Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Nebraska, 1928

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Betty	573
2	Mary	512
3	Dorothy	424
4	Shirley	290
5	Helen	220
6	Donna	218
7	Ruth	214
8	Phyllis	211
9	Lois	209
10	Patricia	200
11	Doris	196
12	Margaret	190
13	Norma	181
14	Virginia	170
15	Evelyn	161
16	Marjorie	157
17	Barbara	148
18	Jean	137
19	Joan	135
20	Bonnie	130
20	Marilyn	130
22	Darlene	129
23	Dolores	128
24	Alice	119
25	Mildred	108
26	Beverly	107
27	Joyce	93
28	Delores	92
29	Wilma	91
30	Arlene	86
31	Maxine	81
32	Frances	79
32	Geraldine	79
34	Gloria	77
34	Irene	77
36	Elaine	76
36	Elizabeth	76
38	Lorraine	74
39	Marian	73
40	June	72
41	Eleanor	67
42	Anna	66
43	Carol	64
43	Lucille	64
45	Ramona	63
45	Rose	63
47	Marie	57
48	Ruby	53
49	Rita	52
50	Velma	51

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	839
2	Donald	599
3	Richard	440
4	William	394
5	John	391
6	James	357
7	Charles	258
8	Kenneth	231
9	Harold	223
10	Jack	189
11	George	187
12	Edward	179
13	Gerald	156
14	Dale	155
15	Eugene	151
16	Raymond	147
17	Wayne	133
18	Paul	126
19	Frank	120
20	Joseph	118
21	Marvin	115
22	Ralph	108
22	Thomas	108
24	Melvin	96
25	Leonard	89
25	Walter	89
27	Norman	87
28	Leroy	84
28	Lloyd	84
30	Dean	83
31	Don	81
32	Carl	78
32	Duane	78
34	Bernard	75
35	Harry	74
36	Bill	73
36	Earl	73
36	Howard	73
39	Clarence	69
39	Francis	69
41	Lyle	68
41	Stanley	68
43	Arthur	67
43	David	67
45	Gene	65
45	Herbert	65
47	Ronald	64
48	Lawrence	63
49	Alfred	58
49	Bob	58