State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 983 Nevada births in 1938 across 94 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Nevada more than they say America.

#30Ted#147 nationally
#24Deanna#115 nationally
#25Tom#106 nationally
#32Lucille#106 nationally
#44Laura#108 nationally
#13Bonnie#65 nationally
#35Terry#86 nationally
#41Jeanette#91 nationally
#18Douglas#60 nationally
#35Darlene#76 nationally
#23Loretta#62 nationally
#33Ray#72 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara26US #2
#2Sharon20US #30
#3Betty17US #4
#4Patricia16US #3
#5Nancy15US #7
#6Shirley15US #5
#7Mary14US #1
#8Carol13US #6
#9Marilyn13US #19
#10Sandra13US #14
#11Joan12US #10
#12Margaret11US #9
#13Bonnie10US #65
#14Donna10US #20
#15Ruth10US #21
#16Carolyn9US #15
#17Jean9US #27
#18Judith9US #12
#19Lois9US #33
#20Ann8US #32
#21Joyce8US #11
#22Karen8US #50
#23Loretta8US #62
#24Deanna7US #115
#25Judy7US #41
#26Beverly6US #18
#27Catherine6US #48
#28Elizabeth6US #17
#29Frances6US #23
#30Janet6US #16
#31Linda6US #31
#32Lucille6US #106
#33Patsy6US #55
#34Virginia6US #22
#35Darlene5US #76
#36Diane5US #64
#37Dolores5US #43
#38Doris5US #25
#39Evelyn5US #38
#40Jacqueline5US #69
#41Jeanette5US #91
#42Joanne5US #57
#43Juanita5US #80
#44Laura5US #108
#45Roberta5US #73

Boys

#1John51US #3
#2Robert44US #1
#3William37US #4
#4James31US #2
#5Richard29US #5
#6David23US #8
#7George22US #11
#8Thomas20US #9
#9Gary18US #22
#10Jack15US #25
#11Charles14US #6
#12Ronald14US #10
#13Donald12US #7
#14Michael12US #21
#15Jerry11US #17
#16Edward10US #13
#17Kenneth10US #14
#18Douglas9US #60
#19Frank9US #18
#20Harold9US #23
#21Paul9US #15
#22Fred8US #38
#23Larry8US #16
#24Roger8US #31
#25Tom8US #106
#26Dennis7US #49
#27Louis7US #47
#28Roy7US #41
#29Stanley7US #59
#30Ted7US #147
#31Joseph6US #12
#32Ralph6US #35
#33Ray6US #72
#34Raymond6US #20
#35Terry6US #86
#36Wayne6US #40
#37Bill5US #67
#38Billy5US #24
#39Carl5US #29
#40Don5US #52
#41Gerald5US #19
#42Gordon5US #78
#43Harry5US #44
#44Joe5US #28
#45Lee5US #80
#46Leroy5US #61
#47Norman5US #43
#48Peter5US #48
#49Tommy5US #77

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑16Ann#20
↑14Sandra#10
↑14Deanna#24
↑14Fred#22
↑12Sharon#2
↑12Michael#14
↑11Carolyn#16
↑11Beverly#26

Falling

↓23Darlene#35
↓23Don#40
↓19Gordon#42
↓19Joe#44
↓17Bill#37
↓15Karen#22
↓15Janet#30
↓13Larry#23

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.