Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1937

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1937 were Mary for girls (465 babies) and Robert for boys (613). Social Security records list 18,836 babies born in Nebraska in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1937

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

Girls

Lavonne: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Sharon: 203 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Darlene: 118 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Karen: 73 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Patty: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Connie: 53 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Nadine: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kay: 78 babies, 3× the national rate
Donna: 221 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Delores: 86 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Gayle: 16 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Lyle: 55 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Darrel: 23 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Harlan: 19 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dick: 57 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Eldon: 27 babies, 6× the national rate
Duane: 81 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dean: 63 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Loren: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Merle: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	465	–	1
2	Barbara	294	↑1	2
3	Shirley	292	↓1	4
4	Patricia	229	↑1	3
5	Marilyn	228	↓1	13
6	Donna	221	–	21
7	Betty	211	–	5
8	Carol	211	↑1	6
9	Sharon	203	↑12	41
10	Beverly	187	↓2	14
11	Janice	167	–	25
12	Joan	158	↓2	9
13	Nancy	138	↑1	7
14	Sandra	133	↑18	26
15	Dorothy	132	↓3	8
16	Janet	130	↓3	18
17	Joyce	126	↓2	11
18	Marlene	122	↓1	40
19	Phyllis	119	↑1	27
20	Darlene	118	↓4	72
21	Norma	113	↓2	33
22	Lois	107	↓4	29
23	Carolyn	104	↑2	20
24	Margaret	103	↓2	10
25	Ruth	97	↓1	15
26	Virginia	94	↓3	16
27	Delores	86	–	68
28	Helen	83	↑1	12
29	Kay	78	↑8	79
30	Jean	77	↓4	23
31	Bonnie	76	–	64
32	Karen	73	↑4	>100
33	Doris	69	↓5	22
34	Elaine	68	–	45
35	Frances	65	↑3	19
36	Alice	64	↓6	28
37	Joann	63	↓4	58
38	Elizabeth	55	↑9	17
39	Connie	53	new	>100
40	Sally	53	↑9	59
41	Rita	52	↑3	69
42	Gloria	51	new	32
43	Marjorie	48	↓8	57
44	Rose	48	↑2	38
45	Evelyn	46	↓6	36
46	Joanne	46	↓6	51
47	Kathryn	46	new	>100
48	Peggy	46	↓3	31
49	Judith	45	new	34
50	Charlotte	44	↓8	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	613	–	1
2	Richard	418	–	5
3	James	394	↑1	2
4	Donald	381	↓1	7
5	Larry	362	↑4	16
6	John	313	↓1	3
7	William	260	–	4
8	Ronald	233	↓2	11
9	Gary	211	↑2	29
10	Charles	205	↓2	6
11	Kenneth	188	↑1	14
12	Jerry	185	↓2	17
13	Gerald	145	↑1	20
14	David	136	↑5	8
15	George	124	↑1	10
16	Roger	122	↓1	36
17	Jack	118	↓4	23
18	Paul	115	↑3	15
19	Marvin	104	↓2	49
20	Thomas	100	↑3	9
21	Harold	98	↑3	21
22	Jim	95	↑10	82
23	Don	91	↓3	51
24	Dennis	90	↑14	63
25	Edward	82	↑6	13
26	Duane	81	↑2	>100
27	Raymond	80	↓5	19
28	Dale	73	↓10	59
29	Frank	73	–	18
30	Eugene	72	↓3	33
31	Norman	72	↑3	43
32	Wayne	72	↓6	44
33	Bob	70	↓3	81
34	Bill	67	↓9	64
35	Dean	63	↓2	>100
36	Joe	58	new	25
37	Dick	57	↑8	>100
38	Michael	56	new	27
39	Stanley	56	new	57
40	Lyle	55	↑4	>100
41	Joseph	52	↓1	12
42	Melvin	51	↓5	50
43	Howard	49	–	42
44	Leroy	49	↓9	56
45	Keith	48	↓6	>100
46	Fred	47	↑2	35
47	Ralph	47	↓11	34
48	Tom	47	new	>100
49	Gene	46	↓7	61
50	Leonard	46	↓9	58

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