Popular baby names in Nevada, 1961

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1961 were Lisa for girls (82 babies) and Michael for boys (158). Lisa ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 5,819 babies born in Nevada in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1961

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

Girls

Shelly: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Leslie: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Valerie: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Katherine: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Debbie: 43 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kelly: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jennifer: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tracy: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bonnie: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lori: 57 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Rick: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ronnie: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jon: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Troy: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Mike: 42 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dean: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Lisa	82	–	2
2	Lori	57	↑8	14
3	Linda	53	↓1	4
4	Karen	51	↑1	5
5	Susan	49	↑2	3
6	Mary	45	↓3	1
7	Debbie	43	↑5	31
8	Julie	42	↑22	23
9	Deborah	41	↑19	10
10	Teresa	41	↓6	18
11	Brenda	37	↓5	11
12	Sandra	37	↑7	9
13	Pamela	34	↑9	15
14	Carol	33	↑13	24
15	Donna	33	↓7	7
16	Debra	32	↓1	13
17	Kathy	32	↓3	25
18	Michelle	32	↑2	34
19	Denise	31	↓8	30
20	Patricia	31	↓11	6
21	Cynthia	30	↓8	8
22	Barbara	29	↑2	12
23	Sharon	29	↑15	17
24	Kathleen	28	↑11	29
25	Kelly	28	↑6	45
26	Cindy	27	↓10	33
27	Jennifer	27	↑7	47
28	Laurie	27	↑8	43
29	Tina	26	↓3	41
30	Kim	25	↓13	36
31	Tammy	25	↓2	28
32	Theresa	25	new	35
33	Rebecca	24	↑4	44
34	Cheryl	23	↓16	20
35	Laura	22	↓12	21
36	Valerie	22	↑10	67
37	Angela	21	new	38
38	Diane	21	↓6	26
39	Elizabeth	21	↑3	19
40	Leslie	21	–	84
41	Nancy	21	↓20	16
42	Tracy	20	new	64
43	Connie	19	new	50
44	Janet	19	–	32
45	Robin	19	↓20	27
46	Shelly	18	new	>100
47	Katherine	17	new	86
48	Kimberly	17	↓1	22
49	Bonnie	16	new	75
50	Catherine	16	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Michael	158	↑2	1
2	David	153	–	2
3	John	125	↑3	3
4	Robert	124	↓3	5
5	James	114	↓1	4
6	Mark	100	↓1	6
7	William	83	–	7
8	Richard	76	–	8
9	Steven	64	–	10
10	Daniel	57	↑4	17
11	Kevin	55	↓1	14
12	Charles	49	↑3	13
13	Kenneth	44	↑9	16
14	Mike	42	↑6	36
15	Paul	42	↑2	18
16	Ronald	41	↑2	24
17	Scott	41	↓1	19
18	Anthony	40	↑5	25
19	Jeffrey	40	↓7	11
20	Thomas	40	↓7	9
21	Brian	38	↑8	20
22	Donald	38	↓11	22
23	Gregory	37	↑8	23
24	Joseph	34	↓3	12
25	Larry	32	↑13	30
26	Craig	30	–	43
27	Gary	30	↓8	21
28	Christopher	29	↑2	26
29	Timothy	29	↓1	15
30	Dennis	26	↑2	34
31	Eric	26	↑19	38
32	Steve	26	↑9	45
33	Stephen	25	new	27
34	Jeff	24	↑1	49
35	Randy	23	↓10	33
36	Terry	22	↓2	32
37	Dale	21	new	58
38	Douglas	21	↓1	28
39	Russell	21	–	55
40	Todd	21	new	46
41	Edward	20	↓14	29
42	George	20	↓18	31
43	Keith	20	↑3	35
44	Patrick	20	new	39
45	Chris	19	new	57
46	Frank	19	↓13	41
47	Jerry	19	↓4	37
48	Ronnie	19	new	91
49	Bruce	18	↓9	40
50	Danny	18	new	54

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