Popular baby names in Nevada, 1955

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1955 were Debra for girls (97 babies) and Michael for boys (148). Debra ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 4,322 babies born in Nevada in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1955

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

Girls

Julie: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Valerie: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Terry: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kim: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Vickie: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lisa: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Theresa: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bonnie: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Diana: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Teresa: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Craig: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Scott: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jack: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Debra	97	–	4
2	Susan	80	↑4	5
3	Linda	67	↓1	3
4	Mary	67	–	1
5	Patricia	54	↓2	6
6	Deborah	51	↓1	2
7	Pamela	46	↑4	12
8	Karen	45	↑2	8
9	Barbara	41	↑7	7
10	Nancy	38	↑2	9
11	Kathleen	37	↓3	17
12	Sharon	37	↑13	16
13	Cynthia	35	↑2	11
14	Sandra	33	↓1	13
15	Janet	28	↑3	20
16	Teresa	27	↑10	26
17	Carol	26	↓3	15
18	Donna	26	↓11	10
19	Kathy	26	↑12	22
20	Diane	25	↓11	14
21	Cheryl	23	↑1	19
22	Denise	22	new	23
23	Janice	22	↓4	25
24	Julie	21	↓4	67
25	Theresa	21	new	38
26	Elizabeth	20	↑2	21
27	Lisa	20	new	48
28	Bonnie	19	↑7	45
29	Rebecca	19	↑3	27
30	Margaret	18	↑8	24
31	Diana	17	↑13	55
32	Valerie	17	new	80
33	Vicki	17	↑7	52
34	Vickie	16	new	68
35	Brenda	15	↓18	18
36	Kim	15	new	75
37	Terry	15	↓16	83
38	Alice	14	new	87
39	Carolyn	14	↓6	30
40	Debbie	14	new	63
41	Judy	14	↓12	32
42	Leslie	14	↑4	99
43	Lori	14	new	89
44	Robin	14	new	33
45	Dawn	13	new	>100
46	Kathryn	13	↓22	59
47	Paula	13	↓4	39
48	Peggy	13	new	51
49	Rhonda	13	new	71
50	Tina	13	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Michael	148	–	1
2	Robert	139	–	4
3	David	124	–	2
4	John	103	↑2	5
5	James	102	↓1	3
6	William	72	↑1	6
7	Richard	67	↓2	7
8	Steven	58	↑1	10
9	Mark	56	↓1	9
10	Gary	44	↑1	12
11	Thomas	43	↑1	8
12	Joseph	41	↑8	13
13	Donald	39	–	14
14	Ronald	38	–	18
15	Charles	36	↓5	11
16	Kenneth	35	↑5	15
17	Edward	33	↑9	25
18	Gregory	33	↑9	24
19	Daniel	32	–	17
20	Paul	32	↓2	16
21	Larry	30	↓4	19
22	Kevin	28	↑17	27
23	Scott	28	↑21	38
24	George	27	↓2	26
25	Dennis	26	↓10	23
26	Timothy	26	↑6	22
27	Craig	24	↓3	50
28	Douglas	24	↑1	29
29	Jeffrey	24	↓6	20
30	Stephen	24	↓14	21
31	Raymond	23	–	36
32	Terry	23	↑8	28
33	Anthony	18	new	31
34	Bruce	18	↓6	32
35	Jerry	18	↑3	33
36	Alan	17	–	43
37	Roger	17	new	37
38	Jack	16	new	60
39	Frank	15	↓2	34
40	Steve	14	new	72
41	Albert	13	new	76
42	Gerald	13	↓9	48
43	Randall	13	–	53
44	Randy	13	↓14	30
45	Micheal	12	↑1	87
46	Walter	12	new	51
47	Danny	11	↓5	45
48	Frederick	11	new	86
49	Joe	11	new	68
50	Patrick	11	↓16	41

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