State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,090 Nevada births in 1946 across 150 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#51Colleenoutside the national top 200
#69Danaoutside the national top 200
#77Sandyoutside the national top 200
#78Vickieoutside the national top 200
#63Dave#160 nationally
#75Penny#163 nationally
#62Terry#143 nationally
#54Dean#132 nationally
#35Charlene#107 nationally
#56Julie#128 nationally
#42Juanita#110 nationally
#45Marlene#112 nationally

Girls

#1Mary45US #1
#2Barbara42US #4
#3Sandra42US #6
#4Linda39US #2
#5Karen36US #15
#6Carol35US #5
#7Sharon33US #9
#8Judy28US #11
#9Patricia28US #3
#10Susan25US #8
#11Shirley22US #18
#12Pamela21US #34
#13Bonnie20US #33
#14Nancy20US #7
#15Judith19US #10
#16Cheryl18US #27
#17Donna18US #13
#18Kathleen15US #16
#19Carolyn14US #12
#20Gloria13US #26
#21Margaret13US #17
#22Ann12US #40
#23Diane12US #19
#24Frances12US #39
#25Beverly11US #30
#26Dorothy11US #23
#27Elizabeth11US #25
#28Janice11US #22
#29Betty10US #14
#30Kathy10US #79
#31Darlene9US #71
#32Janet9US #21
#33Joyce9US #20
#34Ruth8US #38
#35Charlene7US #107
#36Charlotte7US #64
#37Connie7US #45
#38Diana7US #42
#39Doris7US #51
#40Helen7US #36
#41Jo7US #53
#42Juanita7US #110
#43Lynn7US #94
#44Marilyn7US #29
#45Marlene7US #112
#46Paula7US #69
#47Suzanne7US #52
#48Vicki7US #108
#49Alice6US #44
#50Christine6US #50
#51Colleen6
#52Dianne6US #76
#53Ellen6US #58
#54Gail6US #49
#55Jacqueline6US #62
#56Julie6US #128
#57Katherine6US #78
#58Martha6US #32
#59Rose6US #60
#60Sherry6US #73
#61Sue6US #61
#62Terry6US #143
#63Virginia6US #31
#64Andrea5US #125
#65Anita5US #84
#66Carole5US #72
#67Catherine5US #48
#68Constance5US #100
#69Dana5
#70Jean5US #37
#71Kathryn5US #63
#72Lois5US #55
#73Marie5US #54
#74Maureen5US #95
#75Penny5US #163
#76Rebecca5US #68
#77Sandy5
#78Vickie5

Boys

#1Robert89US #2
#2John73US #3
#3James72US #1
#4Richard68US #5
#5William62US #4
#6Michael43US #7
#7Charles38US #9
#8David36US #6
#9Gary34US #12
#10Thomas27US #8
#11Dennis25US #17
#12Donald23US #13
#13George23US #16
#14Kenneth22US #15
#15Mike21US #64
#16Larry20US #11
#17Paul20US #18
#18Edward17US #19
#19Ronald17US #10
#20Steven14US #28
#21Bruce13US #32
#22Jim13US #73
#23Bill12US #72
#24Jack12US #35
#25Joseph12US #14
#26Arthur11US #36
#27Ernest11US #71
#28Fred11US #51
#29Joe11US #37
#30Raymond11US #25
#31Terry11US #26
#32Ray10US #95
#33Stephen10US #24
#34Daniel9US #21
#35Jerry9US #20
#36Steve9US #69
#37Alan8US #49
#38Albert8US #52
#39Eugene8US #57
#40Frank8US #22
#41Harry8US #50
#42Russell8US #66
#43Don7US #79
#44Douglas7US #34
#45Gerald7US #27
#46Howard7US #55
#47Lawrence7US #31
#48Lloyd7US #106
#49Mark7US #58
#50Patrick7US #59
#51Allen6US #74
#52Clifford6US #100
#53Danny6US #46
#54Dean6US #132
#55Gregory6US #56
#56Harold6US #33
#57Peter6US #38
#58Roy6US #43
#59Anthony5US #44
#60Clyde5US #122
#61Dale5US #62
#62Dan5US #116
#63Dave5US #160
#64Jimmy5US #42
#65Joel5US #127
#66Leonard5US #67
#67Leroy5US #90
#68Leslie5US #119
#69Philip5US #61
#70Roger5US #23
#71Ronnie5US #54
#72Stanley5US #65
#73Timothy5US #60

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑40Raymond#30
↑36Ann#22
↑36Frances#24
↑25Bonnie#13
↑23Fred#28
↑23Harry#41
↑16Betty#29
↑15Dorothy#26

Falling

↓50Virginia#63
↓47Kathryn#71
↓45Roger#70
↓37Jean#70
↓30Roy#58
↓29Marie#73
↓22Vicki#48
↓20Alice#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.