Popular baby names in Nevada, 1985

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1985 were Jessica for girls (202 babies) and Michael for boys (296). Social Security records list 10,989 babies born in Nevada in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1985

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: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Nichole: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Ashlee: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Katrina: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Chelsea: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Krystal: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Victoria: 34 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Whitney: 24 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Amber: 89 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Natalie: 32 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Dominic: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Taylor: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cody: 66 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cameron: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jeffery: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Mathew: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kristopher: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Douglas: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Casey: 24 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Trevor: 19 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Jessica	202	↑1	1
2	Jennifer	195	↓1	3
3	Ashley	149	–	2
4	Amanda	135	–	4
5	Nicole	104	–	7
6	Sarah	101	↑4	5
7	Heather	96	↑2	8
8	Amber	89	↓1	16
9	Stephanie	89	↑2	6
10	Brittany	87	↑40	17
11	Melissa	80	↓5	11
12	Rachel	77	↑9	13
13	Elizabeth	74	↑4	9
14	Christina	73	↓2	12
15	Crystal	71	↓7	21
16	Megan	68	↓2	10
17	Danielle	64	↓4	18
18	Michelle	63	↓3	22
19	Jamie	56	↑8	27
20	Kimberly	50	↓1	19
21	Sara	50	↑2	30
22	Tiffany	50	↓6	23
23	Andrea	48	↓1	33
24	Amy	46	↓4	20
25	Erin	44	↑1	26
26	Angela	43	↑3	31
27	Laura	42	↑5	14
28	Rebecca	42	↓10	25
29	Krystal	39	new	53
30	Kelly	38	↑4	28
31	Samantha	38	–	29
32	Lauren	34	↑1	15
33	Victoria	34	new	59
34	Emily	33	↑6	24
35	Natalie	32	↑14	58
36	Alicia	31	↓11	45
37	Katherine	31	↑1	32
38	Lindsey	29	↑1	37
39	Tara	28	↓4	51
40	Erica	27	new	34
41	Kristen	27	↓4	38
42	Cassandra	26	new	62
43	Courtney	26	new	43
44	Chelsea	25	↑4	75
45	Lisa	25	↓17	36
46	Nichole	25	new	95
47	Christine	24	↓1	44
48	Desiree	24	new	>100
49	Monica	24	↓2	61
50	Shannon	24	↓26	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	296	↑1	1
2	Christopher	267	↓1	2
3	David	178	↑3	6
4	Joshua	177	–	4
5	Daniel	169	↑4	5
6	Matthew	163	↓3	3
7	Robert	149	↑1	8
8	Ryan	139	↑5	12
9	Anthony	137	↑6	20
10	Brandon	125	–	13
11	Jason	117	↓6	14
12	John	111	↑2	9
13	Justin	110	↑3	15
14	James	108	↓3	7
15	Joseph	106	↓8	10
16	Nicholas	96	↑1	19
17	Kyle	90	↑8	27
18	Andrew	87	↑2	11
19	Brian	82	↓7	18
20	William	80	↓1	16
21	Richard	77	↑2	28
22	Kevin	75	↑16	23
23	Thomas	72	↑1	25
24	Eric	71	↓3	21
25	Jonathan	71	↑3	17
26	Adam	70	↓8	22
27	Aaron	67	–	33
28	Steven	67	↓6	24
29	Cody	66	new	52
30	Zachary	63	↑5	39
31	Timothy	61	↑5	26
32	Jeffrey	58	↑8	29
33	Sean	58	↓3	38
34	Mark	53	↑9	32
35	Jacob	51	↑4	35
36	Tyler	49	↓5	43
37	Jeremy	47	↓8	30
38	Jesse	47	↑6	51
39	Paul	44	↑9	42
40	Scott	44	↓14	44
41	Stephen	44	↑1	36
42	Alexander	43	↑3	50
43	Travis	42	↓10	46
44	Dustin	40	↓12	41
45	Benjamin	39	↓4	31
46	Kenneth	38	new	47
47	Gregory	37	–	45
48	Chad	36	new	57
49	Charles	36	↓15	34
50	Patrick	34	↓13	37

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