Popular baby names in Nevada, 1941

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1941 were Linda for girls (29 babies) and Robert for boys (54). Linda ranked #5 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 1,190 babies born in Nevada in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1941

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: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Donna: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Linda: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Carolyn: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Judy: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Gary: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dennis: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Michael: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate
David: 35 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Linda	29	↑8	5
2	Patricia	28	↓1	3
3	Sharon	25	↓1	15
4	Mary	23	–	1
5	Barbara	21	↓2	2
6	Carol	19	↑2	4
7	Carolyn	18	↑14	11
8	Donna	17	↑10	20
9	Judy	15	↑1	16
10	Margaret	13	↑30	12
11	Nancy	13	↑5	8
12	Sandra	13	↓7	9
13	Karen	12	↑13	19
14	Judith	11	↓1	6
15	Beverly	10	↓3	29
16	Janet	10	↑22	18
17	Jean	10	new	32
18	Marilyn	10	↑14	30
19	Shirley	10	new	10
20	Gloria	9	↑3	26
21	Janice	9	↑3	22
22	Kathleen	9	new	36
23	Susan	9	↑4	27
24	Betty	8	↓18	7
25	Connie	8	new	79
26	Kathryn	8	↑13	87
27	Rose	8	↑14	49
28	Ann	7	↓8	37
29	Bonnie	7	↓22	33
30	Dorothy	7	↑12	14
31	Joan	7	↓17	17
32	Virginia	7	↓13	23
33	Doris	6	new	38
34	Geraldine	6	↑9	45
35	Joann	6	new	58
36	Joyce	6	↓21	13
37	Marie	6	new	42
38	Marjorie	6	new	71
39	Norma	6	↓6	47
40	Patsy	6	new	52
41	Carole	5	new	48
42	Charlotte	5	↓25	55
43	Darlene	5	↓21	76
44	Gail	5	↓14	68
45	Helen	5	↓1	24
46	Jeanette	5	new	98
47	Kay	5	↓1	70
48	Rosalie	5	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Robert	54	–	2
2	John	46	↑1	3
3	James	42	↓1	1
4	William	38	–	4
5	David	35	↑1	7
6	Richard	34	↓1	5
7	Gary	29	–	19
8	Larry	21	↑2	11
9	Ronald	20	↑3	9
10	Michael	19	↑1	16
11	Dennis	16	↑12	23
12	Kenneth	16	↑1	15
13	Charles	14	↑1	6
14	Donald	14	↓6	10
15	Bill	13	↑23	68
16	Gerald	13	–	20
17	Paul	12	↑31	18
18	Frank	11	↓9	21
19	George	11	↓4	13
20	Jim	11	↑1	80
21	Thomas	11	↓4	8
22	Daniel	10	new	31
23	Joseph	10	↑8	12
24	Roger	10	↑9	25
25	Douglas	9	↓6	53
26	Edward	9	↑9	17
27	Eugene	9	↓2	42
28	Jack	9	–	32
29	Roy	9	↓7	39
30	Lawrence	8	new	34
31	Jerry	7	↓11	14
32	Norman	7	↓3	49
33	Terry	7	↑16	64
34	Arthur	6	new	33
35	Brent	6	new	>100
36	Carl	6	↓18	29
37	Joe	6	new	30
38	Leroy	6	new	67
39	Rodney	6	new	>100
40	Russell	6	new	75
41	Walter	6	new	26
42	Bob	5	new	>100
43	Duane	5	new	>100
44	Edwin	5	new	97
45	Fred	5	↓19	43
46	Gene	5	new	72
47	Gordon	5	↓3	92
48	Harold	5	↓21	24
49	Harry	5	↓4	48
50	Jon	5	new	>100

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