Popular baby names in Nevada, 1918

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1918 were Mary for girls (31 babies) and John for boys (42). Social Security records list 597 babies born in Nevada in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1918

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

Girls

Dorothy: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Helen: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Mary: 31 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Frank: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
George: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
John: 42 babies, 2.3× the national rate
William: 30 babies, 2× the national rate
James: 28 babies, 2× the national rate
Charles: 18 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 28 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	31	–	1
2	Dorothy	19	↑3	3
3	Helen	18	↑1	2
4	Margaret	14	↑2	4
5	Ruth	13	↓2	5
6	Mildred	12	↑1	6
7	Alice	11	↑5	13
8	Virginia	11	↓6	7
9	Betty	10	↑15	21
10	June	10	new	66
11	Marie	9	↑10	12
12	Frances	8	↓2	8
13	Grace	8	new	31
14	Jean	8	↑4	37
15	Anita	7	new	>100
16	Elizabeth	7	↓3	9
17	Irene	7	↓3	16
18	Olga	7	new	>100
19	Doris	6	↓2	19
20	Florence	6	↑7	14
21	Janet	6	new	>100
22	Josephine	6	↓7	24
23	Marjorie	6	↓12	34
24	Rose	6	new	17
25	Ann	5	new	44
26	Gladys	5	new	22
27	Lena	5	new	93
28	Vivian	5	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	John	42	–	1
2	William	30	–	2
3	James	28	↑2	3
4	George	26	–	6
5	Charles	18	↓2	5
6	Frank	18	↑7	9
7	Robert	18	↓1	4
8	Jack	13	↓1	21
9	Donald	12	↑9	18
10	Edward	10	↓1	8
11	Ernest	9	new	37
12	Carl	8	new	25
13	Clarence	8	new	23
14	Raymond	8	↑12	15
15	Harry	7	↑9	20
16	Joseph	7	↓6	7
17	Thomas	7	↓6	10
18	Wallace	7	new	>100
19	Albert	6	↓3	19
20	Fred	6	↑10	33
21	Harold	6	↓7	13
22	Herbert	6	new	40
23	Vernon	6	new	66
24	Chester	5	↓2	54
25	David	5	↑4	28
26	Francis	5	new	30
27	Gerald	5	new	72
28	Walter	5	↓7	11

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