Popular baby names in Nevada, 1920

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1920 were Mary for girls (28 babies) and Robert for boys (40). Robert ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 596 babies born in Nevada in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1920

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

Girls

Helen: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Margaret: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Frank: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Robert: 40 babies, 2.8× the national rate
William: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate
George: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 33 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Mary	28	–	1
2	Helen	26	↑1	3
3	Margaret	17	↑1	4
4	Marie	14	↑3	13
5	Dorothy	13	↓3	2
6	Frances	13	↑6	9
7	Virginia	12	↓2	7
8	Betty	11	↑7	11
9	Elizabeth	9	new	8
10	Ruth	9	↑11	5
11	Geraldine	8	new	60
12	Lois	8	↑4	38
13	Doris	7	new	14
14	Edith	7	new	32
15	Ethel	7	new	30
16	Florence	7	↓5	16
17	Audrey	6	new	>100
18	Eleanor	6	new	25
19	Jean	6	new	33
20	Louise	6	↓7	19
21	Marjorie	6	↓13	24
22	Mildred	6	↓4	6
23	Rose	6	↓3	20
24	Ann	5	new	49
25	Dolores	5	new	>100
26	Edna	5	↓20	27
27	Georgia	5	new	>100
28	Katherine	5	new	45
29	Lucille	5	↓12	29
30	Marguerite	5	new	93
31	Marion	5	new	43
32	Shirley	5	new	56
33	Wanda	5	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Robert	40	–	3
2	William	30	↑2	2
3	John	27	↓1	1
4	James	23	↑1	4
5	Frank	16	↑1	9
6	George	16	↓3	6
7	Jack	12	↑1	20
8	Harold	11	↑7	12
9	Harry	10	↑12	21
10	Joe	10	↑17	35
11	Joseph	10	–	7
12	Ralph	10	new	22
13	Charles	9	↑5	5
14	Donald	9	↓4	16
15	Edward	9	↓8	8
16	Louis	8	new	28
17	Arthur	7	↑7	18
18	Roy	7	↓6	32
19	David	6	new	25
20	Ernest	6	new	37
21	Max	6	new	>100
22	Walter	6	new	13
23	Alfred	5	new	42
24	Carl	5	new	27
25	Delbert	5	new	>100
26	Richard	5	↓13	10

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