State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 1,975 Nevada births in 1944 across 133 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#57Clarkoutside the national top 200
#59Cathyoutside the national top 200
#61Colleenoutside the national top 200
#62Rossoutside the national top 200
#63Timoutside the national top 200
#70Vernaoutside the national top 200
#50Julie#162 nationally
#52Pat#154 nationally
#48Glen#147 nationally
#57Annette#146 nationally
#56Chester#137 nationally
#29Bob#109 nationally

Girls

#1Linda64US #3
#2Barbara51US #2
#3Mary50US #1
#4Patricia39US #4
#5Karen32US #16
#6Sharon32US #8
#7Carol27US #5
#8Judy26US #12
#9Nancy26US #7
#10Donna25US #17
#11Sandra24US #6
#12Susan21US #13
#13Judith17US #9
#14Shirley17US #15
#15Bonnie14US #34
#16Carolyn14US #11
#17Kathleen14US #20
#18Pamela14US #44
#19Cheryl13US #36
#20Janice13US #28
#21Betty12US #10
#22Beverly12US #35
#23Darlene11US #76
#24Joan11US #22
#25Diane10US #24
#26Katherine10US #77
#27Margaret10US #14
#28Marilyn10US #27
#29Charlotte9US #50
#30Diana9US #60
#31Janet9US #21
#32Carole8US #43
#33Jo8US #61
#34Peggy8US #45
#35Sue8US #62
#36Dorothy7US #19
#37Gail7US #56
#38Geraldine7US #53
#39Gloria7US #25
#40Jean7US #37
#41Jeanette7US #117
#42Joyce7US #18
#43Lynda7US #113
#44Roberta7US #70
#45Alice6US #38
#46Elizabeth6US #23
#47Irene6US #91
#48Jacqueline6US #64
#49Jeanne6US #108
#50Julie6US #162
#51Kathy6US #110
#52Pat6US #154
#53Phyllis6US #40
#54Sherry6US #100
#55Virginia6US #26
#56Anita5US #95
#57Annette5US #146
#58Brenda5US #30
#59Cathy5
#60Charlene5US #109
#61Colleen5
#62Connie5US #51
#63Helen5US #31
#64Joanne5US #55
#65Lynn5US #116
#66Marie5US #48
#67Marjorie5US #85
#68Sally5US #59
#69Sarah5US #67
#70Verna5

Boys

#1Robert86US #2
#2John76US #3
#3James63US #1
#4Richard54US #5
#5David53US #6
#6Gary49US #15
#7William48US #4
#8Thomas44US #8
#9Ronald37US #10
#10Michael30US #9
#11Charles28US #7
#12Larry26US #12
#13Donald21US #11
#14Frank21US #21
#15George21US #14
#16Dennis20US #20
#17Kenneth20US #16
#18Joseph16US #13
#19Paul16US #17
#20Bill15US #66
#21Edward14US #18
#22Jim14US #68
#23Mike14US #80
#24Stephen14US #28
#25Daniel13US #25
#26Jack13US #30
#27Raymond12US #22
#28Douglas11US #34
#29Bob10US #109
#30Bruce10US #51
#31Don10US #72
#32Jerry10US #19
#33Fred9US #47
#34Joe9US #33
#35Leroy9US #78
#36Ray9US #86
#37Wayne9US #37
#38Gerald8US #24
#39Johnny8US #45
#40Leonard8US #56
#41Arthur7US #29
#42Eugene7US #48
#43Harry7US #49
#44Peter7US #40
#45Stanley7US #57
#46Steven7US #52
#47Gene6US #95
#48Glen6US #147
#49Keith6US #104
#50Lawrence6US #32
#51Norman6US #58
#52Roger6US #23
#53Terry6US #43
#54Walter6US #26
#55Albert5US #44
#56Chester5US #137
#57Clark5
#58Danny5US #76
#59Louis5US #54
#60Ralph5US #42
#61Ronnie5US #69
#62Ross5
#63Tim5

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑39Cheryl#19
↑38Darlene#23
↑36Pamela#18
↑30Leroy#35
↑25Katherine#26
↑24Leonard#40
↑21Dennis#16
↑18Janet#31

Falling

↓30Louis#59
↓30Ralph#60
↓29Elizabeth#46
↓29Roger#52
↓27Terry#53
↓22Virginia#55
↓18Gloria#39
↓17Dorothy#36

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.