Most popular boys’ names in Nebraska, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	555
2	Larry	517
3	James	469
4	Richard	420
5	John	391
6	Gary	368
7	Ronald	322
8	Donald	310
9	William	288
10	Dennis	264
11	David	260
12	Charles	228
13	Jerry	222
14	Kenneth	183
15	Roger	178
16	Thomas	164
17	Gerald	148
18	Michael	147
19	George	122
20	Paul	111
21	Douglas	103
22	Jim	94
23	Raymond	90
24	Edward	89
25	Frank	85

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	84
27	Dale	79
27	Jack	79
29	Eugene	77
30	Terry	75
31	Wayne	73
32	Marvin	72
33	Daniel	64
33	Stephen	64
35	Rodney	63
36	Bill	62
36	Joseph	62
38	Bob	58
38	Gene	58
40	Fred	54
41	Keith	51
41	Lawrence	51
41	Leroy	51
41	Tom	51
45	Don	50
45	Duane	50
45	Joe	50
48	Stanley	49
48	Walter	49
50	Ronnie	47
51	Leonard	45
51	Patrick	45
53	Gordon	42
53	Howard	42
53	Lyle	42
56	Dean	40
56	Ralph	40
58	Arthur	39
58	Bruce	39
60	Lloyd	38
61	Bernard	37
61	Harry	37
61	Melvin	37
61	Norman	37
65	Allen	36
66	Ray	35
66	Russell	35
68	Earl	33
68	Vernon	33
70	Carl	32
70	Dick	32
70	Glenn	32
70	Mike	32
74	Francis	31
74	Steven	31
76	Jon	30
76	Leon	30
76	Steve	30
79	Alan	29
79	Clarence	29
81	Albert	28
81	Alvin	28
81	Clifford	28
81	Darrell	28
81	Lynn	28
86	Henry	27
86	Louis	27
86	Myron	27
89	Edwin	26
90	Eldon	25
91	Arnold	24
91	Delbert	24
91	Roy	24
91	Timothy	24
95	Danny	23
95	Theodore	23
97	Leland	22
97	Philip	22
97	Phillip	22
97	Warren	22