Popular baby names in Nevada, 1948

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1948 were Linda for girls (110 babies) and Robert for boys (88). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 2,436 babies born in Nevada in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1948

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

Girls

Vicki: 19 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Diana: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Kathleen: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Karen: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Pamela: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sandra: 42 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Tom: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Patrick: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Peter: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Raymond: 18 babies, 2× the national rate
Bruce: 17 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	110	–	1
2	Patricia	54	↑2	4
3	Mary	48	↓1	2
4	Sandra	42	↑2	6
5	Susan	40	↓2	5
6	Kathleen	38	↑3	10
7	Karen	34	↑10	12
8	Carol	30	–	8
9	Sharon	25	↓2	9
10	Donna	24	↑5	11
11	Barbara	23	↓6	3
12	Nancy	23	↑2	7
13	Pamela	22	↑18	22
14	Vicki	19	↑35	81
15	Janice	16	↓4	23
16	Judith	16	–	15
17	Margaret	16	↑2	13
18	Diana	15	↑25	48
19	Diane	14	↑3	19
20	Judy	14	↓10	16
21	Cynthia	12	–	27
22	Janet	12	↑1	24
23	Kathy	12	↑9	55
24	Marsha	12	new	76
25	Paula	12	new	52
26	Virginia	12	new	36
27	Carolyn	11	↓7	14
28	Charlotte	11	new	69
29	Cheryl	11	↓11	25
30	Kathryn	11	↑15	54
31	Betty	10	↓19	18
32	Bonnie	10	↓7	34
33	Peggy	10	new	38
34	Sheila	10	new	71
35	Connie	9	new	43
36	Helen	9	↑1	40
37	Katherine	9	↓7	68
38	Lynda	9	new	84
39	Marilyn	9	↓26	33
40	Michele	9	new	>100
41	Ruth	9	new	45
42	Andrea	8	new	>100
43	Martha	8	↑3	32
44	Phyllis	8	new	46
45	Sue	8	↑2	78
46	Yvonne	8	new	>100
47	Carla	7	new	>100
48	Catherine	7	new	41
49	Christine	7	↓14	35
50	Deborah	7	new	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Robert	88	–	2
2	John	87	–	3
3	James	78	↑1	1
4	Richard	57	↑1	7
5	Michael	55	↓2	6
6	William	50	–	4
7	David	47	–	5
8	Charles	35	↑1	9
9	Ronald	35	↑1	10
10	Gary	29	↓2	12
11	Thomas	29	↑5	8
12	Donald	28	–	14
13	Larry	28	↑6	11
14	Dennis	27	–	17
15	Daniel	23	↑18	22
16	Kenneth	22	↓1	15
17	George	21	↓4	16
18	Paul	21	↓7	18
19	Steven	20	↑22	23
20	Raymond	18	↑24	27
21	Bruce	17	↓1	28
22	Terry	17	↑7	26
23	Patrick	16	↑5	48
24	Stephen	16	new	20
25	Jerry	15	↓7	21
26	Joseph	15	↓4	13
27	Peter	15	↑12	37
28	Tom	15	↑8	94
29	Edward	14	↓5	19
30	Frank	14	↑18	25
31	Craig	13	↑1	82
32	Douglas	13	↓2	33
33	Mike	13	↓16	68
34	Alan	12	↑11	46
35	Harry	12	new	57
36	Roger	11	new	24
37	Gerald	10	new	30
38	Gregory	10	↓12	32
39	Lawrence	10	new	31
40	Mark	10	new	29
41	Samuel	10	new	70
42	Joe	9	new	47
43	Roy	9	new	49
44	Walter	9	new	35
45	Brian	8	new	95
46	Jimmy	8	new	50
47	Arthur	7	↓9	44
48	Dale	7	new	56
49	Guy	7	new	>100
50	Howard	7	new	63

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