Popular baby names in Nevada, 1924

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1924 were Mary for girls (29 babies) and Robert for boys (44). Social Security records list 606 babies born in Nevada in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1924

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

Girls

Marjorie: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Betty: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Helen: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Robert: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate
William: 36 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 32 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	29	–	1
2	Betty	22	↑1	4
3	Helen	18	↑1	3
4	Marjorie	16	↑24	17
5	Dorothy	14	↓3	2
6	Evelyn	10	↑2	12
7	Margaret	10	↑5	5
8	Ruth	10	↑5	6
9	Edith	9	new	36
10	Elizabeth	9	new	11
11	Frances	8	↓2	10
12	Norma	8	↓6	40
13	Shirley	8	new	19
14	Doris	7	↑4	9
15	Irene	7	↓4	18
16	Lois	7	↑11	22
17	Marian	7	new	64
18	Virginia	7	↓11	7
19	Alice	6	↓2	15
20	Barbara	6	↓5	28
21	Louise	6	new	24
22	Martha	6	new	21
23	Florence	5	new	20
24	Hazel	5	new	42
25	June	5	new	45
26	Lillian	5	new	23
27	Mildred	5	↓13	8
28	Wilma	5	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Robert	44	–	1
2	William	36	↑1	3
3	John	31	↓1	2
4	James	22	–	4
5	George	15	↑2	6
6	Joseph	15	↑16	7
7	Donald	13	↑13	10
8	Harry	13	↓2	22
9	Charles	11	↑5	5
10	Arthur	10	↑3	20
11	Albert	9	↑1	21
12	Raymond	8	↓4	15
13	Thomas	8	↑2	11
14	Frank	7	↓9	12
15	Harold	7	↓4	13
16	Vernon	7	new	68
17	Calvin	6	new	44
18	Gordon	6	↑9	75
19	Kenneth	6	↑4	19
20	Lloyd	6	new	61
21	Louis	6	↓3	28
22	Norman	6	new	42
23	Richard	6	↓4	8
24	Roy	6	new	31
25	Stanley	6	new	40
26	Walter	6	↓17	16
27	Bob	5	new	>100
28	Earl	5	↓3	33
29	Edward	5	↓13	9
30	Eugene	5	↓4	25
31	Jack	5	↓10	17
32	Paul	5	new	14

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