Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1942

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1942 were Mary for girls (454 babies) and Robert for boys (555). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 20,593 babies born in Nebraska in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1942

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

Girls

Deanna: 48 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Patty: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kay: 86 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Connie: 88 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sharon: 433 babies, 3× the national rate
Marlene: 68 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Colleen: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kathy: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Karen: 309 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jeanette: 53 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Lavern: 15 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Eldon: 25 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Lyle: 42 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Myron: 27 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Harlan: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dick: 32 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rodney: 63 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Darrel: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Leland: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Duane: 50 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	454	–	1
2	Sharon	433	–	11
3	Karen	309	–	16
4	Patricia	295	↑2	3
5	Barbara	291	↑2	2
6	Carol	258	↑2	5
7	Judy	246	↓2	15
8	Judith	244	↓4	7
9	Linda	240	–	4
10	Sandra	236	↑2	6
11	Carolyn	192	↑2	10
12	Janice	174	↓2	25
13	Nancy	170	↑2	8
14	Shirley	166	↑5	12
15	Janet	162	↑1	19
16	Marilyn	161	↑1	27
17	Betty	160	↑1	9
18	Donna	160	↓4	20
19	Joyce	149	↓8	13
20	Margaret	135	↑1	14
21	Beverly	131	↓1	32
22	Kathleen	127	↑3	24
23	Joan	110	–	18
24	Bonnie	101	↓2	34
25	Dorothy	100	↑2	17
26	Virginia	94	↑6	23
27	Susan	91	↑7	21
28	Connie	88	–	70
29	Lois	87	–	44
30	Diane	86	↑19	28
31	Kay	86	–	75
32	Jean	83	↓6	36
33	Phyllis	80	↓9	37
34	Ruth	72	↑4	33
35	Doris	70	↑6	41
36	Helen	69	↑1	26
37	Marlene	68	↑5	84
38	Carole	62	new	35
39	Gloria	60	–	31
40	Jane	58	↑10	46
41	Ann	57	new	38
42	Alice	53	↓7	39
43	Jeanette	53	new	>100
44	Rita	53	new	55
45	Diana	51	new	68
46	Kathryn	51	new	82
47	Darlene	48	↓17	78
48	Deanna	48	↓3	>100
49	Norma	47	↓6	52
50	Charlene	46	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Robert	555	–	2
2	Larry	517	–	12
3	James	469	↑1	1
4	Richard	420	↓1	5
5	John	391	–	3
6	Gary	368	–	18
7	Ronald	322	–	9
8	Donald	310	↑2	10
9	William	288	↓1	4
10	Dennis	264	↑5	20
11	David	260	–	6
12	Charles	228	↑1	7
13	Jerry	222	↓4	16
14	Kenneth	183	↓2	15
15	Roger	178	↓1	25
16	Thomas	164	–	8
17	Gerald	148	–	22
18	Michael	147	↑1	13
19	George	122	↑8	14
20	Paul	111	–	19
21	Douglas	103	↑22	23
22	Jim	94	–	74
23	Raymond	90	↑6	24
24	Edward	89	↓6	17
25	Frank	85	↑8	21
26	Harold	84	↓3	27
27	Dale	79	↓6	63
28	Jack	79	↓4	34
29	Eugene	77	↑17	45
30	Terry	75	↑2	52
31	Wayne	73	↓1	41
32	Marvin	72	↓7	66
33	Daniel	64	↑1	28
34	Stephen	64	↑6	32
35	Rodney	63	↑3	>100
36	Bill	62	↓8	65
37	Joseph	62	↓11	11
38	Bob	58	↑6	>100
39	Gene	58	↓8	82
40	Fred	54	↑5	46
41	Keith	51	new	>100
42	Lawrence	51	↑5	30
43	Leroy	51	↓7	69
44	Tom	51	new	89
45	Don	50	↑5	72
46	Duane	50	↓7	>100
47	Joe	50	new	33
48	Stanley	49	↓6	56
49	Walter	49	new	26
50	Ronnie	47	↓9	78

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