Popular baby names in Nevada, 1989

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1989 were Jessica for girls (234 babies) and Michael for boys (320). Social Security records list 14,135 babies born in Nevada in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1989

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: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Nichole: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Kelli: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brianna: 37 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alexis: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Brandy: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alexandria: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Felicia: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Krista: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sierra: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Bryce: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Trevor: 42 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Devon: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Colton: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Chase: 24 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lance: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Cody: 87 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Jessica	234	–	1
2	Ashley	227	–	2
3	Amanda	215	–	4
4	Brittany	165	↑1	3
5	Sarah	128	↑1	5
6	Stephanie	118	↑5	8
7	Samantha	115	↑5	6
8	Jennifer	108	↓4	7
9	Nicole	107	↓2	12
10	Heather	100	↓1	15
11	Amber	89	↓3	14
12	Danielle	86	↓2	17
13	Elizabeth	81	↑2	10
14	Melissa	75	↑3	19
15	Rachel	71	↓1	18
16	Rebecca	71	↑10	24
17	Megan	70	↓4	11
18	Michelle	67	↑3	22
19	Tiffany	67	↓3	16
20	Chelsea	66	↑4	27
21	Courtney	63	↓2	21
22	Lauren	61	↑1	9
23	Kayla	57	↓5	20
24	Christina	55	↓4	23
25	Cassandra	53	↑25	54
26	Kimberly	53	↓1	28
27	Sara	48	↓5	29
28	Brittney	47	↑9	41
29	Alexandra	43	↓2	43
30	Katherine	43	↑4	26
31	Laura	43	↑9	25
32	Katie	41	↑3	45
33	Alyssa	40	↑8	33
34	Jamie	40	↓1	52
35	Victoria	39	↑14	44
36	Brianna	37	–	77
37	Amy	36	↓9	35
38	Crystal	36	↓9	32
39	Emily	36	–	13
40	Jasmine	36	new	30
41	Alicia	35	↑1	53
42	Kelsey	35	new	31
43	Andrea	33	↓13	39
44	Lisa	33	↑4	55
45	Alexis	32	new	92
46	Kristen	32	new	36
47	Caitlin	31	new	49
48	Erica	31	↓2	34
49	Lindsey	31	↓11	48
50	Angela	29	↓19	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	320	–	1
2	Christopher	283	–	2
3	Joshua	237	–	4
4	Matthew	191	↑5	3
5	Daniel	185	↑7	6
6	David	185	↑4	5
7	Robert	175	↑1	10
8	Nicholas	161	↑10	14
9	Anthony	154	↑2	16
10	Joseph	148	↑4	11
11	Justin	144	↓5	8
12	Ryan	140	↓8	13
13	Andrew	139	↓8	7
14	James	136	↓7	9
15	Kyle	133	↓2	20
16	John	112	–	12
17	Brandon	110	↓2	18
18	William	110	↑9	15
19	Zachary	110	↑9	25
20	Tyler	95	↑16	30
21	Alexander	92	↑13	32
22	Jacob	91	↑11	26
23	Steven	88	↓6	22
24	Cody	87	↓2	45
25	Thomas	87	↓4	23
26	Aaron	85	↑6	31
27	Jonathan	83	↓1	17
28	Adam	76	↑3	27
29	Jason	74	↓9	35
30	Kevin	74	↓11	19
31	Sean	73	↓8	39
32	Richard	68	↓3	33
33	Eric	67	↓9	21
34	Jordan	66	new	44
35	Jeremy	64	–	34
36	Jesse	63	↑4	50
37	Travis	63	↓7	41
38	Jeffrey	62	↑1	37
39	Timothy	62	↓1	28
40	Bryan	57	↑6	56
41	Brian	53	↓16	24
42	Charles	50	↓1	36
43	Dustin	50	↓1	48
44	Patrick	50	↑6	38
45	Benjamin	48	↓2	29
46	Stephen	48	↑3	40
47	Nathan	45	↓10	43
48	Mark	44	new	42
49	Trevor	42	new	83
50	Cameron	41	new	64

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