Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Nebraska, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	460
2	Sharon	362
3	Barbara	300
4	Karen	286
5	Patricia	260
6	Carol	249
7	Judy	244
8	Judith	221
9	Sandra	198
10	Betty	182
11	Donna	179
12	Marilyn	178
13	Janice	174
14	Shirley	168
15	Janet	160
16	Joyce	154
17	Nancy	151
18	Carolyn	120
19	Joan	118
20	Beverly	115
21	Linda	113
22	Dorothy	106
23	Phyllis	98
24	Margaret	97
25	Connie	90
26	Bonnie	87
27	Lois	79
27	Virginia	79
29	Doris	74
29	Ruth	74
31	Helen	73
31	Jean	73
31	Norma	73
34	Marlene	71
35	Joann	65
36	Kathleen	64
37	Elaine	60
38	Alice	58
39	Darlene	56
40	Gloria	53
41	Jane	52
42	Elizabeth	51
43	Delores	50
44	Carole	48
45	Ann	47
45	Frances	47
45	Kay	47
48	Evelyn	46
48	Marjorie	46
48	Susan	46

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	517
2	Larry	476
3	James	422
4	Richard	409
5	John	375
6	Gary	355
7	Donald	310
8	Ronald	287
9	William	254
10	Jerry	202
11	David	189
12	Charles	187
13	Kenneth	179
14	Roger	173
15	Dennis	164
16	Gerald	150
17	Thomas	148
18	Edward	97
19	Michael	90
20	Harold	88
20	Jack	88
22	Dale	85
23	George	84
24	Paul	82
25	Raymond	79
26	Jim	77
27	Marvin	71
28	Frank	67
29	Bill	64
29	Gene	64
31	Don	63
32	Rodney	60
32	Terry	60
34	Lawrence	58
35	Joseph	56
35	Keith	56
37	Tom	55
38	Fred	54
38	Wayne	54
40	Stanley	53
41	Eugene	52
41	Melvin	52
43	Dean	51
44	Duane	50
45	Daniel	48
45	Leroy	48
47	Norman	47
48	Lyle	46
49	Walter	45
50	Douglas	43