Popular baby names in Nevada, 1933

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1933 were Barbara for girls (26 babies) and John for boys (32). Barbara ranked #3 nationally for girls. John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 576 babies born in Nevada in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1933

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: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Patricia: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Barbara: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Betty: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

George: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
John: 32 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 31 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Barbara	26	↑3	3
2	Mary	21	↓1	1
3	Patricia	19	↑2	6
4	Shirley	19	↓2	9
5	Betty	17	↓2	2
6	Norma	11	new	23
7	Margaret	10	↑5	7
8	Alice	9	↓1	22
9	Helen	9	↑15	8
10	Joan	9	↑1	5
11	Marilyn	9	↑22	16
12	Irene	8	new	46
13	Dorothy	7	↓3	4
14	Joann	7	new	72
15	Joyce	7	↑1	12
16	Nancy	7	↑1	11
17	Beverly	6	↓9	26
18	Carol	6	new	20
19	Connie	6	new	>100
20	Dolores	6	↓11	21
21	Phyllis	6	new	28
22	Arlene	5	new	74
23	Bonnie	5	↑4	68
24	Doris	5	↓9	10
25	Gail	5	new	>100
26	Marjorie	5	new	41
27	Ruth	5	↓21	13
28	Thelma	5	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	John	32	↑2	3
2	James	29	–	2
3	Robert	26	↓2	1
4	Richard	18	–	5
5	Donald	17	↑2	7
6	George	17	↑5	8
7	Frank	14	↑3	16
8	William	14	↓3	4
9	Charles	12	↓3	6
10	Paul	9	new	14
11	Gary	8	new	80
12	Albert	7	new	30
13	Edward	7	↑5	11
14	Fred	7	new	34
15	Ralph	7	↓2	29
16	Roger	7	new	48
17	Ronald	7	↓1	12
18	David	6	↓9	13
19	Don	6	new	54
20	Gerald	6	new	22
21	Jack	6	↓13	17
22	Jerry	6	new	31
23	Joseph	6	↑2	9
24	Lawrence	6	new	38
25	Raymond	6	↓11	19
26	Douglas	5	↓5	81
27	Gordon	5	↓4	71
28	Howard	5	new	36
29	Kenneth	5	↓14	15
30	Lloyd	5	new	73
31	Thomas	5	↓14	10

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