State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,452 Nevada births in 1980 across 425 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#82Beauoutside the national top 200
#93Cameronoutside the national top 200
#98Randioutside the national top 200
#88Autumn#180 nationally
#54Cody#143 nationally
#72Desiree#156 nationally
#41Jaime#116 nationally
#90Darren#163 nationally
#64Kara#127 nationally
#92Trevor#155 nationally
#99Summer#159 nationally
#61Diana#118 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer224US #1
#2Melissa115US #4
#3Sarah101US #5
#4Jessica100US #3
#5Amber95US #22
#6Heather92US #6
#7Amanda87US #2
#8Nicole86US #7
#9Michelle82US #10
#10Christina77US #15
#11Angela73US #12
#12Jamie67US #24
#13Stephanie67US #13
#14Kimberly59US #11
#15Crystal58US #18
#16Rebecca57US #17
#17Tiffany57US #14
#18Lisa55US #16
#19Elizabeth52US #9
#20Shannon51US #29
#21Amy47US #8
#22Danielle44US #33
#23Sara42US #27
#24Erin39US #20
#25Tara36US #43
#26Laura35US #21
#27Andrea34US #28
#28Kelly33US #19
#29Maria33US #36
#30Emily30US #31
#31Julie30US #32
#32Katherine30US #35
#33Megan28US #30
#34Alicia27US #47
#35Brandy27US #42
#36Mary27US #25
#37Dawn26US #67
#38Rachel26US #23
#39April25US #26
#40Christine24US #41
#41Jaime24US #116
#42Katie24US #44
#43Kristin24US #37
#44Samantha23US #58
#45Cynthia22US #64
#46Erica22US #34
#47Brooke21US #57
#48Wendy21US #75
#49Brandi20US #63
#50Natalie20US #65
#51Nichole20US #102
#52Candice19US #99
#53Carrie19US #46
#54Gina19US #100
#55Kristina19US #73
#56Courtney18US #48
#57Leslie18US #61
#58Lindsay18US #71
#59Natasha18US #89
#60Veronica18US #70
#61Diana17US #118
#62Erika17US #87
#63Heidi17US #79
#64Kara17US #127
#65Kristen17US #39
#66Misty17US #49
#67Susan17US #62
#68Catherine16US #77
#69Lauren16US #38
#70Vanessa16US #69
#71Anna15US #55
#72Desiree15US #156
#73Jill15US #66
#74Melanie15US #60
#75Monica15US #45
#76Robin15US #109
#77Sabrina15US #113
#78Stacy15US #53
#79Allison14US #59
#80Ashley14US #40
#81Dana14US #68
#82Kathryn14US #50
#83Kelli14US #125
#84Kristy14US #78
#85Leah14US #84
#86Patricia14US #51
#87Tamara14US #108
#88Autumn13US #180
#89Holly13US #52
#90Karen13US #54
#91Katrina13US #90
#92Sandra13US #80
#93Valerie13US #85
#94Victoria13US #103
#95Kristi12US #122
#96Alison11US #101
#97Jacqueline11US #81
#98Randi11
#99Summer11US #159
#100Tracy11US #56

Boys

#1Michael266US #1
#2Christopher203US #2
#3Jason168US #3
#4David162US #4
#5James145US #5
#6Robert137US #9
#7Joshua134US #7
#8Matthew134US #6
#9Ryan126US #15
#10John121US #8
#11Justin120US #13
#12Joseph118US #10
#13Brian100US #12
#14Daniel93US #11
#15William93US #14
#16Anthony80US #24
#17Eric79US #16
#18Richard79US #26
#19Nicholas78US #17
#20Brandon72US #31
#21Jeremy69US #18
#22Steven66US #28
#23Adam64US #22
#24Benjamin63US #32
#25Timothy58US #20
#26Andrew57US #19
#27Aaron56US #34
#28Scott55US #33
#29Jonathan51US #21
#30Kevin51US #23
#31Paul51US #35
#32Thomas51US #25
#33Jeffrey50US #27
#34Travis46US #37
#35Mark45US #30
#36Kenneth44US #41
#37Charles43US #29
#38Jesse43US #45
#39Sean42US #48
#40Dustin39US #44
#41Jacob38US #43
#42Patrick37US #38
#43Stephen37US #40
#44Chad36US #39
#45Bryan35US #49
#46Nathan35US #36
#47Derek30US #50
#48Shawn30US #47
#49Douglas28US #62
#50Jose25US #46
#51Jared24US #61
#52Shane24US #69
#53Edward23US #52
#54Cody21US #143
#55Donald21US #53
#56Cory20US #83
#57Keith20US #56
#58Erik19US #64
#59Kyle19US #57
#60Ronald19US #58
#61Gregory18US #42
#62Larry18US #70
#63Marcus18US #71
#64Zachary18US #72
#65Frank17US #81
#66Gary17US #63
#67Raymond17US #66
#68Samuel17US #54
#69Shaun17US #79
#70Alexander16US #91
#71Casey16US #93
#72Phillip16US #65
#73Antonio15US #77
#74Carl15US #103
#75Corey15US #68
#76George15US #60
#77Jeffery15US #90
#78Ricky15US #122
#79Bradley14US #51
#80Peter14US #55
#81Tyler14US #114
#82Beau13
#83Craig13US #73
#84Dennis13US #80
#85Joel13US #67
#86Kristopher13US #138
#87Russell12US #92
#88Todd12US #75
#89Clinton11US #131
#90Darren11US #163
#91Juan11US #59
#92Trevor11US #155
#93Cameron10
#94Curtis10US #89
#95Lawrence10US #129
#96Mario10US #102
#97Martin10US #123
#98Seth10US #99
#99Tony10US #108
#100Vincent10US #111

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑49Wendy#48
↑45Jaime#41
↑44Kristin#43
↑37Marcus#63
↑36Courtney#56
↑32Emily#30
↑30Natalie#50
↑28Brooke#47

Falling

↓44Summer#99
↓36Patricia#86
↓33Monica#75
↓33Sandra#92
↓29Russell#87
↓28Misty#66
↓26Kristi#95
↓25Bradley#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.