Popular baby names in Nevada, 1915
The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1915 were Mary for girls (27 babies) and John for boys (39). Social Security records list 457 babies born in Nevada in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Nevada in 1915
Names given at least 15 times in Nevada that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Top 25 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1915
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1914 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 27 | ↑2 | 1 |
| 2 | Margaret | 18 | ↑5 | 4 |
| 3 | Ruth | 14 | ↓2 | 5 |
| 4 | Helen | 13 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 5 | Dorothy | 12 | ↓3 | 3 |
| 6 | Louise | 11 | – | 18 |
| 7 | June | 10 | new | 96 |
| 8 | Josephine | 8 | ↑8 | 22 |
| 9 | Alice | 7 | ↓5 | 13 |
| 10 | Frances | 7 | ↑13 | 9 |
| 11 | Ida | 7 | ↑13 | 54 |
| 12 | Virginia | 7 | ↓2 | 12 |
| 13 | Elizabeth | 6 | ↓5 | 8 |
| 14 | Evelyn | 6 | ↑8 | 10 |
| 15 | Florence | 6 | ↓4 | 14 |
| 16 | Hazel | 6 | new | 26 |
| 17 | Lena | 6 | new | 77 |
| 18 | Mildred | 6 | ↑7 | 6 |
| 19 | Betty | 5 | new | 53 |
| 20 | Esther | 5 | new | 33 |
| 21 | Ethel | 5 | new | 23 |
| 22 | Jane | 5 | new | 69 |
| 23 | Lillian | 5 | new | 15 |
| 24 | Lois | 5 | ↓12 | 47 |
| 25 | Marie | 5 | ↓16 | 11 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1914 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 39 | – | 1 |
| 2 | William | 22 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Charles | 21 | ↑2 | 7 |
| 4 | James | 16 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 5 | George | 14 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 6 | Robert | 12 | – | 4 |
| 7 | Albert | 11 | new | 17 |
| 8 | Edward | 10 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 9 | Thomas | 10 | new | 10 |
| 10 | Jack | 9 | ↓2 | 27 |
| 11 | Joseph | 9 | ↑8 | 5 |
| 12 | Raymond | 9 | new | 16 |
| 13 | Frank | 8 | ↓6 | 9 |
| 14 | Richard | 8 | ↑6 | 15 |
| 15 | Louis | 7 | new | 23 |
| 16 | Ralph | 7 | ↓2 | 21 |
| 17 | Harold | 6 | new | 12 |
| 18 | Paul | 6 | ↓7 | 13 |
| 19 | Walter | 6 | ↓7 | 11 |
| 20 | Donald | 5 | new | 20 |
| 21 | Leslie | 5 | new | >100 |
| 22 | Lloyd | 5 | new | 62 |