Popular baby names in Nevada, 1984

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (209 babies) and Christopher for boys (267). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,784 babies born in Nevada in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1984

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

Girls

Brianna: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Teresa: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Chelsea: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kristina: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Amber: 94 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Casey: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Crystal: 92 babies, 2× the national rate
Alicia: 44 babies, 2× the national rate
Heidi: 15 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Shaun: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Casey: 26 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Russell: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Henry: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Shane: 24 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Trevor: 16 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	209	–	1
2	Jessica	173	–	2
3	Ashley	145	↑1	3
4	Amanda	113	↓1	4
5	Nicole	106	–	7
6	Melissa	95	↑5	8
7	Amber	94	↑2	18
8	Crystal	92	↓1	12
9	Heather	92	↓3	9
10	Sarah	83	↓2	5
11	Stephanie	83	↑1	6
12	Christina	70	↓2	20
13	Danielle	69	↑3	16
14	Megan	69	↑6	11
15	Michelle	67	↓2	17
16	Tiffany	64	↑3	14
17	Elizabeth	60	↑7	10
18	Rebecca	58	↑3	23
19	Kimberly	53	↑3	22
20	Amy	51	↓5	13
21	Rachel	47	↑2	15
22	Andrea	45	↑4	28
23	Sara	45	↑8	32
24	Shannon	45	↑1	37
25	Alicia	44	↑3	40
26	Erin	44	↓9	25
27	Jamie	44	↓13	31
28	Lisa	42	↑1	29
29	Angela	39	↓11	26
30	Vanessa	38	↑20	45
31	Samantha	36	↑6	39
32	Laura	35	↓5	19
33	Lauren	35	↑5	21
34	Kelly	34	↑5	27
35	Tara	34	↓5	49
36	Lindsay	33	–	36
37	Kristen	32	new	38
38	Katherine	31	↓3	30
39	Lindsey	30	↓6	35
40	Emily	29	new	24
41	Kristin	29	↑2	47
42	Holly	28	↓10	53
43	Katie	28	↓1	44
44	Kristina	28	↑4	68
45	Mary	27	↓5	33
46	Christine	26	↓1	43
47	Monica	26	new	58
48	Chelsea	25	new	84
49	Natalie	25	↓5	55
50	Brittany	24	↓4	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Christopher	267	↑1	2
2	Michael	248	↓1	1
3	Matthew	201	–	3
4	Joshua	170	↑1	4
5	Jason	146	↑1	11
6	David	139	↑2	5
7	Joseph	139	–	10
8	Robert	133	↓4	9
9	Daniel	131	↑1	6
10	Brandon	126	↑5	15
11	James	125	–	7
12	Brian	117	↑5	17
13	Ryan	114	–	12
14	John	108	↓2	8
15	Anthony	102	↓1	21
16	Justin	102	↓7	13
17	Nicholas	96	↑1	20
18	Adam	94	↑2	18
19	William	94	↓3	16
20	Andrew	89	↑4	14
21	Eric	81	↑5	22
22	Steven	78	↑1	23
23	Richard	70	↑2	27
24	Thomas	70	↓3	25
25	Kyle	68	↑2	34
26	Scott	67	↑19	39
27	Aaron	66	↓8	29
28	Jonathan	64	↓6	19
29	Jeremy	61	↑10	31
30	Sean	57	↑6	43
31	Tyler	57	↑7	47
32	Dustin	55	↑10	41
33	Travis	55	↓4	42
34	Charles	54	↓3	33
35	Zachary	54	↑11	45
36	Timothy	53	↓6	26
37	Patrick	52	↑6	36
38	Kevin	51	↓4	24
39	Jacob	49	↓2	37
40	Jeffrey	49	↓7	28
41	Benjamin	47	–	30
42	Stephen	47	↑2	35
43	Mark	44	↓11	32
44	Jesse	42	↓16	50
45	Alexander	40	new	54
46	Bryan	40	new	48
47	Gregory	39	↓12	44
48	Paul	37	↓8	40
49	Samuel	37	new	55
50	Derek	35	new	52

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