Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1927

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	865
2	Donald	592
3	John	434
4	Richard	414
5	William	383
6	James	355
7	Kenneth	247
8	Charles	246
9	Harold	234
10	George	189
11	Jack	185
12	Gerald	155
13	Edward	153
14	Raymond	151
15	Dale	149
15	Eugene	149
17	Joseph	129
18	Marvin	122
19	Paul	120
20	Melvin	115
21	Thomas	114
22	Walter	105
23	Wayne	100
24	Frank	97
25	Gene	94

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Arthur	88
27	Earl	86
28	Ralph	85
29	Dean	84
29	Leonard	84
31	Howard	81
32	Leroy	76
33	Bernard	75
34	David	72
34	Lloyd	72
36	Norman	71
37	Albert	69
38	Francis	67
38	Harry	67
38	Lyle	67
41	Vernon	66
42	Clarence	63
43	Alvin	61
43	Fred	61
43	Leo	61
43	Ronald	61
47	Carl	60
47	Glenn	60
47	Keith	60
47	Roy	60
51	Don	59
51	Henry	59
51	Virgil	59
54	Duane	57
54	Louis	57
56	Billy	56
56	Lawrence	56
56	Stanley	56
59	Elmer	55
60	Bob	54
61	Glen	53
62	Delbert	49
63	Bill	45
63	Edwin	45
63	Gordon	45
63	Warren	45
63	Willard	45
68	Clifford	44
69	Floyd	43
69	Lester	43
71	Ernest	42
72	Joe	41
73	Eldon	40
74	Daniel	39
74	Herbert	39
74	Max	39
74	Merle	39
78	Darrell	37
78	Ivan	37
78	Leland	37
81	Victor	36
82	Arnold	35
82	Russell	35
84	Lee	34
84	Roger	34
84	Theodore	34
87	Lavern	33
87	Milton	33
87	Roland	33
90	Herman	32
90	Ray	32
92	Clyde	31
92	Jerry	31
94	Allen	30
95	Alfred	29
96	Jerome	28
97	Leslie	27
97	Wallace	27
97	Wesley	27
97	Wilbur	27