State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,758 Nevada births in 1970 across 366 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#65Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#92Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#73Clinton#175 nationally
#99Danaoutside the national top 200
#74Damon#174 nationally
#85Earl#173 nationally
#100Darin#188 nationally
#88Trina#172 nationally
#77Kirk#158 nationally
#84Cory#164 nationally
#36Kelli#115 nationally
#61Mike#136 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer136US #1
#2Michelle98US #4
#3Lisa90US #2
#4Kimberly57US #3
#5Shannon57US #22
#6Angela55US #6
#7Melissa54US #7
#8Christine47US #14
#9Elizabeth47US #18
#10Dawn43US #16
#11Stephanie39US #17
#12Tina37US #21
#13Patricia36US #24
#14Tracy35US #10
#15Cynthia34US #25
#16Heather33US #19
#17Lori33US #23
#18Nicole33US #30
#19Amy32US #5
#20Mary32US #9
#21Christina31US #35
#22Wendy30US #28
#23Laura29US #13
#24Rebecca29US #29
#25Michele27US #31
#26Kelly26US #20
#27Tammy26US #8
#28Karen25US #12
#29Julie24US #11
#30Sandra24US #27
#31April23US #82
#32Teresa23US #34
#33Traci22US #100
#34Stacey21US #48
#35Susan21US #15
#36Kelli20US #115
#37Theresa20US #53
#38Andrea19US #43
#39Barbara19US #41
#40Diana19US #89
#41Jill19US #52
#42Maria19US #39
#43Pamela19US #26
#44Tiffany19US #99
#45Heidi18US #81
#46Stacy18US #42
#47Tanya18US #76
#48Brenda17US #40
#49Cheryl17US #44
#50Kathryn17US #104
#51Leslie17US #64
#52Robin17US #51
#53Ann16US #62
#54Katherine16US #67
#55Melanie16US #91
#56Tamara16US #79
#57Valerie16US #97
#58Alicia15US #118
#59Denise15US #36
#60Jamie15US #120
#61Kim15US #78
#62Monica15US #56
#63Nancy15US #50
#64Regina15US #86
#65Shawna15
#66Deanna14US #90
#67Kathleen14US #45
#68Kristin14US #63
#69Linda14US #38
#70Sharon14US #37
#71Carrie13US #73
#72Cindy13US #72
#73Danielle13US #114
#74Debra13US #47
#75Holly13US #74
#76Jacqueline13US #66
#77Rachel13US #58
#78Carol12US #71
#79Catherine12US #59
#80Christy12US #105
#81Dana12US #54
#82Deborah12US #33
#83Donna12US #32
#84Gina12US #61
#85Kristi12US #123
#86Sarah12US #65
#87Tonya12US #49
#88Trina12US #172
#89Anna11US #102
#90Cassandra11US #135
#91Jessica11US #98
#92Latonya11
#93Laurie11US #88
#94Suzanne11US #87
#95Yvonne11US #141
#96Anne10US #112
#97Bonnie10US #130
#98Erin10US #111
#99Janet10US #96
#100Kathy10US #77

Boys

#1Michael199US #1
#2James156US #2
#3Robert150US #5
#4David149US #3
#5John131US #4
#6William93US #7
#7Richard92US #10
#8Brian78US #8
#9Jason72US #13
#10Joseph72US #16
#11Kevin70US #14
#12Mark68US #9
#13Steven67US #15
#14Christopher64US #6
#15Daniel64US #19
#16Scott63US #12
#17Eric52US #18
#18Thomas51US #17
#19Charles49US #21
#20Jeffrey49US #11
#21Matthew49US #24
#22Timothy49US #20
#23Paul43US #23
#24Anthony38US #22
#25Donald38US #30
#26Stephen38US #27
#27Kenneth37US #25
#28Gregory36US #26
#29Aaron35US #52
#30Sean35US #37
#31Ronald33US #29
#32Troy33US #41
#33Patrick31US #33
#34Gary29US #35
#35Shawn29US #34
#36Andrew25US #32
#37Lance25US #76
#38Bryan24US #53
#39George23US #40
#40Jerry22US #45
#41Raymond22US #49
#42Todd22US #28
#43Edward21US #31
#44Larry20US #43
#45Chad19US #51
#46Jonathan19US #42
#47Shane19US #64
#48Travis19US #69
#49Brent18US #74
#50Chris18US #63
#51Dennis18US #46
#52Frank17US #48
#53Adam16US #72
#54Darren16US #75
#55Marc16US #60
#56Brett15US #99
#57Christian15US #127
#58Douglas15US #36
#59Jon15US #68
#60Keith15US #38
#61Mike15US #136
#62Peter15US #44
#63Brandon14US #131
#64Jeremy14US #70
#65Jesse14US #119
#66Kyle14US #120
#67Corey13US #84
#68Craig13US #39
#69Danny13US #85
#70Randall13US #100
#71Russell13US #58
#72Carl12US #66
#73Clinton12US #175
#74Damon12US #174
#75Jeffery12US #50
#76Justin12US #138
#77Kirk12US #158
#78Martin12US #93
#79Randy12US #59
#80Derek11US #77
#81Frederick11US #115
#82Marcus11US #71
#83Tony11US #57
#84Cory10US #164
#85Earl10US #173
#86Joe10US #90
#87Johnny10US #65
#88Kelly10US #135
#89Lawrence10US #83
#90Nicholas10US #123
#91Phillip10US #73
#92Rodney10US #55
#93Roy10US #108
#94Terry10US #54
#95Tyrone10US #132
#96Walter10US #89
#97Allen9US #113
#98Carlos9US #98
#99Dana9
#100Darin9US #188

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑56Maria#42
↑51Jill#41
↑49Theresa#37
↑47Jerry#40
↑46Kathryn#50
↑43Traci#33
↑36Kim#61
↑36Regina#64

Falling

↓50Deborah#82
↓48Donna#83
↓43Dana#81
↓40Gina#84
↓40Terry#94
↓38Kelly#88
↓37Sharon#70
↓36Rodney#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.