Popular baby names in Nevada, 1947

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1947 were Linda for girls (108 babies) and Robert for boys (106). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 2,863 babies born in Nevada in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1947

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

Girls

Marilyn: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Susan: 54 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Janice: 24 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Mike: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Bill: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Jim: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Danny: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Patrick: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Carl: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bruce: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Michael: 92 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	108	↑3	1
2	Mary	61	↓1	2
3	Susan	54	↑7	8
4	Patricia	51	↑5	3
5	Barbara	49	↓3	4
6	Sandra	41	↓3	5
7	Sharon	33	–	9
8	Carol	32	↓2	6
9	Kathleen	32	↑9	11
10	Judy	30	↓2	14
11	Janice	24	↑17	22
12	Betty	22	↑17	17
13	Marilyn	22	↑31	29
14	Nancy	22	–	7
15	Donna	20	↑2	10
16	Judith	20	↓1	12
17	Karen	19	↓12	13
18	Cheryl	18	↓2	24
19	Margaret	16	↑2	16
20	Carolyn	15	↓1	15
21	Cynthia	15	new	33
22	Diane	15	↑1	18
23	Janet	15	↑9	23
24	Beverly	13	↑1	31
25	Bonnie	13	↓12	35
26	Shirley	13	↓15	19
27	Toni	12	new	>100
28	Elizabeth	11	↓1	25
29	Frances	11	↓5	39
30	Katherine	11	new	76
31	Pamela	11	↓19	28
32	Kathy	10	↓2	64
33	Lynn	10	↑10	75
34	Charlene	9	↑1	>100
35	Christine	9	↑15	45
36	Gloria	9	↓16	27
37	Helen	9	↑3	38
38	Jacqueline	9	new	59
39	Joan	9	new	30
40	Joyce	9	↓7	20
41	Wanda	9	new	66
42	Ann	8	↓20	41
43	Diana	8	↓5	48
44	Dorothy	8	↓18	26
45	Kathryn	8	new	55
46	Martha	8	new	32
47	Sue	8	new	69
48	Sylvia	8	new	97
49	Vicki	8	↓1	>100
50	Victoria	8	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Robert	106	–	2
2	John	102	–	3
3	Michael	92	↑3	7
4	James	86	↓1	1
5	Richard	74	↓1	5
6	William	68	↓1	4
7	David	66	↑1	6
8	Gary	44	↑1	12
9	Charles	43	↓2	9
10	Ronald	39	↑9	11
11	Paul	35	↑6	18
12	Donald	33	–	13
13	George	31	–	16
14	Dennis	29	↓3	17
15	Kenneth	29	↓1	15
16	Thomas	29	↓6	8
17	Mike	26	↓2	65
18	Jerry	22	↑17	20
19	Larry	22	↓3	10
20	Bruce	20	↑1	29
21	Danny	20	new	39
22	Joseph	19	↑3	14
23	Carl	17	new	40
24	Edward	17	↓6	19
25	Bill	16	↓2	76
26	Gregory	16	new	33
27	Jim	16	↓5	77
28	Patrick	16	↑22	53
29	Terry	16	↑1	26
30	Douglas	15	↑14	31
31	Leonard	14	new	71
32	Craig	12	new	93
33	Daniel	12	↑1	22
34	Fred	12	↓3	56
35	Jack	12	↓11	37
36	Tom	12	new	87
37	Albert	11	↑1	55
38	Arthur	11	↓12	38
39	Peter	11	new	36
40	Ralph	11	new	50
41	Steven	11	↓21	24
42	Wayne	11	new	30
43	Harold	10	new	35
44	Raymond	10	↓15	27
45	Alan	9	↓8	45
46	Don	9	↓3	86
47	Andrew	8	new	82
48	Frank	8	↓8	23
49	Gordon	8	new	>100
50	Lee	8	new	92

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