Popular baby names in Nevada, 1970

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (136 babies) and Michael for boys (199). Social Security records list 6,758 babies born in Nevada in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1970

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

Girls

Shawna: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kelli: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Traci: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
April: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Tiffany: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jamie: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kathryn: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alicia: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Diana: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shannon: 57 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Mike: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Lance: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Christian: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Aaron: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Brett: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Shane: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Travis: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Brent: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	136	↑2	1
2	Michelle	98	↓1	4
3	Lisa	90	↓1	2
4	Kimberly	57	–	3
5	Shannon	57	–	22
6	Angela	55	–	6
7	Melissa	54	↑1	7
8	Christine	47	↑14	14
9	Elizabeth	47	↑34	18
10	Dawn	43	↑1	16
11	Stephanie	39	↓1	17
12	Tina	37	–	21
13	Patricia	36	↑18	24
14	Tracy	35	↑7	10
15	Cynthia	34	↑13	25
16	Heather	33	↑14	19
17	Lori	33	↑19	23
18	Nicole	33	↑6	30
19	Amy	32	↑8	5
20	Mary	32	↓11	9
21	Christina	31	↓6	35
22	Wendy	30	↑1	28
23	Laura	29	↓16	13
24	Rebecca	29	↓8	29
25	Michele	27	↑1	31
26	Kelly	26	↓8	20
27	Tammy	26	↓10	8
28	Karen	25	↓9	12
29	Julie	24	↓16	11
30	Sandra	24	↑18	27
31	April	23	new	82
32	Teresa	23	↓18	34
33	Traci	22	new	100
34	Stacey	21	↓9	48
35	Susan	21	↓15	15
36	Kelli	20	new	>100
37	Theresa	20	new	53
38	Andrea	19	↓1	43
39	Barbara	19	new	41
40	Diana	19	new	89
41	Jill	19	new	52
42	Maria	19	new	39
43	Pamela	19	↓14	26
44	Tiffany	19	↓4	99
45	Heidi	18	new	81
46	Stacy	18	↑4	42
47	Tanya	18	new	76
48	Brenda	17	↓7	40
49	Cheryl	17	new	44
50	Kathryn	17	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	199	–	1
2	James	156	↑3	2
3	Robert	150	↓1	5
4	David	149	↓1	3
5	John	131	↓1	4
6	William	93	↑1	7
7	Richard	92	↓1	10
8	Brian	78	↑10	8
9	Jason	72	↑15	13
10	Joseph	72	↑3	16
11	Kevin	70	↑11	14
12	Mark	68	↓1	9
13	Steven	67	↓1	15
14	Christopher	64	↓5	6
15	Daniel	64	↑5	19
16	Scott	63	↓8	12
17	Eric	52	↑4	18
18	Thomas	51	↓4	17
19	Charles	49	–	21
20	Jeffrey	49	↓10	11
21	Matthew	49	↑2	24
22	Timothy	49	↑3	20
23	Paul	43	↓7	23
24	Anthony	38	↓9	22
25	Donald	38	↑7	30
26	Stephen	38	↑10	27
27	Kenneth	37	↓10	25
28	Gregory	36	↑1	26
29	Aaron	35	↑10	52
30	Sean	35	↑7	37
31	Ronald	33	↑2	29
32	Troy	33	↓1	41
33	Patrick	31	↓5	33
34	Gary	29	↓7	35
35	Shawn	29	↓5	34
36	Andrew	25	↓2	32
37	Lance	25	new	76
38	Bryan	24	↑6	53
39	George	23	↑6	40
40	Jerry	22	new	45
41	Raymond	22	new	49
42	Todd	22	↓16	28
43	Edward	21	–	31
44	Larry	20	↓6	43
45	Chad	19	new	51
46	Jonathan	19	new	42
47	Shane	19	↓1	64
48	Travis	19	new	69
49	Brent	18	↓2	74
50	Chris	18	new	63

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