State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1960 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,202 Nevada births in 1960 across 309 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#71April#191 nationally
#82Darlaoutside the national top 200
#65Jamie#180 nationally
#59Deanna#173 nationally
#44Brett#151 nationally
#94Erinoutside the national top 200
#91Aaron#178 nationally
#83Shawn#163 nationally
#90Ron#170 nationally
#81Christina#154 nationally
#87Shelly#157 nationally
#58Mitchell#126 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa66US #6
#2Linda53US #3
#3Mary51US #1
#4Teresa49US #19
#5Karen48US #4
#6Brenda47US #13
#7Susan44US #2
#8Donna43US #5
#9Patricia43US #7
#10Lori41US #20
#11Denise40US #29
#12Debbie39US #24
#13Cynthia38US #9
#14Kathy38US #21
#15Debra36US #8
#16Cindy35US #30
#17Kim34US #34
#18Cheryl32US #17
#19Sandra32US #11
#20Michelle30US #39
#21Nancy29US #15
#22Pamela29US #14
#23Laura27US #25
#24Barbara26US #12
#25Robin26US #33
#26Tina26US #45
#27Carol25US #23
#28Deborah25US #10
#29Tammy25US #31
#30Julie24US #28
#31Kelly24US #52
#32Diane23US #22
#33Janice21US #41
#34Jennifer21US #61
#35Kathleen21US #27
#36Laurie21US #37
#37Rebecca21US #38
#38Sharon21US #16
#39Terri20US #49
#40Leslie19US #92
#41Diana18US #53
#42Elizabeth18US #18
#43Dawn17US #57
#44Janet17US #32
#45Paula17US #55
#46Valerie17US #65
#47Kimberly15US #26
#48Michele15US #89
#49Sherry15US #54
#50Terry15US #101
#51Bonnie14US #71
#52Christine14US #40
#53Jacqueline14US #85
#54Rhonda14US #44
#55Shirley14US #70
#56Theresa14US #35
#57Tracy13US #84
#58Carla12US #110
#59Deanna12US #173
#60Joyce12US #58
#61Ann11US #51
#62Cathy11US #46
#63Colleen11US #107
#64Connie11US #47
#65Jamie11US #180
#66Katherine11US #81
#67Melanie11US #125
#68Renee11US #93
#69Andrea10US #115
#70Annette10US #62
#71April10US #191
#72Jill10US #76
#73Margaret10US #36
#74Rose10US #98
#75Suzanne10US #78
#76Tamara10US #124
#77Wendy10US #63
#78Alice9US #119
#79Anna9US #104
#80Catherine9US #42
#81Christina9US #154
#82Darla9
#83Lynn9US #64
#84Marie9US #103
#85Maureen9US #106
#86Melody9US #153
#87Shelly9US #157
#88Stephanie9US #91
#89Toni9US #146
#90Vicki9US #73
#91Victoria9US #114
#92Wanda9US #66
#93Elaine8US #112
#94Erin8
#95Helen8US #117
#96Martha8US #83
#97Pam8US #132
#98Sandy8US #126
#99Sheila8US #56
#100Sheryl8US #142

Boys

#1Robert137US #5
#2David136US #1
#3Michael130US #2
#4James117US #3
#5Mark90US #6
#6John88US #4
#7William88US #7
#8Richard70US #8
#9Steven60US #10
#10Kevin54US #15
#11Donald51US #19
#12Jeffrey48US #14
#13Thomas48US #9
#14Daniel42US #17
#15Charles39US #13
#16Scott39US #23
#17Paul37US #18
#18Ronald36US #21
#19Gary35US #22
#20Mike35US #36
#21Joseph33US #12
#22Kenneth33US #16
#23Anthony28US #25
#24George26US #33
#25Randy26US #32
#26Craig25US #41
#27Edward24US #26
#28Timothy24US #11
#29Brian22US #20
#30Christopher22US #29
#31Gregory22US #24
#32Dennis21US #31
#33Frank21US #40
#34Terry21US #34
#35Jeff20US #49
#36Douglas19US #30
#37Larry19US #28
#38Raymond19US #46
#39Russell19US #56
#40Bruce18US #39
#41Steve18US #43
#42Tony18US #52
#43Jerry17US #37
#44Brett16US #151
#45Carl16US #53
#46Keith16US #35
#47Rodney15US #68
#48Tom15US #86
#49Bill14US #95
#50Eric14US #44
#51Jim14US #75
#52Joe14US #57
#53Lawrence14US #64
#54Martin14US #77
#55Allen13US #99
#56Dale13US #54
#57Darryl13US #96
#58Mitchell13US #126
#59Philip13US #76
#60Stephen13US #27
#61Vincent13US #98
#62Andrew12US #51
#63Bryan12US #88
#64Danny12US #48
#65Jon12US #97
#66Randall12US #59
#67Rick12US #101
#68Victor12US #103
#69Wayne12US #58
#70Alan11US #50
#71Brad11US #134
#72Chris11US #63
#73Dan11US #111
#74Fred11US #117
#75Jack11US #85
#76Jay11US #78
#77Jimmy11US #69
#78Ralph11US #89
#79Roger11US #47
#80Gerald10US #62
#81Greg10US #83
#82Samuel10US #91
#83Shawn10US #163
#84Walter10US #70
#85Bobby9US #73
#86Johnny9US #65
#87Kelly9US #128
#88Patrick9US #45
#89Ricky9US #38
#90Ron9US #170
#91Aaron8US #178
#92Barry8US #72
#93Brent8US #154
#94Clifford8US #141
#95Dean8US #94
#96Duane8US #127
#97Eugene8US #109
#98Henry8US #84
#99Jeffery8US #55
#100Lee8US #116

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑54Russell#39
↑51Carl#45
↑47Michele#48
↑47Bonnie#51
↑46Tom#48
↑41Carla#58
↑33Mitchell#58
↑31Brett#44

Falling

↓63Patrick#88
↓41Helen#95
↓37Stephanie#88
↓36Pam#97
↓35Sandy#98
↓32Alan#70
↓30Margaret#73
↓28Catherine#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.