Popular baby names in Nevada, 1990

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1990 were Ashley for girls (261 babies) and Michael for boys (340). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 15,521 babies born in Nevada in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1990

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

Girls

Aubrey: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Breanna: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shelby: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Sierra: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ashlee: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lacey: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ariel: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brianna: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Veronica: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sydney: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Bryce: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Trevor: 51 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Taylor: 60 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Logan: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Mario: 25 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Albert: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Ricky: 15 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Ashley	261	↑1	2
2	Jessica	242	↓1	1
3	Amanda	186	–	4
4	Brittany	184	–	3
5	Samantha	157	↑2	5
6	Nicole	120	↑3	13
7	Sarah	111	↓2	6
8	Amber	106	↑3	15
9	Jennifer	102	↓1	8
10	Kayla	100	↑13	14
11	Megan	95	↑6	11
12	Danielle	94	–	18
13	Stephanie	90	↓7	7
14	Courtney	86	↑7	17
15	Chelsea	84	↑5	24
16	Elizabeth	81	↓3	9
17	Melissa	78	↓3	20
18	Lauren	74	↑4	10
19	Heather	72	↓9	19
20	Michelle	72	↓2	22
21	Rebecca	72	↓5	21
22	Alyssa	71	↑11	27
23	Christina	70	↑1	25
24	Rachel	64	↓9	16
25	Emily	57	↑14	12
26	Sara	57	↑1	34
27	Taylor	56	new	46
28	Kimberly	54	↓2	31
29	Tiffany	54	↓10	23
30	Maria	53	new	47
31	Alicia	50	↑10	54
32	Brianna	49	↑4	61
33	Victoria	46	↑2	33
34	Erica	44	↑14	36
35	Alexandra	41	↓6	37
36	Alexis	41	↑9	66
37	Brittney	41	↓9	44
38	Breanna	40	new	>100
39	Crystal	40	↓1	39
40	Jamie	39	↓6	55
41	Kelsey	39	↑1	32
42	Jordan	38	new	59
43	Katherine	38	↓13	26
44	Laura	38	↓13	29
45	Shelby	38	new	100
46	Angela	37	↑4	52
47	Anna	36	new	45
48	Kristin	36	new	65
49	Lisa	36	↓5	64
50	Cassandra	35	↓25	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	340	–	1
2	Christopher	252	–	2
3	Joshua	227	–	4
4	Anthony	174	↑5	15
5	David	174	↑1	6
6	Ryan	173	↑6	11
7	Matthew	172	↓3	3
8	Joseph	164	↑2	10
9	James	157	↑5	8
10	Kyle	146	↑5	18
11	Tyler	144	↑9	21
12	Daniel	143	↓7	5
13	Justin	141	↓2	9
14	Robert	137	↓7	13
15	Andrew	134	↓2	7
16	Nicholas	129	↓8	14
17	John	120	↓1	12
18	Zachary	116	↑1	22
19	Cody	112	↑5	31
20	Steven	106	↑3	25
21	Jacob	105	↑1	20
22	Brandon	104	↓5	19
23	Kevin	97	↑7	23
24	Thomas	91	↑1	26
25	William	90	↓7	16
26	Eric	86	↑7	24
27	Jonathan	85	–	17
28	Richard	83	↑4	35
29	Alexander	74	↓8	28
30	Jordan	74	↑4	29
31	Brian	73	↑10	27
32	Sean	73	↓1	37
33	Timothy	71	↑6	30
34	Aaron	70	↓8	34
35	Jesse	70	↑1	48
36	Travis	65	↑1	42
37	Adam	60	↓9	32
38	Taylor	60	new	64
39	Patrick	58	↑5	36
40	Austin	56	new	55
41	Jose	56	new	41
42	Charles	54	–	38
43	Christian	52	new	60
44	Trevor	51	↑5	76
45	Cameron	49	↑5	62
46	Dustin	49	↓3	50
47	Jeffrey	49	↓9	43
48	Jeremy	49	↓13	40
49	Samuel	48	new	45
50	Benjamin	46	↓5	33

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