Popular baby names in Nevada, 1983

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (209 babies) and Michael for boys (271). Social Security records list 10,286 babies born in Nevada in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1983

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

Girls

Tamara: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Chelsea: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tara: 39 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Gina: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Amber: 87 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jamie: 64 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nichole: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Danielle: 59 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Misty: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Sheena: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tyler: 45 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kristopher: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jesse: 57 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Ian: 25 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Casey: 22 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Christian: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Shaun: 16 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	209	–	1
2	Jessica	162	–	2
3	Amanda	133	–	3
4	Ashley	124	↑22	4
5	Nicole	104	↑1	7
6	Heather	99	↑4	9
7	Crystal	98	↑1	11
8	Sarah	93	↓3	5
9	Amber	87	↓2	17
10	Christina	84	↑1	16
11	Melissa	82	↓7	6
12	Stephanie	77	↑2	8
13	Michelle	73	↓1	13
14	Jamie	64	↑3	28
15	Amy	59	↑9	12
16	Danielle	59	–	29
17	Erin	59	↑8	18
18	Angela	58	↑4	22
19	Tiffany	57	↓10	14
20	Megan	54	↑7	21
21	Rebecca	52	↓8	19
22	Kimberly	47	↓3	15
23	Rachel	47	↓2	20
24	Elizabeth	43	↓9	10
25	Shannon	42	↑5	38
26	Andrea	41	↓8	30
27	Laura	40	↑2	23
28	Alicia	39	new	41
29	Lisa	39	↓9	27
30	Tara	39	↑1	51
31	Sara	38	↓8	31
32	Holly	35	new	48
33	Lindsey	35	↑17	35
34	April	34	↑6	39
35	Katherine	32	↑6	34
36	Lindsay	31	–	36
37	Samantha	30	↑2	40
38	Lauren	29	↓4	24
39	Kelly	28	↑3	26
40	Mary	28	↓2	32
41	Brandy	27	new	57
42	Katie	27	↑7	45
43	Kristin	26	↑1	42
44	Natalie	26	new	52
45	Christine	25	↓10	47
46	Brittany	24	new	64
47	Anna	23	new	55
48	Kristina	23	↓15	63
49	Stacy	23	new	61
50	Vanessa	22	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	271	–	1
2	Christopher	263	–	2
3	Matthew	182	↑7	3
4	Robert	145	↑3	10
5	Joshua	141	–	5
6	Jason	136	↓2	7
7	Joseph	135	↑4	11
8	David	133	↓5	4
9	Justin	129	↑3	12
10	Daniel	128	↓2	8
11	James	125	↓2	6
12	John	114	↓6	9
13	Ryan	104	↑1	13
14	Anthony	99	↓1	22
15	Brandon	97	–	17
16	William	95	↑2	16
17	Brian	87	↓1	14
18	Nicholas	86	↑1	21
19	Aaron	84	↑8	29
20	Adam	80	↓3	18
21	Thomas	77	–	24
22	Jonathan	75	–	19
23	Steven	72	–	23
24	Andrew	71	↑2	15
25	Richard	66	–	27
26	Eric	62	↓2	20
27	Kyle	62	↑13	34
28	Jesse	57	↑5	46
29	Travis	57	↑6	41
30	Timothy	56	↑2	26
31	Charles	51	↓3	33
32	Mark	51	↑10	31
33	Jeffrey	49	↑5	28
34	Kevin	48	↓14	25
35	Gregory	47	↑13	42
36	Sean	47	↓7	44
37	Jacob	46	↓1	36
38	Tyler	45	new	57
39	Jeremy	44	↓9	30
40	Paul	44	↑5	39
41	Benjamin	42	↓2	32
42	Dustin	42	↓8	43
43	Patrick	39	–	37
44	Stephen	37	↑5	35
45	Scott	36	↓8	38
46	Zachary	36	new	50
47	Kenneth	35	↓6	45
48	Jared	34	↓17	56
49	Chad	33	new	49
50	Shawn	33	↓4	53

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