State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,849 Nevada births in 1977 across 349 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#69Alishaoutside the national top 200
#76Autumnoutside the national top 200
#74Cody#183 nationally
#73Shanna#168 nationally
#96Mathew#191 nationally
#87Joanna#173 nationally
#89Jerome#175 nationally
#47Summer#119 nationally
#72Roy#141 nationally
#77Colleen#145 nationally
#88Jack#149 nationally
#29Gina#88 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer215US #1
#2Heather88US #5
#3Jessica81US #4
#4Melissa77US #2
#5Michelle66US #7
#6Sarah62US #11
#7Jamie59US #18
#8Amy58US #3
#9Rebecca57US #17
#10Angela56US #6
#11Nicole52US #15
#12Christina51US #16
#13Lisa49US #12
#14Andrea46US #24
#15Kimberly46US #8
#16Shannon45US #19
#17Stephanie44US #14
#18Amber39US #33
#19Tiffany38US #34
#20Amanda37US #9
#21Kelly35US #10
#22Danielle30US #31
#23Rachel29US #26
#24April28US #29
#25Elizabeth28US #13
#26Sara28US #27
#27Laura25US #20
#28Tara25US #35
#29Gina24US #88
#30Julie24US #22
#31Patricia24US #47
#32Erin23US #23
#33Misty23US #40
#34Erica21US #38
#35Alicia20US #60
#36Brandy20US #51
#37Crystal20US #25
#38Monica20US #39
#39Stacey20US #56
#40Mary19US #21
#41Sabrina19US #63
#42Carrie18US #28
#43Dawn18US #43
#44Jaime18US #46
#45Maria18US #36
#46Teresa18US #79
#47Summer17US #119
#48Tina17US #58
#49Christine16US #30
#50Emily16US #37
#51Holly16US #52
#52Lori16US #57
#53Leslie15US #65
#54Tamara15US #93
#55Tracy15US #50
#56Wendy15US #49
#57Christy14US #59
#58Stacy14US #42
#59Theresa14US #98
#60Brandi13US #71
#61Catherine13US #75
#62Courtney13US #76
#63Cynthia13US #48
#64Heidi13US #81
#65Jill13US #41
#66Karen13US #32
#67Mandy13US #94
#68Natalie13US #69
#69Alisha12
#70Kathleen12US #80
#71Kathryn12US #70
#72Sandra12US #61
#73Shanna12US #168
#74Susan12US #45
#75Tammy12US #55
#76Autumn11
#77Colleen11US #145
#78Erika11US #103
#79Katherine11US #44
#80Kristin11US #82
#81Melanie11US #53
#82Tanya11US #67
#83Aimee10US #127
#84Angel10US #133
#85Dana10US #62
#86Jacqueline10US #92
#87Joanna10US #173
#88Kristina10US #83
#89Leah10US #112
#90Tonya10US #64
#91Valerie10US #86
#92Vanessa10US #90
#93Veronica10US #73
#94Anna9US #74
#95Denise9US #78
#96Jenny9US #108
#97Katie9US #115
#98Kelli9US #117
#99Kristy9US #68
#100Latoya9US #125

Boys

#1Michael195US #1
#2Jason178US #2
#3James146US #5
#4Christopher145US #3
#5Robert121US #6
#6John105US #7
#7David100US #4
#8Brian89US #8
#9Matthew89US #9
#10Joseph88US #10
#11Daniel75US #11
#12Joshua73US #14
#13Richard73US #20
#14Eric70US #17
#15Justin61US #30
#16William61US #12
#17Ryan60US #16
#18Jeremy50US #15
#19Anthony47US #21
#20Jeffrey47US #19
#21Steven44US #23
#22Kevin43US #13
#23Scott42US #27
#24Charles40US #26
#25Adam39US #33
#26Mark39US #25
#27Benjamin37US #29
#28Timothy37US #18
#29Aaron36US #32
#30Nathan36US #36
#31Thomas36US #22
#32Travis33US #44
#33Donald31US #46
#34Andrew30US #24
#35Jonathan30US #28
#36Brandon29US #41
#37Kenneth29US #39
#38Shawn29US #37
#39Bryan28US #42
#40Chad27US #34
#41Sean27US #43
#42Paul25US #31
#43Gregory24US #35
#44Nicholas24US #51
#45Stephen24US #38
#46Jesse23US #54
#47Douglas22US #59
#48Dustin22US #81
#49Edward22US #47
#50Shane21US #61
#51Jacob19US #56
#52Patrick19US #40
#53Bradley18US #49
#54Jose18US #45
#55Frank17US #71
#56Ronald17US #53
#57Larry16US #62
#58Corey15US #52
#59Cory15US #67
#60Erik15US #94
#61Gary15US #58
#62Jared15US #76
#63Keith15US #48
#64Peter15US #55
#65Samuel14US #60
#66Todd14US #50
#67Jeremiah13US #69
#68Troy13US #88
#69Jerry12US #75
#70Joel12US #73
#71Kyle12US #79
#72Roy12US #141
#73Brent11US #85
#74Cody11US #183
#75Mario11US #129
#76Russell11US #89
#77Wesley11US #66
#78Carlos10US #74
#79Casey10US #102
#80Derek10US #84
#81Gabriel10US #87
#82George10US #57
#83Jeffery10US #78
#84Rodney10US #97
#85Antonio9US #77
#86Carl9US #99
#87Curtis9US #100
#88Jack9US #149
#89Jerome9US #175
#90Juan9US #63
#91Kristopher9US #113
#92Lance9US #139
#93Lawrence9US #115
#94Marc9US #101
#95Martin9US #125
#96Mathew9US #191
#97Randy9US #86
#98Raymond9US #65
#99Seth9US #118
#100Zachary9US #95

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑45Sabrina#41
↑42Corey#58
↑41Summer#47
↑35Tamara#54
↑31Theresa#59
↑29Andrea#14
↑29Jill#65
↑27Gina#29

Falling

↓61Melanie#81
↓42Zachary#100
↓34Jeffery#83
↓32Raymond#98
↓29George#82
↓27Denise#95
↓23Randy#97
↓22Kristin#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.