Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Nebraska, 1939

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	458
2	Sharon	303
3	Barbara	281
4	Patricia	264
5	Marilyn	226
6	Karen	220
7	Shirley	214
8	Janice	207
9	Carol	206
10	Betty	174
11	Donna	164
11	Sandra	164
13	Judith	163
14	Beverly	157
15	Nancy	154
16	Judy	142
17	Janet	136
18	Joyce	134
19	Joan	132
20	Margaret	115
21	Carolyn	113
22	Lois	102
23	Phyllis	101
24	Dorothy	97
25	Marlene	94
26	Jean	87
27	Kay	83
27	Norma	83
29	Alice	81
29	Virginia	81
31	Ruth	80
32	Bonnie	77
33	Helen	71
34	Linda	69
35	Darlene	65
35	Joann	65
37	Kathleen	64
38	Marjorie	63
39	Elaine	60
40	Delores	58
41	Doris	53
42	Frances	52
43	Connie	51
44	Geraldine	49
45	Peggy	47
45	Sally	47
47	Arlene	46
48	Jacqueline	44
48	Jane	44
48	Rose	44

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	527
2	Larry	471
3	Richard	437
4	James	426
5	John	351
6	Donald	340
7	Gary	334
8	Ronald	290
9	William	246
10	Jerry	215
11	Charles	202
12	David	200
13	Roger	198
14	Kenneth	194
15	Thomas	144
16	Gerald	140
17	Dennis	138
18	George	105
19	Edward	97
20	Paul	94
21	Jack	91
22	Dale	90
22	Harold	90
24	Raymond	88
25	Wayne	83
26	Jim	79
27	Marvin	78
28	Joseph	77
29	Michael	76
30	Norman	72
31	Bill	70
32	Don	66
32	Eugene	66
34	Douglas	61
35	Melvin	60
36	Frank	59
37	Bob	57
38	Fred	56
38	Lawrence	56
38	Rodney	56
38	Stanley	56
42	Duane	55
43	Leroy	52
44	Terry	51
45	Gene	48
45	Leonard	48
47	Walter	47
48	Dean	46
49	Joe	45
50	Allen	44