Popular baby names in Nevada, 1973

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (187 babies) and Michael for boys (188). Social Security records list 5,818 babies born in Nevada in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1973

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: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Brandy: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Danielle: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tiffany: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Heidi: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tamara: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shannon: 42 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Theresa: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Erin: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Gina: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Kyle: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Justin: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Frank: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jesse: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marc: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Russell: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	187	–	1
2	Michelle	77	–	3
3	Heather	61	↑5	8
4	Melissa	59	↑5	6
5	Angela	54	↑1	7
6	Kimberly	53	↓2	4
7	Stephanie	51	↓2	9
8	Lisa	50	↓5	5
9	Amy	45	↑1	2
10	Shannon	42	↑2	22
11	Nicole	39	↓4	11
12	Christina	37	↑5	16
13	Rebecca	35	↓2	10
14	Danielle	34	new	49
15	Tiffany	32	↑20	52
16	Elizabeth	30	↑29	13
17	Julie	30	↓4	12
18	Tina	30	↑9	24
19	Wendy	28	↑14	29
20	Dawn	27	↓5	21
21	Kelly	25	↑27	18
22	Lori	24	–	28
23	Mary	24	↓9	14
24	Melanie	24	↑15	43
25	Tammy	24	↑1	15
26	Brandy	23	↑16	82
27	Carrie	22	new	46
28	Laura	22	↑1	19
29	Andrea	21	↓1	30
30	Heidi	21	new	65
31	Jessica	21	↑7	34
32	Karen	21	↓1	23
33	Patricia	21	↓17	27
34	Christine	20	↓16	17
35	Tamara	20	new	66
36	Stacy	19	↓12	32
37	Tracy	19	↓18	20
38	April	18	↑2	33
39	Holly	18	new	54
40	Tara	18	↑6	37
41	Amber	17	↑6	>100
42	Teresa	17	↓10	45
43	Theresa	17	new	69
44	Amanda	16	new	51
45	Erin	16	new	79
46	Brenda	15	↓16	53
47	Denise	15	↓10	38
48	Gina	15	new	83
49	Sarah	15	↑1	35
50	Crystal	14	↓7	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	188	–	1
2	Jason	152	–	3
3	Christopher	134	–	2
4	Robert	124	↑1	7
5	David	123	↓1	5
6	James	117	–	4
7	John	88	–	6
8	Brian	85	–	8
9	Richard	64	↑1	16
10	Daniel	60	↑4	11
11	William	58	↓2	9
12	Eric	56	↑5	13
13	Steven	54	↓2	20
14	Joseph	52	↓2	12
15	Matthew	52	↓2	10
16	Kevin	47	↓1	14
17	Thomas	46	↑6	19
18	Anthony	43	↑4	21
19	Ryan	42	↑29	30
20	Scott	41	↓2	18
21	Mark	39	↑3	15
22	Aaron	36	↑6	34
23	Jeffrey	34	↑2	17
24	Sean	34	↓5	36
25	Timothy	34	↓9	22
26	Charles	33	↓6	23
27	Shawn	33	–	27
28	Justin	31	↑4	51
29	Stephen	31	↑4	32
30	Joshua	30	↑7	42
31	Andrew	29	↑18	29
32	Paul	29	↓6	24
33	Donald	25	↓3	38
34	Bryan	24	new	43
35	Gary	24	↓1	44
36	Kenneth	24	↓15	28
37	Todd	24	↑6	35
38	Chad	23	↓7	25
39	Frank	23	new	61
40	Jeremy	23	↑5	33
41	Edward	22	new	39
42	Patrick	22	↓7	37
43	George	21	↓3	46
44	Gregory	21	↓15	26
45	Ronald	20	↓7	40
46	Jonathan	19	new	31
47	Jesse	17	↑3	75
48	Keith	17	↓1	41
49	Marc	16	new	81
50	Peter	16	new	52

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