State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,028 Nevada births in 1945 across 141 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#63Julie#155 nationally
#26Vicki#117 nationally
#65Pat#154 nationally
#49Dean#136 nationally
#72Ted#155 nationally
#27Kathy#101 nationally
#53Claudia#127 nationally
#35Bob#107 nationally
#55Lillian#124 nationally
#50Floyd#114 nationally
#55Leslie#115 nationally
#54Jon#112 nationally

Girls

#1Mary54US #1
#2Linda47US #2
#3Patricia47US #4
#4Barbara41US #3
#5Carol38US #5
#6Sharon38US #8
#7Sandra36US #6
#8Judy26US #13
#9Susan26US #10
#10Judith25US #9
#11Nancy22US #7
#12Kathleen20US #19
#13Virginia20US #28
#14Donna18US #17
#15Shirley18US #14
#16Cheryl17US #32
#17Karen17US #16
#18Margaret16US #15
#19Pamela15US #42
#20Carolyn14US #12
#21Gloria14US #23
#22Janice14US #24
#23Janet13US #20
#24Kathryn12US #65
#25Diane11US #22
#26Vicki11US #117
#27Kathy10US #101
#28Marilyn10US #27
#29Alice9US #41
#30Charlotte9US #55
#31Elizabeth9US #26
#32Helen9US #31
#33Jean9US #38
#34Joan9US #25
#35Joyce9US #18
#36Peggy9US #45
#37Beverly8US #37
#38Bonnie8US #35
#39Brenda8US #29
#40Connie8US #47
#41Dorothy8US #21
#42Jane8US #36
#43Jo8US #60
#44Marie8US #49
#45Betty7US #11
#46Darlene7US #71
#47Laura7US #77
#48Roberta7US #75
#49Sally7US #64
#50Sue7US #66
#51Sylvia7US #83
#52Carole6US #51
#53Claudia6US #127
#54Kay6US #91
#55Lillian6US #124
#56Lois6US #48
#57Anita5US #100
#58Ann5US #39
#59Catherine5US #50
#60Frances5US #34
#61Georgia5US #116
#62Joanne5US #53
#63Julie5US #155
#64Lynda5US #111
#65Pat5US #154
#66Sheila5US #89
#67Sherry5US #104
#68Victoria5US #106
#69Vivian5US #118

Boys

#1Robert85US #2
#2James83US #1
#3John65US #3
#4Richard54US #5
#5Michael51US #9
#6David49US #6
#7William47US #4
#8Dennis30US #19
#9Ronald29US #10
#10Gary28US #13
#11Thomas26US #8
#12Donald24US #12
#13Kenneth23US #16
#14George22US #15
#15Larry21US #11
#16Mike21US #69
#17Charles20US #7
#18Bill16US #66
#19Edward15US #18
#20Frank13US #21
#21Jerry13US #20
#22Paul13US #17
#23Don12US #73
#24Ralph12US #44
#25Roger12US #22
#26Joe10US #36
#27Joseph10US #14
#28Roy10US #40
#29Wayne10US #35
#30Bruce9US #48
#31Jack9US #32
#32Stephen9US #26
#33Steven9US #43
#34Terry9US #33
#35Bob8US #107
#36Jim8US #68
#37Norman8US #65
#38Russell8US #64
#39Alan7US #52
#40Danny7US #56
#41Douglas7US #29
#42Lawrence7US #30
#43Mark7US #72
#44Marvin7US #80
#45Samuel7US #62
#46Tom7US #89
#47Carl6US #39
#48Daniel6US #24
#49Dean6US #136
#50Floyd6US #114
#51Fred6US #51
#52Gregory6US #96
#53Jimmy6US #41
#54Jon6US #112
#55Leslie6US #115
#56Lloyd6US #103
#57Patrick6US #63
#58Allen5US #74
#59Anthony5US #46
#60Barry5US #84
#61Curtis5US #97
#62Glenn5US #93
#63Gordon5US #109
#64Harry5US #47
#65Harvey5US #116
#66Leroy5US #83
#67Martin5US #90
#68Philip5US #58
#69Phillip5US #85
#70Raymond5US #23
#71Stanley5US #59
#72Ted5US #155

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑42Virginia#13
↑36Ralph#24
↑31Helen#32
↑27Roger#25
↑24Kathy#27
↑22Connie#40
↑22Marie#44
↑19Brenda#39

Falling

↓43Raymond#70
↓31Leroy#66
↓26Stanley#71
↓24Betty#45
↓23Bonnie#38
↓23Darlene#46
↓23Daniel#48
↓21Lynda#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.