Popular baby names in Nevada, 1953

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1953 were Debra for girls (66 babies) and Michael for boys (130). Debra ranked #7 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 3,536 babies born in Nevada in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1953

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

Girls

Leslie: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Diana: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Denise: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Laura: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marilyn: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Teresa: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Debra: 66 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Craig: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Debra	66	↑3	7
2	Mary	61	–	1
3	Linda	57	↓2	2
4	Deborah	53	↑1	3
5	Patricia	52	↓2	4
6	Susan	50	–	5
7	Karen	43	↑1	9
8	Barbara	36	↓1	6
9	Nancy	36	↑4	8
10	Donna	35	↑5	13
11	Kathleen	33	–	14
12	Pamela	31	↑8	10
13	Carol	29	↓1	16
14	Sandra	26	↓5	11
15	Sharon	24	↓5	15
16	Cynthia	23	↑5	12
17	Denise	23	↑15	31
18	Marilyn	20	new	36
19	Cheryl	19	↑5	28
20	Janet	19	↓6	19
21	Elizabeth	18	↑4	21
22	Margaret	18	↑13	20
23	Christine	17	↓7	32
24	Teresa	17	↑3	42
25	Diane	16	↓8	17
26	Kathy	16	–	23
27	Diana	15	new	55
28	Laura	15	↑9	51
29	Leslie	15	new	96
30	Gloria	14	new	38
31	Kathryn	14	↓9	48
32	Paula	14	↑18	40
33	Brenda	13	↑13	18
34	Judy	13	–	27
35	Shirley	13	new	29
36	Vicki	13	↓8	61
37	Catherine	12	↓14	35
38	Jean	12	new	52
39	Jo	12	new	54
40	Laurie	12	↓2	>100
41	Betty	11	new	33
42	Bonnie	11	↓13	45
43	Judith	11	↓24	30
44	Cindy	10	new	99
45	Ann	9	new	46
46	Beverly	9	new	34
47	Colleen	9	↓6	>100
48	Debbie	9	new	>100
49	Janice	9	↓31	22
50	Julie	9	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Michael	130	↑1	3
2	Robert	126	↑2	1
3	James	99	–	2
4	John	97	↓3	4
5	David	93	↑1	5
6	Richard	71	↑1	7
7	Thomas	67	↑3	8
8	William	64	↓3	6
9	Steven	52	–	11
10	Gary	49	↓2	10
11	Mark	49	–	12
12	Kenneth	45	↑4	17
13	Donald	42	↑2	14
14	Charles	41	↓2	9
15	Dennis	38	↓2	19
16	Ronald	34	↓2	15
17	Daniel	33	↑2	20
18	Stephen	32	↓1	21
19	Larry	31	↓1	18
20	Joseph	30	↑3	13
21	Paul	28	↓1	16
22	Jeffrey	24	↑13	25
23	Terry	23	↑6	30
24	Bruce	21	↑6	28
25	Douglas	19	↑16	27
26	George	19	↑6	22
27	Jerry	18	new	29
28	Patrick	18	↓2	39
29	Edward	17	↓7	23
30	Gregory	17	↑3	24
31	Craig	16	–	60
32	Frank	16	↓11	33
33	Gerald	16	↑3	42
34	Randy	14	↓6	35
35	Raymond	14	new	34
36	Wayne	14	new	40
37	Randall	13	↑1	64
38	Scott	13	↓14	46
39	Timothy	13	↓12	26
40	Anthony	12	↑6	32
41	Carl	12	new	44
42	Jon	12	new	>100
43	Ralph	12	↑6	59
44	Roger	12	↑6	31
45	Kim	11	↓1	>100
46	Lawrence	11	↓9	37
47	Mike	11	new	>100
48	Allen	10	new	81
49	Rodney	10	new	58
50	Samuel	10	new	70

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