Popular baby names in Nevada, 1986

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1986 were Ashley for girls (222 babies) and Michael for boys (273). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,462 babies born in Nevada in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1986

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

Girls

Ashlee: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sabrina: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kristina: 38 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Chelsea: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brittney: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Patricia: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Krystal: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Danielle: 96 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Natasha: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nichole: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Jake: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Clinton: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Cameron: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Spencer: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Troy: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Mathew: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ricky: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Casey: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	222	↑2	2
2	Jessica	212	↓1	1
3	Amanda	192	↑1	3
4	Jennifer	146	↓2	4
5	Sarah	103	↑1	5
6	Danielle	96	↑11	16
7	Amber	95	↑1	13
8	Nicole	95	↓3	7
9	Heather	91	↓2	9
10	Stephanie	87	↓1	6
11	Megan	84	↑5	11
12	Brittany	81	↓2	8
13	Melissa	77	↓2	12
14	Michelle	69	↑4	23
15	Rachel	67	↓3	15
16	Crystal	64	↓1	25
17	Samantha	64	↑14	21
18	Elizabeth	60	↓5	10
19	Kimberly	60	↑1	18
20	Tiffany	57	↑2	17
21	Amy	55	↑3	22
22	Christina	55	↓8	19
23	Jamie	52	↓4	34
24	Kelly	48	↑6	29
25	Andrea	47	↓2	36
26	Laura	44	↑1	20
27	Sara	44	↓6	27
28	Alicia	43	↑8	45
29	Rebecca	42	↓1	26
30	Courtney	41	↑13	35
31	Erica	39	↑9	31
32	Kristina	38	new	62
33	Angela	36	↓7	33
34	Emily	36	–	24
35	Lauren	35	↓3	14
36	Erin	34	↓11	30
37	Katherine	34	–	28
38	Krystal	33	↓9	61
39	Victoria	33	↓6	54
40	Brittney	32	new	65
41	Shannon	31	↑9	44
42	Vanessa	31	new	43
43	Katie	30	new	38
44	Patricia	30	new	66
45	Whitney	30	new	32
46	Chelsea	28	↓2	73
47	Kristen	28	↓6	41
48	Lindsey	27	↓10	39
49	Kristin	26	new	50
50	Tara	26	↓11	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	273	–	1
2	Christopher	251	–	2
3	Daniel	175	↑2	6
4	Joshua	167	–	4
5	Matthew	157	↑1	3
6	Robert	154	↑1	9
7	Ryan	151	↑1	11
8	David	148	↓5	5
9	Anthony	144	–	19
10	Joseph	133	↑5	12
11	Kyle	126	↑6	23
12	James	124	↑2	7
13	Brandon	123	↓3	13
14	Justin	118	↓1	14
15	Andrew	112	↑3	8
16	John	106	↓4	10
17	Nicholas	103	↓1	17
18	Jason	95	↓7	18
19	Steven	84	↑9	25
20	Jonathan	78	↑5	16
21	Adam	74	↑5	24
22	Brian	73	↓3	20
23	Kevin	72	↓1	21
24	Jeremy	71	↑13	28
25	Jacob	70	↑10	31
26	William	69	↓6	15
27	Sean	68	↑6	37
28	Eric	67	↓4	22
29	Richard	66	↓8	29
30	Aaron	63	↓3	33
31	Thomas	62	↓8	26
32	Scott	61	↑8	44
33	Zachary	56	↓3	38
34	Timothy	55	↓3	27
35	Bryan	52	new	47
36	Tyler	50	–	40
37	Travis	45	↑6	49
38	Mark	44	↓4	35
39	Patrick	44	↑11	39
40	Jesse	42	↓2	48
41	Jeffrey	41	↓9	32
42	Stephen	41	↓1	36
43	Alexander	40	↓1	41
44	Benjamin	40	↑1	30
45	Shawn	40	new	55
46	Charles	39	↑3	34
47	Jared	38	new	58
48	Paul	38	↓9	45
49	Gregory	37	↓2	46
50	Nathan	37	new	43

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