State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,885 Nevada births in 1959 across 296 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#74Sheri#192 nationally
#91Cherioutside the national top 200
#85Tammie#189 nationally
#92Robin#194 nationally
#81Ted#181 nationally
#84Dana#180 nationally
#94Lynda#181 nationally
#73Patti#152 nationally
#75Brett#154 nationally
#59Gina#135 nationally
#95Bret#170 nationally
#75Sherri#147 nationally

Girls

#1Linda71US #3
#2Susan60US #2
#3Karen57US #4
#4Debra50US #7
#5Mary46US #1
#6Patricia39US #6
#7Cindy38US #25
#8Lisa38US #10
#9Cynthia36US #8
#10Deborah36US #9
#11Kathy36US #15
#12Sandra35US #13
#13Laura31US #30
#14Donna30US #5
#15Nancy28US #14
#16Tammy28US #31
#17Debbie27US #20
#18Barbara26US #11
#19Denise26US #29
#20Kathleen25US #23
#21Lori25US #27
#22Pamela25US #12
#23Michelle24US #47
#24Teresa24US #24
#25Kim23US #35
#26Brenda21US #16
#27Cheryl21US #18
#28Elizabeth21US #21
#29Laurie21US #56
#30Rhonda21US #45
#31Julie20US #26
#32Kelly20US #74
#33Leslie20US #84
#34Carol19US #22
#35Robin19US #32
#36Tina19US #53
#37Diane18US #19
#38Theresa18US #34
#39Christine17US #43
#40Janet17US #28
#41Kimberly17US #33
#42Valerie17US #60
#43Margaret16US #36
#44Terri16US #46
#45Dawn15US #54
#46Kathryn15US #69
#47Sharon15US #17
#48Diana14US #49
#49Janice14US #37
#50Judy14US #41
#51Stephanie14US #101
#52Catherine13US #40
#53Rebecca13US #38
#54Helen12US #108
#55Jill12US #86
#56Virginia12US #93
#57Anna11US #99
#58Connie11US #48
#59Gina11US #135
#60Lynn11US #63
#61Pam11US #125
#62Paula11US #51
#63Sandy11US #133
#64Terry11US #95
#65Vickie11US #90
#66Angela10US #68
#67Anita10US #87
#68Betty10US #59
#69Cathy10US #39
#70Colleen10US #110
#71Gail10US #75
#72Joyce10US #50
#73Patti10US #152
#74Sheri10US #192
#75Sherri10US #147
#76Sheryl10US #128
#77Tamara10US #121
#78Carolyn9US #42
#79Jacqueline9US #111
#80Joan9US #76
#81Loretta9US #136
#82Marilyn9US #109
#83Peggy9US #57
#84Renee9US #100
#85Tammie9US #189
#86Victoria9US #113
#87Wendy9US #83
#88Yvonne9US #132
#89Annette8US #64
#90Carrie8US #145
#91Cheri8
#92Dorothy8US #94
#93Katherine8US #79
#94Lynda8US #181
#95Michele8US #89
#96Rose8US #88
#97Becky7US #102
#98Bonnie7US #71
#99Carla7US #118
#100Dana7US #143

Boys

#1Michael147US #1
#2David136US #2
#3Robert115US #5
#4John114US #4
#5James107US #3
#6Mark75US #6
#7Richard68US #8
#8William67US #7
#9Kenneth53US #15
#10Thomas51US #9
#11Kevin48US #14
#12Donald47US #19
#13Charles46US #11
#14Gary41US #20
#15Steven41US #10
#16Mike40US #37
#17Ronald38US #21
#18Gregory35US #23
#19Brian34US #22
#20Joseph34US #13
#21Daniel33US #18
#22Dennis32US #29
#23Timothy30US #12
#24Larry29US #25
#25Patrick28US #43
#26Paul28US #17
#27Raymond27US #45
#28Scott26US #24
#29Craig25US #44
#30Edward25US #27
#31Jeffrey25US #16
#32Jeff24US #52
#33Stephen24US #28
#34Anthony23US #26
#35Douglas23US #30
#36Jerry23US #36
#37Steve22US #41
#38Alan21US #50
#39Bruce20US #38
#40Rodney20US #67
#41Eric19US #46
#42Randy18US #31
#43Christopher17US #35
#44Frank17US #42
#45Allen16US #97
#46Darrell16US #90
#47George16US #32
#48Dale15US #49
#49Danny15US #48
#50Fred15US #112
#51Jim15US #70
#52Keith15US #39
#53Bill14US #93
#54Jack14US #85
#55Joe14US #57
#56Terry14US #33
#57Tony14US #53
#58Wayne14US #51
#59Chris13US #72
#60Rick13US #89
#61Johnny12US #64
#62Peter12US #40
#63Don11US #111
#64Micheal11US #96
#65Norman11US #131
#66Roger11US #47
#67Dean10US #95
#68Greg10US #91
#69Jon10US #105
#70Phillip10US #74
#71Randall10US #59
#72Ricky10US #34
#73Tim10US #60
#74Todd10US #99
#75Brett9US #154
#76Dan9US #110
#77Jeffery9US #55
#78Lawrence9US #62
#79Roy9US #81
#80Samuel9US #86
#81Ted9US #181
#82Andrew8US #58
#83Curtis8US #75
#84Dana8US #180
#85Gerald8US #61
#86Glenn8US #80
#87Guy8US #158
#88Henry8US #83
#89Kelly8US #143
#90Matthew8US #63
#91Mitchell8US #127
#92Robin8US #194
#93Russell8US #56
#94Tom8US #82
#95Bret7US #170
#96Carl7US #54
#97Glen7US #134
#98Jay7US #88
#99Joel7US #116
#100Kent7US #141

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑52Margaret#43
↑41Christine#39
↑36Stephanie#51
↑32Rebecca#53
↑31Bill#53
↑28Johnny#61
↑26Kathryn#46
↑25Angela#66

Falling

↓58Katherine#93
↓38Carolyn#78
↓37Peggy#83
↓37Russell#93
↓34Michele#95
↓33Andrew#82
↓31Cathy#69
↓31Jay#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.