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Baby names in Nebraska, 1930s

1930–1939 · 203,420 recorded births

Robert was the most common name given in Nebraska across the 1930s, with 6,682 births in the decade. The state recorded 203,420 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Nebraska in the 1930s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Rogene3311×
Sharalyn511×
Ardyce48
Merna60
Twila152
Dwaine53
Darold65
Lavern218

Top 25 in the 1930s

RankNameBirths
#1Robert6,682
#2Mary5,059
#3Richard4,798
#4Donald4,789
#5James3,909
#6John3,701
#7Shirley3,430
#8Betty3,176
#9William2,895
#10Donna2,678
#11Barbara2,644
#12Patricia2,432
#13Charles2,339
#14Marilyn2,292
#15Larry2,098
#16Ronald2,093
#17Dorothy1,986
#18Kenneth1,983
#19Joan1,888
#20Beverly1,765
#21Jerry1,553
#22Lois1,536
#23Jack1,523
#24Carol1,498
#25Gerald1,466

Other decades in Nebraska

All Nebraska names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org