State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,677 Nevada births in 1979 across 400 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#53Brianne#168 nationally
#61Desiree#170 nationally
#98Joeyoutside the national top 200
#99Audreyoutside the national top 200
#81Shawna#177 nationally
#55Summer#150 nationally
#72Alisha#162 nationally
#78Cody#147 nationally
#84Cassandra#146 nationally
#68Kelli#129 nationally
#98Adrienne#158 nationally
#76Tyler#131 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer223US #1
#2Melissa101US #2
#3Jessica93US #4
#4Nicole89US #9
#5Amanda84US #3
#6Amber82US #22
#7Michelle81US #10
#8Heather77US #7
#9Christina73US #14
#10Sarah65US #6
#11Kimberly61US #12
#12Angela58US #8
#13Stephanie57US #15
#14Jamie52US #19
#15Amy51US #5
#16Elizabeth50US #11
#17Lisa50US #13
#18Tiffany46US #28
#19Rebecca44US #17
#20April43US #23
#21Crystal42US #18
#22Shannon42US #25
#23Danielle37US #33
#24Rachel36US #27
#25Sara34US #30
#26Megan33US #31
#27Andrea32US #26
#28Erin32US #21
#29Alicia30US #47
#30Julie28US #29
#31Kelly28US #16
#32Mary28US #24
#33Brandy27US #39
#34Carrie26US #41
#35Kristina26US #74
#36Erica25US #32
#37Maria25US #37
#38Misty25US #42
#39Christine23US #35
#40Laura23US #20
#41Katherine22US #36
#42Monica22US #40
#43Tara22US #38
#44Mindy21US #81
#45Samantha20US #66
#46Teresa19US #87
#47Cynthia18US #55
#48Kathleen18US #84
#49Lindsay18US #88
#50Patricia18US #44
#51Susan18US #51
#52Veronica18US #76
#53Brianne17US #168
#54Katie17US #63
#55Summer17US #150
#56Brandi16US #61
#57Leslie16US #65
#58Melinda16US #82
#59Sandra16US #77
#60Dawn15US #57
#61Desiree15US #170
#62Emily15US #34
#63Mandy15US #116
#64Stacey15US #60
#65Gina14US #96
#66Kathryn14US #50
#67Katrina14US #99
#68Kelli14US #129
#69Kristi14US #109
#70Tamara14US #104
#71Tina14US #58
#72Alisha13US #162
#73Anna13US #59
#74Ashley13US #67
#75Brooke13US #85
#76Candice13US #128
#77Catherine13US #78
#78Leah13US #98
#79Lindsey13US #113
#80Natalie13US #68
#81Shawna13US #177
#82Stacy13US #43
#83Allison12US #70
#84Cassandra12US #146
#85Heidi12US #83
#86Jaime12US #97
#87Kristin12US #73
#88Kristy12US #56
#89Renee12US #101
#90Sabrina12US #106
#91Theresa12US #100
#92Courtney11US #71
#93Melanie11US #53
#94Tanya11US #93
#95Tonya11US #86
#96Tracy11US #49
#97Wendy11US #64
#98Adrienne10US #158
#99Audrey10
#100Christy10US #72

Boys

#1Michael251US #1
#2Christopher194US #2
#3Jason184US #3
#4David172US #4
#5Robert141US #8
#6John131US #7
#7James125US #5
#8Joshua119US #9
#9Matthew113US #6
#10Joseph107US #11
#11William107US #13
#12Daniel93US #12
#13Anthony87US #21
#14Ryan86US #14
#15Justin83US #22
#16Jeremy81US #16
#17Brian76US #10
#18Nicholas74US #15
#19Eric69US #17
#20Richard67US #25
#21Paul55US #34
#22Scott54US #29
#23Thomas54US #26
#24Steven53US #27
#25Andrew52US #20
#26Jeffrey51US #24
#27Kevin51US #19
#28Brandon50US #35
#29Charles49US #28
#30Timothy46US #18
#31Sean45US #49
#32Adam43US #23
#33Jacob42US #45
#34Mark42US #30
#35Patrick42US #39
#36Aaron41US #32
#37Kenneth40US #41
#38Benjamin38US #33
#39Jesse37US #50
#40Jonathan37US #31
#41Jared35US #65
#42Nathan32US #37
#43Travis32US #36
#44Bryan30US #46
#45Stephen28US #40
#46Donald27US #51
#47Edward26US #48
#48Samuel26US #55
#49Dustin25US #62
#50Gregory25US #42
#51Jose25US #44
#52Chad23US #38
#53Kyle23US #56
#54Bradley22US #47
#55Ronald22US #54
#56Cory21US #82
#57Raymond21US #70
#58Russell20US #92
#59Shawn20US #43
#60Casey19US #93
#61Zachary19US #74
#62Douglas18US #58
#63Erik18US #66
#64Joel18US #71
#65Nathaniel18US #95
#66Shane18US #67
#67Keith17US #52
#68Brett16US #98
#69Larry16US #69
#70Carl15US #100
#71Gary15US #59
#72Kristopher15US #114
#73Mario15US #103
#74Randy15US #86
#75Todd15US #60
#76Tyler15US #131
#77Alexander14US #94
#78Cody14US #147
#79Jeremiah14US #81
#80Peter14US #53
#81Shaun14US #64
#82Frank13US #78
#83George13US #57
#84Jeffery13US #87
#85Lucas13US #108
#86Antonio12US #79
#87Christian12US #120
#88Jon12US #118
#89Corey11US #63
#90Gabriel11US #90
#91Ian11US #107
#92Marc11US #119
#93Roger11US #132
#94Brent10US #84
#95Carlos10US #73
#96Craig10US #77
#97Dennis10US #75
#98Joey10
#99Johnny10US #111
#100Marcus10US #76

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑46Kathleen#48
↑45Katherine#41
↑42Misty#38
↑39Susan#51
↑39Bradley#54
↑38Melinda#58
↑34Stacey#64
↑30Jared#41

Falling

↓44Heidi#85
↓42Natalie#80
↓40Melanie#93
↓37Jaime#86
↓36Kristy#88
↓36Marcus#100
↓35Shaun#81
↓33Tracy#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.