Popular baby names in Nevada, 1966

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1966 were Lisa for girls (115 babies) and Michael for boys (189). Social Security records list 6,268 babies born in Nevada in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1966

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

Girls

Shannon: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Traci: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Toni: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jamie: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Heidi: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Katherine: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Stacy: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Stephanie: 43 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tamara: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dana: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Kelly: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shawn: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Troy: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jon: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	115	–	1
2	Michelle	72	↑2	4
3	Kimberly	62	–	2
4	Jennifer	48	↑20	10
5	Julie	47	↑10	13
6	Cynthia	46	↑12	11
7	Dawn	46	↑14	24
8	Laura	43	↓1	19
9	Stephanie	43	↑14	38
10	Karen	41	↓4	5
11	Mary	40	↓9	3
12	Susan	39	↓7	6
13	Tracy	39	↑3	31
14	Donna	37	↑16	12
15	Lori	37	↓5	21
16	Patricia	36	↓4	7
17	Kelly	34	↑20	26
18	Elizabeth	33	↓4	16
19	Linda	31	↓6	18
20	Tammy	31	↓9	8
21	Tina	31	↓12	23
22	Cheryl	30	↑9	34
23	Deborah	30	↑3	14
24	Melissa	30	↑21	22
25	Christine	29	↓5	20
26	Sharon	29	↑13	28
27	Angela	28	↓10	9
28	Brenda	28	↑5	25
29	Pamela	27	↓7	15
30	Rebecca	27	↓11	40
31	Jacqueline	26	↑18	47
32	Michele	26	↑14	36
33	Sandra	26	↓5	17
34	Teresa	26	↓26	29
35	Debra	25	↑1	35
36	Barbara	24	↑11	27
37	Shannon	24	new	>100
38	Jill	23	–	49
39	Wendy	23	↓4	41
40	Dana	22	new	68
41	Denise	22	↓12	32
42	Andrea	21	new	52
43	Gina	21	↓2	58
44	Katherine	21	new	78
45	Kim	21	↓20	43
46	Rhonda	21	new	39
47	Theresa	21	↓7	46
48	Heidi	20	new	87
49	Debbie	19	↓5	73
50	Kathleen	19	↓18	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	189	–	1
2	John	160	↑1	4
3	Robert	150	↓1	5
4	David	145	↑1	2
5	James	133	↓1	3
6	Richard	81	–	8
7	William	78	↑2	6
8	Christopher	68	↑7	12
9	Kevin	66	↓1	17
10	Mark	63	↓3	7
11	Thomas	62	↑2	10
12	Scott	59	↓2	16
13	Daniel	56	↓1	19
14	Joseph	56	↑4	15
15	Steven	53	↑4	13
16	Brian	52	↑1	14
17	Anthony	50	↑5	22
18	Donald	49	↑19	27
19	Kenneth	49	↓3	21
20	Jeffrey	47	↑5	9
21	Timothy	47	–	11
22	Patrick	43	↑7	31
23	Paul	40	↓9	18
24	Charles	39	↓13	20
25	Eric	39	↓2	25
26	Gary	37	↓6	28
27	Ronald	36	↓1	24
28	Todd	31	↑2	29
29	Shawn	30	↓2	54
30	Andrew	29	new	36
31	Edward	27	↑3	30
32	Keith	27	new	32
33	Troy	27	↓5	48
34	Dennis	26	↑7	44
35	Gregory	25	↓11	23
36	Kelly	25	↑10	>100
37	Stephen	23	↑8	26
38	Tony	23	↓2	49
39	Larry	21	new	38
40	Sean	20	new	50
41	Terry	20	↑6	40
42	Douglas	18	↓4	33
43	George	18	↑7	37
44	Randy	18	↓9	45
45	Rodney	18	new	35
46	Vincent	18	new	58
47	Jon	17	↓8	76
48	Raymond	17	new	47
49	Darren	16	↓9	63
50	Mike	16	↓19	69

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