Popular baby names in Nevada, 1957

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1957 were Linda for girls (71 babies) and Michael for boys (143). Linda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 4,783 babies born in Nevada in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1957

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

Girls

Victoria: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Terry: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Laurie: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tina: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Leslie: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Julie: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Diana: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Debbie: 33 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Vickie: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rhonda: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Mike: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Linda	71	↑1	3
2	Debra	69	↓1	4
3	Mary	69	↑1	1
4	Susan	53	↑1	2
5	Cynthia	51	↑7	7
6	Karen	51	↓3	5
7	Patricia	46	↑6	8
8	Deborah	45	↓2	6
9	Cindy	39	↑22	19
10	Carol	36	↑13	18
11	Brenda	35	↑14	13
12	Julie	35	↑7	28
13	Debbie	33	↑25	27
14	Janet	33	↑10	23
15	Kathleen	33	↑5	21
16	Teresa	33	↓1	24
17	Barbara	32	↓8	9
18	Kathy	31	↑8	20
19	Nancy	30	↑2	11
20	Sandra	30	↓3	15
21	Cheryl	27	↓11	16
22	Denise	27	↓8	25
23	Donna	27	↓15	10
24	Kim	24	↑5	35
25	Lisa	24	↓9	26
26	Diana	23	↑2	43
27	Diane	23	↓9	17
28	Pamela	23	↓21	12
29	Sharon	22	↓18	14
30	Rebecca	21	↑11	34
31	Carolyn	20	new	33
32	Victoria	19	new	88
33	Cathy	18	new	39
34	Elizabeth	18	↑2	22
35	Laurie	18	new	73
36	Margaret	18	new	29
37	Rhonda	18	new	52
38	Janice	17	↑5	32
39	Judy	17	↓2	38
40	Laura	17	new	31
41	Leslie	16	new	77
42	Terry	16	↑7	92
43	Theresa	16	↓11	36
44	Tina	16	↓11	80
45	Vickie	16	new	70
46	Beverly	15	new	48
47	Katherine	15	↓8	72
48	Kimberly	15	new	42
49	Vicki	15	↓15	51
50	Wanda	15	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	143	–	1
2	David	126	↑2	3
3	Robert	112	↓1	4
4	John	109	↓1	5
5	James	90	–	2
6	William	86	↑2	6
7	Steven	83	↑2	10
8	Mark	82	↓2	7
9	Richard	79	↓2	8
10	Daniel	46	↑2	16
11	Gary	46	–	13
12	Charles	44	↑3	11
13	Ronald	43	↑1	17
14	Kevin	42	↑19	20
15	Kenneth	41	↓2	14
16	Donald	39	–	15
17	Thomas	39	↓7	9
18	Joseph	36	↑1	12
19	Dennis	33	↑12	28
20	Timothy	33	↓3	19
21	Larry	31	↑14	22
22	Paul	31	↓4	18
23	Gregory	29	↑5	23
24	Scott	25	–	32
25	Anthony	24	↑5	27
26	Douglas	24	↓4	30
27	Edward	24	↓7	25
28	Raymond	24	↑13	39
29	Bruce	23	↓2	34
30	Brian	22	↑9	26
31	Jerry	22	new	35
32	Randy	22	↓9	31
33	Terry	22	↓8	33
34	Mike	20	new	53
35	Jeffrey	19	↓6	21
36	Steve	19	new	44
37	Craig	17	↓5	55
38	Carl	16	new	49
39	Dale	16	new	50
40	Frank	16	↓3	38
41	Keith	16	new	36
42	Roger	16	↑3	42
43	Russell	16	↑3	54
44	Stephen	16	↓23	24
45	Christopher	15	new	43
46	George	15	↓20	29
47	Ricky	15	new	40
48	Jeffery	14	↓5	52
49	Tom	14	new	>100
50	Barry	13	new	72

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