State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,511 Nevada births in 1976 across 333 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#76Bonnieoutside the national top 200
#78Cliffordoutside the national top 200
#79Cody#200 nationally
#88Summeroutside the national top 200
#98Cameronoutside the national top 200
#81Shawna#169 nationally
#99Clayton#187 nationally
#73Kelly#158 nationally
#98Tricia#179 nationally
#53Lindsay#133 nationally
#61Deanna#128 nationally
#63Kari#127 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer204US #1
#2Heather90US #4
#3Melissa78US #3
#4Amy67US #2
#5Lisa61US #9
#6Jessica60US #8
#7Michelle57US #6
#8Christina52US #14
#9Stephanie52US #11
#10Nicole51US #13
#11Amber47US #49
#12Kimberly47US #7
#13Angela44US #5
#14Amanda43US #10
#15Jamie42US #18
#16Rebecca40US #12
#17Elizabeth38US #16
#18Shannon32US #17
#19Kelly31US #19
#20Melanie31US #53
#21Sarah31US #15
#22April30US #30
#23Erin30US #24
#24Sara30US #27
#25Jaime28US #29
#26Laura27US #20
#27Dawn26US #35
#28Brandy25US #55
#29Megan25US #62
#30Rachel24US #23
#31Danielle23US #33
#32Julie23US #21
#33Tiffany23US #32
#34Christine21US #26
#35Crystal20US #36
#36Maria20US #34
#37Mary20US #22
#38Stacy20US #38
#39Wendy20US #39
#40Patricia19US #43
#41Carrie18US #28
#42Misty18US #46
#43Andrea17US #25
#44Monica17US #45
#45Tina17US #48
#46Michele16US #63
#47Robin16US #75
#48Tara16US #42
#49Christy15US #60
#50Courtney15US #76
#51Emily15US #50
#52Leslie15US #65
#53Lindsay15US #133
#54Alicia14US #71
#55Erica14US #54
#56Gina14US #94
#57Holly14US #56
#58Kristin14US #74
#59Natalie14US #80
#60Stacey14US #51
#61Deanna13US #128
#62Heidi13US #70
#63Kari13US #127
#64Kathleen13US #82
#65Mandy13US #100
#66Samantha13US #85
#67Teresa13US #66
#68Denise12US #69
#69Erika12US #112
#70Karen12US #31
#71Kristina12US #97
#72Linda12US #90
#73Lori12US #47
#74Sandra12US #59
#75Allison11US #67
#76Bonnie11
#77Cynthia11US #44
#78Dana11US #64
#79Jenny11US #109
#80Katherine11US #57
#81Shawna11US #169
#82Susan11US #40
#83Barbara10US #98
#84Brandi10US #79
#85Nancy10US #87
#86Sabrina10US #146
#87Sharon10US #81
#88Summer10
#89Tamara10US #91
#90Theresa10US #89
#91Anna9US #78
#92Cheryl9US #105
#93Diana9US #101
#94Jill9US #52
#95Pamela9US #84
#96Renee9US #86
#97Tonya9US #58
#98Tricia9US #179
#99Victoria9US #92
#100Brenda8US #77

Boys

#1Michael213US #1
#2Jason164US #2
#3Christopher138US #3
#4David128US #4
#5James112US #5
#6Robert111US #7
#7John100US #6
#8Brian81US #8
#9Daniel80US #10
#10Matthew73US #9
#11Ryan71US #16
#12William68US #11
#13Jeremy63US #14
#14Joseph63US #12
#15Richard62US #19
#16Anthony56US #22
#17Eric56US #13
#18Thomas56US #23
#19Justin54US #33
#20Joshua53US #18
#21Kevin52US #15
#22Aaron47US #30
#23Charles44US #26
#24Timothy40US #21
#25Shawn39US #34
#26Andrew36US #27
#27Jeffrey36US #17
#28Mark36US #25
#29Paul36US #28
#30Steven36US #20
#31Scott35US #24
#32Brandon31US #40
#33Kenneth31US #38
#34Adam30US #36
#35Chad30US #29
#36Benjamin29US #32
#37Nathan28US #39
#38Sean28US #42
#39Jesse27US #55
#40Travis25US #46
#41Jonathan24US #31
#42Stephen24US #37
#43Dustin23US #82
#44Gregory22US #35
#45Patrick21US #41
#46Shane21US #57
#47Donald20US #47
#48Damon19US #104
#49Jeffery19US #76
#50Dennis18US #66
#51Larry18US #60
#52Cory17US #83
#53George17US #53
#54Jared17US #90
#55Jose17US #44
#56Jacob16US #63
#57Todd16US #50
#58Zachary16US #97
#59Bryan14US #43
#60Douglas14US #56
#61Gabriel14US #81
#62Nicholas14US #77
#63Russell14US #87
#64Alan13US #115
#65Bradley13US #51
#66Raymond13US #65
#67Ronald13US #49
#68Troy13US #73
#69Kyle12US #80
#70Edward11US #45
#71Jay11US #126
#72Juan11US #58
#73Kelly11US #158
#74Randy11US #79
#75Samuel11US #59
#76Antonio10US #71
#77Casey10US #123
#78Clifford10
#79Cody10US #200
#80Frank10US #68
#81Gary10US #52
#82Jerry10US #67
#83Johnny10US #92
#84Keith10US #48
#85Lance10US #144
#86Tony10US #86
#87Walter10US #127
#88Alexander9US #107
#89Andre9US #125
#90Brent9US #78
#91Brett9US #109
#92Christian9US #112
#93Derrick9US #91
#94Kristopher9US #153
#95Lawrence9US #113
#96Seth9US #128
#97Vincent9US #106
#98Cameron8
#99Clayton8US #187
#100Corey8US #64

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑58Megan#29
↑53Robin#47
↑48Cory#52
↑41Jesse#39
↑39Melanie#20
↑37Natalie#59
↑31Larry#51
↑29Kathleen#64

Falling

↓39Susan#82
↓39Brandi#84
↓37Brenda#100
↓36Tamara#89
↓36Christian#92
↓36Corey#100
↓29Teresa#67
↓29Jill#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.