Popular baby names in Nevada, 1988

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1988 were Jessica for girls (268 babies) and Michael for boys (272). Social Security records list 12,865 babies born in Nevada in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1988

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

Girls

Breanna: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Brianna: 34 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Desiree: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alexandria: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Briana: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Alexis: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Monique: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kendra: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rachael: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Veronica: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Jake: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Troy: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shaun: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bryce: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Chase: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Spencer: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Shane: 42 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Cody: 80 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	268	–	1
2	Ashley	256	–	2
3	Amanda	209	–	3
4	Jennifer	134	↑1	5
5	Brittany	118	↑4	6
6	Sarah	117	↓2	4
7	Nicole	112	↑1	9
8	Amber	108	↑3	15
9	Heather	107	↓2	14
10	Danielle	104	↑2	17
11	Stephanie	101	↓5	7
12	Samantha	99	↓2	8
13	Megan	87	↑1	12
14	Rachel	78	↑8	19
15	Elizabeth	70	↑2	10
16	Tiffany	70	↑2	13
17	Melissa	69	↓4	16
18	Kayla	64	↑8	20
19	Courtney	62	↑12	24
20	Christina	58	↓4	22
21	Michelle	56	↓2	21
22	Sara	56	↑1	30
23	Lauren	55	↑2	11
24	Chelsea	54	↑8	33
25	Kimberly	50	↓10	25
26	Rebecca	44	↓5	26
27	Alexandra	43	↑23	49
28	Amy	43	↓4	29
29	Crystal	43	↓9	28
30	Andrea	38	–	35
31	Angela	36	↓2	38
32	Christine	36	↑8	51
33	Jamie	36	↓6	45
34	Katherine	36	↓6	27
35	Katie	36	↑11	40
36	Brianna	34	new	96
37	Brittney	34	–	52
38	Lindsey	34	new	48
39	Emily	33	↓6	18
40	Laura	32	↓1	23
41	Alyssa	31	new	47
42	Alicia	30	↓6	50
43	Kristin	30	new	58
44	Erin	29	↓9	37
45	Whitney	29	–	39
46	Erica	28	↓2	31
47	Kendra	28	new	80
48	Lisa	28	new	43
49	Victoria	28	↓2	42
50	Cassandra	27	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	272	–	1
2	Christopher	253	–	2
3	Joshua	210	↑1	4
4	Ryan	172	↑11	13
5	Andrew	169	↑6	5
6	Justin	153	↑4	7
7	James	151	↓1	9
8	Robert	150	↓3	10
9	Matthew	148	↓6	3
10	David	146	↓3	6
11	Anthony	145	↓2	18
12	Daniel	141	↓4	8
13	Kyle	135	↑1	21
14	Joseph	130	↓2	12
15	Brandon	115	↓2	17
16	John	115	–	11
17	Steven	104	↑2	24
18	Nicholas	102	↓1	14
19	Kevin	87	↑6	20
20	Jason	86	↑1	27
21	Thomas	81	↑5	23
22	Cody	80	↑18	43
23	Sean	80	↑1	38
24	Eric	79	↓6	19
25	Brian	76	↓2	22
26	Jonathan	76	↓6	15
27	William	76	↓5	16
28	Zachary	75	↑8	29
29	Richard	72	↑1	32
30	Travis	71	↑9	41
31	Adam	70	↓3	26
32	Aaron	66	↓5	31
33	Jacob	63	↓4	28
34	Alexander	59	↓3	34
35	Jeremy	58	↑3	35
36	Tyler	58	↓4	33
37	Nathan	54	new	44
38	Timothy	53	↓4	25
39	Jeffrey	50	↓4	36
40	Jesse	48	↓7	55
41	Charles	47	↑4	37
42	Dustin	47	↑4	48
43	Benjamin	46	↓2	30
44	Kenneth	46	new	51
45	Scott	46	↓8	47
46	Bryan	45	new	54
47	Austin	42	new	63
48	Shane	42	↑2	67
49	Stephen	42	↓5	40
50	Patrick	41	new	42

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