Popular baby names in Nevada, 1978

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (196 babies) and Michael for boys (204). Social Security records list 7,441 babies born in Nevada in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1978

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

Girls

Desiree: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Summer: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Amber: 62 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lindsay: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Heidi: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Alicia: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Natalie: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Brandi: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tammy: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jamie: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Zachary: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dustin: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	196	–	1
2	Jessica	96	↑1	3
3	Melissa	85	↑1	2
4	Heather	82	↓2	5
5	Angela	77	↑5	7
6	Sarah	72	–	8
7	Nicole	66	↑4	10
8	Amber	62	↑10	30
9	Christina	58	↑3	15
10	Michelle	58	↓5	9
11	Amy	57	↓3	4
12	Crystal	50	↑25	18
13	Kimberly	50	↑2	13
14	Jamie	49	↓7	20
15	Lisa	49	↓2	11
16	Stephanie	49	↑1	16
17	Amanda	47	↑3	6
18	April	43	↑6	27
19	Kelly	40	↑2	12
20	Erin	38	↑12	21
21	Danielle	37	↑1	31
22	Elizabeth	37	↑3	14
23	Rebecca	34	↓14	17
24	Shannon	34	↓8	22
25	Tiffany	31	↓6	32
26	Andrea	30	↓12	23
27	Rachel	30	↓4	25
28	Christine	28	↑21	29
29	Julie	28	↑1	26
30	Monica	27	↑8	42
31	Brandy	26	↑5	37
32	Alicia	24	↑3	58
33	Megan	24	new	41
34	Carrie	23	↑8	35
35	Laura	23	↓8	19
36	Maria	23	↑9	36
37	Brandi	21	new	61
38	Natalie	21	new	66
39	Sara	21	↓13	28
40	Erica	20	↓6	34
41	Heidi	20	new	83
42	Kristina	19	new	64
43	Lindsay	19	new	95
44	Mary	19	↓4	24
45	Patricia	19	↓14	48
46	Tammy	19	new	67
47	Tina	19	↑1	45
48	Emily	18	↑2	33
49	Jaime	17	↓5	70
50	Samantha	17	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	204	–	1
2	Jason	184	–	2
3	Christopher	176	↑1	3
4	James	126	↓1	5
5	John	124	↑1	7
6	Robert	117	↓1	8
7	David	115	–	4
8	Brian	97	–	9
9	Matthew	92	–	6
10	Joshua	90	↑2	12
11	Joseph	83	↓1	10
12	Daniel	81	↓1	11
13	William	80	↑3	13
14	Ryan	75	↑3	14
15	Anthony	68	↑4	20
16	Jeremy	68	↑2	18
17	Justin	68	↓2	28
18	Steven	67	↑3	24
19	Richard	63	↓6	21
20	Jeffrey	59	–	19
21	Thomas	55	↑10	23
22	Nicholas	53	↑22	25
23	Adam	51	↑2	29
24	Aaron	49	↑5	32
25	Scott	49	↓2	30
26	Eric	47	↓12	16
27	Mark	47	↓1	26
28	Timothy	47	–	17
29	Brandon	44	↑6	40
30	Kenneth	43	↑7	41
31	Kevin	43	↓9	15
32	Paul	37	↑10	33
33	Charles	36	↓9	27
34	Benjamin	35	↓7	34
35	Sean	32	↑6	45
36	Stephen	32	↑9	37
37	Jesse	28	↑9	51
38	Jonathan	28	↓2	31
39	Gregory	27	↑4	38
40	Andrew	26	↓6	22
41	Shawn	26	↓3	39
42	Travis	26	↓10	46
43	Chad	25	↓3	35
44	Jacob	25	new	50
45	Patrick	25	new	42
46	Shaun	25	new	52
47	Bryan	24	↓8	43
48	Dustin	24	–	68
49	Edward	22	–	47
50	Zachary	20	new	89

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