Popular baby names in Nevada, 1932

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1932 were Mary for girls (23 babies) and Robert for boys (33). Social Security records list 580 babies born in Nevada in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1932

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: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Patricia: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Barbara: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Richard: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Robert: 33 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 34 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	23	↑1	1
2	Shirley	20	↑14	9
3	Betty	18	↓2	2
4	Barbara	16	↓1	3
5	Patricia	16	↑10	6
6	Ruth	13	new	11
7	Alice	12	–	21
8	Beverly	10	↑10	28
9	Dolores	9	new	18
10	Dorothy	9	↓6	4
11	Joan	9	↓1	5
12	Margaret	9	↓3	7
13	Evelyn	8	new	23
14	Lois	8	↓6	20
15	Doris	7	↑4	10
16	Joyce	7	new	12
17	Nancy	7	↑6	13
18	Virginia	7	↓1	14
19	Anna	6	new	24
20	Carolyn	6	new	46
21	Florence	6	new	47
22	Frances	6	new	19
23	Geraldine	6	new	42
24	Helen	6	↓19	8
25	Lorraine	6	new	55
26	Marlene	6	new	78
27	Bonnie	5	new	64
28	Donna	5	↓22	29
29	Elizabeth	5	new	17
30	Esther	5	new	82
31	Gloria	5	↓20	25
32	Marian	5	new	86
33	Marilyn	5	↓20	16
34	Mildred	5	new	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Robert	33	↑2	1
2	James	23	–	2
3	John	23	↓2	3
4	Richard	18	↑2	5
5	William	17	–	4
6	Charles	16	↑1	6
7	Donald	16	↓3	7
8	Jack	12	↑1	17
9	David	11	↑7	12
10	Frank	9	↑7	15
11	George	9	↓3	8
12	Harold	9	new	18
13	Ralph	9	new	27
14	Raymond	9	↑8	19
15	Kenneth	8	↑11	14
16	Ronald	7	new	16
17	Thomas	7	new	10
18	Edward	6	↓7	11
19	Norman	6	new	37
20	Roy	6	new	38
21	Douglas	5	new	85
22	Earl	5	new	41
23	Gordon	5	↓11	81
24	Joe	5	↓5	29
25	Joseph	5	↓5	9
26	Pete	5	new	>100

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