Popular baby names in Nevada, 1940

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1940 were Patricia for girls (30 babies) and Robert for boys (49). Patricia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 1,155 babies born in Nevada in 1940 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1940

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

Girls

Bonnie: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Sharon: 30 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Judy: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sandra: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Linda: 17 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Gary: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Frank: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Michael: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1940

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1939	US rank
1	Patricia	30	↑2	3
2	Sharon	30	↑5	17
3	Barbara	22	↓1	2
4	Mary	22	↓3	1
5	Sandra	22	↑1	10
6	Betty	20	↓1	5
7	Bonnie	17	↑11	39
8	Carol	17	↓4	6
9	Linda	17	↑1	8
10	Judy	16	↑3	16
11	Diane	14	↑17	45
12	Beverly	13	new	27
13	Judith	13	↓4	4
14	Joan	12	↓6	14
15	Joyce	12	↓3	13
16	Nancy	12	↓5	7
17	Charlotte	11	new	55
18	Donna	11	↑2	23
19	Virginia	11	↓2	21
20	Ann	10	↑16	35
21	Carolyn	9	↓2	15
22	Darlene	9	new	79
23	Gloria	9	↑21	30
24	Janice	9	–	22
25	Joanne	9	–	54
26	Karen	9	↓12	34
27	Susan	9	↑22	36
28	Peggy	8	new	37
29	Anita	7	↑6	87
30	Gail	7	↑12	65
31	Lois	7	new	38
32	Marilyn	7	↓17	25
33	Norma	7	↓2	43
34	Alice	6	new	32
35	Diana	6	new	>100
36	Frances	6	↑5	28
37	Irene	6	↑8	73
38	Janet	6	↑8	19
39	Kathryn	6	new	>100
40	Margaret	6	↓18	11
41	Rose	6	↓8	44
42	Dorothy	5	↓19	12
43	Geraldine	5	–	46
44	Helen	5	↓15	18
45	Julia	5	new	91
46	Kay	5	↑2	77
47	Martha	5	new	26
48	Maxine	5	new	>100
49	Phyllis	5	↓17	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1939	US rank
1	Robert	49	↑3	2
2	James	45	–	1
3	John	40	↓2	3
4	William	31	↑1	4
5	Richard	30	↓2	5
6	David	28	–	7
7	Gary	24	↑4	19
8	Donald	21	↑12	9
9	Frank	16	↑16	20
10	Larry	16	–	13
11	Michael	16	↑2	18
12	Ronald	16	↓5	10
13	Kenneth	15	↑6	15
14	Charles	14	↓6	6
15	George	14	↓6	11
16	Gerald	13	↑14	21
17	Thomas	12	↓1	8
18	Carl	10	new	32
19	Douglas	9	new	56
20	Jerry	9	↓3	14
21	Jim	9	–	78
22	Roy	9	↑23	42
23	Dennis	8	↑5	24
24	Don	8	new	62
25	Eugene	8	new	38
26	Fred	8	↓11	40
27	Harold	8	↑5	23
28	Jack	8	↓16	29
29	Norman	8	↑4	48
30	Jimmy	7	new	44
31	Joseph	7	↓9	12
32	Melvin	7	new	53
33	Roger	7	↑2	26
34	Albert	6	new	41
35	Edward	6	↓21	16
36	Howard	6	new	45
37	Patrick	6	new	74
38	Bill	5	↓15	67
39	Dale	5	new	57
40	Dean	5	new	>100
41	Floyd	5	new	>100
42	Franklin	5	new	87
43	Glen	5	new	>100
44	Gordon	5	↓13	91
45	Harry	5	new	47
46	Leonard	5	new	54
47	Leslie	5	new	>100
48	Paul	5	↓22	17
49	Terry	5	new	73
50	Tom	5	new	92

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