Popular baby names in Nevada, 2012

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 2012 were Sophia for girls (198 babies) and Alexander for boys (188). Alexander ranked #9 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 23,605 babies born in Nevada in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 2012

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

Girls

Esmeralda: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jaylah: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Alejandra: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cataleya: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Leslie: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Giselle: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gemma: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Nayeli: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Jade: 47 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Vanessa: 43 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Romeo: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rodrigo: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jayson: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Cristian: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Cruz: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Roberto: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Maximus: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ricardo: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cash: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Emilio: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Sophia	198	–	1
2	Isabella	182	–	3
3	Emma	151	↑2	2
4	Olivia	146	↓1	4
5	Mia	139	↑1	8
6	Emily	122	↓2	6
7	Ava	110	↑1	5
8	Madison	99	↑2	9
9	Chloe	95	–	11
10	Abigail	92	↓3	7
11	Sofia	88	–	18
12	Lily	71	↑6	16
13	Elizabeth	68	↓1	10
14	Victoria	68	↑5	28
15	Natalie	67	↓1	17
16	Samantha	66	↓1	26
17	Bella	64	↑24	54
18	Addison	62	↑3	14
19	Genesis	62	↑17	56
20	Aaliyah	61	↑5	36
21	Camila	60	↓8	48
22	Scarlett	60	new	61
23	Ella	59	↑3	12
24	Grace	59	↑13	21
25	Charlotte	58	↑5	19
26	Zoey	58	↑3	20
27	Brianna	56	↓5	51
28	Brooklyn	56	↑4	29
29	Audrey	55	new	41
30	Hailey	54	↑3	32
31	Allison	52	↑14	38
32	Avery	52	↑3	13
33	Kimberly	51	↓10	88
34	Alexa	50	↓18	57
35	Ashley	50	new	50
36	Aubrey	50	↑4	15
37	Kaylee	50	↓3	35
38	Lillian	50	↑6	25
39	Evelyn	49	↓19	27
40	Jasmine	49	↓12	83
41	Zoe	49	↓14	30
42	Alexis	48	↓3	40
43	Melanie	48	new	77
44	Jade	47	↑6	>100
45	Jocelyn	47	↓14	93
46	Arianna	46	↑1	49
47	Gabriella	46	↓5	37
48	Maya	44	new	63
49	Nevaeh	44	↓25	39
50	Harper	43	new	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Alexander	188	↑5	9
2	Anthony	180	↓1	15
3	Daniel	177	–	11
4	Jacob	170	↓2	1
5	Jayden	169	↓1	8
6	Ethan	156	↑7	3
7	Mason	153	↓2	2
8	Liam	146	↑14	6
9	Noah	135	↓2	4
10	Aiden	132	↓2	10
11	Christopher	120	↑5	23
12	Elijah	120	↑15	13
13	William	120	↓1	5
14	David	118	↑1	20
15	Angel	116	↓4	57
16	Logan	116	↑5	22
17	Joshua	114	↑18	17
18	Julian	112	↑7	53
19	Michael	111	↓9	7
20	Nathan	108	↑3	29
21	Matthew	107	↓12	12
22	Joseph	104	↓8	19
23	Gabriel	103	↑3	24
24	Adrian	102	↓7	61
25	Andrew	98	↑3	18
26	Benjamin	97	↑7	16
27	Isaac	97	↓8	30
28	Dylan	96	↓4	31
29	Jonathan	95	↓11	34
30	Aaron	91	↑10	51
31	James	90	↓2	14
32	Xavier	89	new	80
33	Brandon	87	↑9	56
34	Christian	87	↓14	33
35	Dominic	86	new	70
36	Sebastian	86	↓6	64
37	Samuel	83	↑2	25
38	Jordan	82	↓1	48
39	Isaiah	80	↓8	42
40	Eli	75	new	43
41	Jose	72	↑7	72
42	Lucas	72	↓1	27
43	Damian	70	↑7	99
44	Landon	70	–	35
45	Caleb	68	↓7	32
46	Kevin	68	new	69
47	Gavin	67	↓13	40
48	Tyler	67	new	50
49	Robert	66	↓4	60
50	Ryan	66	↓14	26

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