Popular baby names in Nevada, 1921

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1921 were Mary for girls (33 babies) and John for boys (43). Social Security records list 594 babies born in Nevada in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1921

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

Girls

Ruth: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Helen: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dorothy: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Robert: 41 babies, 2.7× the national rate
John: 43 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 30 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	33	–	1
2	Dorothy	20	↑3	2
3	Helen	20	↓1	3
4	Ruth	15	↑6	5
5	Virginia	14	↑2	6
6	Margaret	13	↓3	4
7	Betty	12	↑1	8
8	Jean	11	↑11	25
9	Lois	11	↑3	38
10	Evelyn	9	new	12
11	Irene	8	new	18
12	Josephine	8	new	28
13	Lillian	8	new	19
14	Frances	7	↓8	9
15	June	7	new	50
16	Barbara	6	new	40
17	Eleanor	6	↑1	29
18	Elizabeth	6	↓9	10
19	Eva	6	new	63
20	Louise	6	–	22
21	Mildred	6	↑1	7
22	Norma	6	new	51
23	Pauline	6	new	37
24	Wilma	6	new	72
25	Anna	5	new	11
26	Clara	5	new	45
27	Della	5	new	>100
28	Doris	5	↓15	13
29	Marguerite	5	↑1	98
30	Marie	5	↓26	14

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	John	43	↑2	1
2	Robert	41	↓1	2
3	William	27	↓1	3
4	James	17	–	4
5	Donald	14	↑9	13
6	Charles	13	↑7	5
7	Thomas	13	new	11
8	Jack	12	↓1	18
9	George	11	↓3	6
10	Edward	10	↑5	8
11	Frank	10	↓6	9
12	Raymond	10	new	16
13	Richard	10	↑13	10
14	Howard	8	new	27
15	Joseph	8	↓4	7
16	David	7	↑3	25
17	Ernest	7	↑3	38
18	Bill	6	new	>100
19	Ray	6	new	67
20	Warren	6	new	24
21	Albert	5	new	20
22	Harold	5	↓14	12
23	Henry	5	new	17
24	Kenneth	5	new	22
25	Lester	5	new	66
26	Manuel	5	new	>100
27	Walter	5	↓5	15

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