Popular baby names in Nevada, 1950

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1950 were Linda for girls (83 babies) and John for boys (101). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 2,493 babies born in Nevada in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1950

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: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Marilyn: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Karen: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Pamela: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Patrick: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jeffrey: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lawrence: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bruce: 20 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	83	–	1
2	Mary	49	–	2
3	Patricia	44	–	3
4	Susan	41	–	5
5	Karen	37	↑2	12
6	Barbara	33	↑3	4
7	Kathleen	30	↓1	10
8	Nancy	30	↑2	6
9	Pamela	23	↑8	17
10	Sandra	22	↓5	8
11	Sharon	22	↓3	11
12	Deborah	20	↑31	7
13	Diane	17	↑16	16
14	Judith	17	↑18	21
15	Judy	17	↑4	25
16	Carol	15	↓4	9
17	Donna	15	↓4	13
18	Marilyn	15	new	37
19	Vicki	15	↑5	61
20	Connie	14	new	44
21	Elizabeth	14	↑4	24
22	Janet	14	↑15	18
23	Margaret	14	↓12	15
24	Cheryl	13	↓9	29
25	Christine	13	↓4	28
26	Katherine	13	↑23	58
27	Shirley	13	↓4	19
28	Carolyn	12	↓1	20
29	Peggy	12	new	41
30	Dorothy	11	↑15	35
31	Gail	11	new	42
32	Janice	11	↓1	22
33	Bonnie	10	↓19	33
34	Cynthia	10	↑8	23
35	Debra	10	new	59
36	Gloria	10	new	30
37	Virginia	10	new	43
38	Catherine	9	↓20	34
39	Diana	9	↑5	47
40	Jacqueline	9	↓10	55
41	Kathy	9	↓25	38
42	Michele	9	new	>100
43	Rebecca	9	↓4	36
44	Brenda	8	↓3	14
45	Laura	8	new	63
46	Martha	8	new	32
47	Wanda	8	new	52
48	Ann	7	new	45
49	Cindy	7	new	>100
50	Colleen	7	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	John	101	↑2	3
2	Michael	81	↑2	4
3	Robert	79	↓2	2
4	David	74	↑1	5
5	James	73	↓3	1
6	Richard	65	–	7
7	William	64	–	6
8	Thomas	54	↑3	8
9	Gary	52	↓1	10
10	Charles	30	↑2	9
11	Ronald	29	↓2	12
12	George	28	↑4	20
13	Steven	28	↓3	16
14	Donald	26	↑5	14
15	Larry	25	↑2	11
16	Daniel	22	↑4	21
17	Dennis	22	↓2	17
18	Joseph	21	–	13
19	Bruce	20	↓5	26
20	Kenneth	20	↓7	15
21	Lawrence	19	new	33
22	Mark	18	↑2	23
23	Patrick	18	↑6	38
24	Edward	16	↑4	22
25	Jeffrey	15	new	43
26	Craig	14	new	69
27	Jerry	14	↑6	24
28	Paul	13	↓3	18
29	Timothy	13	↑6	32
30	Stephen	12	↓9	19
31	Ernest	11	new	81
32	Gregory	11	↑7	25
33	Wayne	11	↓11	35
34	Bill	10	new	>100
35	Douglas	10	↓8	28
36	Terry	10	–	30
37	Walter	10	new	40
38	Christopher	9	new	72
39	Gerald	9	↓16	34
40	Joe	9	new	54
41	Anthony	8	new	36
42	Frank	8	↓12	29
43	Fred	8	new	84
44	Jay	8	new	>100
45	Lee	8	new	91
46	Mike	8	new	>100
47	Phillip	8	new	64
48	Raymond	8	↓14	31
49	Roger	8	↓23	27
50	Steve	8	new	83

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