Popular baby names in Nevada, 1962

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1962 were Lisa for girls (92 babies) and Michael for boys (165). Social Security records list 6,114 babies born in Nevada in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1962

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

Girls

Toni: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Carrie: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dana: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Leslie: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dawn: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kim: 35 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Regina: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Michelle: 40 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Kelly: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mike: 52 babies, 3× the national rate
Dale: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dean: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Eric: 47 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Greg: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Victor: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Chris: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Troy: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Danny: 25 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	92	–	1
2	Karen	62	↑2	4
3	Mary	51	↑3	2
4	Teresa	51	↑6	18
5	Linda	49	↓2	5
6	Susan	47	↓1	3
7	Lori	44	↓5	11
8	Sandra	42	↑4	10
9	Brenda	41	↑2	12
10	Laura	40	↑25	21
11	Michelle	40	↑7	31
12	Deborah	39	↓3	9
13	Barbara	37	↑9	14
14	Kimberly	37	↑34	16
15	Cheryl	36	↑19	24
16	Pamela	36	↓3	13
17	Julie	35	↓9	22
18	Kim	35	↑12	37
19	Tammy	35	↑12	23
20	Patricia	34	–	6
21	Debra	33	↓5	15
22	Donna	33	↓7	7
23	Elizabeth	31	↑16	20
24	Kathy	31	↓7	27
25	Tina	31	↑4	33
26	Cynthia	30	↓5	8
27	Dawn	30	new	50
28	Kathleen	29	↓4	29
29	Debbie	27	↓22	32
30	Jennifer	27	↓3	41
31	Kelly	27	↓6	38
32	Sharon	27	↓9	17
33	Denise	26	↓14	30
34	Laurie	26	↓6	42
35	Sherry	23	new	48
36	Tracy	23	↑6	55
37	Diane	22	↑1	26
38	Terri	22	new	54
39	Leslie	21	↑1	80
40	Nancy	20	↑1	19
41	Theresa	20	↓9	40
42	Christine	19	new	39
43	Cindy	19	↓17	34
44	Carol	18	↓30	28
45	Janet	18	↓1	35
46	Janice	18	new	58
47	Paula	18	new	60
48	Toni	18	new	>100
49	Robin	17	↓4	25
50	Annette	16	new	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Michael	165	–	1
2	John	157	↑1	3
3	David	156	↓1	2
4	James	136	↑1	4
5	Robert	120	↓1	5
6	Mark	106	–	6
7	Richard	65	↑1	8
8	William	58	↓1	7
9	Steven	53	–	12
10	Kenneth	52	↑3	18
11	Mike	52	↑3	39
12	Scott	52	↑5	11
13	Thomas	51	↑7	9
14	Daniel	50	↓4	17
15	Ronald	48	↑1	25
16	Eric	47	↑15	33
17	Gary	45	↑10	22
18	Joseph	43	↑6	13
19	Kevin	43	↓8	14
20	Charles	42	↓8	15
21	Jeffrey	41	↓2	10
22	Paul	41	↓7	19
23	Brian	40	↓2	20
24	Anthony	37	↓6	24
25	Gregory	34	↓2	21
26	Dennis	31	↑4	37
27	Donald	30	↓5	23
28	Todd	29	↑12	30
29	Douglas	27	↑9	27
30	Frank	27	↑16	42
31	Timothy	27	↓2	16
32	Dale	26	↑5	62
33	Edward	26	↑8	29
34	Jerry	26	↑13	38
35	Patrick	26	↑9	40
36	Steve	26	↓4	46
37	Bruce	25	↑12	41
38	Christopher	25	↓10	26
39	Danny	25	↑11	54
40	Tony	24	new	52
41	Chris	23	↑4	60
42	Randy	22	↓7	35
43	Raymond	21	new	48
44	Stephen	21	↓11	28
45	Troy	21	new	67
46	Craig	20	↓20	51
47	George	20	↓5	32
48	Larry	20	↓23	31
49	Alan	19	new	53
50	Greg	19	new	77

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