Popular baby names in Nevada, 1982

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (218 babies) and Michael for boys (262). Social Security records list 10,578 babies born in Nevada in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1982

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

Girls

Sheena: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sabrina: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Shawna: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Kristina: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Desiree: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Amber: 105 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tanya: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lacey: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Candice: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Melanie: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Jared: 50 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shane: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Adrian: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Russell: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	218	–	1
2	Jessica	177	–	2
3	Amanda	127	↑1	3
4	Melissa	112	↓1	5
5	Sarah	112	–	4
6	Nicole	109	–	6
7	Amber	105	–	18
8	Crystal	95	–	9
9	Tiffany	90	–	13
10	Heather	88	–	12
11	Christina	74	↑5	19
12	Michelle	73	↑1	11
13	Rebecca	72	↑8	15
14	Stephanie	68	↓2	7
15	Elizabeth	65	↑3	8
16	Danielle	64	↑7	31
17	Jamie	63	↑8	29
18	Andrea	59	↑1	27
19	Kimberly	57	↓5	14
20	Lisa	55	↑4	23
21	Rachel	55	↓4	21
22	Angela	53	↓7	16
23	Sara	52	↑8	28
24	Amy	50	↓13	10
25	Erin	50	↓5	20
26	Ashley	49	↑11	17
27	Megan	45	–	34
28	Emily	38	↑2	24
29	Laura	33	↓1	22
30	Shannon	33	↓1	38
31	Tara	33	↑13	47
32	Courtney	32	new	43
33	Kristina	31	↑12	70
34	Lauren	31	new	26
35	Christine	30	↑5	46
36	Lindsay	30	new	39
37	Julie	29	↑5	41
38	Mary	29	↓2	30
39	Samantha	29	↓5	44
40	April	28	↓18	32
41	Katherine	28	new	36
42	Kelly	28	↓16	25
43	Monica	28	new	52
44	Kristin	27	↓12	37
45	Melanie	27	new	65
46	Patricia	27	new	59
47	Candice	26	new	78
48	Jacqueline	26	new	54
49	Katie	26	↓14	45
50	Lindsey	26	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	262	–	1
2	Christopher	259	–	2
3	David	162	↑4	5
4	Jason	159	↑2	4
5	Joshua	155	↓2	7
6	John	149	↑7	8
7	Robert	138	↓2	9
8	Daniel	137	↑3	10
9	James	137	–	6
10	Matthew	136	↓6	3
11	Joseph	135	↓1	11
12	Justin	135	–	12
13	Anthony	106	↑2	21
14	Ryan	106	↓6	13
15	Brandon	98	↓1	18
16	Brian	97	–	14
17	Adam	91	↑10	19
18	William	88	–	15
19	Nicholas	80	–	22
20	Kevin	79	↑12	25
21	Thomas	77	↑2	23
22	Jonathan	71	↓1	16
23	Steven	71	↑2	26
24	Eric	70	–	20
25	Richard	65	↓3	27
26	Andrew	63	↑2	17
27	Aaron	62	↓1	30
28	Charles	59	↑7	31
29	Sean	54	↑7	44
30	Jeremy	51	↓13	28
31	Jared	50	↑13	54
32	Timothy	50	↓2	24
33	Jesse	49	↓13	43
34	Dustin	48	↑7	42
35	Travis	47	↓1	39
36	Jacob	46	↑3	41
37	Scott	46	↓4	34
38	Jeffrey	43	↓9	29
39	Benjamin	42	↓8	33
40	Kyle	40	↑10	47
41	Kenneth	39	↑8	45
42	Mark	39	–	32
43	Patrick	38	↓5	37
44	Bryan	35	new	49
45	Paul	34	↓8	35
46	Shawn	34	new	52
47	Derek	33	↓2	50
48	Gregory	32	↓5	40
49	Stephen	32	↓1	38
50	Ronald	29	new	60

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