Popular baby names in Nevada, 1980

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (224 babies) and Michael for boys (266). Social Security records list 9,451 babies born in Nevada in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1980

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

Girls

Jaime: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Desiree: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Amber: 95 babies, 3× the national rate
Kara: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nichole: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Diana: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Candice: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gina: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jamie: 67 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tara: 36 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ricky: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	224	–	1
2	Melissa	115	–	4
3	Sarah	101	↑7	5
4	Jessica	100	↓1	3
5	Amber	95	↑1	22
6	Heather	92	↑2	6
7	Amanda	87	↓2	2
8	Nicole	86	↓4	7
9	Michelle	82	↓2	10
10	Christina	77	↓1	15
11	Angela	73	↑1	12
12	Jamie	67	↑2	24
13	Stephanie	67	–	13
14	Kimberly	59	↓3	11
15	Crystal	58	↑6	18
16	Rebecca	57	↑3	17
17	Tiffany	57	↑1	14
18	Lisa	55	↓1	16
19	Elizabeth	52	↓3	9
20	Shannon	51	↑2	29
21	Amy	47	↓6	8
22	Danielle	44	↑1	33
23	Sara	42	↑2	27
24	Erin	39	↑4	20
25	Tara	36	↑18	43
26	Laura	35	↑14	21
27	Andrea	34	–	28
28	Kelly	33	↑3	19
29	Maria	33	↑8	36
30	Emily	30	new	31
31	Julie	30	↓1	32
32	Katherine	30	↑9	35
33	Alicia	27	↓4	47
34	Brandy	27	↓1	42
35	Mary	27	↓3	25
36	Megan	27	↓10	30
37	Dawn	26	new	67
38	Rachel	26	↓14	23
39	April	25	↓19	26
40	Christine	24	↓1	41
41	Jaime	24	new	>100
42	Katie	24	new	44
43	Kristin	24	new	37
44	Samantha	23	↑1	58
45	Cynthia	22	↑2	64
46	Erica	22	↓10	34
47	Brooke	21	new	57
48	Wendy	21	new	75
49	Brandi	20	new	63
50	Natalie	20	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	266	–	1
2	Christopher	203	–	2
3	Jason	169	–	3
4	David	162	–	4
5	James	145	↑2	5
6	Robert	137	↓1	9
7	Joshua	134	↑1	7
8	Matthew	134	↑1	6
9	Ryan	126	↑5	15
10	John	121	↓4	8
11	Justin	120	↑4	13
12	Joseph	118	↓2	10
13	Brian	100	↑4	12
14	Daniel	93	↓2	11
15	William	93	↓4	14
16	Anthony	80	↓3	24
17	Eric	79	↑2	16
18	Richard	79	↑2	26
19	Nicholas	78	↓1	17
20	Brandon	72	↑8	31
21	Jeremy	69	↓5	18
22	Steven	66	↑2	28
23	Adam	64	↑9	22
24	Benjamin	63	↑14	32
25	Timothy	58	↑5	20
26	Andrew	57	↓1	19
27	Aaron	56	↑9	34
28	Scott	55	↓6	33
29	Jonathan	51	↑11	21
30	Kevin	51	↓3	23
31	Paul	51	↓10	35
32	Thomas	51	↓9	25
33	Jeffrey	50	↓7	27
34	Travis	46	↑8	37
35	Mark	45	↓1	30
36	Kenneth	44	↑1	41
37	Charles	43	↓8	29
38	Jesse	43	↑1	45
39	Sean	42	↓8	48
40	Dustin	39	↑9	44
41	Jacob	38	↓8	43
42	Patrick	37	↓7	38
43	Stephen	37	↑2	40
44	Chad	36	new	39
45	Bryan	35	↓1	49
46	Nathan	35	↓3	36
47	Derek	30	new	50
48	Shawn	30	new	47
49	Douglas	28	new	62
50	Jose	25	new	46

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