Popular baby names in Nevada, 1936

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1936 were Mary for girls (31 babies) and Robert for boys (37). Social Security records list 614 babies born in Nevada in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1936

Names given at least 15 times in Nevada that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Patricia: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Barbara: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mary: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

David: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
George: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Richard: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Donald: 21 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 33 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	31	–	1
2	Barbara	24	↑2	3
3	Patricia	19	↓1	5
4	Carol	14	↑6	10
5	Shirley	14	↓2	2
6	Betty	13	–	4
7	Marilyn	11	↑15	13
8	Donna	10	↑4	22
9	Margaret	10	↑5	9
10	Dorothy	8	↓5	6
11	Joyce	8	↑8	12
12	Jean	7	new	20
13	Carolyn	6	↓2	23
14	Darlene	6	new	83
15	Evelyn	6	↓2	34
16	Irene	6	new	57
17	Jacqueline	6	new	66
18	Janice	5	new	31
19	Joan	5	↓10	7
20	Lois	5	↑1	26
21	Nancy	5	↑2	8
22	Norma	5	↓7	29
23	Ruth	5	new	16
24	Sandra	5	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Robert	37	–	1
2	John	31	↑3	3
3	James	26	↓1	2
4	Richard	26	↑2	5
5	William	23	↑3	4
6	Donald	21	↓3	7
7	David	17	↑4	10
8	Charles	15	↓4	6
9	George	15	–	9
10	Frank	12	↑5	16
11	Fred	12	↑21	36
12	Don	10	↑2	51
13	Ronald	10	↑16	12
14	Thomas	9	↑3	8
15	Arthur	8	new	30
16	Harold	8	↑18	21
17	Jack	8	↓10	20
18	Gary	7	↑15	38
19	Gerald	7	new	19
20	Ralph	7	↑7	31
21	Dennis	6	new	74
22	Gordon	6	new	75
23	Kenneth	6	↓4	14
24	Larry	6	↑12	25
25	Paul	6	↓4	15
26	Walter	6	new	26
27	Albert	5	↓3	34
28	Bill	5	↓16	61
29	Ernest	5	new	55
30	Joe	5	new	23
31	Peter	5	new	56
32	Roy	5	↓10	42
33	Wayne	5	↓10	45

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