Top baby names in Nebraska, 1927

Recorded as girls

RankNameBabies
1Betty602
2Mary578
3Dorothy392
4Helen234
5Ruth232
6Shirley231
7Donna209
8Margaret208
9Norma206
10Virginia204
11Lois201
12Doris190
13Phyllis178
14Patricia159
15Marjorie152
16Evelyn150
17Barbara139
18Bonnie128
18Darlene128
20Alice124
21Mildred120
22Marilyn117
23Frances108
24Arlene107
25Jean106
26Irene100
27Elaine92
27Joan92
27Lucille92
30Maxine91
31Dolores82
31Rose82
33Beverly81
34Delores80
35Wilma79
36Eleanor78
36June78
38Geraldine76
39Elizabeth74
40Joyce72
41Marie71
42Ruby67
43Florence64
43Lorraine64
45Esther57
46Bernice56
47Anna54
47Gloria54
47Vivian54
50Martha52

Recorded as boys

RankNameBabies
1Robert865
2Donald592
3John434
4Richard414
5William383
6James355
7Kenneth247
8Charles246
9Harold234
10George189
11Jack185
12Gerald155
13Edward153
14Raymond151
15Dale149
15Eugene149
17Joseph129
18Marvin122
19Paul120
20Melvin115
21Thomas114
22Walter105
23Wayne100
24Frank97
25Gene94
26Arthur88
27Earl86
28Ralph85
29Dean84
29Leonard84
31Howard81
32Leroy76
33Bernard75
34David72
34Lloyd72
36Norman71
37Albert69
38Francis67
38Harry67
38Lyle67
41Vernon66
42Clarence63
43Alvin61
43Fred61
43Leo61
43Ronald61
47Carl60
47Glenn60
47Keith60
47Roy60