Popular baby names in Nevada, 1927
The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1927 were Mary for girls (34 babies) and Robert for boys (40). Social Security records list 648 babies born in Nevada in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Nevada in 1927
Names given at least 15 times in Nevada that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Top 32 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1927
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1926 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 34 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Betty | 22 | – | 3 |
| 3 | Barbara | 17 | ↑2 | 10 |
| 4 | Dorothy | 17 | ↓1 | 2 |
| 5 | Helen | 12 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 6 | Shirley | 12 | ↑19 | 9 |
| 7 | Beverly | 10 | ↓1 | 57 |
| 8 | Alice | 9 | ↑7 | 17 |
| 9 | Margaret | 9 | ↓2 | 5 |
| 10 | Josephine | 8 | new | 39 |
| 11 | Lois | 8 | ↑3 | 19 |
| 12 | Phyllis | 8 | new | 29 |
| 13 | Virginia | 8 | new | 8 |
| 14 | Audrey | 7 | new | 62 |
| 15 | Donna | 7 | new | 70 |
| 16 | Doris | 7 | new | 7 |
| 17 | Mildred | 7 | new | 11 |
| 18 | Patricia | 7 | ↓8 | 18 |
| 19 | Ruth | 7 | new | 6 |
| 20 | Thelma | 7 | new | 38 |
| 21 | Catherine | 6 | new | 31 |
| 22 | Edith | 6 | ↓10 | 48 |
| 23 | Rita | 6 | new | 54 |
| 24 | Elizabeth | 5 | new | 13 |
| 25 | Ethel | 5 | ↓3 | 47 |
| 26 | Evelyn | 5 | new | 15 |
| 27 | Gloria | 5 | new | 22 |
| 28 | Grace | 5 | new | 50 |
| 29 | Louise | 5 | ↓10 | 27 |
| 30 | Marilyn | 5 | new | 46 |
| 31 | Norma | 5 | ↓10 | 26 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1926 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 40 | – | 1 |
| 2 | John | 31 | – | 2 |
| 3 | William | 29 | – | 4 |
| 4 | Donald | 23 | ↑3 | 8 |
| 5 | James | 22 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 6 | George | 20 | ↑3 | 7 |
| 7 | Charles | 16 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 8 | Frank | 14 | ↓2 | 12 |
| 9 | Albert | 11 | new | 23 |
| 10 | Harold | 11 | ↑2 | 14 |
| 11 | Jack | 10 | new | 16 |
| 12 | Earl | 9 | new | 33 |
| 13 | Edward | 9 | ↑5 | 10 |
| 14 | Henry | 9 | new | 19 |
| 15 | Raymond | 9 | ↑6 | 15 |
| 16 | Richard | 9 | ↓11 | 6 |
| 17 | David | 8 | – | 21 |
| 18 | Joseph | 8 | ↓8 | 9 |
| 19 | Paul | 8 | new | 13 |
| 20 | Thomas | 8 | new | 11 |
| 21 | Harry | 7 | ↓1 | 25 |
| 22 | Tony | 6 | ↑6 | >100 |
| 23 | Carl | 5 | ↓1 | 26 |
| 24 | Clyde | 5 | new | 68 |
| 25 | Ernest | 5 | new | 41 |
| 26 | Herbert | 5 | new | 42 |
| 27 | Joe | 5 | ↓16 | 30 |
| 28 | Kenneth | 5 | ↓13 | 18 |
| 29 | Leslie | 5 | new | >100 |
| 30 | Manuel | 5 | new | >100 |
| 31 | Melvin | 5 | new | 48 |
| 32 | Pete | 5 | ↓7 | >100 |