Popular baby names in Nevada, 1958

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1958 were Susan for girls (68 babies) and Michael for boys (145). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 4,795 babies born in Nevada in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1958

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

Girls

Kelly: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Leslie: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kim: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Katherine: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Diana: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tina: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lisa: 44 babies, 2× the national rate
Valerie: 15 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Jim: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jeff: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Susan	68	↑3	2
2	Linda	65	↓1	3
3	Debra	61	↓1	6
4	Patricia	52	↑3	5
5	Lisa	44	↑20	19
6	Cheryl	42	↑15	13
7	Mary	40	↓4	1
8	Julie	38	↑4	23
9	Cynthia	37	↓4	8
10	Deborah	34	↓2	7
11	Pamela	34	↑17	11
12	Kathleen	33	↑3	21
13	Debbie	32	–	24
14	Karen	32	↓8	4
15	Sandra	32	↑5	15
16	Kathy	30	↑2	14
17	Kim	30	↑7	40
18	Brenda	29	↓7	16
19	Cindy	28	↓10	25
20	Sharon	28	↑9	17
21	Barbara	27	↓4	9
22	Elizabeth	26	↑12	22
23	Donna	24	–	10
24	Lori	23	new	30
25	Diana	22	↑1	45
26	Carol	21	↓16	20
27	Catherine	20	new	38
28	Laura	20	↑12	29
29	Nancy	20	↓10	12
30	Denise	19	↓8	27
31	Janet	19	↓17	28
32	Judy	19	↑7	36
33	Leslie	19	↑8	79
34	Teresa	19	↓18	26
35	Katherine	18	↑12	74
36	Kelly	18	new	>100
37	Theresa	18	↑6	33
38	Cathy	17	↓5	34
39	Tammy	17	new	44
40	Carolyn	16	↓9	37
41	Janice	16	↓3	35
42	Joyce	16	new	46
43	Tina	16	↑1	71
44	Diane	15	↓17	18
45	Michelle	15	new	56
46	Peggy	15	new	42
47	Valerie	15	new	64
48	Kimberly	14	–	39
49	Paula	14	new	53
50	Rhonda	14	↓13	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Michael	145	–	1
2	Robert	126	↑1	4
3	David	116	↓1	2
4	John	110	–	5
5	James	87	–	3
6	William	86	–	6
7	Richard	83	↑2	8
8	Steven	66	↓1	10
9	Mark	63	↓1	7
10	Charles	53	↑2	11
11	Kevin	45	↑3	20
12	Ronald	42	↑1	19
13	Gregory	38	↑10	23
14	Dennis	37	↑5	29
15	Kenneth	36	–	14
16	Thomas	35	↑1	9
17	Joseph	33	↑1	12
18	Paul	33	↑4	15
19	Daniel	32	↓9	16
20	Douglas	32	↑6	30
21	Gary	31	↓10	17
22	Stephen	31	↑22	26
23	Donald	30	↓7	18
24	Scott	27	–	25
25	Jeffrey	26	↑10	21
26	Steve	24	↑10	44
27	Randy	23	↑5	32
28	Terry	23	↑5	33
29	Edward	22	↓2	28
30	Mike	22	↑4	40
31	Timothy	21	↓11	13
32	Anthony	20	↓7	27
33	Raymond	20	↓5	43
34	Dale	18	↑5	46
35	George	18	↑11	31
36	Larry	18	↓15	22
37	Patrick	18	new	42
38	Alan	17	new	49
39	Frank	17	↑1	38
40	Joe	17	new	56
41	Jim	16	new	87
42	Ricky	16	↑5	34
43	Brian	15	↓13	24
44	Christopher	15	↑1	39
45	Danny	15	new	45
46	Jeff	15	new	68
47	Jerry	15	↓16	35
48	Peter	15	new	41
49	Andrew	14	new	55
50	Dean	14	new	97

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