Popular baby names in Nevada, 1975

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (182 babies) and Michael for boys (192). Social Security records list 5,976 babies born in Nevada in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1975

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

Girls

Jamie: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Amber: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brandi: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gina: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Danielle: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Teresa: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Denise: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tamara: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Stacy: 28 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Heather: 93 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Jared: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jacob: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kyle: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Derek: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Aaron: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Travis: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Joshua: 64 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	182	–	1
2	Heather	93	↑1	3
3	Amy	75	↓1	2
4	Angela	69	↑1	5
5	Michelle	60	↑2	6
6	Melissa	52	↑2	4
7	Nicole	50	↑3	10
8	Jessica	49	↑8	13
9	Lisa	47	↓3	8
10	Christina	45	↑2	12
11	Stephanie	41	–	9
12	Julie	38	↑6	18
13	Kimberly	38	↓9	7
14	Rebecca	33	↓5	11
15	Amanda	29	new	14
16	Shannon	29	↑5	21
17	Andrea	28	↑7	28
18	Stacy	28	↑21	34
19	April	27	↓4	25
20	Danielle	27	↑7	42
21	Kelly	27	new	16
22	Amber	26	↑19	59
23	Laura	25	↓4	20
24	Mary	25	↑22	19
25	Crystal	24	↑13	43
26	Jamie	24	new	68
27	Sarah	24	↑16	17
28	Tiffany	22	↓14	37
29	Tina	22	↓3	35
30	Dawn	21	↓17	23
31	Elizabeth	21	–	15
32	Misty	21	new	47
33	Patricia	21	↓5	36
34	Wendy	21	↓5	33
35	Erin	20	–	38
36	Stacey	20	↓11	44
37	Tara	19	↓1	41
38	Teresa	19	new	61
39	Christine	18	↓2	22
40	Denise	18	new	64
41	Emily	18	new	48
42	Rachel	18	↓22	26
43	Susan	18	new	32
44	Tracy	18	↓22	24
45	Brandi	17	↑2	88
46	Brandy	16	↓29	57
47	Heidi	16	↑3	66
48	Maria	16	↓25	30
49	Christy	15	new	53
50	Cynthia	15	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	192	–	1
2	Jason	161	–	2
3	Christopher	118	↑1	3
4	Robert	111	↑1	6
5	James	99	↑1	4
6	David	93	↓3	5
7	John	87	–	7
8	Brian	84	↑1	8
9	Matthew	75	↑2	9
10	William	72	↑2	10
11	Joshua	64	↑9	26
12	Daniel	63	↓4	11
13	Eric	62	↑3	13
14	Ryan	58	↓4	23
15	Anthony	57	–	21
16	Richard	56	↓3	16
17	Joseph	53	↓3	12
18	Aaron	48	↑6	32
19	Mark	46	↑3	19
20	Jeffrey	45	↓2	14
21	Scott	42	↑4	17
22	Steven	42	↓5	18
23	Charles	38	↑6	25
24	Jeremy	38	↓3	24
25	Justin	38	↑3	37
26	Paul	37	↑1	29
27	Timothy	37	↑5	22
28	Kevin	35	↓9	15
29	Thomas	35	↓6	20
30	Andrew	30	↑13	28
31	Shawn	30	↓1	31
32	Brandon	29	↓1	44
33	Kenneth	29	new	35
34	Benjamin	28	new	36
35	Travis	27	new	51
36	Chad	26	↓10	27
37	Donald	25	↑1	42
38	Jacob	25	new	75
39	Bryan	23	↑5	47
40	Nathan	22	new	45
41	Patrick	22	↓8	39
42	Adam	21	↓5	38
43	Ronald	21	↑7	46
44	Gregory	20	↑3	33
45	Jonathan	20	↑4	30
46	Sean	20	↓12	40
47	Todd	19	↓6	43
48	George	18	↓2	53
49	Jared	18	new	100
50	Bradley	17	new	52

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