State roster
Top names in Nevada
The names most likely to appear on 1939 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 1,032 Nevada births in 1939 across 97 distinct names.
Distinctively Nevada
Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Nevada more than they say America.
- #47Ted#149 nationally
- #27Vivian#128 nationally
- #37Deanna#133 nationally
- #35Anita#97 nationally
- #34Phillip#92 nationally
- #21Jim#75 nationally
- #37Bob#89 nationally
- #31Gordon#82 nationally
- #23Bill#67 nationally
- #50Theresa#94 nationally
- #18Bonnie#61 nationally
- #39Eddie#81 nationally
Girls
- #1Mary30US #1
- #2Barbara29US #2
- #3Patricia22US #3
- #4Carol20US #6
- #5Betty16US #4
- #6Sandra16US #13
- #7Sharon15US #23
- #8Joan13US #11
- #9Judith13US #8
- #10Linda13US #15
- #11Nancy12US #7
- #12Joyce11US #12
- #13Judy10US #28
- #14Karen10US #39
- #15Marilyn10US #19
- #16Shirley10US #5
- #17Virginia10US #21
- #18Bonnie8US #61
- #19Carolyn8US #14
- #20Donna8US #20
- #21Jean8US #32
- #22Margaret8US #10
- #23Dorothy7US #9
- #24Janice7US #24
- #25Joanne7US #53
- #26Sally7US #52
- #27Vivian7US #128
- #28Diane6US #51
- #29Helen6US #16
- #30Marie6US #37
- #31Norma6US #38
- #32Phyllis6US #30
- #33Rose6US #42
- #34Sylvia6US #62
- #35Anita5US #97
- #36Ann5US #33
- #37Deanna5US #133
- #38Elaine5US #45
- #39Elizabeth5US #18
- #40Ellen5US #80
- #41Frances5US #26
- #42Gail5US #73
- #43Geraldine5US #41
- #44Gloria5US #36
- #45Irene5US #74
- #46Janet5US #17
- #47Joann5US #57
- #48Kay5US #76
- #49Susan5US #44
- #50Theresa5US #94
Boys
- #1John46US #3
- #2James43US #2
- #3Richard43US #5
- #4Robert35US #1
- #5William30US #4
- #6David23US #7
- #7Ronald22US #10
- #8Charles20US #6
- #9George17US #11
- #10Larry15US #14
- #11Gary14US #21
- #12Jack14US #26
- #13Michael13US #18
- #14Edward12US #15
- #15Fred12US #40
- #16Thomas12US #9
- #17Jerry11US #16
- #18Wayne11US #39
- #19Kenneth10US #13
- #20Donald9US #8
- #21Jim9US #75
- #22Joseph9US #12
- #23Bill8US #67
- #24Daniel7US #38
- #25Frank7US #20
- #26Paul7US #17
- #27Raymond7US #22
- #28Dennis6US #34
- #29Gene6US #69
- #30Gerald6US #19
- #31Gordon6US #82
- #32Harold6US #23
- #33Norman6US #44
- #34Phillip6US #92
- #35Roger6US #28
- #36Walter6US #25
- #37Bob5US #89
- #38Earl5US #50
- #39Eddie5US #81
- #40Henry5US #31
- #41Joe5US #27
- #42Lawrence5US #36
- #43Lee5US #78
- #44Leroy5US #61
- #45Roy5US #42
- #46Stanley5US #57
- #47Ted5US #149
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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.