State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,436 Nevada births in 1948 across 166 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#49Guy#195 nationally
#65Cathleenoutside the national top 200
#47Carla#180 nationally
#77Patoutside the national top 200
#40Michele#159 nationally
#66Colleen#161 nationally
#59Jill#150 nationally
#81Wesley#169 nationally
#42Andrea#128 nationally
#58Gayle#141 nationally
#55Valerie#135 nationally
#57Vernon#136 nationally

Girls

#1Linda110US #1
#2Patricia54US #4
#3Mary48US #2
#4Sandra42US #6
#5Susan40US #5
#6Kathleen38US #10
#7Karen34US #12
#8Carol30US #8
#9Sharon25US #9
#10Donna24US #11
#11Barbara23US #3
#12Nancy23US #7
#13Pamela22US #22
#14Vicki19US #81
#15Janice16US #23
#16Judith16US #15
#17Margaret16US #13
#18Diana15US #48
#19Diane14US #19
#20Judy14US #16
#21Cynthia12US #27
#22Janet12US #24
#23Kathy12US #55
#24Marsha12US #76
#25Paula12US #52
#26Virginia12US #36
#27Carolyn11US #14
#28Charlotte11US #69
#29Cheryl11US #25
#30Kathryn11US #54
#31Betty10US #18
#32Bonnie10US #34
#33Peggy10US #38
#34Sheila10US #71
#35Connie9US #43
#36Helen9US #40
#37Katherine9US #68
#38Lynda9US #84
#39Marilyn9US #33
#40Michele9US #159
#41Ruth9US #45
#42Andrea8US #128
#43Martha8US #32
#44Phyllis8US #46
#45Sue8US #78
#46Yvonne8US #112
#47Carla7US #180
#48Catherine7US #41
#49Christine7US #35
#50Deborah7US #30
#51Dorothy7US #29
#52Gail7US #51
#53Joyce7US #21
#54Sherry7US #61
#55Valerie7US #135
#56Cathy6US #104
#57Darlene6US #77
#58Gayle6US #141
#59Jill6US #150
#60Jo6US #56
#61Joanne6US #65
#62Shirley6US #20
#63Suzanne6US #66
#64Alice5US #49
#65Cathleen5
#66Colleen5US #161
#67Dolores5US #119
#68Elaine5US #53
#69Frances5US #42
#70Geraldine5US #83
#71Jane5US #39
#72Joan5US #37
#73Laura5US #73
#74Leslie5US #131
#75Lois5US #70
#76Lorraine5US #96
#77Lynn5US #80
#78Maria5US #75
#79Marie5US #60
#80Rita5US #59
#81Roberta5US #101
#82Rose5US #62
#83Rosemary5US #90
#84Sally5US #72
#85Theresa5US #63
#86Victoria5US #108

Boys

#1Robert88US #2
#2John87US #3
#3James78US #1
#4Richard57US #7
#5Michael55US #6
#6William50US #4
#7David47US #5
#8Charles35US #9
#9Ronald35US #10
#10Gary29US #12
#11Thomas29US #8
#12Donald28US #14
#13Larry28US #11
#14Dennis27US #17
#15Daniel23US #22
#16Kenneth22US #15
#17George21US #16
#18Paul21US #18
#19Steven20US #23
#20Raymond18US #27
#21Bruce17US #28
#22Terry17US #26
#23Patrick16US #48
#24Stephen16US #20
#25Jerry15US #21
#26Joseph15US #13
#27Peter15US #37
#28Tom15US #94
#29Edward14US #19
#30Frank14US #25
#31Craig13US #82
#32Douglas13US #33
#33Mike13US #68
#34Alan12US #46
#35Harry12US #57
#36Roger11US #24
#37Gerald10US #30
#38Gregory10US #32
#39Lawrence10US #31
#40Mark10US #29
#41Samuel10US #70
#42Joe9US #47
#43Roy9US #49
#44Walter9US #35
#45Brian8US #95
#46Jimmy8US #50
#47Arthur7US #44
#48Dale7US #56
#49Guy7US #195
#50Howard7US #63
#51Jack7US #43
#52Jeffrey7US #58
#53Leonard7US #71
#54Randy7US #99
#55Steve7US #60
#56Timothy7US #38
#57Vernon7US #136
#58Albert6US #55
#59Allen6US #72
#60Bill6US #84
#61Clifford6US #105
#62Eugene6US #61
#63Fred6US #66
#64Gordon6US #112
#65Jim6US #86
#66Jon6US #128
#67Leslie6US #129
#68Philip6US #54
#69Ray6US #100
#70Anthony5US #41
#71Carl5US #42
#72Dan5US #113
#73Dean5US #143
#74Gilbert5US #145
#75Glen5US #133
#76Micheal5US #148
#77Pat5
#78Stanley5US #65
#79Tommy5US #79
#80Wayne5US #34
#81Wesley5US #169

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑70Marsha#24
↑54Phyllis#44
↑40Samuel#41
↑38Sheila#34
↑37Roy#43
↑35Vicki#14
↑33Carla#47
↑32Virginia#26

Falling

↓48Carl#71
↓44Lynn#77
↓40Frances#69
↓38Jim#65
↓38Wayne#80
↓36Shirley#62
↓36Victoria#86
↓35Bill#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.