Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1939

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

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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
50	Gordon	44
50	Lyle	44
50	Ralph	44
54	Daniel	43
54	Keith	43
56	Tom	42
57	Carl	41
58	Bernard	39
59	Bruce	38
59	Dick	38
61	Darrell	37
61	Howard	37
63	Francis	36
64	Arthur	35
65	Lloyd	33
66	Ronnie	32
66	Vernon	32
68	Jerome	31
69	Alan	30
69	Clifford	30
71	Henry	29
72	Clarence	27
72	Leon	27
72	Stephen	27
75	Darrel	26
75	Earl	26
75	Eldon	26
75	Ernest	26
75	Russell	26
80	Edwin	25
80	Jimmy	25
80	Jon	25
80	Patrick	25
80	Roy	25
85	Albert	24
85	Billy	24
85	Harry	24
88	Glen	23
88	Glenn	23
88	Jimmie	23
88	Lee	23
88	Lynn	23
88	Merle	23
88	Ted	23
95	Louis	22
95	Warren	22
97	Loren	21
97	Lowell	21
99	Alvin	20
99	Arnold	20
99	Danny	20
99	Franklin	20
99	Garry	20
99	Lonnie	20
99	Roland	20
99	Virgil	20