State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,494 Nevada births in 1950 across 164 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#58Terrioutside the national top 200
#60Brentoutside the national top 200
#49Cindy#185 nationally
#72Tonioutside the national top 200
#80Laverneoutside the national top 200
#34Bill#131 nationally
#75Candace#172 nationally
#66Joy#159 nationally
#42Michele#128 nationally
#76Carla#160 nationally
#50Colleen#124 nationally
#66Jim#139 nationally

Girls

#1Linda83US #1
#2Mary49US #2
#3Patricia44US #3
#4Susan41US #5
#5Karen37US #12
#6Barbara33US #4
#7Kathleen30US #10
#8Nancy30US #6
#9Pamela23US #17
#10Sandra22US #8
#11Sharon22US #11
#12Deborah20US #7
#13Diane17US #16
#14Judith17US #21
#15Judy17US #25
#16Carol15US #9
#17Donna15US #13
#18Marilyn15US #37
#19Vicki15US #61
#20Connie14US #44
#21Elizabeth14US #24
#22Janet14US #18
#23Margaret14US #15
#24Cheryl13US #29
#25Christine13US #28
#26Katherine13US #58
#27Shirley13US #19
#28Carolyn12US #20
#29Peggy12US #41
#30Dorothy11US #35
#31Gail11US #42
#32Janice11US #22
#33Bonnie10US #33
#34Cynthia10US #23
#35Debra10US #59
#36Gloria10US #30
#37Virginia10US #43
#38Catherine9US #34
#39Diana9US #47
#40Jacqueline9US #55
#41Kathy9US #38
#42Michele9US #128
#43Rebecca9US #36
#44Brenda8US #14
#45Laura8US #63
#46Martha8US #32
#47Wanda8US #52
#48Ann7US #45
#49Cindy7US #185
#50Colleen7US #124
#51Darlene7US #79
#52Helen7US #50
#53Joyce7US #27
#54Juanita7US #115
#55Kathryn7US #46
#56Lynda7US #107
#57Sherry7US #62
#58Terri7
#59Valerie7US #116
#60Vickie7US #108
#61Alice6US #57
#62Cathy6US #75
#63Frances6US #51
#64Jane6US #39
#65Jeanne6US #95
#66Joy6US #159
#67Julie6US #111
#68Louise6US #109
#69Paula6US #54
#70Rita6US #56
#71Rose6US #69
#72Toni6
#73Anna5US #93
#74Beverly5US #31
#75Candace5US #172
#76Carla5US #160
#77Charlene5US #103
#78Charlotte5US #80
#79Jo5US #64
#80Laverne5
#81Marjorie5US #121
#82Marsha5US #68
#83Maureen5US #89
#84Sheila5US #70
#85Teresa5US #81
#86Terry5US #127
#87Victoria5US #94
#88Yvonne5US #110

Boys

#1John101US #3
#2Michael81US #4
#3Robert79US #2
#4David74US #5
#5James73US #1
#6Richard65US #7
#7William64US #6
#8Thomas54US #8
#9Gary52US #10
#10Charles30US #9
#11Ronald29US #12
#12George28US #20
#13Steven28US #16
#14Donald26US #14
#15Larry25US #11
#16Daniel22US #21
#17Dennis22US #17
#18Joseph21US #13
#19Kenneth21US #15
#20Bruce20US #26
#21Lawrence19US #33
#22Mark18US #23
#23Patrick18US #38
#24Edward16US #22
#25Jeffrey15US #43
#26Craig14US #69
#27Jerry14US #24
#28Paul13US #18
#29Timothy13US #32
#30Stephen12US #19
#31Ernest11US #81
#32Gregory11US #25
#33Wayne11US #35
#34Bill10US #131
#35Douglas10US #28
#36Terry10US #30
#37Walter10US #40
#38Christopher9US #72
#39Gerald9US #34
#40Joe9US #54
#41Anthony8US #36
#42Frank8US #29
#43Fred8US #84
#44Jay8US #115
#45Lee8US #91
#46Mike8US #113
#47Phillip8US #64
#48Raymond8US #31
#49Roger8US #27
#50Steve8US #83
#51Danny7US #39
#52Eric7US #98
#53Gene7US #122
#54Glen7US #125
#55Philip7US #53
#56Samuel7US #62
#57Alan6US #41
#58Albert6US #56
#59Andrew6US #68
#60Brent6
#61Dale6US #49
#62Frederick6US #75
#63Glenn6US #59
#64Harold6US #45
#65Jack6US #48
#66Jim6US #139
#67Leonard6US #77
#68Alfred5US #96
#69Arthur5US #46
#70Henry5US #47
#71Leslie5US #126
#72Martin5US #85
#73Melvin5US #87
#74Micheal5US #104
#75Roy5US #51
#76Stanley5US #60
#77Vernon5US #134

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑64Marilyn#18
↑45Gail#31
↑44Lawrence#21
↑39Debra#35
↑39Jeffrey#25
↑36Laura#45
↑35Connie#20
↑35Lee#45

Falling

↓54Beverly#74
↓51Teresa#85
↓51Terry#86
↓50Charlotte#78
↓44Roy#75
↓33Kathryn#55
↓33Stanley#76
↓25Kathy#41

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.