Popular baby names in Nevada, 1935
The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1935 were Mary for girls (29 babies) and Robert for boys (36). Social Security records list 691 babies born in Nevada in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Nevada in 1935
Names given at least 15 times in Nevada that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Top 37 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1935
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1934 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 29 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Patricia | 22 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 3 | Shirley | 21 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 4 | Barbara | 17 | ↓2 | 3 |
| 5 | Dorothy | 15 | ↑10 | 6 |
| 6 | Betty | 13 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 7 | Beverly | 12 | – | 20 |
| 8 | Dolores | 11 | new | 26 |
| 9 | Joan | 11 | ↓3 | 7 |
| 10 | Carol | 10 | ↑3 | 11 |
| 11 | Carolyn | 8 | ↑7 | 28 |
| 12 | Donna | 8 | ↑2 | 23 |
| 13 | Evelyn | 8 | ↑10 | 31 |
| 14 | Margaret | 8 | ↑14 | 8 |
| 15 | Norma | 8 | ↑15 | 29 |
| 16 | Phyllis | 8 | ↓5 | 27 |
| 17 | Sharon | 8 | new | 96 |
| 18 | Frances | 7 | ↑7 | 19 |
| 19 | Joyce | 7 | ↓2 | 12 |
| 20 | Janet | 6 | ↓10 | 22 |
| 21 | Lois | 6 | new | 21 |
| 22 | Marilyn | 6 | new | 14 |
| 23 | Nancy | 6 | new | 9 |
| 24 | Virginia | 6 | ↑7 | 16 |
| 25 | Alice | 5 | ↓4 | 25 |
| 26 | Elizabeth | 5 | new | 17 |
| 27 | Geraldine | 5 | new | 40 |
| 28 | Gloria | 5 | ↓20 | 32 |
| 29 | Helen | 5 | ↓17 | 10 |
| 30 | Ruby | 5 | new | 41 |
| 31 | Yvonne | 5 | new | 98 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1934 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 36 | – | 1 |
| 2 | James | 27 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 3 | Donald | 23 | ↑3 | 7 |
| 4 | Charles | 22 | ↑17 | 6 |
| 5 | John | 20 | ↓3 | 3 |
| 6 | Richard | 19 | ↑4 | 5 |
| 7 | Jack | 16 | – | 18 |
| 8 | William | 15 | ↓3 | 4 |
| 9 | George | 14 | ↓5 | 8 |
| 10 | Edward | 13 | ↑1 | 13 |
| 11 | David | 12 | ↑3 | 11 |
| 12 | Bill | 10 | ↑19 | 60 |
| 13 | Bob | 10 | ↑11 | 81 |
| 14 | Don | 10 | ↑1 | 51 |
| 15 | Frank | 10 | ↓7 | 16 |
| 16 | Jerry | 10 | ↑1 | 22 |
| 17 | Thomas | 9 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 18 | Jim | 8 | new | 90 |
| 19 | Kenneth | 7 | ↓10 | 15 |
| 20 | Michael | 7 | ↑19 | 41 |
| 21 | Paul | 7 | ↑1 | 14 |
| 22 | Roy | 7 | ↓3 | 40 |
| 23 | Wayne | 7 | new | 49 |
| 24 | Albert | 6 | ↓4 | 31 |
| 25 | Harry | 6 | ↑12 | 37 |
| 26 | Norman | 6 | new | 38 |
| 27 | Ralph | 6 | new | 32 |
| 28 | Raymond | 6 | ↓5 | 17 |
| 29 | Ronald | 6 | ↓16 | 12 |
| 30 | Carl | 5 | new | 28 |
| 31 | Douglas | 5 | new | 75 |
| 32 | Fred | 5 | ↑2 | 34 |
| 33 | Gary | 5 | new | 44 |
| 34 | Harold | 5 | ↑2 | 20 |
| 35 | Joseph | 5 | ↓8 | 10 |
| 36 | Larry | 5 | ↓8 | 33 |
| 37 | Max | 5 | new | >100 |