Name Legacy

Baby names in Nevada, 1950s

1950–1959 · 39,527 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Nevada across the 1950s, with 1,278 births in the decade. The state recorded 39,527 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Nevada in the 1950s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Brent61
Toni68
Kelly85
Mike135
Kelli11
Craig174
Lance31
Teri36

Top 25 in the 1950s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael1,278
#2Robert1,164
#3David1,064
#4John1,042
#5James935
#6William739
#7Richard725
#8Linda693
#9Debra608
#10Mark576
#11Mary570
#12Steven542
#13Susan541
#14Patricia482
#15Thomas480
#16Gary463
#17Deborah432
#18Karen416
#19Charles410
#20Ronald374
#21Donald368
#22Kenneth366
#23Barbara329
#24Daniel327
#25Kathleen316

Other decades in Nevada

All Nevada names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org