Popular baby names in Nevada, 1919

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1919 were Mary for girls (37 babies) and Robert for boys (30). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 544 babies born in Nevada in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1919

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, 2.9× the national rate
Mary: 37 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Helen: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

George: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Robert: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 28 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	37	–	1
2	Dorothy	19	–	3
3	Helen	15	–	2
4	Margaret	12	–	4
5	Virginia	12	↑3	7
6	Edna	9	new	22
7	Marie	9	↑4	12
8	Marjorie	9	↑15	33
9	Irene	8	↑8	16
10	Alice	7	↓3	13
11	Florence	7	↑9	14
12	Frances	7	–	9
13	Louise	7	new	20
14	Barbara	6	new	60
15	Betty	6	↓6	15
16	Lois	6	new	40
17	Lucille	6	new	27
18	Mildred	6	↓12	6
19	Pearl	6	new	56
20	Rose	6	↑4	19
21	Ruth	6	↓16	5
22	Blanche	5	new	97
23	Elsie	5	new	47
24	Evelyn	5	new	11
25	Josephine	5	↓3	26
26	June	5	↓16	64
27	Thelma	5	new	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Robert	30	↑6	4
2	John	28	↓1	1
3	George	27	↑1	6
4	William	26	↓2	2
5	James	19	↓2	3
6	Frank	13	–	9
7	Edward	12	↑3	8
8	Jack	11	–	21
9	Thomas	11	↑8	10
10	Donald	10	↓1	17
11	Joseph	10	↑5	7
12	Roy	10	new	32
13	Richard	9	new	12
14	Albert	8	↑5	18
15	Harold	8	↑6	13
16	Raymond	8	↓2	14
17	Lawrence	7	new	38
18	Charles	6	↓13	5
19	Douglas	6	new	>100
20	Earl	6	new	31
21	Harry	6	↓6	20
22	Kenneth	6	new	26
23	Peter	6	new	57
24	Arthur	5	new	19
25	Edwin	5	new	52
26	Francis	5	–	34
27	Joe	5	new	35
28	Ray	5	new	69

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