State roster
Top names in Nevada
The names most likely to appear on 1940 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 1,155 Nevada births in 1940 across 101 distinct names.
Distinctively Nevada
Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Nevada more than they say America.
- #40Dean#143 nationally
- #47Leslie#136 nationally
- #48Maxine#137 nationally
- #43Glen#130 nationally
- #35Diana#117 nationally
- #39Kathryn#103 nationally
- #41Floyd#103 nationally
- #29Anita#87 nationally
- #21Jim#78 nationally
- #22Darlene#79 nationally
- #44Gordon#91 nationally
- #45Julia#91 nationally
Girls
- #1Patricia30US #3
- #2Sharon30US #17
- #3Barbara22US #2
- #4Mary22US #1
- #5Sandra22US #10
- #6Betty20US #5
- #7Bonnie17US #39
- #8Carol17US #6
- #9Linda17US #8
- #10Judy16US #16
- #11Diane14US #45
- #12Beverly13US #27
- #13Judith13US #4
- #14Joan12US #14
- #15Joyce12US #13
- #16Nancy12US #7
- #17Charlotte11US #55
- #18Donna11US #23
- #19Virginia11US #21
- #20Ann10US #35
- #21Carolyn9US #15
- #22Darlene9US #79
- #23Gloria9US #30
- #24Janice9US #22
- #25Joanne9US #54
- #26Karen9US #34
- #27Susan9US #36
- #28Peggy8US #37
- #29Anita7US #87
- #30Gail7US #65
- #31Lois7US #38
- #32Marilyn7US #25
- #33Norma7US #43
- #34Alice6US #32
- #35Diana6US #117
- #36Frances6US #28
- #37Irene6US #73
- #38Janet6US #19
- #39Kathryn6US #103
- #40Margaret6US #11
- #41Rose6US #44
- #42Dorothy5US #12
- #43Geraldine5US #46
- #44Helen5US #18
- #45Julia5US #91
- #46Kay5US #77
- #47Martha5US #26
- #48Maxine5US #137
- #49Phyllis5US #33
Boys
- #1Robert49US #2
- #2James45US #1
- #3John40US #3
- #4William31US #4
- #5Richard30US #5
- #6David28US #7
- #7Gary24US #19
- #8Donald21US #9
- #9Frank16US #20
- #10Larry16US #13
- #11Michael16US #18
- #12Ronald16US #10
- #13Kenneth15US #15
- #14Charles14US #6
- #15George14US #11
- #16Gerald13US #21
- #17Thomas12US #8
- #18Carl10US #32
- #19Douglas9US #56
- #20Jerry9US #14
- #21Jim9US #78
- #22Roy9US #42
- #23Dennis8US #24
- #24Don8US #62
- #25Eugene8US #38
- #26Fred8US #40
- #27Harold8US #23
- #28Jack8US #29
- #29Norman8US #48
- #30Jimmy7US #44
- #31Joseph7US #12
- #32Melvin7US #53
- #33Roger7US #26
- #34Albert6US #41
- #35Edward6US #16
- #36Howard6US #45
- #37Patrick6US #74
- #38Bill5US #67
- #39Dale5US #57
- #40Dean5US #143
- #41Floyd5US #103
- #42Franklin5US #87
- #43Glen5US #130
- #44Gordon5US #91
- #45Harry5US #47
- #46Leonard5US #54
- #47Leslie5US #136
- #48Paul5US #17
- #49Terry5US #73
- #50Tom5US #92
- #51Walter5US #25
- #52Wayne5US #39
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