Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1936

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1936 were Mary for girls (504 babies) and Robert for boys (602). Social Security records list 20,115 babies born in Nebraska in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1936

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, 11.3× the national rate
Ladonna: 15 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Lavonne: 26 babies, 6× the national rate
Darlene: 132 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Karen: 69 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lila: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Nadine: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sharon: 123 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dixie: 38 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Donna: 258 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Lavern: 18 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Harlan: 29 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Darrel: 28 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Loren: 36 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lyle: 52 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dean: 74 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Eldon: 30 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Duane: 87 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dick: 51 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Keith: 63 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	504	↑1	1
2	Shirley	445	↓1	2
3	Barbara	279	–	3
4	Marilyn	279	↑3	13
5	Patricia	267	↑1	5
6	Donna	258	↓1	22
7	Betty	239	↓3	4
8	Beverly	197	–	17
9	Carol	192	↑2	10
10	Joan	177	↓1	7
11	Janice	159	↑15	31
12	Dorothy	153	↓2	6
13	Janet	148	↓1	21
14	Nancy	146	↑8	8
15	Joyce	141	↓1	12
16	Darlene	132	↑3	83
17	Marlene	132	↑8	39
18	Lois	131	↓5	26
19	Norma	126	↓1	29
20	Phyllis	126	↓3	25
21	Sharon	123	↑11	60
22	Margaret	112	↓7	9
23	Virginia	109	↓2	14
24	Ruth	103	↓8	16
25	Carolyn	100	↑5	23
26	Jean	96	↑3	20
27	Delores	95	↑1	58
28	Doris	91	↓8	15
29	Helen	90	↓5	11
30	Alice	88	↑3	27
31	Bonnie	85	↓8	65
32	Sandra	84	↑5	38
33	Joann	77	↓6	55
34	Elaine	76	↑1	50
35	Marjorie	70	↓1	49
36	Karen	69	new	>100
37	Kay	66	new	98
38	Frances	62	↓2	19
39	Evelyn	57	↓8	34
40	Joanne	57	↑1	48
41	Arlene	55	↓3	54
42	Charlotte	55	new	61
43	Dolores	53	↓4	30
44	Rita	52	↑1	69
45	Peggy	51	new	35
46	Rose	51	–	37
47	Elizabeth	48	↑3	18
48	Geraldine	48	↓8	41
49	Sally	47	new	59
50	Roberta	46	↓6	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Robert	602	–	1
2	Richard	455	–	5
3	Donald	429	–	7
4	James	390	–	2
5	John	381	–	3
6	Ronald	276	↑2	12
7	William	262	↓1	4
8	Charles	228	↓1	6
9	Larry	221	↑1	25
10	Jerry	198	↑1	18
11	Gary	165	↑2	38
12	Kenneth	161	↓3	14
13	Jack	151	↓1	20
14	Gerald	149	–	19
15	Roger	131	↑8	35
16	George	128	–	9
17	Marvin	123	–	49
18	Dale	121	↑3	59
19	David	119	↑3	10
20	Don	114	↑5	51
21	Paul	109	↓1	15
22	Raymond	107	↑2	17
23	Thomas	106	↓4	8
24	Harold	102	↓9	21
25	Bill	89	↑5	61
26	Wayne	89	↑3	45
27	Eugene	88	↑4	29
28	Duane	87	↓10	>100
29	Frank	85	↑9	16
30	Bob	79	↑9	77
31	Edward	79	↓5	13
32	Jim	75	↓5	85
33	Dean	74	↑1	>100
34	Norman	72	↓6	43
35	Leroy	69	↓2	57
36	Ralph	67	↑13	31
37	Melvin	65	–	53
38	Dennis	63	↓3	74
39	Keith	63	new	>100
40	Joseph	62	↑7	11
41	Leonard	57	↑2	54
42	Gene	52	↑3	66
43	Howard	52	↓1	40
44	Lyle	52	new	>100
45	Dick	51	↓9	>100
46	Walter	51	↑2	26
47	Bernard	50	↑3	68
48	Fred	48	↓8	36
49	Francis	47	new	50
50	Gordon	47	new	75

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