State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,136 Nevada births in 1972 across 336 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#54Shawna#174 nationally
#82Zacharyoutside the national top 200
#79Casey#195 nationally
#47Amber#161 nationally
#90Tamioutside the national top 200
#96Trevoroutside the national top 200
#100Shaunaoutside the national top 200
#42Brandy#140 nationally
#68Aimee#154 nationally
#69Annette#155 nationally
#62Jack#142 nationally
#93Marvin#163 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer206US #1
#2Michelle89US #2
#3Lisa72US #3
#4Kimberly60US #4
#5Stephanie59US #8
#6Angela58US #6
#7Nicole54US #10
#8Heather52US #9
#9Melissa48US #7
#10Amy44US #5
#11Rebecca44US #14
#12Shannon38US #22
#13Julie36US #12
#14Mary36US #13
#15Dawn33US #20
#16Patricia33US #27
#17Christina31US #26
#18Christine30US #16
#19Tracy30US #19
#20Susan29US #24
#21Cynthia28US #25
#22Lori26US #28
#23Rachel25US #40
#24Stacy25US #33
#25Michele24US #36
#26Tammy24US #11
#27Tina24US #18
#28Andrea23US #30
#29Laura23US #17
#30Brenda22US #44
#31Karen22US #21
#32Teresa22US #39
#33Wendy22US #29
#34Stacey20US #41
#35Tiffany20US #61
#36Christy19US #74
#37Denise19US #35
#38Jessica19US #46
#39Melanie19US #42
#40April18US #48
#41Maria18US #32
#42Brandy17US #140
#43Crystal16US #59
#44Dana16US #52
#45Elizabeth16US #15
#46Tara16US #38
#47Amber15US #161
#48Kelly15US #23
#49Monica15US #47
#50Sarah15US #49
#51Tanya15US #54
#52Carla14US #106
#53Robin14US #55
#54Shawna14US #174
#55Theresa14US #68
#56Barbara13US #58
#57Diana13US #83
#58Katrina13US #116
#59Pamela13US #34
#60Sheila13US #90
#61Alicia12US #96
#62Danielle12US #73
#63Heidi12US #64
#64Kathleen12US #57
#65Linda12US #51
#66Margaret12US #95
#67Tamara12US #84
#68Aimee11US #154
#69Annette11US #155
#70Carrie11US #53
#71Erin11US #93
#72Holly11US #71
#73Jill11US #62
#74Jodi11US #97
#75Kristi11US #102
#76Nancy11US #63
#77Regina11US #104
#78Rhonda11US #60
#79Sandra11US #31
#80Shelly11US #94
#81Tracey11US #88
#82Victoria11US #99
#83Debra10US #66
#84Donna10US #45
#85Jacqueline10US #79
#86Jamie10US #114
#87Katherine10US #69
#88Misty10US #125
#89Nichole10US #146
#90Tami10
#91Tricia10US #120
#92Anita9US #136
#93Deborah9US #43
#94Diane9US #105
#95Kristin9US #67
#96Kristina9US #112
#97Leslie9US #75
#98Samantha9US #137
#99Sharon9US #50
#100Shauna9

Boys

#1Michael214US #1
#2Jason143US #7
#3Christopher140US #2
#4David132US #4
#5Robert111US #6
#6James110US #3
#7John101US #5
#8Brian92US #8
#9William77US #9
#10Richard62US #14
#11Steven61US #19
#12Joseph59US #12
#13Matthew57US #10
#14Daniel52US #15
#15Kevin50US #13
#16Eric48US #16
#17Timothy48US #21
#18Scott45US #11
#19Sean45US #33
#20Charles44US #23
#21Kenneth44US #27
#22Anthony42US #22
#23Thomas41US #20
#24Mark40US #18
#25Jeffrey39US #17
#26Paul39US #24
#27Shawn38US #28
#28Aaron36US #40
#29Gregory31US #26
#30Donald30US #36
#31Chad27US #25
#32Justin27US #60
#33Stephen26US #29
#34Gary24US #41
#35Patrick24US #35
#36Travis24US #57
#37Joshua23US #59
#38Ronald23US #32
#39Brandon22US #63
#40George22US #44
#41Raymond22US #54
#42Shane22US #55
#43Todd22US #31
#44Troy21US #49
#45Jeremy20US #42
#46Jerry20US #53
#47Keith20US #38
#48Ryan19US #39
#49Andrew18US #30
#50Jesse18US #88
#51Adam16US #51
#52Bryan16US #45
#53Jonathan16US #37
#54Marcus16US #71
#55Benjamin15US #64
#56Chris15US #82
#57Frank15US #56
#58Russell15US #69
#59Brett14US #80
#60Craig14US #46
#61Douglas14US #43
#62Jack14US #142
#63Dennis13US #52
#64Edward13US #34
#65Lance13US #126
#66Peter13US #48
#67Darrell12US #122
#68Jimmy12US #97
#69Joel12US #78
#70Larry12US #47
#71Marc12US #83
#72Damon11US #137
#73Darren11US #106
#74Jeffery11US #58
#75Jon11US #89
#76Nathan11US #79
#77Samuel11US #66
#78Carl10US #85
#79Casey10US #195
#80Christian10US #96
#81Kelly10US #140
#82Zachary10
#83Antonio9US #93
#84Derrick9US #91
#85Joe9US #100
#86Nicholas9US #99
#87Roy9US #114
#88Alan8US #110
#89Danny8US #87
#90Dean8US #156
#91Erik8US #86
#92Jose8US #50
#93Marvin8US #163
#94Phillip8US #75
#95Tony8US #68
#96Trevor8
#97Wesley8US #154
#98Billy7US #81
#99Bradley7US #61
#100Brent7US #77

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑57Christy#36
↑43Dana#44
↑43Jesse#50
↑42Brandon#39
↑42Benjamin#55
↑36Theresa#55
↑35Crystal#43
↑31Michele#25

Falling

↓72Deborah#93
↓51Sharon#99
↓43Brent#100
↓41Sandra#79
↓33Katherine#87
↓33Edward#64
↓32Billy#98
↓30Linda#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.