Popular baby names in Nevada, 1942

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1942 were Mary for girls (48 babies) and Robert for boys (59). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 1,585 babies born in Nevada in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1942

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

Girls

Judy: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Donna: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sharon: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Janet: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Karen: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Joan: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Jack: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	48	↑3	1
2	Judy	34	↑7	15
3	Patricia	33	↓1	3
4	Linda	30	↓3	4
5	Barbara	28	–	2
6	Carol	27	–	5
7	Sharon	27	↓4	11
8	Sandra	20	↑4	6
9	Donna	19	↓1	20
10	Karen	19	↑3	16
11	Janet	17	↑5	19
12	Joan	17	↑19	18
13	Shirley	17	↑6	12
14	Nancy	16	↓3	8
15	Betty	15	↑9	9
16	Bonnie	13	↑13	34
17	Frances	13	new	30
18	Judith	13	↓4	7
19	Carolyn	12	↓12	10
20	Margaret	12	↓10	14
21	Alice	10	new	39
22	Ann	10	↑6	38
23	Beverly	10	↓8	32
24	Dorothy	10	↑6	17
25	Susan	10	↓2	21
26	Connie	9	↓1	70
27	Diane	9	new	28
28	Kathleen	9	↓6	24
29	Kay	8	↑18	75
30	Diana	7	new	68
31	Elizabeth	7	new	22
32	Helen	7	↑13	26
33	Jean	7	↓16	36
34	Jo	7	new	65
35	Joyce	7	↑1	13
36	Lynn	7	new	>100
37	Marilyn	7	↓19	27
38	Marjorie	7	–	74
39	Pat	7	new	>100
40	Virginia	7	↓8	23
41	Carole	6	–	35
42	Elaine	6	new	45
43	Gail	6	↑1	60
44	Gloria	6	↓24	31
45	Janice	6	↓24	25
46	Joann	6	↓11	58
47	Juanita	6	new	90
48	Laura	6	new	>100
49	Lois	6	new	44
50	Martha	6	new	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Robert	59	–	2
2	John	56	–	3
3	James	47	–	1
4	Richard	46	↑2	5
5	David	43	–	6
6	William	32	↓2	4
7	Ronald	25	↑2	9
8	Michael	23	↑2	13
9	Charles	20	↑4	7
10	Larry	20	↓2	12
11	Donald	19	↑3	10
12	Gary	18	↓5	18
13	Thomas	17	↑8	8
14	Dennis	15	↓3	20
15	Edward	15	↑11	17
16	George	15	↑3	14
17	Jack	15	↑11	34
18	Jerry	15	↑13	16
19	Carl	13	↑17	36
20	Frank	13	↓2	21
21	Bill	11	↓6	65
22	Don	11	new	72
23	Douglas	11	↑2	23
24	Mike	11	new	>100
25	Paul	11	↓8	19
26	Raymond	11	new	24
27	Jim	10	↓7	74
28	Kenneth	10	↓16	15
29	Marvin	10	new	66
30	Tom	10	new	89
31	Harold	9	↑17	27
32	Joseph	9	↓9	11
33	Melvin	9	new	60
34	Roger	9	↓10	25
35	Bruce	8	new	50
36	Ernest	8	new	61
37	Howard	8	new	49
38	Jay	8	new	>100
39	Joe	8	↓2	33
40	Lawrence	8	↓10	30
41	Dale	7	new	63
42	Daniel	7	↓20	28
43	Fred	7	↑2	46
44	Peter	7	new	39
45	Roy	7	↓16	42
46	Ted	7	new	>100
47	Terry	7	↓14	52
48	Albert	6	new	40
49	Gerald	6	↓33	22
50	Leroy	6	↓12	69

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