Popular baby names in Nevada, 1977

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (215 babies) and Michael for boys (195). Social Security records list 6,840 babies born in Nevada in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1977

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

Girls

Gina: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Summer: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Amber: 39 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tiffany: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Teresa: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Andrea: 46 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Tamara: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jamie: 59 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Alicia: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sabrina: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Dustin: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Erik: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Justin: 61 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	215	–	1
2	Heather	88	–	5
3	Jessica	81	↑3	4
4	Melissa	77	↓1	2
5	Michelle	66	↑2	7
6	Sarah	62	↑15	11
7	Jamie	59	↑8	18
8	Amy	58	↓4	3
9	Rebecca	57	↑7	17
10	Angela	56	↑3	6
11	Nicole	52	↓1	15
12	Christina	51	↓4	16
13	Lisa	49	↓8	12
14	Andrea	46	↑29	24
15	Kimberly	46	↓3	8
16	Shannon	45	↑2	19
17	Stephanie	44	↓8	14
18	Amber	39	↓7	33
19	Tiffany	38	↑14	34
20	Amanda	37	↓6	9
21	Kelly	35	↓2	10
22	Danielle	30	↑9	31
23	Rachel	29	↑7	26
24	April	28	↓2	29
25	Elizabeth	28	↓8	13
26	Sara	28	↓2	27
27	Laura	25	↓1	20
28	Tara	25	↑20	35
29	Gina	24	new	88
30	Julie	24	↑2	22
31	Patricia	24	↑9	47
32	Erin	23	↓9	23
33	Misty	23	↑9	40
34	Erica	21	new	38
35	Alicia	20	new	60
36	Brandy	20	↓8	51
37	Crystal	20	↓2	25
38	Monica	20	↑6	39
39	Stacey	20	new	56
40	Mary	19	↓3	21
41	Sabrina	19	new	63
42	Carrie	18	↓1	28
43	Dawn	18	↓16	43
44	Jaime	18	↓19	46
45	Maria	18	↓9	36
46	Teresa	18	new	79
47	Summer	17	new	>100
48	Tina	17	↓3	58
49	Christine	16	↓15	30
50	Emily	16	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	195	–	1
2	Jason	178	–	2
3	James	146	↑2	5
4	Christopher	145	↓1	3
5	Robert	121	↑1	6
6	John	105	↑1	7
7	David	100	↓3	4
8	Brian	89	–	8
9	Matthew	89	↑1	9
10	Joseph	88	↑4	10
11	Daniel	75	↓2	11
12	Joshua	73	↑8	14
13	Richard	73	↑2	20
14	Eric	70	↑3	17
15	Justin	61	↑4	30
16	William	61	↓4	12
17	Ryan	60	↓6	16
18	Jeremy	50	↓5	15
19	Anthony	47	↓3	21
20	Jeffrey	47	↑7	19
21	Steven	44	↑9	23
22	Kevin	43	↓1	13
23	Scott	42	↑8	27
24	Charles	40	↓1	26
25	Adam	39	↑8	33
26	Mark	39	↑2	25
27	Benjamin	37	↑9	29
28	Timothy	37	↓4	18
29	Aaron	36	↓7	32
30	Nathan	36	↑7	36
31	Thomas	35	↓13	22
32	Travis	33	↑8	44
33	Donald	31	↑14	46
34	Andrew	30	↓8	24
35	Brandon	29	↓1	41
36	Jonathan	29	↑5	28
37	Kenneth	29	↓5	39
38	Shawn	29	↓13	37
39	Bryan	28	new	42
40	Chad	27	↓5	34
41	Sean	27	↓3	43
42	Paul	25	↓13	31
43	Gregory	24	↑1	35
44	Nicholas	24	new	51
45	Stephen	24	↓3	38
46	Jesse	23	↓7	54
47	Douglas	22	new	59
48	Dustin	22	↓5	81
49	Edward	22	new	47
50	Shane	21	↓4	61

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