State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1966 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,269 Nevada births in 1966 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.

#90Tamioutside the national top 200
#80Kelli#190 nationally
#93Darlaoutside the national top 200
#99Shane#186 nationally
#69Toni#155 nationally
#52Traci#137 nationally
#37Shannon#120 nationally
#74Lance#156 nationally
#36Kelly#111 nationally
#65Jamie#138 nationally
#98Kimberley#171 nationally
#78Carrie#142 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa115US #1
#2Michelle72US #4
#3Kimberly62US #2
#4Jennifer48US #10
#5Julie47US #13
#6Cynthia46US #11
#7Dawn46US #24
#8Laura43US #19
#9Stephanie43US #38
#10Karen41US #5
#11Mary40US #3
#12Susan39US #6
#13Tracy39US #31
#14Donna37US #12
#15Lori37US #21
#16Patricia36US #7
#17Kelly34US #26
#18Elizabeth33US #16
#19Linda31US #18
#20Tammy31US #8
#21Tina31US #23
#22Cheryl30US #34
#23Deborah30US #14
#24Melissa30US #22
#25Christine29US #20
#26Sharon29US #28
#27Angela28US #9
#28Brenda28US #25
#29Pamela27US #15
#30Rebecca27US #40
#31Jacqueline26US #47
#32Michele26US #36
#33Sandra26US #17
#34Teresa26US #29
#35Debra25US #35
#36Barbara24US #27
#37Shannon24US #120
#38Jill23US #49
#39Wendy23US #41
#40Dana22US #68
#41Denise22US #32
#42Andrea21US #52
#43Gina21US #58
#44Katherine21US #78
#45Kim21US #43
#46Rhonda21US #39
#47Theresa21US #46
#48Heidi20US #87
#49Debbie19US #73
#50Kathleen19US #37
#51Robin19US #42
#52Traci19US #137
#53Cindy18US #56
#54Stacey18US #76
#55Christina17US #67
#56Kathy17US #59
#57Leslie17US #71
#58Sheila17US #51
#59Stacy17US #91
#60Nancy16US #33
#61Paula16US #50
#62Valerie16US #74
#63Amy15US #30
#64Diana15US #64
#65Jamie15US #138
#66Maria15US #44
#67Shelly15US #89
#68Tamara15US #98
#69Toni15US #155
#70Bonnie14US #90
#71Carol14US #48
#72Catherine14US #54
#73Kathryn14US #86
#74Renee14US #66
#75Sherry14US #53
#76Suzanne14US #62
#77Anne13US #83
#78Carrie13US #142
#79Deanna13US #105
#80Kelli13US #190
#81Laurie13US #63
#82Melinda13US #102
#83Regina13US #82
#84Sheri13US #134
#85Terri13US #72
#86Janet12US #57
#87Judy12US #97
#88Margaret12US #55
#89Marie12US #114
#90Tami12
#91Anna11US #95
#92Carolyn11US #60
#93Darla11
#94Heather11US #125
#95Monica11US #75
#96Connie10US #70
#97Judith10US #110
#98Kimberley10US #171
#99Melanie10US #116
#100Tracey10US #69

Boys

#1Michael189US #1
#2John160US #4
#3Robert150US #5
#4David145US #2
#5James133US #3
#6Richard81US #8
#7William78US #6
#8Christopher68US #12
#9Kevin66US #17
#10Mark63US #7
#11Thomas62US #10
#12Scott59US #16
#13Daniel56US #19
#14Joseph56US #15
#15Steven53US #13
#16Brian52US #14
#17Anthony50US #22
#18Donald49US #27
#19Kenneth49US #21
#20Jeffrey47US #9
#21Timothy47US #11
#22Patrick43US #31
#23Paul40US #18
#24Charles39US #20
#25Eric39US #25
#26Gary37US #28
#27Ronald36US #24
#28Todd31US #29
#29Shawn30US #54
#30Andrew29US #36
#31Edward27US #30
#32Keith27US #32
#33Troy27US #48
#34Dennis26US #44
#35Gregory25US #23
#36Kelly25US #111
#37Stephen23US #26
#38Tony23US #49
#39Larry21US #38
#40Terry21US #40
#41Sean20US #50
#42Douglas18US #33
#43George18US #37
#44Randy18US #45
#45Rodney18US #35
#46Vincent18US #58
#47Jon17US #76
#48Raymond17US #47
#49Darren16US #63
#50Mike16US #69
#51Alan15US #57
#52Bryan15US #52
#53Dean15US #84
#54Frank15US #43
#55Matthew15US #34
#56Dale14US #85
#57Jeffery14US #42
#58Lawrence14US #66
#59Steve14US #67
#60Craig13US #46
#61Jason13US #89
#62Jeff13US #72
#63Jerry13US #41
#64Peter13US #39
#65Roger13US #51
#66Bruce12US #53
#67Jack12US #107
#68Joel12US #102
#69Russell12US #61
#70Wayne12US #59
#71Brett11US #118
#72Carl11US #56
#73Jim11US #136
#74Lance11US #156
#75Lee11US #106
#76Walter11US #83
#77Allen10US #97
#78Danny10US #62
#79Darin10US #134
#80Darrell10US #95
#81Darryl10US #88
#82Greg10US #126
#83Leonard10US #125
#84Tracy10US #98
#85Albert9US #100
#86Bobby9US #82
#87Curtis9US #75
#88Eugene9US #116
#89Gerald9US #60
#90Henry9US #92
#91Kyle9US #146
#92Phillip9US #71
#93Chris8US #55
#94Frederick8US #109
#95Martin8US #78
#96Marvin8US #113
#97Roy8US #94
#98Samuel8US #81
#99Shane8US #186
#100Aaron7US #117

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑52Katherine#44
↑52Rodney#45
↑44Dana#40
↑44Vincent#46
↑43Kathy#56
↑36Shannon#37
↑33Stacey#54
↑32Sean#41

Falling

↓39Heather#94
↓38Catherine#72
↓37Roy#97
↓36Russell#69
↓36Gerald#89
↓35Chris#93
↓33Nancy#60
↓33Suzanne#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.