Popular baby names in Nevada, 1943

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1943 were Sharon for girls (51 babies) and Robert for boys (70). Sharon ranked #8 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 1,876 babies born in Nevada in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1943

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: 51 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Karen: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Donna: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Susan: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Diane: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Elizabeth: 15 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Mike: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Jack: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Michael: 39 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Raymond: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Sharon	51	↑6	8
2	Mary	50	↓1	1
3	Linda	48	↑1	4
4	Barbara	39	↑1	2
5	Patricia	36	↓2	3
6	Karen	30	↑4	15
7	Judith	25	↑11	7
8	Donna	24	↑1	17
9	Susan	23	↑16	18
10	Carol	22	↓4	5
11	Sandra	20	↓3	6
12	Nancy	19	↑2	9
13	Margaret	18	↑7	14
14	Diane	17	↑13	24
15	Judy	16	↓13	13
16	Betty	15	↓1	10
17	Elizabeth	15	↑14	23
18	Carolyn	14	↑1	11
19	Dorothy	14	↑5	19
20	Shirley	14	↓7	12
21	Gloria	13	↑23	30
22	Marilyn	13	↑15	27
23	Beverly	11	–	32
24	Janice	11	↑21	26
25	Jean	11	↑8	36
26	Joan	11	↓14	21
27	Kathleen	11	↑1	22
28	Paula	11	new	93
29	Bonnie	10	↓13	34
30	Frances	10	↓13	31
31	Josephine	10	new	>100
32	Joyce	10	↑3	16
33	Virginia	10	↑7	25
34	Diana	9	↓4	62
35	Elaine	9	↑7	46
36	Jo	9	↓2	63
37	Sheila	8	new	92
38	Sue	8	new	72
39	Charlotte	7	new	47
40	Jane	7	new	44
41	Joann	7	↑5	60
42	Louise	7	new	70
43	Ramona	7	new	>100
44	Roberta	7	new	66
45	Ann	6	↓23	37
46	Charlene	6	new	>100
47	Dianna	6	new	>100
48	Gail	6	↓5	55
49	Janet	6	↓38	20
50	Julie	6	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Robert	70	–	2
2	James	69	↑1	1
3	John	67	↓1	3
4	William	51	↑2	4
5	Richard	49	↓1	5
6	David	44	↓1	6
7	Michael	39	↑1	10
8	Charles	30	↑1	7
9	Ronald	27	↓2	9
10	Gary	23	↑2	16
11	Thomas	21	↑2	8
12	George	20	↑4	14
13	Larry	20	↓3	12
14	Jack	19	↑3	34
15	Kenneth	19	↑13	15
16	Raymond	17	↑10	22
17	Frank	16	↑3	21
18	Donald	15	↓7	11
19	Mike	15	↑5	90
20	Jim	14	↑7	75
21	Edward	12	↓6	18
22	Fred	12	↑21	45
23	Roger	12	↑11	24
24	Stephen	12	new	29
25	Joe	11	↑14	35
26	Terry	11	↑21	49
27	Daniel	10	↑15	25
28	Lloyd	10	new	>100
29	Louis	10	new	53
30	Ralph	10	new	40
31	Bruce	9	↑4	51
32	Don	9	↓10	72
33	Paul	9	↓8	19
34	Stanley	9	new	54
35	Arthur	8	new	30
36	Bill	8	↓15	65
37	Dennis	8	↓23	20
38	Douglas	8	↓15	28
39	Gerald	8	↑10	23
40	Jerry	8	↓22	17
41	Norman	8	new	56
42	Walter	8	new	26
43	Wayne	8	new	41
44	Carl	7	↓25	33
45	Gordon	7	new	98
46	Henry	7	new	31
47	Peter	7	↓3	39
48	Ronnie	7	new	71
49	Roy	7	↓4	38
50	Billy	6	new	37

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