State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,783 Nevada births in 1957 across 280 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#89Terioutside the national top 200
#70Brent#174 nationally
#98Shannonoutside the national top 200
#100Terrieoutside the national top 200
#76Christina#170 nationally
#97Kelly#187 nationally
#83Kelly#167 nationally
#74Leslie#156 nationally
#51Glen#129 nationally
#77Dave#155 nationally
#76Brad#153 nationally
#49Tom#116 nationally

Girls

#1Linda71US #3
#2Debra69US #4
#3Mary69US #1
#4Susan53US #2
#5Cynthia51US #7
#6Karen51US #5
#7Patricia46US #8
#8Deborah45US #6
#9Cindy39US #19
#10Carol36US #18
#11Brenda35US #13
#12Julie35US #28
#13Debbie33US #27
#14Janet33US #23
#15Kathleen33US #21
#16Teresa33US #24
#17Barbara32US #9
#18Kathy31US #20
#19Nancy30US #11
#20Sandra30US #15
#21Cheryl27US #16
#22Denise27US #25
#23Donna27US #10
#24Kim24US #35
#25Lisa24US #26
#26Diana23US #43
#27Diane23US #17
#28Pamela23US #12
#29Sharon22US #14
#30Rebecca21US #34
#31Carolyn20US #33
#32Victoria19US #88
#33Cathy18US #39
#34Elizabeth18US #22
#35Laurie18US #73
#36Margaret18US #29
#37Rhonda18US #52
#38Janice17US #32
#39Judy17US #38
#40Laura17US #31
#41Leslie16US #77
#42Terry16US #92
#43Theresa16US #36
#44Tina16US #80
#45Vickie16US #70
#46Beverly15US #48
#47Katherine15US #72
#48Kimberly15US #42
#49Vicki15US #51
#50Wanda15US #59
#51Paula14US #49
#52Dawn13US #93
#53Kathryn13US #65
#54Lori13US #45
#55Valerie13US #76
#56Connie12US #47
#57Elaine12US #96
#58Lynn12US #61
#59Sherry12US #55
#60Stephanie12US #110
#61Terri12US #68
#62Catherine11US #37
#63Maria11US #71
#64Marie11US #98
#65Peggy11US #62
#66Anita10US #81
#67Darlene10US #57
#68Frances10US #113
#69Gail10US #54
#70Jacqueline10US #91
#71Michelle10US #79
#72Renee10US #111
#73Shirley10US #46
#74Tammy10US #107
#75Andrea9US #130
#76Christina9US #170
#77Gloria9US #66
#78Jo9US #83
#79Marianne9US #139
#80Michele9US #99
#81Robin9US #30
#82Sheryl9US #112
#83Christine8US #41
#84Marilyn8US #82
#85Martha8US #63
#86Maureen8US #103
#87Rita8US #78
#88Rose8US #69
#89Teri8
#90Wendy8US #101
#91Angela7US #89
#92Becky7US #127
#93Carla7US #128
#94Evelyn7US #125
#95Joan7US #60
#96Joyce7US #40
#97Kelly7US #187
#98Shannon7
#99Sheila7US #58
#100Terrie7

Boys

#1Michael143US #1
#2David126US #3
#3Robert112US #4
#4John109US #5
#5James90US #2
#6William86US #6
#7Steven83US #10
#8Mark82US #7
#9Richard79US #8
#10Gary47US #13
#11Daniel46US #16
#12Charles44US #11
#13Ronald43US #17
#14Kevin42US #20
#15Kenneth41US #14
#16Donald39US #15
#17Thomas39US #9
#18Joseph36US #12
#19Dennis33US #28
#20Timothy33US #19
#21Larry31US #22
#22Paul31US #18
#23Gregory29US #23
#24Scott25US #32
#25Anthony24US #27
#26Douglas24US #30
#27Edward24US #25
#28Raymond24US #39
#29Bruce23US #34
#30Brian22US #26
#31Jerry22US #35
#32Randy22US #31
#33Terry22US #33
#34Mike20US #53
#35Jeffrey19US #21
#36Steve19US #44
#37Craig17US #55
#38Carl16US #49
#39Dale16US #50
#40Keith16US #36
#41Roger16US #42
#42Russell16US #54
#43Stephen16US #24
#44Christopher15US #43
#45Frank15US #38
#46George15US #29
#47Ricky15US #40
#48Jeffery14US #52
#49Tom14US #116
#50Barry13US #72
#51Glen13US #129
#52Patrick13US #41
#53Randall13US #59
#54Wayne13US #47
#55Gerald12US #51
#56Jack12US #67
#57Alan11US #48
#58Jim11US #106
#59Joe11US #57
#60Mitchell11US #125
#61Peter11US #37
#62Phillip11US #79
#63Tony11US #71
#64Arthur10US #66
#65Eric10US #60
#66Glenn10US #62
#67Jon10US #110
#68Lawrence10US #46
#69Ralph10US #76
#70Brent9US #174
#71Curtis9US #80
#72Dan9US #121
#73Danny9US #45
#74Leslie9US #156
#75Rodney9US #70
#76Brad8US #153
#77Dave8US #155
#78Dean8US #93
#79Ernest8US #101
#80Frederick8US #99
#81Jay8US #88
#82Karl8US #146
#83Kelly8US #167
#84Louis8US #86
#85Walter8US #58
#86Willie8US #63
#87Bill7US #123
#88Darrell7US #90
#89Duane7US #136
#90Eugene7US #92
#91Fred7US #103
#92Jeff7US #96
#93Joel7US #104
#94Jonathan7US #124
#95Lee7US #105
#96Leonard7US #94
#97Martin7US #69
#98Matthew7US #83
#99Micheal7US #85
#100Ray7US #111

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑55Laurie#35
↑46Randall#53
↑42Dale#39
↑40Carolyn#31
↑40Mike#34
↑37Jim#58
↑32Rhonda#37
↑29Ralph#69

Falling

↓59Robin#81
↓56Ray#100
↓48Matthew#98
↓41Rose#88
↓38Micheal#99
↓35Curtis#71
↓32Catherine#62
↓30Lawrence#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.