Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	839
2	Donald	599
3	Richard	440
4	William	394
5	John	391
6	James	357
7	Charles	258
8	Kenneth	231
9	Harold	223
10	Jack	189
11	George	187
12	Edward	179
13	Gerald	156
14	Dale	155
15	Eugene	151
16	Raymond	147
17	Wayne	133
18	Paul	126
19	Frank	120
20	Joseph	118
21	Marvin	115
22	Ralph	108
22	Thomas	108
24	Melvin	96
25	Leonard	89

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Walter	89
27	Norman	87
28	Leroy	84
28	Lloyd	84
30	Dean	83
31	Don	81
32	Carl	78
32	Duane	78
34	Bernard	75
35	Harry	74
36	Bill	73
36	Earl	73
36	Howard	73
39	Clarence	69
39	Francis	69
41	Lyle	68
41	Stanley	68
43	Arthur	67
43	David	67
45	Gene	65
45	Herbert	65
47	Ronald	64
48	Lawrence	63
49	Alfred	58
49	Bob	58
49	Vernon	58
52	Billy	55
52	Glen	55
52	Gordon	55
52	Roy	55
56	Albert	54
56	Henry	54
58	Keith	52
59	Floyd	51
59	Fred	51
61	Roger	48
62	Ernest	47
63	Leo	46
63	Virgil	46
65	Clifford	45
65	Harvey	45
67	Edwin	43
67	Ray	43
69	Warren	42
70	Elmer	41
70	Glenn	41
70	Theodore	41
73	Joe	40
74	Lester	39
74	Louis	39
76	Jerry	38
77	Russell	37
78	Alvin	36
78	Delbert	36
78	Lowell	36
81	Darrell	34
82	Lavern	33
82	Marion	33
82	Merle	33
82	Willard	33
86	Orville	32
86	Wallace	32
88	Daniel	31
88	Jerome	31
88	Leland	31
88	Loren	31
92	Eldon	30
92	Wilbur	30
94	Harlan	29
94	Herman	29
96	Allen	28
96	Dick	28
96	Lee	28
96	Milton	28
96	Rodney	28
96	Victor	28