Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Nebraska, 1936

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	504
2	Shirley	445
3	Barbara	279
3	Marilyn	279
5	Patricia	267
6	Donna	258
7	Betty	239
8	Beverly	197
9	Carol	192
10	Joan	177
11	Janice	159
12	Dorothy	153
13	Janet	148
14	Nancy	146
15	Joyce	141
16	Darlene	132
16	Marlene	132
18	Lois	131
19	Norma	126
19	Phyllis	126
21	Sharon	123
22	Margaret	112
23	Virginia	109
24	Ruth	103
25	Carolyn	100
26	Jean	96
27	Delores	95
28	Doris	91
29	Helen	90
30	Alice	88
31	Bonnie	85
32	Sandra	84
33	Joann	77
34	Elaine	76
35	Marjorie	70
36	Karen	69
37	Kay	66
38	Frances	62
39	Evelyn	57
39	Joanne	57
41	Arlene	55
41	Charlotte	55
43	Dolores	53
44	Rita	52
45	Peggy	51
45	Rose	51
47	Elizabeth	48
47	Geraldine	48
49	Sally	47
50	Roberta	46

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	602
2	Richard	455
3	Donald	429
4	James	390
5	John	381
6	Ronald	276
7	William	262
8	Charles	228
9	Larry	221
10	Jerry	198
11	Gary	165
12	Kenneth	161
13	Jack	151
14	Gerald	149
15	Roger	131
16	George	128
17	Marvin	123
18	Dale	121
19	David	119
20	Don	114
21	Paul	109
22	Raymond	107
23	Thomas	106
24	Harold	102
25	Bill	89
25	Wayne	89
27	Eugene	88
28	Duane	87
29	Frank	85
30	Bob	79
30	Edward	79
32	Jim	75
33	Dean	74
34	Norman	72
35	Leroy	69
36	Ralph	67
37	Melvin	65
38	Dennis	63
38	Keith	63
40	Joseph	62
41	Leonard	57
42	Gene	52
42	Howard	52
42	Lyle	52
45	Dick	51
45	Walter	51
47	Bernard	50
48	Fred	48
49	Francis	47
49	Gordon	47