Popular baby names in Nevada, 1917

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1917 were Mary for girls (31 babies) and John for boys (41). Social Security records list 609 babies born in Nevada in 1917 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1917

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

Girls

Virginia: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ruth: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mary: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Charles: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
John: 41 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 35 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1917

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Mary	31	–	1
2	Virginia	16	↑13	10
3	Ruth	15	↑6	5
4	Helen	14	↑4	2
5	Dorothy	13	↓3	3
6	Margaret	12	–	4
7	Mildred	12	↑10	6
8	Lois	11	new	43
9	Evelyn	10	↑11	11
10	Frances	9	↓6	9
11	Marjorie	8	↑3	36
12	Alice	7	↓9	13
13	Elizabeth	7	↑6	8
14	Irene	7	↓9	17
15	Josephine	7	new	21
16	Anne	6	new	53
17	Doris	6	↓1	25
18	Jean	6	↓6	40
19	Louise	6	new	19
20	Marguerite	6	new	78
21	Marie	6	↑1	12
22	Anna	5	new	7
23	Audrey	5	new	>100
24	Betty	5	–	34
25	Elsie	5	new	50
26	Emily	5	new	>100
27	Florence	5	new	14
28	Martha	5	new	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	John	41	–	1
2	William	31	–	2
3	Charles	22	↑4	7
4	George	18	↑1	6
5	James	16	↓1	3
6	Robert	16	↓3	4
7	Jack	13	↑2	22
8	Richard	13	↑11	14
9	Edward	12	↑2	8
10	Joseph	11	↓4	5
11	Thomas	11	↓3	10
12	Arthur	10	–	17
13	Frank	9	↑10	9
14	Harold	9	↑2	12
15	Ralph	9	new	21
16	Albert	8	↑5	18
17	Alfred	7	↑5	43
18	Donald	7	↓8	20
19	Earl	7	new	32
20	Victor	7	new	78
21	Walter	7	↑5	11
22	Chester	6	new	56
23	Eugene	6	new	39
24	Harry	6	–	19
25	Lawrence	6	new	36
26	Raymond	6	↓8	16
27	Benjamin	5	new	76
28	Daniel	5	new	54
29	David	5	new	28
30	Fred	5	new	29
31	Henry	5	↓17	15
32	Joe	5	new	35
33	Melvin	5	new	57
34	Paul	5	↓19	13
35	Woodrow	5	new	73

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