Popular baby names in Nevada, 1945

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1945 were Mary for girls (54 babies) and Robert for boys (85). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 2,028 babies born in Nevada in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1945

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

Girls

Pamela: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Virginia: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Cheryl: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sharon: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Judy: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Sandra: 36 babies, 2× the national rate
Kathleen: 20 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Mike: 21 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Bill: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dennis: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Michael: 51 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	54	↑2	1
2	Linda	47	↓1	2
3	Patricia	47	↑1	4
4	Barbara	41	↓2	3
5	Carol	38	↑2	5
6	Sharon	38	–	8
7	Sandra	36	↑4	6
8	Judy	26	–	13
9	Susan	26	↑3	10
10	Judith	25	↑3	9
11	Nancy	22	↓2	7
12	Kathleen	20	↑5	19
13	Virginia	20	new	28
14	Donna	18	↓4	17
15	Shirley	18	↓1	14
16	Cheryl	17	↑3	32
17	Karen	17	↓12	16
18	Margaret	16	↑9	15
19	Pamela	15	↓1	42
20	Carolyn	14	↓4	12
21	Gloria	14	↑18	23
22	Janice	14	↓2	24
23	Janet	13	↑8	20
24	Kathryn	12	new	65
25	Diane	11	–	22
26	Vicki	11	new	>100
27	Kathy	10	new	>100
28	Marilyn	10	–	27
29	Alice	9	↑16	41
30	Charlotte	9	↓1	55
31	Elizabeth	9	↑15	26
32	Helen	9	new	31
33	Jean	9	↑7	38
34	Joan	9	↓10	25
35	Joyce	9	↑7	18
36	Peggy	9	↓2	45
37	Beverly	8	↓15	37
38	Bonnie	8	↓23	35
39	Brenda	8	new	29
40	Connie	8	new	47
41	Dorothy	8	↓5	21
42	Jane	8	new	36
43	Jo	8	↓10	60
44	Marie	8	new	49
45	Betty	7	↓24	11
46	Darlene	7	↓23	71
47	Laura	7	new	77
48	Roberta	7	↓4	75
49	Sally	7	new	64
50	Sue	7	↓15	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Robert	85	–	2
2	James	83	↑1	1
3	John	65	↓1	3
4	Richard	54	–	5
5	Michael	51	↑5	9
6	David	49	↓1	6
7	William	47	–	4
8	Dennis	30	↑8	19
9	Ronald	29	–	10
10	Gary	28	↓4	13
11	Thomas	26	↓3	8
12	Donald	24	↑1	12
13	Kenneth	23	↑4	16
14	George	22	↑1	15
15	Larry	21	↓3	11
16	Mike	21	↑7	69
17	Charles	20	↓6	7
18	Bill	16	↑2	66
19	Edward	15	↑2	18
20	Frank	13	↓6	21
21	Jerry	13	↑11	20
22	Paul	13	↓3	17
23	Don	12	↑8	73
24	Ralph	12	new	44
25	Roger	12	new	22
26	Joe	10	↑8	36
27	Joseph	10	↓9	14
28	Roy	10	new	40
29	Wayne	10	↑8	35
30	Bruce	9	–	48
31	Jack	9	↓5	32
32	Stephen	9	↓8	26
33	Steven	9	↑13	43
34	Terry	9	new	33
35	Bob	8	↓6	>100
36	Jim	8	↓14	68
37	Norman	8	new	65
38	Russell	8	new	64
39	Alan	7	new	52
40	Danny	7	new	56
41	Douglas	7	↓13	29
42	Lawrence	7	↑8	30
43	Mark	7	new	72
44	Marvin	7	new	80
45	Samuel	7	new	62
46	Tom	7	new	89
47	Carl	6	new	39
48	Daniel	6	↓23	24
49	Dean	6	new	>100
50	Floyd	6	new	>100

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