State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,052 Nevada births in 1981 across 436 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#77Autumn#184 nationally
#94Beauoutside the national top 200
#70Desiree#171 nationally
#76Caleb#175 nationally
#69Trevor#155 nationally
#74Marie#143 nationally
#75Tasha#141 nationally
#83Alisha#142 nationally
#86Francisco#144 nationally
#93Louis#151 nationally
#98Krista#153 nationally
#57Nichole#109 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer204US #1
#2Jessica157US #2
#3Melissa129US #5
#4Amanda106US #3
#5Sarah100US #4
#6Nicole99US #7
#7Amber95US #20
#8Crystal78US #16
#9Tiffany78US #14
#10Heather75US #10
#11Amy71US #6
#12Stephanie71US #8
#13Michelle67US #11
#14Kimberly61US #13
#15Angela58US #15
#16Christina57US #17
#17Rachel55US #22
#18Elizabeth51US #9
#19Andrea50US #24
#20Erin49US #19
#21Rebecca47US #12
#22April44US #25
#23Danielle44US #30
#24Lisa44US #18
#25Jamie43US #28
#26Kelly42US #23
#27Megan42US #33
#28Laura40US #21
#29Shannon40US #32
#30Emily38US #29
#31Sara37US #26
#32Kristin36US #31
#33Kristen31US #38
#34Samantha29US #51
#35Katie28US #44
#36Mary28US #27
#37Ashley27US #34
#38Misty26US #61
#39Brandy25US #41
#40Christine25US #42
#41Alicia24US #46
#42Julie24US #37
#43Natalie24US #60
#44Tara24US #45
#45Kristina23US #72
#46Maria23US #40
#47Veronica23US #68
#48Brandi22US #50
#49Erica22US #36
#50Kathleen21US #82
#51Vanessa21US #62
#52Candice20US #86
#53Lindsey20US #58
#54Allison19US #57
#55Holly19US #63
#56Natasha19US #85
#57Nichole19US #109
#58Stacy19US #65
#59Courtney18US #43
#60Cynthia18US #59
#61Jacqueline18US #67
#62Lauren18US #35
#63Melanie18US #66
#64Diana17US #75
#65Heidi17US #84
#66Lindsay17US #47
#67Patricia17US #53
#68Anna16US #54
#69Dana16US #70
#70Desiree16US #171
#71Katherine16US #39
#72Teresa16US #97
#73Victoria16US #87
#74Marie15US #143
#75Tasha15US #141
#76Wendy15US #90
#77Autumn14US #184
#78Dawn14US #79
#79Erika14US #93
#80Gina14US #106
#81Pamela14US #76
#82Tina14US #80
#83Alisha13US #142
#84Brenda13US #112
#85Brooke13US #52
#86Jenny13US #123
#87Julia13US #88
#88Krystal13US #131
#89Latoya13US #69
#90Meghan13US #116
#91Monica13US #49
#92Rachael13US #132
#93Sandra13US #74
#94Candace12US #118
#95Carrie12US #55
#96Christy12US #99
#97Kathryn12US #48
#98Krista12US #153
#99Leslie12US #56
#100Renee12US #98

Boys

#1Michael255US #1
#2Christopher231US #2
#3Joshua184US #6
#4Matthew160US #3
#5Robert154US #9
#6Jason150US #4
#7David149US #5
#8Ryan144US #13
#9James139US #7
#10Joseph121US #11
#11Daniel120US #10
#12Justin116US #12
#13John101US #8
#14Brandon92US #19
#15Anthony90US #23
#16Brian89US #14
#17Jeremy85US #22
#18William77US #15
#19Nicholas76US #21
#20Jesse73US #37
#21Jonathan73US #16
#22Richard72US #27
#23Thomas70US #26
#24Eric67US #17
#25Steven66US #28
#26Aaron65US #30
#27Adam65US #20
#28Andrew62US #18
#29Jeffrey59US #29
#30Timothy56US #24
#31Benjamin53US #32
#32Kevin52US #25
#33Scott52US #34
#34Travis51US #40
#35Charles50US #31
#36Sean49US #44
#37Paul44US #35
#38Patrick43US #38
#39Jacob42US #43
#40Nathan39US #36
#41Dustin36US #42
#42Mark35US #33
#43Gregory34US #46
#44Jared34US #57
#45Derek33US #53
#46Samuel30US #54
#47Shane30US #81
#48Peter29US #55
#49Stephen29US #39
#50Kenneth28US #41
#51Kyle28US #52
#52Chad27US #47
#53Jose25US #45
#54Shawn24US #49
#55Bryan23US #48
#56Ronald23US #59
#57Zachary22US #63
#58Casey21US #85
#59Donald21US #56
#60Edward21US #51
#61Tyler21US #96
#62Shaun20US #86
#63Alexander19US #70
#64Dennis19US #83
#65Jeremiah19US #77
#66Nathaniel19US #80
#67Phillip19US #66
#68Russell19US #98
#69Trevor19US #155
#70Derrick18US #78
#71Frank18US #82
#72Raymond18US #68
#73Douglas17US #64
#74Antonio16US #75
#75Bradley16US #50
#76Caleb16US #175
#77Cory16US #90
#78Jordan16US #102
#79Juan16US #60
#80Marcus16US #67
#81Todd16US #74
#82Brett15US #79
#83Cody15US #119
#84Gary15US #62
#85Keith15US #58
#86Francisco14US #144
#87Erik13US #76
#88Ian13US #101
#89Luke13US #100
#90Billy12US #103
#91Carlos12US #71
#92Christian12US #121
#93Louis12US #151
#94Beau11
#95Bobby11US #110
#96Carl11US #106
#97Gabriel11US #87
#98Joel11US #65
#99Kristopher11US #146
#100Wesley11US #99

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑43Ashley#37
↑36Jacqueline#61
↑34Holly#55
↑32Kristen#33
↑32Peter#48
↑28Misty#38
↑25Allison#54
↑23Trevor#69

Falling

↓42Carrie#95
↓42Leslie#99
↓41Dawn#78
↓39Katherine#71
↓38Brooke#85
↓29Cody#83
↓29Erik#87
↓28Wendy#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.