Popular baby names in Nevada, 1956

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1956 were Debra for girls (93 babies) and Michael for boys (142). Debra ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 4,773 babies born in Nevada in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1956

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: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tina: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lori: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lisa: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Diana: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Denise: 32 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Teresa: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Vicki: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Katherine: 15 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Curtis: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Craig: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Debra	93	–	2
2	Linda	64	↑1	3
3	Karen	61	↑5	7
4	Mary	59	–	1
5	Susan	57	↓3	5
6	Deborah	55	–	4
7	Pamela	43	–	12
8	Donna	42	↑10	10
9	Barbara	40	–	9
10	Cheryl	39	↑11	18
11	Sharon	39	↑1	13
12	Cynthia	36	↑1	8
13	Patricia	36	↓8	6
14	Denise	32	↑8	23
15	Teresa	31	↑1	24
16	Lisa	30	↑11	31
17	Sandra	30	↓3	14
18	Diane	29	↑2	15
19	Julie	29	↑5	48
20	Kathleen	27	↓9	17
21	Nancy	24	↓11	11
22	Robin	24	↑22	29
23	Carol	22	↓6	16
24	Janet	22	↓9	21
25	Brenda	21	↑10	19
26	Kathy	21	↓7	20
27	Lori	21	↑16	66
28	Diana	20	↑3	56
29	Kim	20	↑7	38
30	Catherine	19	new	28
31	Cindy	19	new	37
32	Theresa	19	↓7	32
33	Tina	17	↑17	87
34	Vicki	17	↓1	57
35	Bonnie	16	↓7	51
36	Elizabeth	16	↓10	22
37	Judy	16	↑4	35
38	Debbie	15	↑2	39
39	Katherine	15	new	67
40	Peggy	15	↑8	63
41	Rebecca	15	↓12	27
42	Sherry	15	new	54
43	Janice	14	↓20	26
44	Kathryn	14	↑2	60
45	Lynn	14	new	58
46	Michelle	14	new	88
47	Rose	14	new	64
48	Terri	14	new	81
49	Terry	14	↓12	91
50	Valerie	14	↓18	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Michael	142	–	1
2	Robert	135	–	3
3	John	122	↑1	5
4	David	119	↓1	4
5	James	94	–	2
6	Mark	88	↑3	8
7	Richard	82	–	7
8	William	75	↓2	6
9	Steven	72	↓1	10
10	Thomas	63	↑1	9
11	Gary	55	↓1	13
12	Daniel	52	↑7	18
13	Kenneth	51	↑3	16
14	Ronald	50	–	15
15	Charles	47	–	11
16	Donald	46	↓3	14
17	Timothy	39	↑9	19
18	Paul	38	↑2	17
19	Joseph	35	↓7	12
20	Edward	33	↓3	25
21	Stephen	32	↑9	23
22	Douglas	30	↑6	29
23	Randy	29	↑21	28
24	Scott	28	↓1	34
25	Terry	28	↑7	31
26	George	27	↓2	27
27	Bruce	24	↑7	33
28	Gregory	24	↓10	24
29	Jeffrey	24	–	20
30	Anthony	23	↑3	30
31	Dennis	23	↓6	26
32	Craig	22	↓5	51
33	Kevin	21	↓11	22
34	Alan	20	↑2	44
35	Larry	18	↓14	21
36	Curtis	17	new	80
37	Frank	16	↑2	38
38	Lawrence	16	new	42
39	Brian	15	new	32
40	Patrick	15	↑10	40
41	Raymond	15	↓10	39
42	Stanley	15	new	70
43	Jeffery	14	new	57
44	Ray	14	new	>100
45	Roger	14	↓8	41
46	Russell	14	new	52
47	Wayne	14	new	45
48	Arthur	13	new	60
49	Danny	13	↓2	46
50	Matthew	13	new	90

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