Popular baby names in Nevada, 1937

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1937 were Mary for girls (35 babies) and Robert for boys (40). Social Security records list 890 babies born in Nevada in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1937

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

Girls

Nancy: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Carol: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Patricia: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Gary: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jack: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Larry: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Richard: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 42 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	35	–	1
2	Barbara	24	–	2
3	Patricia	22	–	3
4	Nancy	16	↑17	7
5	Carol	15	↓1	6
6	Donna	14	↑2	21
7	Karen	14	new	>100
8	Margaret	12	↑1	10
9	Helen	10	new	12
10	Shirley	10	↓5	4
11	Betty	9	↓5	5
12	Darlene	9	↑2	72
13	Jean	9	↓1	23
14	Sharon	9	new	41
15	Janet	8	new	18
16	Joan	8	↑3	9
17	Joyce	8	↓6	11
18	Marilyn	8	↓11	13
19	Dorothy	7	↓9	8
20	Geraldine	7	new	44
21	Gloria	7	new	32
22	Janice	7	↓4	25
23	Rose	7	new	38
24	Sandra	7	–	26
25	Virginia	7	new	16
26	Arlene	6	new	60
27	Carolyn	6	↓14	20
28	Dolores	6	new	37
29	Doris	6	new	22
30	Frances	6	new	19
31	Joann	6	new	58
32	Joanne	6	new	51
33	Margie	6	new	>100
34	Marlene	6	new	40
35	Sylvia	6	new	50
36	Ann	5	new	30
37	Beverly	5	new	14
38	Deanna	5	new	>100
39	Jacqueline	5	↓22	70
40	June	5	new	71
41	Roberta	5	new	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	40	–	1
2	Richard	39	↑2	5
3	John	33	↓1	3
4	James	29	↓1	2
5	William	28	–	4
6	Jack	17	↑11	23
7	Ronald	17	↑6	11
8	Charles	16	–	6
9	Gary	16	↑9	29
10	Larry	16	↑14	16
11	David	14	↓4	8
12	Kenneth	13	↑11	14
13	Donald	12	↓7	7
14	Edward	12	new	13
15	George	12	↓6	10
16	Thomas	12	↓2	9
17	Don	11	↓5	51
18	Paul	11	↑7	15
19	Joseph	10	new	12
20	Bill	9	↑8	64
21	Frank	9	↓11	18
22	Lawrence	9	new	38
23	Gordon	8	↓1	75
24	Jerry	8	new	17
25	Joe	8	↑5	25
26	Michael	8	new	27
27	Roy	8	↑5	40
28	Wayne	8	↑5	44
29	Floyd	7	new	80
30	Roger	7	new	36
31	Eugene	6	new	33
32	Gerald	6	↓13	20
33	Marvin	6	new	49
34	Tom	6	new	>100
35	Dan	5	new	>100
36	Fred	5	↓25	35
37	Harvey	5	new	95
38	Howard	5	new	42
39	Lloyd	5	new	91
40	Patrick	5	new	94
41	Ralph	5	↓21	34
42	Ray	5	new	71

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