State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1962 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,111 Nevada births in 1962 across 344 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#62Cherioutside the national top 200
#65Stacey#178 nationally
#47Toni#151 nationally
#98Heatheroutside the national top 200
#77Ron#178 nationally
#90Teri#181 nationally
#52Carrie#141 nationally
#68Jamie#152 nationally
#81Heidi#156 nationally
#74Sheri#145 nationally
#72Brett#141 nationally
#58Kelly#125 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa92US #1
#2Karen62US #4
#3Mary51US #2
#4Teresa51US #18
#5Linda49US #5
#6Susan47US #3
#7Lori44US #11
#8Sandra42US #10
#9Brenda41US #12
#10Laura40US #21
#11Michelle40US #31
#12Deborah39US #9
#13Barbara37US #14
#14Kimberly37US #16
#15Cheryl36US #24
#16Pamela36US #13
#17Julie35US #22
#18Kim35US #37
#19Tammy35US #23
#20Patricia34US #6
#21Debra33US #15
#22Donna33US #7
#23Elizabeth31US #20
#24Kathy31US #27
#25Tina31US #33
#26Cynthia30US #8
#27Dawn30US #50
#28Kathleen29US #29
#29Debbie27US #32
#30Jennifer27US #41
#31Kelly27US #38
#32Sharon27US #17
#33Denise26US #30
#34Laurie26US #42
#35Sherry23US #48
#36Tracy23US #55
#37Diane22US #26
#38Terri22US #54
#39Leslie21US #80
#40Nancy20US #19
#41Theresa20US #40
#42Christine19US #39
#43Cindy19US #34
#44Carol18US #28
#45Janice18US #58
#46Paula18US #60
#47Toni18US #151
#48Janet17US #35
#49Robin17US #25
#50Annette16US #75
#51Bonnie16US #79
#52Carrie16US #141
#53Cathy16US #62
#54Dana16US #117
#55Michele16US #59
#56Renee16US #76
#57Suzanne16US #65
#58Diana15US #57
#59Regina15US #91
#60Sheila15US #52
#61Andrea14US #99
#62Cheri14
#63Connie14US #51
#64Gina14US #102
#65Stacey14US #178
#66Valerie14US #67
#67Jacqueline13US #44
#68Jamie13US #152
#69Rhonda13US #45
#70Angela12US #36
#71Beverly12US #69
#72Carla12US #78
#73Shelly12US #130
#74Sheri12US #145
#75Wanda12US #77
#76Wendy12US #64
#77Alice11US #133
#78Ann11US #56
#79Anna11US #100
#80Christina11US #124
#81Heidi11US #156
#82Jill11US #72
#83Judy11US #63
#84Katherine11US #84
#85Kathryn11US #89
#86Martha11US #87
#87Melissa11US #68
#88Rebecca11US #47
#89Sherri11US #82
#90Teri11US #181
#91Catherine10US #53
#92Margaret10US #43
#93Maria10US #49
#94Pam10US #150
#95Sue10US #135
#96Colleen9US #101
#97Frances9US #143
#98Heather9
#99Jackie9US #126
#100Jeanette9US #157

Boys

#1Michael166US #1
#2David156US #2
#3John156US #3
#4James136US #4
#5Robert120US #5
#6Mark106US #6
#7Richard65US #8
#8William58US #7
#9Steven53US #12
#10Kenneth52US #18
#11Scott52US #11
#12Mike51US #39
#13Thomas51US #9
#14Daniel50US #17
#15Ronald48US #25
#16Eric46US #33
#17Gary45US #22
#18Joseph43US #13
#19Charles42US #15
#20Kevin42US #14
#21Jeffrey41US #10
#22Paul41US #19
#23Brian40US #20
#24Anthony37US #24
#25Gregory34US #21
#26Dennis31US #37
#27Donald30US #23
#28Todd29US #30
#29Douglas27US #27
#30Frank27US #42
#31Timothy27US #16
#32Dale26US #62
#33Edward26US #29
#34Jerry26US #38
#35Patrick26US #40
#36Steve26US #46
#37Bruce25US #41
#38Christopher25US #26
#39Danny25US #54
#40Tony24US #52
#41Chris23US #60
#42Randy22US #35
#43Raymond21US #48
#44Stephen21US #28
#45Troy21US #67
#46Craig20US #51
#47George20US #32
#48Larry20US #31
#49Alan19US #53
#50Dean19US #86
#51Greg19US #77
#52Glenn18US #55
#53Matthew18US #56
#54Roger17US #47
#55Jeffery16US #45
#56Vincent16US #66
#57Barry15US #61
#58Kelly15US #125
#59Victor15US #96
#60Joe14US #59
#61Martin14US #74
#62Randall14US #64
#63Russell14US #57
#64Shawn14US #124
#65Andrew13US #49
#66Don13US #123
#67Fred13US #126
#68Gerald13US #65
#69Jack13US #99
#70Rick13US #110
#71Tom13US #98
#72Brett12US #141
#73Jay12US #80
#74Jeff12US #44
#75Jim12US #85
#76Rodney12US #76
#77Ron12US #178
#78Walter12US #79
#79Brent11US #139
#80Carl11US #58
#81Jonathan11US #94
#82Keith11US #36
#83Arthur10US #91
#84Bradley10US #87
#85Bryan10US #82
#86Curtis10US #73
#87Dan10US #120
#88Johnny10US #69
#89Lee10US #115
#90Ricky10US #50
#91Roy10US #90
#92Terry10US #34
#93Wayne10US #63
#94Bill9US #108
#95Brad9US #158
#96Darryl9US #83
#97Glen9US #129
#98Jimmy9US #75
#99Jon9US #84
#100Kent9US #136

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑44Renee#56
↑42Sherry#35
↑37Janice#45
↑34Kimberly#14
↑31Annette#50
↑31Suzanne#57
↑27Paula#46
↑27Kelly#58

Falling

↓56Terry#92
↓55Rebecca#88
↓48Jon#99
↓41Catherine#91
↓40Jeff#74
↓39Keith#82
↓38Jackie#99
↓37Katherine#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.