Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1941

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1941 were Mary for girls (421 babies) and Robert for boys (552). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 18,975 babies born in Nebraska in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1941

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: 18 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Sharon: 400 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Karen: 289 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Connie: 84 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Deanna: 47 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darlene: 72 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dixie: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sondra: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kay: 67 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Judy: 247 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 57 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Merlin: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Eldon: 25 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Harlan: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dick: 38 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Darrel: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rodney: 54 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Duane: 53 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ivan: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jim: 91 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	421	–	1
2	Sharon	400	–	15
3	Karen	289	↑1	19
4	Judith	249	↑4	6
5	Judy	247	↑2	16
6	Patricia	236	↓1	3
7	Barbara	234	↓4	2
8	Carol	223	↓2	4
9	Linda	212	↑12	5
10	Janice	177	↑3	22
11	Joyce	175	↑5	13
12	Sandra	175	↓3	9
13	Carolyn	168	↑5	11
14	Donna	157	↓3	20
15	Nancy	156	↑2	8
16	Janet	155	↓1	18
17	Marilyn	152	↓5	30
18	Betty	148	↓8	7
19	Shirley	145	↓5	10
20	Beverly	131	–	29
21	Margaret	113	↑3	12
22	Bonnie	103	↑4	33
23	Joan	95	↓4	17
24	Phyllis	95	↓1	35
25	Kathleen	94	↑11	36
26	Jean	91	↑6	32
27	Dorothy	90	↓5	14
28	Connie	84	↓3	79
29	Lois	76	↓2	43
30	Darlene	72	↑9	76
31	Kay	67	↑16	70
32	Virginia	67	↓4	23
33	Joann	62	↑2	58
34	Susan	62	↑16	27
35	Alice	58	↑3	34
36	Sally	58	new	61
37	Helen	57	↓6	24
38	Ruth	57	↓8	28
39	Gloria	56	↑1	26
40	Elaine	55	↓3	44
41	Doris	53	↓12	38
42	Marlene	50	↓8	83
43	Norma	49	↓10	47
44	Peggy	49	new	39
45	Deanna	47	new	>100
46	Delores	47	↓3	80
47	Elizabeth	47	↓5	21
48	Rose	46	new	49
49	Diane	44	new	40
50	Jane	44	↓9	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Robert	552	–	2
2	Larry	503	–	11
3	Richard	413	↑1	5
4	James	406	↓1	1
5	John	356	–	3
6	Gary	328	–	19
7	Ronald	324	↑1	9
8	William	297	↑1	4
9	Jerry	239	↑1	14
10	Donald	232	↓3	10
11	David	225	–	7
12	Kenneth	191	↑1	15
13	Charles	189	↓1	6
14	Roger	178	–	25
15	Dennis	172	–	23
16	Thomas	163	↑1	8
17	Gerald	141	↓1	20
18	Edward	99	–	17
19	Michael	96	–	16
20	Paul	93	↑4	18
21	Dale	91	↑1	59
22	Jim	91	↑4	80
23	Harold	85	↓3	24
24	Jack	79	↓3	32
25	Marvin	78	↑2	63
26	Joseph	75	↑9	12
27	George	74	↓4	13
28	Bill	70	↑1	68
29	Raymond	69	↓4	22
30	Wayne	69	↑9	37
31	Gene	65	↓1	72
32	Terry	63	↑1	64
33	Frank	60	↓5	21
34	Daniel	59	↑11	31
35	Lyle	57	↑13	>100
36	Leroy	54	↑10	67
37	Norman	54	↑10	49
38	Rodney	54	↓6	>100
39	Duane	53	↑5	>100
40	Stephen	53	new	41
41	Ronnie	51	new	79
42	Stanley	51	↓2	57
43	Douglas	50	↑7	53
44	Bob	49	new	>100
45	Fred	49	↓7	43
46	Eugene	48	↓5	42
47	Lawrence	48	↓13	34
48	Bruce	45	new	51
49	Leonard	45	new	54
50	Don	42	↓19	66

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