State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,442 Nevada births in 1978 across 364 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#69Shaunaoutside the national top 200
#94Cameronoutside the national top 200
#98Grantoutside the national top 200
#100Micahoutside the national top 200
#100Autumn#200 nationally
#56Desiree#154 nationally
#67Kristine#157 nationally
#73Adrienne#158 nationally
#59Summer#143 nationally
#69Cody#152 nationally
#99Kelly#180 nationally
#79Marie#148 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer196US #1
#2Jessica96US #3
#3Melissa85US #2
#4Heather82US #5
#5Angela77US #7
#6Sarah72US #8
#7Nicole66US #10
#8Amber62US #30
#9Christina58US #15
#10Michelle58US #9
#11Amy57US #4
#12Crystal50US #18
#13Kimberly50US #13
#14Jamie49US #20
#15Lisa49US #11
#16Stephanie49US #16
#17Amanda47US #6
#18April43US #27
#19Kelly40US #12
#20Erin38US #21
#21Danielle37US #31
#22Elizabeth37US #14
#23Rebecca34US #17
#24Shannon34US #22
#25Tiffany31US #32
#26Andrea30US #23
#27Rachel30US #25
#28Christine28US #29
#29Julie28US #26
#30Monica27US #42
#31Brandy26US #37
#32Alicia24US #58
#33Megan24US #41
#34Carrie23US #35
#35Laura23US #19
#36Maria23US #36
#37Brandi21US #61
#38Natalie21US #66
#39Sara21US #28
#40Erica20US #34
#41Heidi20US #83
#42Kristina19US #64
#43Lindsay19US #95
#44Mary19US #24
#45Patricia19US #48
#46Tammy19US #67
#47Tina19US #45
#48Emily18US #33
#49Jaime17US #70
#50Samantha17US #74
#51Dawn16US #52
#52Kristy16US #51
#53Melanie16US #54
#54Stacy16US #44
#55Tara16US #40
#56Desiree15US #154
#57Karen15US #39
#58Robin15US #89
#59Summer15US #143
#60Holly14US #55
#61Leslie14US #63
#62Nichole14US #116
#63Tracy14US #47
#64Katie13US #90
#65Kelli13US #124
#66Kristin13US #78
#67Kristine13US #157
#68Michele13US #86
#69Shauna13
#70Tamara13US #105
#71Tanya13US #82
#72Teresa13US #88
#73Adrienne12US #158
#74Christy12US #59
#75Courtney12US #68
#76Cynthia12US #50
#77Gina12US #93
#78Kristen12US #62
#79Marie12US #148
#80Misty12US #43
#81Sabrina12US #91
#82Sandra12US #69
#83Vanessa12US #76
#84Allison11US #75
#85Catherine11US #72
#86Katherine11US #38
#87Kristi11US #98
#88Nancy11US #97
#89Sharon11US #106
#90Susan11US #49
#91Anna10US #65
#92Diana10US #102
#93Jacqueline10US #81
#94Kathleen10US #79
#95Leah10US #108
#96Melinda10US #84
#97Natasha10US #114
#98Stacey10US #53
#99Wendy10US #56
#100Autumn9US #200

Boys

#1Michael204US #1
#2Jason184US #2
#3Christopher176US #3
#4James126US #5
#5John124US #7
#6Robert117US #8
#7David115US #4
#8Brian97US #9
#9Matthew92US #6
#10Joshua90US #12
#11Joseph83US #10
#12Daniel81US #11
#13William80US #13
#14Ryan75US #14
#15Anthony68US #20
#16Jeremy68US #18
#17Justin68US #28
#18Steven67US #24
#19Richard63US #21
#20Jeffrey59US #19
#21Thomas55US #23
#22Nicholas53US #25
#23Adam51US #29
#24Aaron49US #32
#25Scott49US #30
#26Eric47US #16
#27Mark47US #26
#28Timothy47US #17
#29Brandon44US #40
#30Kenneth43US #41
#31Kevin43US #15
#32Paul37US #33
#33Charles36US #27
#34Benjamin35US #34
#35Sean32US #45
#36Stephen32US #37
#37Jesse28US #51
#38Jonathan28US #31
#39Gregory27US #38
#40Andrew26US #22
#41Shawn26US #39
#42Travis26US #46
#43Chad25US #35
#44Jacob25US #50
#45Patrick25US #42
#46Shaun25US #52
#47Bryan24US #43
#48Dustin24US #68
#49Edward22US #47
#50Zachary20US #89
#51Nathan19US #36
#52Shane18US #65
#53Jeffery17US #80
#54Kyle17US #63
#55Todd17US #56
#56Cory16US #73
#57Donald16US #48
#58Douglas16US #59
#59Erik16US #85
#60Gary16US #60
#61Frank14US #77
#62Joel14US #74
#63Juan14US #62
#64Marcus14US #70
#65Nathaniel14US #94
#66Ronald14US #55
#67Samuel14US #57
#68Antonio13US #79
#69Cody13US #152
#70Ian13US #117
#71Jared13US #72
#72Jeremiah13US #81
#73Raymond13US #69
#74Kristopher12US #104
#75Philip12US #84
#76Randy12US #86
#77Russell12US #93
#78Alan11US #122
#79Derek11US #75
#80Keith11US #49
#81Vincent11US #105
#82Wayne11US #138
#83Brent10US #87
#84Carl10US #100
#85Casey10US #92
#86George10US #58
#87Jack10US #156
#88Jon10US #108
#89Lee10US #133
#90Phillip10US #67
#91Tyler10US #150
#92Alexander9US #98
#93Bradley9US #53
#94Cameron9
#95Corey9US #61
#96Damon9US #132
#97Gabriel9US #90
#98Grant9
#99Kelly9US #180
#100Micah9

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑50Zachary#50
↑47Kristy#52
↑46Kristina#42
↑33Katie#64
↑33Kelli#65
↑30Natalie#38
↑30Jeffery#53
↑29Tammy#46

Falling

↓59Stacey#98
↓48Gina#77
↓47Misty#80
↓43Wendy#99
↓40Sabrina#81
↓40Bradley#93
↓37Corey#95
↓27Tara#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.