5
7	Marilyn	234	–	14
8	Beverly	184	↑2	20
9	Joan	174	↓1	7
10	Dorothy	171	↓1	6
11	Carol	153	↑3	11
12	Janet	143	↑6	22
13	Lois	143	–	21
14	Joyce	137	↑1	12
15	Margaret	124	↑1	8
16	Ruth	124	↑1	15
17	Phyllis	123	↓5	27
18	Norma	121	↓7	29
19	Darlene	116	–	91
20	Doris	114	↑7	13
21	Virginia	113	–	16
22	Nancy	111	↑6	9
23	Bonnie	107	↓3	62
24	Helen	105	↓1	10
25	Marlene	104	↓1	39
26	Janice	101	↑7	47
27	Joann	91	↓5	53
28	Delores	90	↓2	57
29	Jean	90	↓4	18
30	Carolyn	82	↑1	28
31	Evelyn	76	↑4	31
32	Sharon	75	new	96
33	Alice	73	↓3	25
34	Marjorie	71	↓5	46
35	Elaine	65	↓3	51
36	Frances	59	–	19
37	Sandra	58	new	50
38	Arlene	54	↓1	59
39	Dolores	53	↓5	26
40	Geraldine	51	new	40
41	Joanne	51	↑3	44
42	Gloria	48	↑1	32
43	Kathleen	47	new	71
44	Roberta	47	new	77
45	Rita	46	–	63
46	Rose	45	–	37
47	Wilma	45	↑2	70
48	Irene	44	new	52
49	Jane	44	new	43
50	Elizabeth	43	↓10	17

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	607	–	1
2	Richard	504	↑1	5
3	Donald	433	↓1	7
4	James	397	–	2
5	John	353	–	3
6	William	257	–	4
7	Charles	230	↑1	6
8	Ronald	226	↓1	12
9	Kenneth	191	–	15
10	Larry	182	–	33
11	Jerry	174	↑3	22
12	Jack	167	↑1	18
13	Gary	146	↑4	44
14	Gerald	128	↓2	21
15	Harold	123	↓4	20
16	George	119	↑2	8
17	Marvin	115	↓1	45
18	Duane	110	↑4	>100
19	Thomas	110	–	9
20	Paul	109	↑3	14
21	Dale	106	↓6	61
22	David	106	↑2	11
23	Roger	106	↑5	36
24	Raymond	102	↑2	17
25	Don	100	↓4	51
26	Edward	100	↓1	13
27	Jim	96	↑8	90
28	Norman	93	↑6	38
29	Wayne	89	↓9	49
30	Bill	78	–	60
31	Eugene	73	↓4	26
32	Lawrence	70	new	35
33	Leroy	69	↑5	50
34	Dean	68	↓3	>100
35	Dennis	68	↑9	72
36	Dick	67	new	>100
37	Melvin	67	↓1	57
38	Frank	66	↓5	16
39	Bob	64	↓7	81
40	Fred	63	↑2	34
41	Joe	62	–	25
42	Howard	61	↑3	39
43	Leonard	61	↑3	54
44	Arthur	59	↓5	29
45	Gene	57	↓8	66
46	Stanley	57	↑4	56
47	Joseph	52	↓18	10
48	Walter	52	new	23
49	Ralph	50	↓2	32
50	Bernard	48	new	67

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