Popular baby names in Nevada, 1916

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1916 were Mary for girls (40 babies) and John for boys (41). Social Security records list 566 babies born in Nevada in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1916

Names given at least 15 times in Nevada that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Mary: 40 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dorothy: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Robert: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
John: 41 babies, 2.5× the national rate
William: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 31 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Mary	40	–	1
2	Dorothy	17	↑3	3
3	Alice	14	↑6	13
4	Frances	12	↑6	9
5	Irene	11	new	17
6	Margaret	11	↓4	4
7	Catherine	10	new	20
8	Helen	10	↓4	2
9	Ruth	10	↓6	5
10	Edith	9	new	28
11	Grace	9	new	26
12	Jean	9	new	45
13	Lillian	8	↑10	16
14	Marjorie	8	new	37
15	Virginia	8	↓3	10
16	Doris	7	new	32
17	Mildred	7	↑1	6
18	Anita	6	new	>100
19	Elizabeth	6	↓6	8
20	Evelyn	6	↓6	11
21	Lucille	6	new	30
22	Marie	6	↑3	12
23	Rose	6	new	15
24	Betty	5	↓5	44
25	Eleanor	5	new	27
26	Ellen	5	new	87
27	Genevieve	5	new	76
28	Julia	5	new	46
29	Norma	5	new	>100
30	Thelma	5	new	29
31	Verna	5	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	John	41	–	1
2	William	28	–	2
3	Robert	27	↑3	4
4	James	20	–	3
5	George	14	–	7
6	Joseph	14	↑5	5
7	Charles	13	↓4	6
8	Thomas	13	↑1	10
9	Jack	11	↑1	26
10	Donald	10	↑10	20
11	Edward	9	↓3	8
12	Arthur	8	new	18
13	Louis	8	↑2	22
14	Henry	7	new	14
15	Paul	7	↑3	12
16	Harold	6	↑1	13
17	Martin	6	new	81
18	Raymond	6	↓6	16
19	Richard	6	↓5	15
20	Roy	6	new	33
21	Albert	5	↓14	17
22	Alfred	5	new	43
23	Frank	5	↓10	9
24	Harry	5	new	19
25	Kenneth	5	new	27
26	Walter	5	↓7	11

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