Popular baby names in Nevada, 1972

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (205 babies) and Michael for boys (214). Social Security records list 6,132 babies born in Nevada in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1972

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

Girls

Amber: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Brandy: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Christy: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tiffany: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rachel: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Jesse: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Justin: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sean: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Brandon: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Aaron: 36 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Travis: 24 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joshua: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marcus: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Chris: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Shane: 22 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	205	–	1
2	Michelle	89	–	2
3	Lisa	72	–	3
4	Kimberly	60	–	4
5	Stephanie	59	↑7	8
6	Angela	58	–	6
7	Nicole	54	↑10	10
8	Heather	52	↑5	9
9	Melissa	48	↑2	7
10	Amy	44	↓3	5
11	Rebecca	44	↑7	14
12	Shannon	38	↓7	22
13	Julie	36	↓5	12
14	Mary	36	↑2	13
15	Dawn	33	↓6	20
16	Patricia	33	↑14	27
17	Christina	31	↑30	26
18	Christine	30	↓3	16
19	Tracy	30	↑6	19
20	Susan	29	↑16	24
21	Cynthia	28	↑5	25
22	Lori	26	↑2	28
23	Rachel	25	↑23	40
24	Stacy	25	↑25	33
25	Michele	24	new	36
26	Tammy	24	↓12	11
27	Tina	24	↓17	18
28	Andrea	23	↑3	30
29	Laura	23	↓7	17
30	Brenda	22	↑11	44
31	Karen	22	↑14	21
32	Teresa	22	new	39
33	Wendy	22	↓14	29
34	Stacey	20	↓7	41
35	Tiffany	20	↓12	61
36	Christy	19	new	74
37	Denise	19	↓3	35
38	Jessica	19	↑6	46
39	Melanie	19	new	42
40	April	18	↓8	48
41	Maria	18	new	32
42	Brandy	17	new	>100
43	Crystal	16	new	59
44	Dana	16	new	52
45	Elizabeth	16	↓25	15
46	Tara	16	new	38
47	Amber	15	↓7	>100
48	Kelly	15	↓20	23
49	Monica	15	↓20	47
50	Sarah	15	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	214	–	1
2	Jason	143	↑5	7
3	Christopher	140	↑3	2
4	David	132	↓2	4
5	Robert	111	↓2	6
6	James	110	↓2	3
7	John	101	↓2	5
8	Brian	92	–	8
9	William	77	↑1	9
10	Richard	62	↓1	14
11	Steven	61	–	19
12	Joseph	59	↑7	12
13	Matthew	57	–	10
14	Daniel	52	↑3	15
15	Kevin	50	↑1	13
16	Timothy	48	↑11	21
17	Eric	47	↓2	16
18	Scott	45	↓4	11
19	Sean	45	↑11	33
20	Charles	44	↑9	23
21	Kenneth	44	↓1	27
22	Anthony	42	↓10	22
23	Thomas	41	↓5	20
24	Mark	40	↓3	18
25	Jeffrey	39	↓2	17
26	Paul	39	↓4	24
27	Shawn	38	↓2	28
28	Aaron	36	–	40
29	Gregory	31	↓3	26
30	Donald	30	↑3	36
31	Chad	27	↓7	25
32	Justin	27	↑14	60
33	Stephen	26	↑5	29
34	Gary	24	↑11	41
35	Patrick	24	↓1	35
36	Travis	24	↑6	57
37	Joshua	23	new	59
38	Ronald	23	↓1	32
39	Brandon	22	new	63
40	George	22	new	44
41	Raymond	22	new	54
42	Shane	22	↓2	55
43	Todd	22	↑7	31
44	Troy	21	↓12	49
45	Jeremy	20	↓6	42
46	Jerry	20	↑3	53
47	Keith	20	↓4	38
48	Ryan	19	↓13	39
49	Andrew	18	new	30
50	Jesse	18	new	88

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