Popular baby names in Nevada, 1939

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1939 were Mary for girls (30 babies) and John for boys (46). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 1,032 babies born in Nevada in 1939 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1939

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: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Sandra: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Carol: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Richard: 43 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ronald: 22 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1939

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Mary	30	↑6	1
2	Barbara	29	↓1	2
3	Patricia	22	↑1	3
4	Carol	20	↑4	6
5	Betty	16	↓2	4
6	Sandra	16	↑4	13
7	Sharon	15	↓5	23
8	Joan	13	↑3	11
9	Judith	13	↑9	8
10	Linda	13	↑21	15
11	Nancy	12	↓6	7
12	Joyce	11	↑9	12
13	Judy	10	↑12	28
14	Karen	10	↑8	39
15	Marilyn	10	↓6	19
16	Shirley	10	↓10	5
17	Virginia	10	↑17	21
18	Bonnie	8	↓5	61
19	Carolyn	8	↓3	14
20	Donna	8	↓6	20
21	Jean	8	↓4	32
22	Margaret	8	↓10	10
23	Dorothy	7	new	9
24	Janice	7	new	24
25	Joanne	7	↑17	53
26	Sally	7	new	52
27	Vivian	7	new	>100
28	Diane	6	↑8	51
29	Helen	6	new	16
30	Marie	6	new	37
31	Norma	6	new	38
32	Phyllis	6	new	30
33	Rose	6	new	42
34	Sylvia	6	new	62
35	Anita	5	new	97
36	Ann	5	↓16	33
37	Deanna	5	↓13	>100
38	Elaine	5	new	45
39	Elizabeth	5	↓11	18
40	Ellen	5	new	80
41	Frances	5	↓12	26
42	Gail	5	new	73
43	Geraldine	5	new	41
44	Gloria	5	new	36
45	Irene	5	new	74
46	Janet	5	↓16	17
47	Joann	5	new	57
48	Kay	5	new	76
49	Susan	5	new	44
50	Theresa	5	new	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	John	46	–	3
2	James	43	↑2	2
3	Richard	43	↑2	5
4	Robert	35	↓2	1
5	William	30	↓2	4
6	David	23	–	7
7	Ronald	22	↑5	10
8	Charles	20	↑3	6
9	George	17	↓2	11
10	Larry	15	↑13	14
11	Gary	14	↓2	21
12	Jack	14	↓2	26
13	Michael	13	↑1	18
14	Edward	12	↑2	15
15	Fred	12	↑7	40
16	Thomas	12	↓8	9
17	Jerry	11	↓2	16
18	Wayne	11	↑18	39
19	Kenneth	10	↓2	13
20	Donald	9	↓7	8
21	Jim	9	new	75
22	Joseph	9	↑9	12
23	Bill	8	↑14	67
24	Daniel	7	new	38
25	Frank	7	↓6	20
26	Paul	7	↓5	17
27	Raymond	7	↑7	22
28	Dennis	6	↓2	34
29	Gene	6	new	69
30	Gerald	6	↑11	19
31	Gordon	6	↑11	82
32	Harold	6	↓12	23
33	Norman	6	↑14	44
34	Phillip	6	new	92
35	Roger	6	↓11	28
36	Walter	6	new	25
37	Bob	5	new	89
38	Earl	5	new	50
39	Eddie	5	new	81
40	Henry	5	new	31
41	Joe	5	↑3	27
42	Lawrence	5	new	36
43	Lee	5	↑2	78
44	Leroy	5	↑2	61
45	Roy	5	↓17	42
46	Stanley	5	↓17	57
47	Ted	5	↓17	>100

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