Popular baby names in Nevada, 1960

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1960 were Lisa for girls (66 babies) and Robert for boys (137). Lisa ranked #6 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,204 babies born in Nevada in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1960

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: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Terry: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Michelle: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tina: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jennifer: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kim: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kelly: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Teresa: 49 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Denise: 40 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Michele: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Brett: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tom: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Mike: 35 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Lisa	66	↑7	6
2	Linda	53	↓1	3
3	Mary	51	↑2	1
4	Teresa	49	↑20	19
5	Karen	48	↓2	4
6	Brenda	47	↑20	13
7	Susan	44	↓5	2
8	Donna	43	↑6	5
9	Patricia	43	↓3	7
10	Lori	41	↑11	20
11	Denise	40	↑8	29
12	Debbie	39	↑5	24
13	Cynthia	38	↓4	9
14	Kathy	38	↓3	21
15	Debra	36	↓11	8
16	Cindy	35	↓9	30
17	Kim	34	↑8	34
18	Cheryl	32	↑9	17
19	Sandra	32	↓7	11
20	Michelle	30	↑3	39
21	Nancy	29	↓6	15
22	Pamela	29	–	14
23	Laura	27	↓10	25
24	Barbara	26	↓6	12
25	Robin	26	↑10	33
26	Tina	26	↑10	45
27	Carol	25	↑7	23
28	Deborah	25	↓18	10
29	Tammy	25	↓13	31
30	Julie	24	↑1	28
31	Kelly	24	↑1	52
32	Diane	23	↑5	22
33	Janice	21	↑16	41
34	Jennifer	21	new	61
35	Kathleen	21	↓15	27
36	Laurie	21	↓7	37
37	Rebecca	21	new	38
38	Sharon	21	↑9	16
39	Terri	20	↑5	49
40	Leslie	19	↓7	92
41	Diana	18	↑7	53
42	Elizabeth	18	↓14	18
43	Dawn	17	↑2	57
44	Janet	17	↓4	32
45	Paula	17	new	55
46	Valerie	17	↓4	65
47	Kimberly	15	↓6	26
48	Michele	15	new	89
49	Sherry	15	new	54
50	Terry	15	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Robert	137	↑2	5
2	David	136	–	1
3	Michael	130	↓2	2
4	James	117	↑1	3
5	Mark	91	↑1	6
6	John	88	↓2	4
7	William	88	↑1	7
8	Richard	71	↓1	8
9	Steven	60	↑7	10
10	Kevin	54	↑1	15
11	Donald	51	↑1	19
12	Jeffrey	48	↑19	14
13	Thomas	48	↓3	9
14	Daniel	42	↑7	17
15	Charles	39	↓2	13
16	Scott	39	↑12	23
17	Paul	37	↑9	18
18	Ronald	36	↓1	21
19	Gary	35	↓5	22
20	Mike	35	↓5	36
21	Joseph	33	↓1	12
22	Kenneth	33	↓13	16
23	Anthony	28	↑11	25
24	George	26	↑23	33
25	Randy	26	↑17	32
26	Craig	25	↑3	41
27	Edward	24	↑3	26
28	Timothy	24	↓5	11
29	Brian	22	↓10	20
30	Christopher	22	↑13	29
31	Gregory	22	↓13	24
32	Dennis	21	↓10	31
33	Frank	21	↑11	40
34	Terry	21	new	34
35	Jeff	20	↓3	49
36	Raymond	20	↓9	46
37	Douglas	19	↓2	30
38	Larry	19	↓14	28
39	Russell	19	new	56
40	Bruce	18	↓1	39
41	Steve	18	↓4	43
42	Tony	18	new	52
43	Jerry	17	↓7	37
44	Brett	16	new	>100
45	Carl	16	new	53
46	Keith	16	new	35
47	Rodney	15	↓7	68
48	Tom	15	new	86
49	Bill	14	new	95
50	Eric	14	↓9	44

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