Popular baby names in Nevada, 1959

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1959 were Linda for girls (71 babies) and Michael for boys (147). Linda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 4,887 babies born in Nevada in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1959

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

Girls

Leslie: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kelly: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Michelle: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Laurie: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tina: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rhonda: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Valerie: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Cindy: 38 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kathryn: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Laura: 31 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Fred: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Allen: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mike: 41 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Darrell: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rodney: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jeff: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Raymond: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Patrick: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jim: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Alan: 21 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Linda	71	↑1	3
2	Susan	60	↓1	2
3	Karen	57	↑11	4
4	Debra	50	↓1	7
5	Mary	46	↑2	1
6	Patricia	39	↓2	6
7	Cindy	38	↑12	25
8	Lisa	38	↓3	10
9	Cynthia	36	–	8
10	Deborah	36	–	9
11	Kathy	36	↑5	15
12	Sandra	35	↑3	13
13	Laura	31	↑15	30
14	Donna	30	↑9	5
15	Nancy	28	↑14	14
16	Tammy	28	↑23	31
17	Debbie	27	↓4	20
18	Barbara	26	↑3	11
19	Denise	26	↑11	29
20	Kathleen	25	↓8	23
21	Lori	25	↑3	27
22	Pamela	25	↓11	12
23	Michelle	24	↑22	47
24	Teresa	24	↑10	24
25	Kim	23	↓8	35
26	Brenda	21	↓8	16
27	Cheryl	21	↓21	18
28	Elizabeth	21	↓6	21
29	Laurie	21	new	56
30	Rhonda	21	↑20	45
31	Julie	20	↓23	26
32	Kelly	20	↑4	74
33	Leslie	20	–	84
34	Carol	19	↓8	22
35	Robin	19	new	32
36	Tina	19	↑7	53
37	Diane	18	↑7	19
38	Theresa	18	↓1	34
39	Christine	17	new	43
40	Janet	17	↓9	28
41	Kimberly	17	↑7	33
42	Valerie	17	↑5	60
43	Margaret	16	new	36
44	Terri	16	new	46
45	Dawn	15	new	54
46	Kathryn	15	new	69
47	Sharon	15	↓27	17
48	Diana	14	↓23	49
49	Janice	14	↓8	37
50	Judy	14	↓18	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Michael	147	–	1
2	David	136	↑1	2
3	Robert	115	↓1	5
4	John	114	–	4
5	James	107	–	3
6	Mark	75	↑3	6
7	Richard	68	–	8
8	William	67	↓2	7
9	Kenneth	53	↑6	15
10	Thomas	51	↑6	9
11	Kevin	48	–	14
12	Donald	47	↑11	19
13	Charles	46	↓3	11
14	Gary	41	↑7	20
15	Mike	41	↑15	37
16	Steven	41	↓8	10
17	Ronald	38	↓5	21
18	Gregory	35	↓5	23
19	Brian	34	↑24	22
20	Joseph	34	↓3	13
21	Daniel	33	↓2	18
22	Dennis	32	↓8	29
23	Timothy	30	↑8	12
24	Larry	29	↑12	25
25	Patrick	28	↑12	43
26	Paul	28	↓8	17
27	Raymond	27	↑6	45
28	Scott	26	↓4	24
29	Craig	25	new	44
30	Edward	25	↓1	27
31	Jeffrey	25	↓6	16
32	Jeff	24	↑14	52
33	Stephen	24	↓11	28
34	Anthony	23	↓2	26
35	Douglas	23	↓15	30
36	Jerry	23	↑11	36
37	Steve	22	↓11	41
38	Alan	21	–	50
39	Bruce	20	new	38
40	Rodney	20	new	67
41	Eric	19	new	46
42	Randy	18	↓15	31
43	Christopher	17	↑1	35
44	Frank	17	↓5	42
45	Allen	16	new	97
46	Darrell	16	new	90
47	George	16	↓12	32
48	Dale	15	↓14	49
49	Danny	15	↓4	48
50	Fred	15	new	>100

← Nevada 1958 Nevada: all years · US 1959 Nevada 1960 →