Popular baby names in Nevada, 1981

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (204 babies) and Michael for boys (255). Social Security records list 10,043 babies born in Nevada in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1981

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: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Marie: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tasha: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Amber: 95 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nichole: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kristina: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Misty: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kathleen: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Candice: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Samantha: 29 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Caleb: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Trevor: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shane: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jesse: 73 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tyler: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Cody: 15 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	204	–	1
2	Jessica	157	↑2	2
3	Melissa	129	↓1	5
4	Amanda	106	↑3	3
5	Sarah	100	↓2	4
6	Nicole	99	↑2	7
7	Amber	95	↓2	20
8	Crystal	78	↑7	16
9	Tiffany	78	↑8	14
10	Heather	75	↓4	10
11	Amy	71	↑10	6
12	Stephanie	71	↑1	8
13	Michelle	67	↓4	11
14	Kimberly	61	–	13
15	Angela	58	↓4	15
16	Christina	57	↓6	17
17	Rachel	55	↑21	22
18	Elizabeth	51	↑1	9
19	Andrea	50	↑8	24
20	Erin	49	↑4	19
21	Rebecca	47	↓5	12
22	April	44	↑17	25
23	Danielle	44	↓1	30
24	Lisa	44	↓6	18
25	Jamie	43	↓13	28
26	Kelly	42	↑2	23
27	Megan	42	↑9	33
28	Laura	40	↓2	21
29	Shannon	40	↓9	32
30	Emily	38	–	29
31	Sara	37	↓8	26
32	Kristin	36	↑11	31
33	Kristen	31	new	38
34	Samantha	29	↑10	51
35	Katie	28	↑7	44
36	Mary	28	↓1	27
37	Ashley	27	new	34
38	Misty	26	new	61
39	Brandy	25	↓5	41
40	Christine	25	–	42
41	Alicia	24	↓8	46
42	Julie	24	↓11	37
43	Natalie	24	↑7	60
44	Tara	24	↓19	45
45	Kristina	23	new	72
46	Maria	23	↓17	40
47	Veronica	23	new	68
48	Brandi	22	↑1	50
49	Erica	22	↓3	36
50	Kathleen	21	new	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	255	–	1
2	Christopher	231	–	2
3	Joshua	184	↑4	6
4	Matthew	160	↑4	3
5	Robert	154	↑1	9
6	Jason	150	↓3	4
7	David	149	↓3	5
8	Ryan	144	↑1	13
9	James	138	↓4	7
10	Joseph	121	↑2	11
11	Daniel	120	↑3	10
12	Justin	116	↓1	12
13	John	101	↓3	8
14	Brandon	92	↑6	19
15	Anthony	90	↑1	23
16	Brian	89	↓3	14
17	Jeremy	85	↑4	22
18	William	77	↓3	15
19	Nicholas	76	–	21
20	Jesse	73	↑18	37
21	Jonathan	73	↑8	16
22	Richard	72	↓4	27
23	Thomas	70	↑9	26
24	Eric	67	↓7	17
25	Steven	66	↓3	28
26	Aaron	65	↑1	30
27	Adam	65	↓4	20
28	Andrew	62	↓2	18
29	Jeffrey	59	↑4	29
30	Timothy	56	↓5	24
31	Benjamin	53	↓7	32
32	Kevin	52	↓2	25
33	Scott	52	↓5	34
34	Travis	51	–	40
35	Charles	50	↑2	31
36	Sean	49	↑3	44
37	Paul	44	↓6	35
38	Patrick	43	↑4	38
39	Jacob	42	↑2	43
40	Nathan	39	↑6	36
41	Dustin	36	↓1	42
42	Mark	35	↓7	33
43	Gregory	34	new	46
44	Jared	34	new	57
45	Derek	33	↑2	53
46	Samuel	30	new	54
47	Shane	30	new	81
48	Stephen	29	↓5	39
49	Kenneth	28	↓13	41
50	Kyle	28	new	52

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