State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 1,876 Nevada births in 1943 across 136 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#43Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#47Diannaoutside the national top 200
#67Lanaoutside the national top 200
#50Julie#156 nationally
#66Joy#157 nationally
#55Tony#145 nationally
#31Josephine#108 nationally
#28Lloyd#104 nationally
#51Jon#127 nationally
#46Charlene#121 nationally
#19Mike#90 nationally
#28Paula#93 nationally

Girls

#1Sharon51US #8
#2Mary50US #1
#3Linda48US #4
#4Barbara39US #2
#5Patricia36US #3
#6Karen30US #15
#7Judith25US #7
#8Donna24US #17
#9Susan23US #18
#10Carol22US #5
#11Sandra20US #6
#12Nancy19US #9
#13Margaret18US #14
#14Diane17US #24
#15Judy16US #13
#16Betty15US #10
#17Elizabeth15US #23
#18Carolyn14US #11
#19Dorothy14US #19
#20Shirley14US #12
#21Gloria13US #30
#22Marilyn13US #27
#23Beverly11US #32
#24Janice11US #26
#25Jean11US #36
#26Joan11US #21
#27Kathleen11US #22
#28Paula11US #93
#29Bonnie10US #34
#30Frances10US #31
#31Josephine10US #108
#32Joyce10US #16
#33Virginia10US #25
#34Diana9US #62
#35Elaine9US #46
#36Jo9US #63
#37Sheila8US #92
#38Sue8US #72
#39Charlotte7US #47
#40Jane7US #44
#41Joann7US #60
#42Louise7US #70
#43Ramona7
#44Roberta7US #66
#45Ann6US #37
#46Charlene6US #121
#47Dianna6
#48Gail6US #55
#49Janet6US #20
#50Julie6US #156
#51Katherine6US #78
#52Kathryn6US #75
#53Loretta6US #89
#54Pamela6US #54
#55Rose6US #50
#56Rosemary6US #97
#57Wilma6US #120
#58Cheryl5US #102
#59Connie5US #59
#60Cynthia5US #101
#61Darlene5US #73
#62Dolores5US #74
#63Evelyn5US #53
#64Jacqueline5US #65
#65Jeanne5US #113
#66Joy5US #157
#67Lana5
#68Margie5US #128
#69Marie5US #45
#70Patsy5US #61

Boys

#1Robert70US #2
#2James69US #1
#3John67US #3
#4William51US #4
#5Richard49US #5
#6David44US #6
#7Michael39US #10
#8Charles30US #7
#9Ronald27US #9
#10Gary23US #16
#11Thomas21US #8
#12George20US #14
#13Larry20US #12
#14Jack19US #34
#15Kenneth19US #15
#16Raymond17US #22
#17Frank16US #21
#18Donald15US #11
#19Mike15US #90
#20Jim14US #75
#21Edward12US #18
#22Fred12US #45
#23Roger12US #24
#24Stephen12US #29
#25Joe11US #35
#26Terry11US #49
#27Daniel10US #25
#28Lloyd10US #104
#29Louis10US #53
#30Ralph10US #40
#31Bruce9US #51
#32Don9US #72
#33Paul9US #19
#34Stanley9US #54
#35Arthur8US #30
#36Bill8US #65
#37Dennis8US #20
#38Douglas8US #28
#39Gerald8US #23
#40Jerry8US #17
#41Norman8US #56
#42Walter8US #26
#43Wayne8US #41
#44Carl7US #33
#45Gordon7US #98
#46Henry7US #31
#47Peter7US #39
#48Ronnie7US #71
#49Roy7US #38
#50Billy6US #37
#51Jon6US #127
#52Patrick6US #69
#53Steve6US #93
#54Steven6US #58
#55Tony6US #145
#56Albert5US #43
#57Alfred5US #78
#58Earl5US #60
#59Eddie5US #80
#60Francis5US #64
#61Gene5US #89
#62Glenn5US #85
#63Lawrence5US #32
#64Leonard5US #55
#65Leroy5US #74
#66Timothy5US #99

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑29Stanley#34
↑28Sheila#37
↑23Gloria#21
↑21Janice#24
↑21Fred#22
↑21Terry#26
↑16Susan#9
↑15Marilyn#22

Falling

↓38Janet#49
↓33Connie#59
↓24Carl#44
↓23Ann#45
↓23Dennis#37
↓23Lawrence#63
↓22Jerry#40
↓15Bill#36

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.