Popular baby names in Nevada, 1968

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1968 were Lisa for girls (100 babies) and Michael for boys (191). Social Security records list 5,959 babies born in Nevada in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1968

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

Girls

Traci: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shannon: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tanya: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Heidi: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
April: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Leslie: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Stacey: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Valerie: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Connie: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Stacy: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Shawn: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Russell: 20 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	100	–	1
2	Michelle	92	–	2
3	Jennifer	68	↑7	4
4	Kimberly	63	↓1	3
5	Tammy	49	↑8	8
6	Tina	41	↑6	18
7	Angela	40	↑8	7
8	Julie	40	↓3	16
9	Patricia	40	↑15	15
10	Christine	39	↑10	14
11	Laura	39	↑6	11
12	Susan	36	↑2	10
13	Melissa	35	↑16	5
14	Shannon	33	↑25	53
15	Kelly	32	↑20	12
16	Mary	32	↓12	6
17	Sandra	32	↑2	26
18	Wendy	32	↑25	31
19	Karen	31	↓10	9
20	Stephanie	31	↓13	23
21	Cynthia	30	↑6	19
22	Teresa	30	↑9	30
23	Deborah	29	↓17	27
24	Michele	29	↑6	29
25	Tracy	29	↓4	25
26	Barbara	26	↑20	36
27	Brenda	26	↓5	34
28	Pamela	26	↑4	20
29	Dawn	25	↓18	21
30	Linda	25	↑8	28
31	Debra	23	↓23	38
32	Leslie	23	↑5	66
33	Rebecca	23	↑3	33
34	Stacey	23	new	55
35	Cheryl	22	↓12	37
36	Amy	20	new	13
37	Traci	20	new	>100
38	Andrea	19	↓12	48
39	Christina	19	↓21	44
40	Stacy	19	new	64
41	Donna	18	↑1	24
42	Elizabeth	18	↓26	17
43	Heidi	18	new	89
44	Kathleen	18	new	40
45	Lori	18	↓12	22
46	Denise	17	↓21	35
47	Heather	17	new	62
48	Monica	17	new	68
49	Tanya	17	new	>100
50	Valerie	17	new	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	191	–	1
2	David	149	–	2
3	John	142	↑1	3
4	James	137	↑1	4
5	Robert	133	↓2	5
6	Richard	89	↑1	8
7	William	78	↑1	6
8	Brian	70	↓2	10
9	Mark	67	↑7	7
10	Christopher	65	↑2	9
11	Eric	58	↑3	22
12	Steven	55	↑1	15
13	Thomas	54	↑5	12
14	Kenneth	53	↑8	23
15	Charles	52	↑10	20
16	Daniel	52	↑7	18
17	Joseph	52	↑3	16
18	Scott	49	↑1	14
19	Kevin	47	↓10	17
20	Paul	47	↓3	19
21	Anthony	46	↓6	21
22	Jeffrey	42	↑2	11
23	Timothy	41	↓12	13
24	Patrick	40	↓3	30
25	Todd	40	↑2	28
26	Ronald	39	↓16	25
27	Donald	32	↑5	29
28	Matthew	31	↑2	24
29	Edward	30	new	31
30	Gregory	30	↓1	26
31	Shawn	30	↑3	43
32	Stephen	30	↑3	27
33	Troy	27	–	40
34	Douglas	25	↑4	33
35	Gary	25	↓9	32
36	Sean	25	↓8	37
37	Bryan	21	new	51
38	Larry	21	new	38
39	Andrew	20	–	34
40	Dennis	20	new	45
41	Russell	20	new	56
42	Frank	19	↓1	49
43	Raymond	19	↓12	50
44	George	18	↓8	36
45	Jason	17	↓3	47
46	Keith	17	new	35
47	Danny	15	↓1	72
48	Tony	15	new	52
49	Brett	14	new	>100
50	Darren	14	new	60

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