Popular baby names in Nevada, 1929

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1929 were Mary for girls (22 babies) and Robert for boys (38). Social Security records list 531 babies born in Nevada in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1929

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

Girls

Shirley: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Betty: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Jack: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
George: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Donald: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Robert: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 28 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	22	–	1
2	Betty	19	↑1	2
3	Shirley	18	↑16	9
4	Beverly	13	↑10	39
5	Dorothy	13	↓1	3
6	Margaret	11	↓1	5
7	Patricia	11	↓5	10
8	Barbara	9	↑5	7
9	Lois	9	new	17
10	Norma	9	new	25
11	Ruth	7	↑7	8
12	Virginia	7	↓1	11
13	Wanda	7	new	61
14	June	6	↓2	48
15	Lucille	6	new	57
16	Nancy	6	new	32
17	Anna	5	new	20
18	Billie	5	new	79
19	Dolores	5	↓11	14
20	Donna	5	↑1	47
21	Doris	5	new	6
22	Frances	5	↑1	16
23	Grace	5	new	54
24	Helen	5	↓18	4
25	Louise	5	new	31
26	Marian	5	new	75
27	Marilyn	5	new	33
28	Marjorie	5	↓18	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Robert	38	–	1
2	George	19	↑2	8
3	Donald	18	–	7
4	James	18	↑6	2
5	John	18	↓3	3
6	William	17	↓1	4
7	Jack	16	↑2	14
8	Richard	12	↓2	6
9	Edward	11	↑16	10
10	Charles	10	↓2	5
11	Arthur	9	new	22
12	David	9	new	17
13	Harold	9	↓2	16
14	Thomas	9	↑9	11
15	Frank	8	↓8	12
16	Joseph	8	–	9
17	Jerry	7	new	61
18	Joe	7	↑9	30
19	Kenneth	7	↓5	18
20	Carl	6	↓1	28
21	Paul	6	new	13
22	Stanley	6	↓5	48
23	Bobby	5	new	50
24	Bruce	5	new	>100
25	Gerald	5	new	33
26	Jimmy	5	new	>100
27	Raymond	5	↑2	15
28	Walter	5	↑3	19

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