Popular baby names in Nevada, 1954

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1954 were Debra for girls (81 babies) and Michael for boys (154). Debra ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 4,100 babies born in Nevada in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1954

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

Girls

Terry: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cindy: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Julie: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kathryn: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Craig: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dale: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Debra	81	–	6
2	Linda	69	↑1	2
3	Patricia	66	↑2	4
4	Mary	65	↓2	1
5	Deborah	55	↓1	3
6	Susan	55	–	5
7	Donna	42	↑3	11
8	Kathleen	42	↑3	14
9	Diane	35	↑16	17
10	Karen	35	↓3	8
11	Pamela	35	↑1	12
12	Nancy	33	↓3	9
13	Sandra	32	↑1	13
14	Carol	30	↓1	15
15	Cynthia	28	↑1	10
16	Barbara	27	↓8	7
17	Brenda	25	↑16	18
18	Janet	24	↑2	19
19	Janice	22	↑30	25
20	Julie	22	↑30	70
21	Terry	20	new	88
22	Cheryl	19	↓3	22
23	Cindy	17	↑21	91
24	Kathryn	17	↑7	51
25	Sharon	17	↓10	16
26	Teresa	17	↓2	34
27	Catherine	16	↑10	32
28	Elizabeth	16	↓7	20
29	Judy	16	↑5	29
30	Laura	16	↓2	45
31	Kathy	15	↓5	23
32	Rebecca	15	new	26
33	Carolyn	14	new	27
34	Connie	14	new	39
35	Bonnie	13	↑7	52
36	Dorothy	13	new	55
37	Joyce	13	new	28
38	Margaret	13	↓16	21
39	Sherry	13	new	62
40	Vicki	13	↓4	50
41	Jane	12	new	49
42	Lorraine	12	new	>100
43	Paula	12	↓11	38
44	Diana	11	↓17	57
45	Gloria	11	↓15	42
46	Leslie	11	↓17	99
47	Marilyn	11	↓29	35
48	Michelle	11	new	94
49	Virginia	11	new	61
50	Wendy	11	new	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	154	–	1
2	Robert	147	–	2
3	David	116	↑2	5
4	James	113	↓1	3
5	Richard	84	↑1	7
6	John	83	↓2	4
7	William	82	↑1	6
8	Mark	69	↑3	12
9	Steven	58	–	11
10	Charles	46	↑4	10
11	Gary	46	↓1	9
12	Thomas	43	↓5	8
13	Donald	37	–	14
14	Ronald	37	↑2	15
15	Dennis	33	–	21
16	Stephen	33	↑2	20
17	Larry	32	↑2	19
18	Paul	31	↑3	16
19	Daniel	30	↓2	18
20	Joseph	30	–	13
21	Kenneth	30	↓9	17
22	George	26	↑4	24
23	Jeffrey	24	↓1	23
24	Craig	22	↑7	51
25	Dale	22	new	50
26	Edward	22	↑3	22
27	Gregory	22	↑3	25
28	Bruce	21	↓4	30
29	Douglas	20	↓4	29
30	Randy	19	↑4	33
31	Raymond	19	↑4	35
32	Timothy	18	↑7	26
33	Gerald	16	–	44
34	Patrick	16	↓6	38
35	Wayne	16	↑1	41
36	Alan	15	new	43
37	Frank	15	↓5	36
38	Jerry	15	↓11	31
39	Kevin	15	new	28
40	Terry	14	↓17	27
41	Carl	13	–	47
42	Danny	13	new	42
43	Randall	13	↓6	55
44	Scott	13	↓6	40
45	Lawrence	12	↑1	39
46	Micheal	12	new	88
47	Russell	12	new	69
48	Stanley	12	new	58
49	Mike	11	↓2	>100
50	Phillip	11	new	75

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