State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,872 Nevada births in 1974 across 318 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#82Shannaoutside the national top 200
#44Shawna#162 nationally
#75Clifford#193 nationally
#89Joleneoutside the national top 200
#96Annette#188 nationally
#69Clinton#157 nationally
#94Toni#182 nationally
#73Lance#159 nationally
#92Robyn#169 nationally
#45Dustin#121 nationally
#98Kelli#168 nationally
#54Natalie#119 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer158US #1
#2Amy78US #2
#3Heather62US #4
#4Kimberly61US #6
#5Angela56US #5
#6Lisa51US #8
#7Michelle49US #3
#8Melissa43US #7
#9Rebecca43US #10
#10Nicole40US #11
#11Stephanie39US #9
#12Christina37US #16
#13Dawn37US #22
#14Tiffany33US #41
#15April32US #28
#16Jessica31US #17
#17Brandy29US #80
#18Julie29US #14
#19Laura29US #21
#20Rachel29US #36
#21Shannon28US #18
#22Tracy28US #23
#23Maria27US #31
#24Andrea25US #35
#25Stacey25US #48
#26Tina25US #25
#27Danielle24US #40
#28Patricia24US #29
#29Wendy24US #32
#30Karen22US #26
#31Elizabeth21US #12
#32Melanie21US #51
#33Tamara21US #64
#34Alicia20US #90
#35Erin20US #47
#36Tara19US #39
#37Christine18US #19
#38Crystal18US #49
#39Stacy18US #38
#40Tanya18US #46
#41Amber17US #92
#42Robin17US #63
#43Sarah17US #20
#44Shawna17US #162
#45Brenda16US #59
#46Mary16US #13
#47Brandi15US #106
#48Erica15US #74
#49Gina15US #84
#50Heidi15US #60
#51Jamie15US #97
#52Misty15US #66
#53Monica15US #43
#54Natalie15US #119
#55Amanda14US #34
#56Carrie14US #42
#57Kelly14US #15
#58Lori14US #30
#59Cynthia13US #33
#60Denise13US #53
#61Sandra13US #44
#62Tonya13US #37
#63Christy12US #57
#64Deanna12US #115
#65Kathleen12US #76
#66Kristen12US #45
#67Kristin12US #72
#68Kristina12US #101
#69Leslie12US #65
#70Sara12US #61
#71Teresa12US #52
#72Anna11US #82
#73Debra11US #94
#74Diana11US #87
#75Holly11US #56
#76Jenny11US #131
#77Katherine11US #62
#78Michele11US #50
#79Pamela11US #54
#80Susan11US #27
#81Megan10US #105
#82Shanna10
#83Suzanne10US #111
#84Theresa10US #79
#85Vanessa10US #122
#86Anita9US #144
#87Dana9US #55
#88Deborah9US #68
#89Jolene9
#90Kathryn9US #98
#91Melinda9US #81
#92Robyn9US #169
#93Tammy9US #24
#94Toni9US #182
#95Victoria9US #104
#96Annette8US #188
#97Catherine8US #73
#98Kelli8US #168
#99Rhonda8US #86
#100Veronica8US #71

Boys

#1Michael171US #1
#2Jason156US #2
#3David139US #4
#4Christopher130US #3
#5Robert104US #7
#6James100US #5
#7John94US #6
#8Daniel83US #11
#9Brian72US #8
#10Ryan68US #25
#11Matthew65US #9
#12William62US #10
#13Richard61US #17
#14Joseph56US #12
#15Anthony55US #21
#16Eric55US #13
#17Steven51US #19
#18Jeffrey46US #15
#19Kevin46US #14
#20Joshua45US #29
#21Jeremy44US #24
#22Mark42US #16
#23Thomas41US #20
#24Aaron40US #32
#25Scott40US #18
#26Chad37US #26
#27Paul37US #27
#28Justin35US #43
#29Charles34US #23
#30Shawn32US #30
#31Brandon30US #51
#32Timothy29US #22
#33Patrick28US #38
#34Sean25US #37
#35Stephen24US #35
#36Shane23US #56
#37Adam22US #36
#38Donald22US #41
#39Gary22US #48
#40Edward21US #40
#41Todd21US #39
#42Peter20US #50
#43Andrew18US #28
#44Bryan18US #45
#45Dustin18US #121
#46George18US #49
#47Gregory17US #31
#48Jeffery17US #66
#49Jonathan17US #33
#50Ronald17US #42
#51Travis17US #54
#52Marcus16US #73
#53Bradley15US #58
#54Douglas15US #53
#55Kenneth15US #34
#56Nathan15US #52
#57Randy15US #79
#58Raymond15US #62
#59Samuel15US #60
#60Troy15US #63
#61Dennis14US #59
#62Jesse14US #67
#63Keith14US #44
#64Benjamin13US #46
#65Joel13US #75
#66Mario13US #128
#67Craig12US #57
#68Christian11US #103
#69Clinton11US #157
#70Erik11US #90
#71Frank11US #65
#72Jacob11US #88
#73Lance11US #159
#74Phillip11US #70
#75Clifford10US #193
#76Cory10US #114
#77Jared10US #131
#78Jay10US #111
#79Jerry10US #61
#80Kyle10US #97
#81Larry10US #55
#82Louis10US #134
#83Terry10US #69
#84Walter10US #104
#85Brent9US #76
#86Carl9US #89
#87Damon9US #110
#88Derek9US #74
#89Jamie9US #68
#90Johnny9US #83
#91Marc9US #85
#92Philip9US #86
#93Vincent9US #107
#94Willie9US #119
#95Allen8US #125
#96Antonio8US #82
#97Brett8US #95
#98Casey8US #144
#99Eugene8US #154
#100Jose8US #47

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑45Tanya#40
↑43Stacey#25
↑43Alicia#34
↑42Rachel#20
↑38Maria#23
↑37Christy#63
↑37Randy#57
↑37Raymond#58

Falling

↓68Tammy#93
↓42Marc#91
↓41Theresa#84
↓38Jose#100
↓36Kelly#57
↓36Lori#58
↓36Holly#75
↓32Frank#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.