Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1940

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

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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
51	Dick	41
51	Patrick	41
53	Carl	38
53	Joe	38
55	Bruce	37
56	Arthur	36
57	Bob	35
57	Leonard	35
59	Allen	34
59	Gordon	34
61	Alan	32
61	Earl	32
61	Henry	32
61	Ralph	32
65	Bernard	31
65	Howard	31
67	Jerome	29
67	Ray	29
69	Billy	28
69	Francis	28
69	Glen	28
69	Lee	28
69	Leon	28
69	Lloyd	28
69	Stephen	28
69	Vernon	28
77	Albert	27
77	Eldon	27
77	Ronnie	27
77	Roy	27
81	Allan	26
81	Harry	26
81	Lynn	26
84	Darrell	25
85	Harvey	24
85	Loren	24
85	Louis	24
88	Clifford	23
88	Russell	23
88	Warren	23
91	Clarence	22
91	Wendell	22
93	Alvin	21
93	Jimmy	21
93	Mike	21
96	Floyd	20
96	Leland	20
96	Lester	20
99	Glenn	19
99	Harlan	19
99	Lonnie	19
99	Roland	19
99	Steven	19
99	Theodore	19