Popular baby names in Nevada, 1938

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1938 were Barbara for girls (26 babies) and John for boys (51). Barbara ranked #2 nationally for girls. John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 983 babies born in Nevada in 1938 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1938

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

Girls

Sharon: 20 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Nancy: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Gary: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jack: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
George: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 49 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1938

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Barbara	26	↑1	2
2	Sharon	20	↑12	30
3	Betty	17	↑8	4
4	Patricia	16	↓1	3
5	Nancy	15	↓1	7
6	Shirley	15	↑4	5
7	Mary	14	↓6	1
8	Carol	13	↓3	6
9	Marilyn	13	↑9	19
10	Sandra	13	↑14	14
11	Joan	12	↑5	10
12	Margaret	11	↓4	9
13	Bonnie	10	new	65
14	Donna	10	↓8	20
15	Ruth	10	new	21
16	Carolyn	9	↑11	15
17	Jean	9	↓4	27
18	Judith	9	new	12
19	Lois	9	new	33
20	Ann	8	↑16	32
21	Joyce	8	↓4	11
22	Karen	8	↓15	50
23	Loretta	8	new	62
24	Deanna	7	↑14	>100
25	Judy	7	new	41
26	Beverly	6	↑11	18
27	Catherine	6	new	48
28	Elizabeth	6	new	17
29	Frances	6	↑1	23
30	Janet	6	↓15	16
31	Linda	6	new	31
32	Lucille	6	new	>100
33	Patsy	6	new	55
34	Virginia	6	↓9	22
35	Darlene	5	↓23	76
36	Diane	5	new	64
37	Dolores	5	↓9	43
38	Doris	5	↓9	25
39	Evelyn	5	new	38
40	Jacqueline	5	↓1	69
41	Jeanette	5	new	91
42	Joanne	5	↓10	57
43	Juanita	5	new	80
44	Laura	5	new	>100
45	Roberta	5	↓4	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	John	51	↑2	3
2	Robert	44	↓1	1
3	William	37	↑2	4
4	James	31	–	2
5	Richard	29	↓3	5
6	David	23	↑5	8
7	George	22	↑8	11
8	Thomas	20	↑8	9
9	Gary	18	–	22
10	Jack	15	↓4	25
11	Charles	14	↓3	6
12	Ronald	14	↓5	10
13	Donald	12	–	7
14	Michael	12	↑12	21
15	Jerry	11	↑9	17
16	Edward	10	↓2	13
17	Kenneth	10	↓5	14
18	Douglas	9	new	60
19	Frank	9	↑2	18
20	Harold	9	new	23
21	Paul	9	↓3	15
22	Fred	8	↑14	38
23	Larry	8	↓13	16
24	Roger	8	↑6	31
25	Tom	8	↑9	>100
26	Dennis	7	new	49
27	Louis	7	new	47
28	Roy	7	↓1	41
29	Stanley	7	new	59
30	Ted	7	new	>100
31	Joseph	6	↓12	12
32	Ralph	6	↑9	35
33	Ray	6	↑9	72
34	Raymond	6	new	20
35	Terry	6	new	86
36	Wayne	6	↓8	40
37	Bill	5	↓17	67
38	Billy	5	new	24
39	Carl	5	new	29
40	Don	5	↓23	52
41	Gerald	5	↓9	19
42	Gordon	5	↓19	78
43	Harry	5	new	44
44	Joe	5	↓19	28
45	Lee	5	new	80
46	Leroy	5	new	61
47	Norman	5	new	43
48	Peter	5	new	48
49	Tommy	5	new	77

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