Popular baby names in Nevada, 1976

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (204 babies) and Michael for boys (213). Social Security records list 6,508 babies born in Nevada in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1976

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: 47 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lindsay: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Melanie: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Megan: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brandy: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Robin: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Courtney: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Damon: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dustin: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Zachary: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jared: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Justin: 54 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jeffery: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Cory: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jesse: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	204	–	1
2	Heather	90	–	4
3	Melissa	78	↑3	3
4	Amy	67	↓1	2
5	Lisa	61	↑4	9
6	Jessica	60	↑2	8
7	Michelle	57	↓2	6
8	Christina	52	↑2	14
9	Stephanie	52	↑2	11
10	Nicole	51	↓3	13
11	Amber	47	↑11	49
12	Kimberly	47	↑1	7
13	Angela	44	↓9	5
14	Amanda	43	↑1	10
15	Jamie	42	↑11	18
16	Rebecca	40	↓2	12
17	Elizabeth	38	↑14	16
18	Shannon	32	↓2	17
19	Kelly	31	↑2	19
20	Melanie	31	new	53
21	Sarah	31	↑6	15
22	April	30	↓3	30
23	Erin	30	↑12	24
24	Sara	30	new	27
25	Jaime	28	new	29
26	Laura	27	↓3	20
27	Dawn	26	↑3	35
28	Brandy	25	↑18	55
29	Megan	25	new	62
30	Rachel	24	↑12	23
31	Danielle	23	↓11	33
32	Julie	23	↓20	21
33	Tiffany	23	↓5	32
34	Christine	21	↑5	26
35	Crystal	20	↓10	36
36	Maria	20	↑12	34
37	Mary	20	↓13	22
38	Stacy	20	↓20	38
39	Wendy	20	↓5	39
40	Patricia	19	↓7	43
41	Carrie	18	new	28
42	Misty	18	↓10	46
43	Andrea	17	↓26	25
44	Monica	17	new	45
45	Tina	17	↓16	48
46	Michele	16	new	63
47	Robin	16	new	75
48	Tara	16	↓11	42
49	Christy	15	–	60
50	Courtney	15	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	213	–	1
2	Jason	164	–	2
3	Christopher	138	–	3
4	David	128	↑2	4
5	James	111	–	5
6	Robert	111	↓2	7
7	John	100	–	6
8	Brian	80	–	8
9	Daniel	80	↑3	10
10	Matthew	73	↓1	9
11	Ryan	71	↑3	16
12	William	68	↓2	11
13	Jeremy	63	↑11	14
14	Joseph	63	↑3	12
15	Richard	62	↑1	19
16	Anthony	56	↓1	22
17	Eric	56	↓4	13
18	Thomas	56	↑11	23
19	Justin	54	↑6	33
20	Joshua	53	↓9	18
21	Kevin	52	↑7	15
22	Aaron	47	↓4	30
23	Charles	44	–	26
24	Timothy	40	↑3	21
25	Shawn	39	↑6	34
26	Andrew	36	↑4	27
27	Jeffrey	36	↓7	17
28	Mark	36	↓9	25
29	Paul	36	↓3	28
30	Steven	36	↓8	20
31	Scott	35	↓10	24
32	Kenneth	31	↑1	38
33	Adam	30	↑9	36
34	Brandon	30	↓2	40
35	Chad	30	↑1	29
36	Benjamin	29	↓2	32
37	Nathan	28	↑3	39
38	Sean	28	↑8	42
39	Jesse	27	new	55
40	Travis	25	↓5	46
41	Jonathan	24	↑4	31
42	Stephen	24	new	37
43	Dustin	23	new	82
44	Gregory	22	–	35
45	Patrick	21	↓4	41
46	Shane	21	new	57
47	Donald	20	↓10	47
48	Damon	19	new	>100
49	Jeffery	19	new	76
50	Dennis	18	new	66

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