Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1938

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1938 were Mary for girls (510 babies) and Robert for boys (585). Social Security records list 19,033 babies born in Nebraska in 1938 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1938

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: 23 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Sharron: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Karen: 177 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Sharon: 273 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ramona: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lila: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Connie: 67 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Patty: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Darlene: 82 babies, 3× the national rate
Kay: 76 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Lavern: 19 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Dwayne: 15 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Garry: 22 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Merlin: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Darrel: 26 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Duane: 86 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Eldon: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lyle: 40 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Harlan: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dick: 42 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1938

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Mary	510	–	1
2	Barbara	279	–	2
3	Shirley	275	–	5
4	Sharon	273	↑5	30
5	Patricia	242	↓1	3
6	Donna	216	–	20
7	Marilyn	197	↓2	19
8	Betty	195	↓1	4
9	Janice	195	↑2	24
10	Carol	191	↓2	6
11	Karen	177	↑21	50
12	Beverly	164	↓2	18
13	Nancy	149	–	7
14	Sandra	149	–	14
15	Janet	135	↑1	16
16	Margaret	130	↑8	9
17	Carolyn	127	↑6	15
18	Joan	127	↓6	10
19	Joyce	125	↓2	11
20	Phyllis	113	↓1	28
21	Lois	109	↑1	33
22	Dorothy	106	↓7	8
23	Virginia	87	↑3	22
24	Ruth	85	↑1	21
25	Judith	83	↑24	12
26	Marlene	83	↓8	51
27	Darlene	82	↓7	76
28	Alice	81	↑8	29
29	Bonnie	79	↑2	65
30	Norma	78	↓9	34
31	Kay	76	↓2	81
32	Marjorie	76	↑11	53
33	Helen	74	↓5	13
34	Jean	72	↓4	27
35	Elaine	69	↓1	42
36	Connie	67	↑3	>100
37	Judy	65	new	41
38	Doris	64	↓5	25
39	Joann	63	↓2	68
40	Frances	60	↓5	23
41	Kathleen	60	new	58
42	Sally	57	↓2	54
43	Linda	51	new	31
44	Delores	50	↓17	75
45	Peggy	48	↑3	35
46	Rita	48	↓5	74
47	Rose	47	↓3	39
48	Gloria	46	↓6	36
49	Carole	45	new	46
50	Deanna	45	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Robert	585	–	1
2	Richard	464	–	5
3	Larry	406	↑2	16
4	James	396	↓1	2
5	John	367	↑1	3
6	Donald	351	↓2	7
7	William	285	–	4
8	Gary	284	↑1	22
9	Ronald	266	↓1	10
10	Charles	216	–	6
11	Kenneth	187	–	14
12	Jerry	178	–	17
13	David	171	↑1	8
14	Gerald	164	↓1	19
15	Thomas	140	↑5	9
16	Roger	131	–	31
17	Jack	122	–	25
18	George	108	↓3	11
19	Dale	102	↑9	56
20	Dennis	102	↑4	49
21	Harold	100	–	23
22	Marvin	100	↓3	53
23	Paul	91	↓5	15
24	Edward	87	↑1	13
25	Duane	86	↑1	>100
26	Don	85	↓3	52
27	Bill	79	↑7	67
28	Raymond	78	↓1	20
29	Jim	76	↓7	81
30	Wayne	75	↑2	40
31	Frank	74	↓2	18
32	Norman	72	↓1	43
33	Joseph	69	↑8	12
34	Eugene	66	↓4	33
35	Keith	65	↑10	>100
36	Michael	59	↑2	21
37	Bob	58	↓4	94
38	Lawrence	57	new	36
39	Leonard	57	↑11	57
40	Ralph	53	↑7	35
41	Melvin	51	↑1	54
42	Dean	50	↓7	>100
43	Gene	50	↑6	65
44	Joe	50	↓8	28
45	Leroy	50	↓1	61
46	Stanley	49	↓7	59
47	Gordon	48	new	78
48	Daniel	46	new	39
49	Darrell	44	new	>100
50	Rodney	44	new	>100

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