Popular baby names in Nevada, 1930

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1930 were Betty for girls (32 babies) and Robert for boys (45). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 633 babies born in Nevada in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1930

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: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Jack: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Donald: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
George: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Robert: 45 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Richard: 20 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 33 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Betty	32	↑1	2
2	Mary	25	↓1	1
3	Dorothy	15	↑2	3
4	Barbara	14	↑4	6
5	Beverly	12	↓1	34
6	Lois	12	↑3	17
7	Alice	11	new	20
8	Margaret	11	↓2	5
9	Joan	10	new	8
10	Dolores	9	↑9	13
11	Doris	9	↑10	9
12	Gloria	9	new	30
13	Helen	9	↑11	4
14	Marilyn	9	↑13	22
15	Thelma	9	new	45
16	Shirley	8	↓13	11
17	Marion	7	new	60
18	Patricia	7	↓11	7
19	Evelyn	6	new	19
20	Geraldine	6	new	43
21	Josephine	6	new	49
22	Lola	6	new	>100
23	Marie	6	new	26
24	Mildred	6	new	21
25	Ruth	6	↓14	10
26	Colleen	5	new	>100
27	Edith	5	new	61
28	Frances	5	↓6	16
29	June	5	↓15	47
30	Laura	5	new	89
31	Norma	5	↓21	25
32	Peggy	5	new	67
33	Phyllis	5	new	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Robert	45	–	1
2	Donald	27	↑1	7
3	James	21	↑1	2
4	William	21	↑2	4
5	George	20	↓3	8
6	Richard	20	↑2	5
7	John	17	↓2	3
8	Jack	16	↓1	14
9	Charles	15	↑1	6
10	David	13	↑2	15
11	Frank	13	↑4	13
12	Joseph	9	↑4	9
13	Kenneth	7	↑6	17
14	Leo	7	new	63
15	Albert	6	new	24
16	Don	6	new	68
17	Douglas	6	new	89
18	Gordon	6	new	77
19	Leslie	6	new	>100
20	Ronald	6	new	37
21	Walter	6	↑7	19
22	Edward	5	↓13	10
23	Harold	5	↓10	18
24	Henry	5	new	22
25	Herman	5	new	78
26	Joe	5	↓8	27
27	Lawrence	5	new	36
28	Norman	5	new	40
29	Vernon	5	new	72

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