Popular baby names in Nevada, 1965

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1965 were Lisa for girls (113 babies) and Michael for boys (202). Social Security records list 6,765 babies born in Nevada in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1965

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

Girls

Heather: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Yvonne: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Holly: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shelly: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gina: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sherri: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Leslie: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kathryn: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Suzanne: 22 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Catherine: 26 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Kelly: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shawn: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Troy: 34 babies, 3× the national rate
Mike: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Russell: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jon: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Roy: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joe: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	113	–	1
2	Mary	69	↑2	2
3	Kimberly	63	–	4
4	Michelle	54	↓2	18
5	Susan	53	–	5
6	Karen	51	↑9	3
7	Laura	50	↑9	17
8	Teresa	45	↑21	24
9	Tina	45	↑3	29
10	Lori	43	↑4	19
11	Tammy	42	↑10	11
12	Patricia	41	↓5	6
13	Linda	40	↓2	8
14	Elizabeth	38	↑19	16
15	Julie	38	↓7	14
16	Tracy	36	↓3	36
17	Angela	35	↑6	10
18	Cynthia	34	↑1	9
19	Rebecca	34	↑24	41
20	Christine	33	↑12	21
21	Dawn	32	↑28	26
22	Pamela	32	↓16	12
23	Stephanie	32	↑8	44
24	Jennifer	31	↑22	20
25	Kim	31	↑13	43
26	Deborah	29	↓4	13
27	Nancy	29	↑15	32
28	Sandra	29	↓8	15
29	Denise	28	↓3	28
30	Donna	28	↓12	7
31	Cheryl	27	↓3	31
32	Kathleen	27	↓2	34
33	Brenda	26	↓24	23
34	Catherine	26	new	57
35	Wendy	26	↑5	39
36	Debra	25	↓19	27
37	Kelly	25	↓27	30
38	Jill	24	↑12	51
39	Sharon	23	↓14	22
40	Theresa	23	↑5	45
41	Gina	22	new	70
42	Shelly	22	new	98
43	Suzanne	22	new	65
44	Debbie	21	↓3	62
45	Melissa	21	↓6	38
46	Michele	21	new	48
47	Barbara	20	↓20	25
48	Holly	20	new	>100
49	Jacqueline	20	↓13	47
50	Laurie	20	↓16	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	202	–	1
2	Robert	167	↑3	5
3	John	151	↓1	2
4	James	148	–	4
5	David	145	↓2	3
6	Richard	99	–	8
7	Mark	87	–	7
8	Kevin	80	↑4	13
9	William	67	↓1	6
10	Scott	65	↑1	15
11	Charles	59	↑3	20
12	Daniel	58	↑13	17
13	Thomas	57	↑3	9
14	Paul	55	↑1	16
15	Christopher	52	↑7	18
16	Kenneth	50	↓6	21
17	Brian	49	↑7	19
18	Joseph	48	↑1	11
19	Steven	48	↓10	14
20	Gary	46	↑7	27
21	Timothy	44	↑8	12
22	Anthony	43	↑1	22
23	Eric	43	↓5	25
24	Gregory	41	↑8	23
25	Jeffrey	41	↑1	10
26	Ronald	36	↓13	24
27	Shawn	36	new	69
28	Troy	34	↑2	53
29	Patrick	32	↓8	31
30	Todd	32	↓13	30
31	Mike	31	↑2	51
32	Jerry	28	new	41
33	Russell	28	new	58
34	Edward	27	↓3	29
35	Randy	27	↑8	42
36	Tony	25	new	48
37	Donald	23	↓17	26
38	Douglas	23	↓10	32
39	Jon	22	new	78
40	Darren	21	new	52
41	Dennis	21	↓1	44
42	Steve	21	↑7	55
43	Craig	20	↑3	46
44	Joe	20	new	71
45	Stephen	20	↓7	28
46	Kelly	19	new	>100
47	Terry	19	↓11	40
48	Alan	18	↓6	59
49	Frank	18	↓2	43
50	George	18	↓9	34

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