State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,711 Nevada births in 1971 across 363 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#59Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#40Amber#180 nationally
#99Brandioutside the national top 200
#61Tracy#144 nationally
#99Dustin#181 nationally
#89Kristie#165 nationally
#86Toni#159 nationally
#33Alicia#105 nationally
#67Cassandra#136 nationally
#68Kelli#135 nationally
#37Danielle#99 nationally
#84Eugene#145 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer185US #1
#2Michelle92US #2
#3Lisa81US #3
#4Kimberly64US #4
#5Shannon54US #21
#6Angela51US #6
#7Amy44US #5
#8Julie44US #10
#9Dawn43US #14
#10Tina41US #20
#11Melissa40US #7
#12Stephanie40US #11
#13Heather39US #12
#14Tammy39US #8
#15Christine37US #18
#16Mary36US #9
#17Nicole34US #27
#18Rebecca34US #23
#19Wendy32US #29
#20Elizabeth30US #19
#21Deborah29US #33
#22Laura28US #16
#23Tiffany28US #62
#24Lori27US #25
#25Tracy27US #13
#26Cynthia26US #24
#27Stacey26US #41
#28Kelly25US #22
#29Monica25US #48
#30Patricia24US #26
#31Andrea23US #35
#32April23US #56
#33Alicia22US #105
#34Denise22US #36
#35Linda22US #42
#36Susan22US #17
#37Danielle21US #99
#38Sandra21US #31
#39Tonya21US #45
#40Amber20US #180
#41Brenda20US #43
#42Carrie20US #55
#43Deanna20US #95
#44Jessica20US #64
#45Karen20US #15
#46Rachel20US #54
#47Christina19US #30
#48Sharon18US #40
#49Stacy18US #32
#50Tanya18US #72
#51Teresa18US #34
#52Cheryl17US #50
#53Heidi16US #77
#54Katherine16US #67
#55Maria16US #37
#56Michele16US #39
#57Pamela16US #28
#58Rhonda16US #46
#59Shawna16
#60Tamara16US #80
#61Tara16US #49
#62Catherine15US #65
#63Erin15US #93
#64Jacqueline15US #75
#65Melanie15US #66
#66Traci15US #116
#67Cassandra14US #136
#68Kelli14US #135
#69Robin14US #51
#70Sarah14US #58
#71Barbara13US #47
#72Diana13US #82
#73Kristi13US #113
#74Leslie13US #68
#75Sherry13US #60
#76Victoria13US #97
#77Cindy12US #70
#78Crystal12US #79
#79Debra12US #57
#80Donna12US #38
#81Felicia12US #124
#82Holly12US #76
#83Jill12US #59
#84Kristina12US #117
#85Shelly12US #103
#86Toni12US #159
#87Dana11US #44
#88Jodi11US #94
#89Kristie11US #165
#90Kristine11US #120
#91Theresa11US #61
#92Allison10US #119
#93Christy10US #89
#94Gina10US #69
#95Kathleen10US #53
#96Krista10US #134
#97Suzanne10US #88
#98Yvonne10US #148
#99Brandi9
#100Kristen9US #87

Boys

#1Michael204US #1
#2David147US #3
#3Robert142US #5
#4James140US #2
#5John133US #4
#6Christopher113US #6
#7Jason96US #8
#8Brian92US #9
#9Richard81US #11
#10William72US #7
#11Steven71US #16
#12Anthony63US #23
#13Matthew62US #19
#14Scott56US #10
#15Eric55US #18
#16Kevin54US #14
#17Daniel52US #20
#18Thomas48US #17
#19Joseph46US #15
#20Kenneth46US #25
#21Mark46US #13
#22Paul43US #24
#23Jeffrey41US #12
#24Chad39US #29
#25Shawn39US #28
#26Gregory38US #26
#27Timothy37US #21
#28Aaron35US #41
#29Charles35US #22
#30Sean35US #36
#31Edward30US #32
#32Troy30US #46
#33Donald29US #34
#34Patrick29US #35
#35Ryan29US #51
#36Douglas27US #39
#37Ronald27US #31
#38Stephen27US #27
#39Jeremy26US #45
#40Shane26US #60
#41Craig25US #43
#42Travis24US #61
#43Keith23US #37
#44Bryan22US #48
#45Gary22US #38
#46Justin21US #103
#47Marc21US #70
#48Marcus19US #65
#49Jerry18US #50
#50Todd18US #30
#51Chris17US #68
#52Frank17US #54
#53Andrew16US #33
#54Jeffery16US #53
#55Peter16US #47
#56Raymond16US #52
#57Brent15US #73
#58Brett15US #90
#59George15US #42
#60Jonathan15US #40
#61Tracy15US #144
#62Jon14US #78
#63Joshua14US #80
#64Randall14US #102
#65Russell14US #64
#66Billy13US #75
#67Danny13US #82
#68Gerald13US #83
#69Lance13US #98
#70Rodney13US #59
#71Steve13US #131
#72Adam12US #57
#73Carl12US #72
#74Darrell12US #118
#75Darren12US #100
#76Kelly12US #136
#77Larry12US #44
#78Phillip12US #76
#79Randy12US #67
#80Tony12US #62
#81Brandon11US #95
#82Dennis11US #49
#83Derrick11US #84
#84Eugene11US #145
#85Kyle11US #116
#86Lawrence11US #85
#87Vincent11US #87
#88Alan10US #99
#89Bradley10US #58
#90Curtis10US #89
#91Ernest10US #143
#92Jack10US #132
#93Jesse10US #107
#94Nathan10US #104
#95Samuel10US #66
#96Albert9US #119
#97Benjamin9US #69
#98Corey9US #77
#99Dustin9US #181
#100Erik9US #97

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑61Deborah#21
↑48Tonya#39
↑47Jessica#44
↑36Danielle#37
↑35Erin#63
↑34Linda#35
↑34Marcus#48
↑33Monica#29

Falling

↓54Theresa#91
↓42Jill#83
↓33Traci#66
↓33Larry#77
↓32Kelli#68
↓32Barbara#71
↓32Diana#72
↓32Lance#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.