Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1939

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1939 were Mary for girls (458 babies) and Robert for boys (527). Social Security records list 19,134 babies born in Nebraska in 1939 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1939

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

Girls

Sharron: 25 babies, 8× the national rate
Lavonne: 22 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Kathy: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Karen: 220 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Sharon: 303 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Patty: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Sondra: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kay: 83 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marlene: 94 babies, 3× the national rate
Marilyn: 226 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Lanny: 15 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Merlin: 17 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Delmar: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Darrel: 26 babies, 6× the national rate
Gale: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Lyle: 44 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Eldon: 26 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Daryl: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Garry: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dick: 38 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1939

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Mary	458	–	1
2	Sharon	303	↑2	23
3	Barbara	281	↓1	2
4	Patricia	264	↑1	3
5	Marilyn	226	↑2	19
6	Karen	220	↑5	39
7	Shirley	214	↓4	5
8	Janice	207	↑1	24
9	Carol	206	↑1	6
10	Betty	174	↓2	4
11	Donna	164	↓5	20
12	Sandra	164	↑2	13
13	Judith	163	↑12	8
14	Beverly	157	↓2	25
15	Nancy	154	↓2	7
16	Judy	142	↑21	28
17	Janet	136	↓2	17
18	Joyce	134	↑1	12
19	Joan	132	↓1	11
20	Margaret	115	↓4	10
21	Carolyn	113	↓4	14
22	Lois	102	↓1	35
23	Phyllis	101	↓3	30
24	Dorothy	97	↓2	9
25	Marlene	94	↑1	64
26	Jean	87	↑8	32
27	Kay	83	↑4	76
28	Norma	83	↑2	38
29	Alice	81	↓1	31
30	Virginia	81	↓7	21
31	Ruth	80	↓7	22
32	Bonnie	77	↓3	61
33	Helen	71	–	16
34	Linda	69	↑9	15
35	Darlene	65	↓8	75
36	Joann	65	↑3	57
37	Kathleen	64	↑4	48
38	Marjorie	63	↓6	60
39	Elaine	60	↓4	45
40	Delores	58	↑4	79
41	Doris	53	↓3	29
42	Frances	52	↓2	26
43	Connie	51	↓7	>100
44	Geraldine	49	new	41
45	Peggy	47	–	34
46	Sally	47	↓4	52
47	Arlene	46	new	69
48	Jacqueline	44	new	72
49	Jane	44	new	46
50	Rose	44	↓3	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Robert	527	–	1
2	Larry	471	↑1	14
3	Richard	437	↓1	5
4	James	426	–	2
5	John	351	–	3
6	Donald	340	–	8
7	Gary	334	↑1	21
8	Ronald	290	↑1	10
9	William	246	↓2	4
10	Jerry	215	↑2	16
11	Charles	202	↓1	6
12	David	200	↑1	7
13	Roger	198	↑3	28
14	Kenneth	194	↓3	13
15	Thomas	144	–	9
16	Gerald	140	↓2	19
17	Dennis	138	↑3	34
18	George	105	–	11
19	Edward	97	↑5	15
20	Paul	94	↑3	17
21	Jack	91	↓4	26
22	Dale	90	↓3	59
23	Harold	90	↓2	23
24	Raymond	88	↑4	22
25	Wayne	83	↑5	39
26	Jim	79	↑3	75
27	Marvin	78	↓5	52
28	Joseph	77	↑5	12
29	Michael	76	↑7	18
30	Norman	72	↑2	44
31	Bill	70	↓4	67
32	Don	66	↓6	56
33	Eugene	66	↑1	37
34	Douglas	61	new	58
35	Melvin	60	↑6	51
36	Frank	59	↓5	20
37	Bob	57	–	89
38	Fred	56	new	40
39	Lawrence	56	↓1	36
40	Rodney	56	↑10	>100
41	Stanley	56	↑5	57
42	Duane	55	↓17	>100
43	Leroy	52	↑2	61
44	Terry	51	new	83
45	Gene	48	↓2	69
46	Leonard	48	↓7	54
47	Walter	47	new	25
48	Dean	46	↓6	>100
49	Joe	45	↓5	27
50	Allen	44	new	72

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