Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Nebraska, 1937

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	465
2	Barbara	294
3	Shirley	292
4	Patricia	229
5	Marilyn	228
6	Donna	221
7	Betty	211
7	Carol	211
9	Sharon	203
10	Beverly	187
11	Janice	167
12	Joan	158
13	Nancy	138
14	Sandra	133
15	Dorothy	132
16	Janet	130
17	Joyce	126
18	Marlene	122
19	Phyllis	119
20	Darlene	118
21	Norma	113
22	Lois	107
23	Carolyn	104
24	Margaret	103
25	Ruth	97
26	Virginia	94
27	Delores	86
28	Helen	83
29	Kay	78
30	Jean	77
31	Bonnie	76
32	Karen	73
33	Doris	69
34	Elaine	68
35	Frances	65
36	Alice	64
37	Joann	63
38	Elizabeth	55
39	Connie	53
39	Sally	53
41	Rita	52
42	Gloria	51
43	Marjorie	48
43	Rose	48
45	Evelyn	46
45	Joanne	46
45	Kathryn	46
45	Peggy	46
49	Judith	45
50	Charlotte	44

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	613
2	Richard	418
3	James	394
4	Donald	381
5	Larry	362
6	John	313
7	William	260
8	Ronald	233
9	Gary	211
10	Charles	205
11	Kenneth	188
12	Jerry	185
13	Gerald	145
14	David	136
15	George	124
16	Roger	122
17	Jack	118
18	Paul	115
19	Marvin	104
20	Thomas	100
21	Harold	98
22	Jim	95
23	Don	91
24	Dennis	90
25	Edward	82
26	Duane	81
27	Raymond	80
28	Dale	73
28	Frank	73
30	Eugene	72
30	Norman	72
30	Wayne	72
33	Bob	70
34	Bill	67
35	Dean	63
36	Joe	58
37	Dick	57
38	Michael	56
38	Stanley	56
40	Lyle	55
41	Joseph	52
42	Melvin	51
43	Howard	49
43	Leroy	49
45	Keith	48
46	Fred	47
46	Ralph	47
46	Tom	47
49	Gene	46
49	Leonard	46