Popular baby names in Nevada, 1923
The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1923 were Mary for girls (29 babies) and Robert for boys (40). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 589 babies born in Nevada in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Nevada in 1923
Names given at least 15 times in Nevada that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Top 30 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1923
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1922 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 29 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Dorothy | 18 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 3 | Betty | 17 | ↑6 | 5 |
| 4 | Helen | 17 | – | 3 |
| 5 | Jean | 13 | ↑9 | 19 |
| 6 | Norma | 12 | ↑1 | 41 |
| 7 | Virginia | 12 | ↑22 | 7 |
| 8 | Evelyn | 11 | new | 12 |
| 9 | Frances | 11 | ↑1 | 10 |
| 10 | Marie | 11 | ↑2 | 14 |
| 11 | Irene | 10 | ↑2 | 17 |
| 12 | Margaret | 9 | ↓10 | 4 |
| 13 | Ruth | 9 | ↑5 | 6 |
| 14 | Mildred | 8 | ↑2 | 8 |
| 15 | Barbara | 7 | ↓10 | 33 |
| 16 | Josephine | 7 | ↑1 | 30 |
| 17 | Alice | 6 | ↓9 | 15 |
| 18 | Doris | 6 | new | 11 |
| 19 | Edna | 6 | new | 32 |
| 20 | Lola | 6 | new | >100 |
| 21 | Pauline | 6 | new | 37 |
| 22 | Anna | 5 | new | 13 |
| 23 | Dolores | 5 | new | 83 |
| 24 | Eva | 5 | new | 66 |
| 25 | Gladys | 5 | new | 29 |
| 26 | Grace | 5 | new | 39 |
| 27 | Lois | 5 | ↓1 | 27 |
| 28 | Marjorie | 5 | ↓22 | 16 |
| 29 | Thelma | 5 | new | 31 |
| 30 | Vivian | 5 | new | 69 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1922 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 40 | ↑2 | 2 |
| 2 | John | 33 | ↓1 | 1 |
| 3 | William | 28 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 4 | James | 21 | ↑3 | 4 |
| 5 | Frank | 14 | ↑6 | 11 |
| 6 | Harry | 14 | ↑9 | 22 |
| 7 | George | 11 | ↓2 | 6 |
| 8 | Raymond | 10 | ↑8 | 15 |
| 9 | Walter | 10 | new | 16 |
| 10 | David | 9 | new | 24 |
| 11 | Harold | 9 | ↑2 | 13 |
| 12 | Albert | 8 | new | 20 |
| 13 | Arthur | 8 | new | 19 |
| 14 | Charles | 8 | ↓10 | 5 |
| 15 | Thomas | 8 | new | 12 |
| 16 | Edward | 7 | ↓7 | 8 |
| 17 | Joe | 7 | new | 35 |
| 18 | Louis | 7 | new | 27 |
| 19 | Richard | 7 | ↓11 | 9 |
| 20 | Donald | 6 | ↓14 | 10 |
| 21 | Jack | 6 | ↓11 | 17 |
| 22 | Joseph | 6 | ↓10 | 7 |
| 23 | Kenneth | 6 | ↓5 | 21 |
| 24 | Carl | 5 | ↓10 | 28 |
| 25 | Earl | 5 | new | 31 |
| 26 | Eugene | 5 | new | 25 |
| 27 | Gordon | 5 | new | 76 |
| 28 | Henry | 5 | new | 18 |
| 29 | Neil | 5 | new | >100 |