Popular baby names in Nevada, 1926

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1926 were Mary for girls (33 babies) and Robert for boys (39). Social Security records list 549 babies born in Nevada in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1926

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

Girls

Betty: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dorothy: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mary: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Frank: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Richard: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Robert: 39 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 28 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Mary	33	–	1
2	Betty	21	–	3
3	Dorothy	21	↑1	2
4	Helen	13	↑2	4
5	Barbara	12	↑4	16
6	Beverly	11	new	74
7	Margaret	10	↓2	5
8	Jean	9	↑5	12
9	Geraldine	8	new	54
10	Patricia	8	↓2	23
11	Clara	7	new	61
12	Edith	7	new	42
13	Eleanor	7	↑10	32
14	Lois	7	new	19
15	Alice	6	new	17
16	Frances	6	↓5	10
17	Gladys	6	new	35
18	June	6	↓4	40
19	Louise	6	↑1	27
20	Marjorie	6	↓5	22
21	Norma	6	↓11	29
22	Ethel	5	new	41
23	Eva	5	new	79
24	Lillian	5	new	28
25	Shirley	5	↓9	14
26	Wilma	5	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Robert	39	–	1
2	John	30	↑1	2
3	William	27	↓1	4
4	James	24	↑1	3
5	Richard	20	↑1	7
6	Frank	15	↑7	12
7	Donald	12	↑1	9
8	Charles	11	↑2	5
9	George	10	↓5	6
10	Joseph	10	↑2	8
11	Joe	9	↓4	33
12	Harold	8	↑11	14
13	Walter	8	new	17
14	Clarence	7	new	29
15	Kenneth	7	↑2	18
16	Allen	6	new	93
17	David	6	↑5	22
18	Edward	6	↓7	10
19	Gordon	6	new	76
20	Harry	6	↓6	25
21	Raymond	6	↑6	15
22	Carl	5	new	26
23	Gerald	5	new	41
24	Norman	5	new	39
25	Pete	5	new	>100
26	Ralph	5	↓8	24
27	Roy	5	↓12	34
28	Tony	5	new	>100

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