Popular baby names in Nevada, 1946

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1946 were Mary for girls (45 babies) and Robert for boys (89). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 2,089 babies born in Nevada in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1946

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: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bonnie: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Karen: 36 babies, 3× the national rate
Cheryl: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Judy: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sandra: 42 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Shirley: 22 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Mike: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	45	–	1
2	Barbara	42	↑2	4
3	Sandra	42	↑4	6
4	Linda	39	↓2	2
5	Karen	36	↑12	15
6	Carol	35	↓1	5
7	Sharon	33	↓1	9
8	Judy	28	–	11
9	Patricia	28	↓6	3
10	Susan	25	↓1	8
11	Shirley	22	↑4	18
12	Pamela	21	↑7	34
13	Bonnie	20	↑25	33
14	Nancy	20	↓3	7
15	Judith	19	↓5	10
16	Cheryl	18	–	27
17	Donna	18	↓3	13
18	Kathleen	15	↓6	16
19	Carolyn	14	↑1	12
20	Gloria	13	↑1	26
21	Margaret	13	↓3	17
22	Ann	12	new	40
23	Diane	12	↑2	19
24	Frances	12	new	39
25	Beverly	11	↑12	30
26	Dorothy	11	↑15	23
27	Elizabeth	11	↑4	25
28	Janice	11	↓6	22
29	Betty	10	↑16	14
30	Kathy	10	↓3	79
31	Darlene	9	↑15	71
32	Janet	9	↓9	21
33	Joyce	9	↑2	20
34	Ruth	8	new	38
35	Charlene	7	new	>100
36	Charlotte	7	↓6	64
37	Connie	7	↑3	45
38	Diana	7	new	42
39	Doris	7	new	51
40	Helen	7	↓8	36
41	Jo	7	↑2	53
42	Juanita	7	new	>100
43	Lynn	7	new	94
44	Marilyn	7	↓16	29
45	Marlene	7	new	>100
46	Paula	7	new	69
47	Suzanne	7	new	52
48	Vicki	7	↓22	>100
49	Alice	6	↓20	44
50	Christine	6	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Robert	89	–	2
2	John	73	↑1	3
3	James	72	↓1	1
4	Richard	68	–	5
5	William	62	↑2	4
6	Michael	43	↓1	7
7	Charles	38	↑10	9
8	David	36	↓2	6
9	Gary	34	↑1	12
10	Thomas	27	↑1	8
11	Dennis	25	↓3	17
12	Donald	23	–	13
13	George	23	↑1	16
14	Kenneth	22	↓1	15
15	Mike	21	↑1	64
16	Larry	20	↓1	11
17	Paul	20	↑5	18
18	Edward	17	↑1	19
19	Ronald	17	↓10	10
20	Steven	14	↑13	28
21	Bruce	13	↑9	32
22	Jim	13	↑14	73
23	Bill	12	↓5	72
24	Jack	12	↑7	35
25	Joseph	12	↑2	14
26	Arthur	11	new	36
27	Ernest	11	new	71
28	Joe	11	↓2	37
29	Raymond	11	new	25
30	Terry	11	↑4	26
31	Fred	10	new	51
32	Ray	10	new	95
33	Stephen	10	↓1	24
34	Daniel	9	↑14	21
35	Jerry	9	↓14	20
36	Steve	9	new	69
37	Alan	8	↑2	49
38	Albert	8	new	52
39	Eugene	8	new	57
40	Frank	8	↓20	22
41	Harry	8	new	50
42	Russell	8	↓4	66
43	Don	7	↓20	79
44	Douglas	7	↓3	34
45	Gerald	7	new	27
46	Howard	7	new	55
47	Lawrence	7	↓5	31
48	Lloyd	7	new	>100
49	Mark	7	↓6	58
50	Patrick	7	new	59

← Nevada 1945 Nevada: all years · US 1946 Nevada 1947 →