Popular baby names in Nevada, 1974

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (158 babies) and Michael for boys (171). Social Security records list 5,871 babies born in Nevada in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1974

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: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Brandy: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Natalie: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Alicia: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brandi: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tiffany: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Amber: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Jamie: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tamara: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Stacey: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Dustin: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ryan: 68 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Brandon: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Justin: 35 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Randy: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	158	–	1
2	Amy	78	↑7	2
3	Heather	62	–	4
4	Kimberly	61	↑2	6
5	Angela	56	–	5
6	Lisa	51	↑2	8
7	Michelle	49	↓5	3
8	Melissa	43	↓4	7
9	Rebecca	43	↑4	10
10	Nicole	40	↑1	11
11	Stephanie	39	↓4	9
12	Christina	37	–	16
13	Dawn	37	↑7	22
14	Tiffany	33	↑1	41
15	April	32	↑23	28
16	Jessica	31	↑15	17
17	Brandy	29	↑9	80
18	Julie	29	↓1	14
19	Laura	29	↑9	21
20	Rachel	29	new	36
21	Shannon	28	↓11	18
22	Tracy	28	↑15	23
23	Maria	27	new	31
24	Andrea	25	↑5	35
25	Stacey	25	new	48
26	Tina	25	↓8	25
27	Danielle	24	↓13	40
28	Patricia	24	↑5	29
29	Wendy	24	↓10	32
30	Karen	22	↑2	26
31	Elizabeth	21	↓15	12
32	Melanie	21	↓8	51
33	Tamara	21	↑2	64
34	Alicia	20	new	90
35	Erin	20	↑10	47
36	Tara	19	↑4	39
37	Christine	18	↓3	19
38	Crystal	18	↑12	49
39	Stacy	18	↓3	38
40	Tanya	18	new	46
41	Amber	17	–	92
42	Robin	17	new	63
43	Sarah	17	↑6	20
44	Shawna	17	new	>100
45	Brenda	16	↑1	59
46	Mary	16	↓23	13
47	Brandi	15	new	>100
48	Erica	15	new	74
49	Gina	15	↓1	84
50	Heidi	15	↓20	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	171	–	1
2	Jason	156	–	2
3	David	139	↑2	4
4	Christopher	130	↓1	3
5	Robert	104	↓1	7
6	James	100	–	5
7	John	94	–	6
8	Daniel	83	↑2	11
9	Brian	72	↓1	8
10	Ryan	68	↑9	25
11	Matthew	65	↑4	9
12	William	62	↓1	10
13	Richard	61	↓4	17
14	Joseph	56	–	12
15	Anthony	55	↑3	21
16	Eric	55	↓4	13
17	Steven	51	↓4	19
18	Jeffrey	46	↑5	15
19	Kevin	46	↓3	14
20	Joshua	45	↑10	29
21	Jeremy	44	↑19	24
22	Mark	42	↓1	16
23	Thomas	41	↓6	20
24	Aaron	40	↓2	32
25	Scott	40	↓5	18
26	Chad	37	↑12	26
27	Paul	37	↑5	27
28	Justin	35	–	43
29	Charles	34	↓3	23
30	Shawn	32	↓3	30
31	Brandon	30	new	51
32	Timothy	29	↓7	22
33	Patrick	28	↑9	38
34	Sean	25	↓10	37
35	Stephen	24	↓6	35
36	Shane	23	new	56
37	Adam	22	new	36
38	Donald	22	↓5	41
39	Gary	22	↓4	48
40	Edward	21	↑1	40
41	Todd	21	↓4	39
42	Peter	20	↑8	50
43	Andrew	18	↓12	28
44	Bryan	18	↓10	45
45	Dustin	18	new	>100
46	George	18	↓3	49
47	Gregory	17	↓3	31
48	Jeffery	17	new	66
49	Jonathan	17	↓3	33
50	Ronald	17	↓5	42

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