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Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 1,585 Nevada births in 1942 across 129 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#36Lynn#149 nationally
#46Ted#156 nationally
#39Pat#144 nationally
#52Sam#152 nationally
#38Jay#133 nationally
#24Mike#106 nationally
#62Roland#143 nationally
#48Laura#115 nationally
#54Charlene#117 nationally
#30Tom#89 nationally
#55Danny#111 nationally
#66Thelma#121 nationally

Girls

#1Mary48US #1
#2Judy34US #15
#3Patricia33US #3
#4Linda30US #4
#5Barbara28US #2
#6Carol27US #5
#7Sharon27US #11
#8Sandra20US #6
#9Donna19US #20
#10Karen19US #16
#11Janet17US #19
#12Joan17US #18
#13Shirley17US #12
#14Nancy16US #8
#15Betty15US #9
#16Bonnie13US #34
#17Frances13US #30
#18Judith13US #7
#19Carolyn12US #10
#20Margaret12US #14
#21Alice10US #39
#22Ann10US #38
#23Beverly10US #32
#24Dorothy10US #17
#25Susan10US #21
#26Connie9US #70
#27Diane9US #28
#28Kathleen9US #24
#29Kay8US #75
#30Diana7US #68
#31Elizabeth7US #22
#32Helen7US #26
#33Jean7US #36
#34Jo7US #65
#35Joyce7US #13
#36Lynn7US #149
#37Marilyn7US #27
#38Marjorie7US #74
#39Pat7US #144
#40Virginia7US #23
#41Carole6US #35
#42Elaine6US #45
#43Gail6US #60
#44Gloria6US #31
#45Janice6US #25
#46Joann6US #58
#47Juanita6US #90
#48Laura6US #115
#49Lois6US #44
#50Martha6US #29
#51Phyllis6US #37
#52Ruby6US #77
#53Anita5US #93
#54Charlene5US #117
#55Ellen5US #64
#56Evelyn5US #53
#57Florence5US #110
#58Joanne5US #48
#59Loretta5US #79
#60Maureen5US #102
#61Patsy5US #57
#62Peggy5US #42
#63Rita5US #55
#64Rose5US #50
#65Sheila5US #94
#66Thelma5US #121

Boys

#1Robert59US #2
#2John56US #3
#3James47US #1
#4Richard46US #5
#5David43US #6
#6William33US #4
#7Ronald25US #9
#8Michael23US #13
#9Charles20US #7
#10Larry20US #12
#11Donald19US #10
#12Gary18US #18
#13Thomas17US #8
#14Dennis15US #20
#15Edward15US #17
#16George15US #14
#17Jack15US #34
#18Jerry15US #16
#19Frank13US #21
#20Carl12US #36
#21Bill11US #65
#22Don11US #72
#23Douglas11US #23
#24Mike11US #106
#25Paul11US #19
#26Raymond11US #24
#27Jim10US #74
#28Kenneth10US #15
#29Marvin10US #66
#30Tom10US #89
#31Harold9US #27
#32Joseph9US #11
#33Melvin9US #60
#34Roger9US #25
#35Bruce8US #50
#36Ernest8US #61
#37Howard8US #49
#38Jay8US #133
#39Joe8US #33
#40Lawrence8US #30
#41Dale7US #63
#42Daniel7US #28
#43Fred7US #46
#44Peter7US #39
#45Roy7US #42
#46Ted7US #156
#47Terry7US #52
#48Albert6US #40
#49Gerald6US #22
#50Leroy6US #69
#51Norman6US #53
#52Sam6US #152
#53Warren6US #97
#54Billy5US #35
#55Danny5US #111
#56Eugene5US #45
#57Gordon5US #92
#58Harry5US #48
#59Lee5US #87
#60Patrick5US #64
#61Phillip5US #77
#62Roland5US #143
#63Stanley5US #56

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑23Tom#30
↑19Joan#12
↑18Kay#29
↑17Harold#31
↑14Jerry#18
↑13Bonnie#16
↑13Helen#32
↑11Edward#15

Falling

↓37Rose#64
↓33Gerald#49
↓29Eugene#56
↓24Gloria#44
↓24Janice#45
↓21Patsy#61
↓20Daniel#42
↓19Marilyn#37

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.