Popular baby names in Nevada, 1934
The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1934 were Mary for girls (23 babies) and Robert for boys (49). Social Security records list 706 babies born in Nevada in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Nevada in 1934
Names given at least 15 times in Nevada that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Top 39 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1934
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1933 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 23 | ↑1 | 1 |
| 2 | Barbara | 22 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 3 | Patricia | 21 | – | 6 |
| 4 | Shirley | 21 | – | 4 |
| 5 | Betty | 14 | – | 2 |
| 6 | Joan | 12 | ↑4 | 7 |
| 7 | Beverly | 11 | ↑10 | 22 |
| 8 | Gloria | 11 | new | 30 |
| 9 | Ruth | 11 | ↑18 | 13 |
| 10 | Janet | 10 | new | 21 |
| 11 | Phyllis | 9 | ↑10 | 28 |
| 12 | Helen | 8 | ↓3 | 9 |
| 13 | Carol | 7 | ↑5 | 14 |
| 14 | Donna | 7 | new | 23 |
| 15 | Dorothy | 7 | ↓2 | 5 |
| 16 | Janice | 7 | new | 68 |
| 17 | Joyce | 7 | ↓2 | 12 |
| 18 | Carolyn | 6 | new | 33 |
| 19 | Darlene | 6 | new | 90 |
| 20 | Katherine | 6 | new | >100 |
| 21 | Alice | 5 | ↓13 | 25 |
| 22 | Bonnie | 5 | ↑1 | 58 |
| 23 | Evelyn | 5 | new | 29 |
| 24 | Florence | 5 | new | 61 |
| 25 | Frances | 5 | new | 19 |
| 26 | Georgia | 5 | new | >100 |
| 27 | Kathleen | 5 | new | 74 |
| 28 | Margaret | 5 | ↓21 | 8 |
| 29 | Marjorie | 5 | ↓3 | 41 |
| 30 | Norma | 5 | ↓24 | 24 |
| 31 | Virginia | 5 | new | 15 |
| 32 | Wanda | 5 | new | 47 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1933 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 49 | ↑2 | 1 |
| 2 | John | 27 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 3 | James | 24 | ↓1 | 2 |
| 4 | George | 22 | ↑2 | 8 |
| 5 | William | 22 | ↑3 | 4 |
| 6 | Donald | 21 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 7 | Jack | 17 | ↑14 | 17 |
| 8 | Frank | 14 | ↓1 | 16 |
| 9 | Kenneth | 13 | ↑20 | 15 |
| 10 | Richard | 13 | ↓6 | 5 |
| 11 | Edward | 12 | ↑2 | 13 |
| 12 | Lawrence | 10 | ↑12 | 34 |
| 13 | Ronald | 10 | ↑4 | 11 |
| 14 | David | 9 | ↑4 | 12 |
| 15 | Don | 9 | ↑4 | 50 |
| 16 | Thomas | 9 | ↑15 | 9 |
| 17 | Jerry | 8 | ↑5 | 25 |
| 18 | Ray | 8 | new | 63 |
| 19 | Roy | 8 | new | 35 |
| 20 | Albert | 7 | ↓8 | 32 |
| 21 | Charles | 7 | ↓12 | 7 |
| 22 | Paul | 7 | ↓12 | 14 |
| 23 | Raymond | 7 | ↑2 | 19 |
| 24 | Bob | 6 | new | 75 |
| 25 | Daniel | 6 | new | 42 |
| 26 | Gordon | 6 | ↑1 | 71 |
| 27 | Joseph | 6 | ↓4 | 10 |
| 28 | Larry | 6 | new | 43 |
| 29 | Vernon | 6 | new | 89 |
| 30 | Walter | 6 | new | 21 |
| 31 | Bill | 5 | new | 59 |
| 32 | Bruce | 5 | new | 78 |
| 33 | Eddie | 5 | new | 92 |
| 34 | Fred | 5 | ↓20 | 33 |
| 35 | Gerald | 5 | ↓15 | 22 |
| 36 | Harold | 5 | new | 18 |
| 37 | Harry | 5 | new | 36 |
| 38 | Joe | 5 | new | 26 |
| 39 | Michael | 5 | new | 47 |