Popular baby names in Nevada, 1979

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (223 babies) and Michael for boys (251). Social Security records list 8,673 babies born in Nevada in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1979

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

Girls

Brianne: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Desiree: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Summer: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Amber: 82 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kristina: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Mindy: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Teresa: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Mandy: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Alicia: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lindsay: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Jared: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tyler: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sean: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Russell: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kristopher: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Casey: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Nathaniel: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Cory: 21 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	223	–	1
2	Melissa	101	↑1	2
3	Jessica	93	↓1	4
4	Nicole	89	↑3	9
5	Amanda	84	↑12	3
6	Amber	82	↑2	22
7	Michelle	81	↑3	10
8	Heather	77	↓4	7
9	Christina	73	–	14
10	Sarah	65	↓4	6
11	Kimberly	61	↑2	12
12	Angela	58	↓7	8
13	Stephanie	57	↑3	15
14	Jamie	52	–	19
15	Amy	51	↓4	5
16	Elizabeth	50	↑6	11
17	Lisa	50	↓2	13
18	Tiffany	46	↑7	28
19	Rebecca	44	↑4	17
20	April	43	↓2	23
21	Crystal	42	↓9	18
22	Shannon	42	↑2	25
23	Danielle	37	↓2	33
24	Rachel	36	↑3	27
25	Sara	34	↑14	30
26	Megan	33	↑7	31
27	Andrea	32	↓1	26
28	Erin	32	↓8	21
29	Alicia	30	↑3	47
30	Julie	28	↓1	29
31	Kelly	28	↓12	16
32	Mary	28	↑12	24
33	Brandy	27	↓2	39
34	Carrie	26	–	41
35	Kristina	26	↑7	74
36	Erica	25	↑4	32
37	Maria	25	↓1	37
38	Misty	25	new	42
39	Christine	23	↓11	35
40	Laura	23	↓5	20
41	Katherine	22	new	36
42	Monica	22	↓12	40
43	Tara	22	new	38
44	Mindy	21	new	81
45	Samantha	20	↑5	66
46	Teresa	19	new	87
47	Cynthia	18	new	55
48	Kathleen	18	new	84
49	Lindsay	18	↓6	88
50	Patricia	18	↓5	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	251	–	1
2	Christopher	193	↑1	2
3	Jason	184	↓1	3
4	David	172	↑3	4
5	Robert	141	↑1	8
6	John	130	↓1	7
7	James	125	↓3	5
8	Joshua	118	↑2	9
9	Matthew	113	–	6
10	Joseph	107	↑1	11
11	William	107	↑2	13
12	Daniel	93	–	12
13	Anthony	87	↑2	21
14	Ryan	86	–	14
15	Justin	83	↑2	22
16	Jeremy	81	–	16
17	Brian	76	↓9	10
18	Nicholas	74	↑4	15
19	Eric	69	↑7	17
20	Richard	67	↓1	25
21	Paul	55	↑11	34
22	Scott	54	↑3	29
23	Thomas	54	↓2	26
24	Steven	53	↓6	27
25	Andrew	52	↑15	20
26	Jeffrey	51	↓6	24
27	Kevin	51	↑4	19
28	Brandon	50	↑1	35
29	Charles	49	↑4	28
30	Timothy	46	↓2	18
31	Sean	45	↑4	49
32	Adam	43	↓9	23
33	Jacob	42	↑11	45
34	Mark	42	↓7	30
35	Patrick	42	↑10	39
36	Aaron	41	↓12	32
37	Kenneth	40	↓7	41
38	Benjamin	38	↓4	33
39	Jesse	37	↓2	50
40	Jonathan	37	↓2	31
41	Jared	35	new	65
42	Travis	32	–	36
43	Nathan	31	new	37
44	Bryan	30	↑3	46
45	Stephen	28	↓9	40
46	Donald	27	new	51
47	Edward	26	↑2	48
48	Samuel	26	new	55
49	Dustin	25	↓1	62
50	Gregory	25	↓11	42

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