Popular baby names in Nebraska, 1943

The most popular baby names in Nebraska in 1943 were Mary for girls (506 babies) and Robert for boys (617). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 21,471 babies born in Nebraska in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nebraska in 1943

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

Girls

Sheryl: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Connie: 131 babies, 4× the national rate
Cheryl: 68 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sharron: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sondra: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Violet: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Deanna: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Patty: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sharon: 449 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marlene: 53 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Merlin: 20 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Darrel: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Marlin: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lyle: 37 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Eldon: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Duane: 55 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kent: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rodney: 66 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dallas: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Loren: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nebraska, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	506	–	1
2	Sharon	449	–	8
3	Linda	348	↑6	4
4	Carol	306	↑2	5
5	Barbara	297	–	2
6	Karen	280	↓3	15
7	Patricia	279	↓3	3
8	Judy	278	↓1	13
9	Judith	256	↓1	7
10	Sandra	234	–	6
11	Janet	202	↑4	20
12	Donna	195	↑6	17
13	Nancy	182	–	9
14	Betty	166	↑3	10
15	Marilyn	166	↑1	27
16	Carolyn	165	↓5	11
17	Janice	157	↓5	26
18	Kathleen	147	↑4	22
19	Joyce	145	–	16
20	Shirley	140	↓6	12
21	Connie	131	↑7	59
22	Margaret	107	↓2	14
23	Susan	107	↑4	18
24	Bonnie	102	–	34
25	Joan	101	↓2	21
26	Dorothy	92	↓1	19
27	Jean	92	↑5	36
28	Beverly	91	↓7	32
29	Virginia	91	↓3	25
30	Diane	84	–	24
31	Phyllis	81	↑2	39
32	Gloria	73	↑7	30
33	Ruth	69	↑1	33
34	Cheryl	68	new	>100
35	Elizabeth	67	new	23
36	Darlene	66	↑11	73
37	Lois	65	↓8	43
38	Jane	62	↑2	44
39	Frances	57	new	31
40	Kathryn	55	↑6	75
41	Helen	54	↓5	28
42	Sally	54	new	57
43	Marlene	53	↓6	>100
44	Rita	53	–	52
45	Doris	52	↓10	40
46	Elaine	52	new	46
47	Charlotte	51	new	47
48	Alice	50	↓6	38
49	Kay	48	↓18	81
50	Joann	46	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Robert	617	–	2
2	James	547	↑1	1
3	Larry	493	↓1	12
4	Richard	474	–	5
5	John	418	–	3
6	Gary	405	–	16
7	Ronald	380	–	9
8	William	327	↑1	4
9	Donald	312	↓1	11
10	Dennis	265	–	20
11	David	254	–	6
12	Jerry	236	↑1	17
13	Kenneth	223	↑1	15
14	Charles	215	↓2	7
15	Roger	197	–	24
16	Thomas	187	–	8
17	Michael	170	↑1	10
18	Gerald	147	↓1	23
19	George	120	–	14
20	Paul	114	–	19
21	Harold	98	↑5	27
22	Jack	98	↑6	34
23	Douglas	94	↓2	28
24	Dale	93	↑3	59
25	Jim	92	↓3	75
26	Marvin	89	↑6	66
27	Edward	87	↓3	18
28	Raymond	85	↓5	22
29	Terry	82	↑1	49
30	Daniel	81	↑3	25
31	Leroy	70	↑12	74
32	Joseph	68	↑5	13
33	Rodney	66	↑2	>100
34	Wayne	66	↓3	41
35	Stephen	64	↓1	29
36	Frank	63	↓11	21
37	Eugene	62	↓8	47
38	Lawrence	58	↑4	32
39	Bill	56	↓3	65
40	Melvin	56	new	63
41	Allen	55	new	76
42	Duane	55	↑4	>100
43	Keith	55	↓2	>100
44	Don	53	↑1	72
45	Gene	53	↓6	89
46	Fred	52	↓6	45
47	Stanley	52	↑1	54
48	Tom	52	↓4	87
49	Leonard	51	new	55
50	Steven	50	new	58

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