Popular baby names in Nevada, 1949

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1949 were Linda for girls (102 babies) and Robert for boys (88). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 2,494 babies born in Nevada in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1949

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

Girls

Kathy: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bonnie: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Karen: 30 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Bruce: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Steven: 36 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Wayne: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Gary: 45 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	102	–	1
2	Mary	57	↑1	2
3	Patricia	56	↓1	3
4	Susan	49	↑1	5
5	Sandra	33	↓1	6
6	Kathleen	31	–	9
7	Karen	30	–	11
8	Sharon	28	↑1	10
9	Barbara	23	↑2	4
10	Nancy	23	↑2	7
11	Margaret	19	↑6	14
12	Carol	18	↓4	8
13	Donna	17	↓3	12
14	Bonnie	15	↑18	35
15	Cheryl	15	↑14	28
16	Kathy	15	↑7	42
17	Pamela	15	↓4	21
18	Catherine	14	↑30	37
19	Judy	14	↑1	20
20	Beverly	13	new	31
21	Christine	13	↑28	30
22	Kathryn	13	↑8	52
23	Shirley	13	new	18
24	Vicki	13	↓10	70
25	Elizabeth	12	new	25
26	Betty	11	↑5	22
27	Carolyn	11	–	17
28	Charlotte	11	–	71
29	Diane	11	↓10	19
30	Jacqueline	11	new	58
31	Janice	11	↓16	24
32	Judith	11	↓16	16
33	Phyllis	11	↑11	50
34	Teresa	11	new	82
35	Terry	11	new	>100
36	Darlene	10	new	75
37	Janet	10	↓15	23
38	Joan	10	new	36
39	Rebecca	10	new	40
40	Sherry	10	new	68
41	Brenda	9	new	13
42	Cynthia	9	↓21	27
43	Deborah	9	↑7	15
44	Diana	9	↓26	48
45	Dorothy	9	new	32
46	Helen	9	↓10	46
47	Jean	9	new	45
48	Joyce	9	new	26
49	Katherine	9	↓12	59
50	Leslie	9	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Robert	88	–	2
2	James	82	↑1	1
3	John	81	↓1	3
4	Michael	77	↑1	5
5	David	62	↑2	6
6	Richard	57	↓2	7
7	William	55	↓1	4
8	Gary	45	↑2	12
9	Ronald	38	–	11
10	Steven	36	↑9	20
11	Thomas	34	–	8
12	Charles	27	↓4	9
13	Kenneth	27	↑3	15
14	Bruce	26	↑7	26
15	Dennis	26	↓1	16
16	George	22	↑1	18
17	Larry	21	↓4	10
18	Joseph	20	↑8	14
19	Donald	18	↓7	13
20	Daniel	16	↓5	22
21	Stephen	16	↑3	19
22	Wayne	16	new	35
23	Gerald	15	↑14	33
24	Mark	14	↑16	24
25	Paul	14	↓7	17
26	Roger	14	↑10	25
27	Douglas	13	↑5	29
28	Edward	13	↑1	21
29	Patrick	13	↓6	39
30	Frank	12	–	27
31	Roy	12	↑12	51
32	Barry	11	new	73
33	Jerry	11	↓8	23
34	Raymond	11	↓14	30
35	Timothy	11	new	34
36	Terry	10	↓14	28
37	Albert	9	new	56
38	Dale	9	↑10	54
39	Gregory	9	↓1	31
40	Jack	9	new	47
41	Ralph	9	new	50
42	Scott	9	new	99
43	Stanley	9	new	60
44	Allen	8	new	71
45	Danny	8	new	40
46	Eugene	8	new	58
47	Louis	8	new	64
48	Alan	7	↓14	45
49	Carl	7	new	43
50	Curtis	7	new	97

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