Popular baby names in Nevada, 1952

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1952 were Linda for girls (78 babies) and John for boys (102). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 3,030 babies born in Nevada in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1952

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

Girls

Debra: 46 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kathryn: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Scott: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alan: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Mark: 46 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Patrick: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Randy: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Frank: 20 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	78	–	1
2	Mary	60	–	2
3	Patricia	48	–	3
4	Debra	46	↑3	9
5	Deborah	45	–	4
6	Susan	37	↓2	5
7	Barbara	30	↓1	6
8	Karen	30	↑3	8
9	Sandra	30	↑1	10
10	Sharon	29	↑4	14
11	Kathleen	28	↓2	11
12	Carol	26	↓4	12
13	Nancy	23	↓1	7
14	Janet	22	↑7	19
15	Donna	21	↑3	13
16	Christine	19	↑8	20
17	Diane	19	↓1	16
18	Janice	18	↑13	23
19	Judith	16	↑26	25
20	Pamela	16	↓5	17
21	Cynthia	15	↓4	18
22	Kathryn	15	↓3	48
23	Catherine	14	↑18	34
24	Cheryl	14	↓4	31
25	Elizabeth	14	↑5	22
26	Kathy	13	new	29
27	Teresa	13	new	52
28	Vicki	13	↑10	61
29	Bonnie	12	↑10	41
30	Connie	12	↑4	44
31	Darlene	12	new	77
32	Denise	12	new	33
33	Joan	12	↓4	37
34	Judy	12	↓12	26
35	Margaret	12	↑12	21
36	Katherine	11	↓23	59
37	Laura	11	↓5	53
38	Laurie	11	new	>100
39	Marsha	11	↑9	75
40	Rebecca	11	new	30
41	Colleen	10	↑1	>100
42	Lynda	10	new	>100
43	Lynn	10	new	71
44	Martha	10	new	40
45	Wendy	10	new	>100
46	Brenda	9	↓6	15
47	Charlotte	9	new	89
48	Claudia	9	new	>100
49	Frances	9	new	67
50	Paula	9	↓24	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	John	102	–	3
2	Michael	100	↑1	4
3	James	89	↑2	1
4	Robert	87	↓2	2
5	William	84	↑2	6
6	David	75	↓2	5
7	Richard	60	↓1	7
8	Gary	53	–	10
9	Steven	48	↑1	11
10	Thomas	47	↓1	8
11	Mark	46	↑3	17
12	Charles	32	↓1	9
13	Dennis	32	↑6	18
14	Ronald	32	↓1	15
15	Donald	31	↓3	13
16	Kenneth	30	–	16
17	Stephen	30	↓2	21
18	Larry	27	↑6	14
19	Daniel	24	↓2	20
20	Paul	24	↑1	19
21	Frank	20	↓3	32
22	Edward	19	↑9	23
23	Joseph	19	↓1	12
24	Scott	18	new	54
25	Alan	17	↑3	42
26	Patrick	17	↑6	37
27	Timothy	17	↑9	27
28	Randy	16	new	41
29	Terry	16	↑4	29
30	Bruce	14	↓4	25
31	Craig	14	new	59
32	George	14	↓12	22
33	Gregory	13	↓8	24
34	Jack	13	↑7	52
35	Jeffrey	13	↓6	31
36	Gerald	12	↑4	39
37	Lawrence	12	new	35
38	Randall	11	new	63
39	Walter	11	↑11	44
40	Christopher	10	↑4	57
41	Douglas	10	↓14	28
42	Harold	10	new	51
43	Kevin	10	↓5	43
44	Kim	10	new	>100
45	Albert	9	↓2	66
46	Anthony	9	new	34
47	Brent	9	new	>100
48	Eugene	9	new	71
49	Ralph	9	↓1	56
50	Roger	9	↓1	30

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