Popular baby names in Nevada, 1951

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1951 were Linda for girls (68 babies) and John for boys (101). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 2,808 babies born in Nevada in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1951

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

Girls

Katherine: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Debra: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Kathryn: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Frank: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Alan: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	68	–	1
2	Mary	54	–	2
3	Patricia	45	–	3
4	Susan	40	–	6
5	Deborah	38	↑7	4
6	Barbara	37	–	5
7	Debra	35	↑28	18
8	Carol	33	↑8	11
9	Kathleen	28	↓2	10
10	Sandra	26	–	9
11	Karen	25	↓6	8
12	Nancy	25	↓4	7
13	Katherine	21	↑13	55
14	Sharon	21	↓3	13
15	Pamela	20	↓6	16
16	Diane	19	↓3	15
17	Cynthia	16	↑17	20
18	Donna	16	↓1	12
19	Kathryn	16	new	45
20	Cheryl	15	↑4	30
21	Janet	15	↑1	19
22	Judy	14	↓7	26
23	Carolyn	13	↑5	22
24	Christine	13	↑1	24
25	Joyce	13	new	28
26	Paula	13	new	51
27	Cathy	12	new	71
28	Gail	12	↑3	36
29	Joan	12	new	39
30	Elizabeth	11	↓9	23
31	Janice	11	↑1	21
32	Laura	11	↑13	60
33	Peggy	11	↓4	40
34	Connie	10	↓14	44
35	Gloria	10	↑1	31
36	Shirley	10	↓9	27
37	Terry	10	new	>100
38	Vicki	10	↓19	58
39	Bonnie	9	↓6	37
40	Brenda	9	↑4	14
41	Catherine	9	↓3	34
42	Colleen	9	↑8	>100
43	Diana	9	↓4	50
44	Dorothy	9	↓14	42
45	Judith	9	↓31	25
46	Julie	9	new	99
47	Margaret	9	↓24	17
48	Marsha	9	new	76
49	Sherry	9	new	70
50	Suzanne	9	new	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	John	101	–	3
2	Robert	98	↑1	2
3	Michael	88	↓1	4
4	David	85	–	5
5	James	81	–	1
6	Richard	66	–	7
7	William	59	–	6
8	Gary	46	↑1	10
9	Thomas	38	↓1	8
10	Steven	36	↑3	13
11	Charles	35	↓1	9
12	Donald	31	↑2	15
13	Ronald	31	↓2	12
14	Mark	30	↑8	20
15	Stephen	26	↑15	19
16	Kenneth	25	↑4	16
17	Daniel	23	↓1	21
18	Frank	23	↑24	31
19	Dennis	22	↓2	17
20	George	22	↓8	22
21	Paul	22	↑7	18
22	Joseph	21	↓4	14
23	Jerry	19	↑4	24
24	Larry	19	↓9	11
25	Gregory	18	↑7	25
26	Bruce	17	↓7	26
27	Douglas	16	↑8	27
28	Alan	15	new	40
29	Jeffrey	15	↓4	35
30	Danny	13	new	41
31	Edward	13	↓7	23
32	Patrick	13	↓9	39
33	Terry	13	↑3	30
34	Keith	11	new	59
35	Raymond	11	↑13	32
36	Timothy	11	↓7	28
37	Arthur	10	new	44
38	Kevin	10	new	53
39	Fred	9	↑4	87
40	Gerald	9	↓1	36
41	Jack	9	new	48
42	Peter	9	new	38
43	Albert	8	new	60
44	Christopher	8	↓6	61
45	Clifford	8	new	>100
46	Norman	8	new	90
47	Phillip	8	–	79
48	Ralph	8	new	51
49	Roger	8	–	29
50	Walter	8	↓13	42

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