Popular baby names in Nevada, 1996

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1996 were Jessica for girls (161 babies) and Michael for boys (226). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 18,667 babies born in Nevada in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1996

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

Girls

Mckenna: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cheyanne: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jazmin: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Evelyn: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jasmin: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Adriana: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jordyn: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alondra: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Vanessa: 73 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Angelica: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Saul: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gerardo: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chance: 41 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Giovanni: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cristian: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Pedro: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marcos: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Fernando: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gage: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Wyatt: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jessica	161	↑1	2
2	Ashley	153	↓1	3
3	Samantha	129	↑1	5
4	Taylor	119	↓1	6
5	Sarah	111	↑1	4
6	Alexis	110	↓1	8
7	Emily	109	–	1
8	Kayla	103	↑2	11
9	Amanda	91	↓1	13
10	Hannah	89	↑1	7
11	Brittany	87	↑2	14
12	Jennifer	86	↑6	19
13	Stephanie	84	↑8	20
14	Elizabeth	83	↓2	10
15	Megan	83	↓6	12
16	Madison	81	↑14	15
17	Rachel	80	↓2	9
18	Jasmine	78	↑2	28
19	Vanessa	73	↑5	60
20	Alexandra	71	↑3	26
21	Alyssa	69	↓4	23
22	Brianna	68	↑3	17
23	Melissa	68	↑20	42
24	Sierra	66	↑2	62
25	Victoria	65	↑10	18
26	Danielle	64	↓7	29
27	Rebecca	63	↑12	24
28	Lauren	62	↑4	16
29	Nicole	62	↓15	22
30	Michelle	59	↑3	47
31	Savannah	56	new	43
32	Shelby	56	↓5	35
33	Courtney	55	↓17	21
34	Haley	54	↑4	30
35	Marissa	51	↑9	59
36	Brooke	50	new	45
37	Cheyenne	49	–	68
38	Maria	49	↑2	37
39	Mariah	48	↑8	63
40	Heather	47	new	71
41	Christina	46	↓7	57
42	Amber	45	↓20	27
43	Kaitlyn	45	new	40
44	Kelsey	45	↓15	36
45	Kimberly	45	↓14	41
46	Sara	45	new	50
47	Sydney	45	↓19	39
48	Angelica	44	new	97
49	Breanna	44	new	74
50	Morgan	44	↓9	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Michael	226	–	1
2	Brandon	225	↑2	8
3	Jacob	221	↑2	3
4	Anthony	190	↑5	19
5	Daniel	189	↑5	11
6	Austin	178	↑2	9
7	Joshua	171	↓5	5
8	Tyler	171	↓5	7
9	Matthew	165	↑4	2
10	Christopher	161	↓4	4
11	David	161	↑12	13
12	Nicholas	160	↓5	6
13	Joseph	143	↓1	12
14	Justin	134	↑1	20
15	Ryan	134	↓4	16
16	Alexander	133	↑5	22
17	Christian	128	↑3	24
18	James	124	↑8	17
19	Jordan	118	↑10	27
20	Jose	118	↑2	32
21	Andrew	117	↓7	10
22	Kyle	117	↓5	25
23	John	112	↑4	15
24	Jonathan	111	–	21
25	Cody	109	↓9	31
26	Zachary	99	↓7	14
27	Dylan	93	↓2	33
28	Aaron	89	↑3	34
29	Robert	89	↓11	23
30	William	77	↓2	18
31	Kevin	74	↓1	26
32	Benjamin	71	↑9	29
33	Steven	70	↑10	38
34	Juan	66	↑8	52
35	Sean	66	↑4	46
36	Brian	63	↑4	36
37	Eric	63	↓2	35
38	Jason	63	↓1	41
39	Richard	63	↓5	45
40	Thomas	63	↓8	28
41	Luis	62	↓8	57
42	Carlos	61	new	67
43	Jesse	60	↓7	51
44	Samuel	60	↑4	30
45	Jesus	56	↑2	74
46	Logan	56	new	42
47	Tristan	56	new	68
48	Bryan	55	new	66
49	Nathan	55	↓3	37
50	Hunter	53	new	47

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