Popular baby names in Nevada, 1997

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1997 were Taylor for girls (154 babies) and Michael for boys (250). Taylor ranked #7 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 19,230 babies born in Nevada in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1997

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

Girls

Jocelyne: 15 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Esmeralda: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Angelina: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alondra: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Daisy: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cecilia: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Valeria: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jazmin: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Karla: 22 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Saul: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jaime: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Fabian: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sergio: 34 babies, 3× the national rate
Edgar: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gerardo: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Fernando: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ivan: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Martin: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Giovanni: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Taylor	154	↑3	7
2	Jessica	153	↓1	2
3	Ashley	148	↓1	3
4	Samantha	145	↓1	6
5	Alexis	127	↑1	8
6	Emily	117	↑1	1
7	Hannah	109	↑3	5
8	Alyssa	105	↑13	15
9	Elizabeth	104	↑5	9
10	Jennifer	99	↑2	18
11	Sarah	98	↓6	4
12	Stephanie	96	↑1	23
13	Kayla	94	↓5	12
14	Madison	92	↑2	10
15	Amanda	86	↓6	16
16	Brianna	84	↑6	17
17	Megan	75	↓2	11
18	Rachel	68	↓1	13
19	Kimberly	62	↑26	49
20	Nicole	62	↑9	21
21	Brittany	61	↓10	20
22	Melissa	61	↑1	44
23	Morgan	61	↑27	22
24	Jasmine	60	↓6	24
25	Maria	59	↑13	38
26	Sydney	58	↑21	35
27	Vanessa	58	↓8	54
28	Sierra	57	↓4	56
29	Savannah	56	↑2	47
30	Danielle	55	↓4	34
31	Amber	54	↑11	29
32	Andrea	54	new	58
33	Haley	54	↑1	31
34	Alexandra	53	↓14	30
35	Courtney	53	↓2	28
36	Jordan	53	new	40
37	Victoria	53	↓12	19
38	Breanna	51	↑11	74
39	Brooke	49	↓3	45
40	Sara	49	↑6	50
41	Lauren	48	↓13	14
42	Angelica	47	↑6	>100
43	Abigail	46	new	26
44	Sabrina	44	new	53
45	Shelby	44	↓13	43
46	Diana	42	new	97
47	Mariah	42	↓8	67
48	Olivia	42	new	27
49	Christina	41	↓8	62
50	Kelsey	40	↓6	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Michael	250	–	1
2	Jacob	231	↑1	2
3	Christopher	188	↑7	4
4	Anthony	187	–	18
5	Daniel	178	–	11
6	Brandon	176	↓4	8
7	Austin	171	↓1	9
8	Tyler	169	–	10
9	Matthew	163	–	3
10	Joshua	158	↓3	5
11	Andrew	153	↑10	7
12	David	151	↓1	14
13	Nicholas	150	↓1	6
14	Ryan	141	↑1	16
15	Christian	135	↑2	25
16	Zachary	134	↑10	13
17	Jonathan	131	↑7	21
18	Jose	131	↑2	32
19	Joseph	127	↓6	12
20	Alexander	123	↓4	22
21	Robert	119	↑8	23
22	Kyle	117	–	24
23	Jordan	108	↓4	26
24	Dylan	106	↑3	30
25	James	106	↓7	17
26	Justin	103	↓12	20
27	William	88	↑3	19
28	Nathan	83	↑21	34
29	Juan	82	↑5	54
30	Cody	80	↓5	36
31	John	80	↓8	15
32	Eric	79	↑5	35
33	Luis	79	↑8	53
34	Jason	78	↑4	41
35	Kevin	75	↓4	28
36	Brian	73	–	37
37	Benjamin	69	↓5	29
38	Logan	67	↑8	42
39	Cameron	66	new	45
40	Thomas	66	–	31
41	Aaron	64	↓13	33
42	Steven	63	↓9	40
43	Carlos	61	↓1	67
44	Connor	60	new	52
45	Noah	60	new	38
46	Samuel	60	↓2	27
47	Angel	56	new	86
48	Sean	55	↓13	48
49	Hunter	54	↑1	44
50	Adrian	53	new	95

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