State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,581 Nevada births in 1982 across 455 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#85Jasmine#189 nationally
#79Shawna#162 nationally
#67Sheena#149 nationally
#92Chelsea#170 nationally
#53Sabrina#128 nationally
#75Desiree#142 nationally
#96Kendra#163 nationally
#89Jonathon#153 nationally
#70Lacey#125 nationally
#70Adrian#117 nationally
#68Tanya#114 nationally
#33Kristina#70 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer218US #1
#2Jessica177US #2
#3Amanda127US #3
#4Melissa112US #5
#5Sarah112US #4
#6Nicole109US #6
#7Amber105US #18
#8Crystal95US #9
#9Tiffany90US #13
#10Heather88US #12
#11Christina74US #19
#12Michelle73US #11
#13Rebecca72US #15
#14Stephanie68US #7
#15Elizabeth65US #8
#16Danielle64US #31
#17Jamie63US #29
#18Andrea59US #27
#19Kimberly57US #14
#20Lisa55US #23
#21Rachel55US #21
#22Angela53US #16
#23Sara52US #28
#24Amy50US #10
#25Erin50US #20
#26Ashley49US #17
#27Megan45US #34
#28Emily38US #24
#29Laura33US #22
#30Shannon33US #38
#31Tara33US #47
#32Courtney32US #43
#33Kristina31US #70
#34Lauren31US #26
#35Christine30US #46
#36Lindsay30US #39
#37Julie29US #41
#38Mary29US #30
#39Samantha29US #44
#40April28US #32
#41Katherine28US #36
#42Kelly28US #25
#43Monica28US #52
#44Kristin27US #37
#45Melanie27US #65
#46Patricia27US #59
#47Candice26US #78
#48Jacqueline26US #54
#49Katie26US #45
#50Lindsey26US #40
#51Kristen22US #33
#52Natalie22US #51
#53Sabrina21US #128
#54Brandy20US #50
#55Victoria20US #66
#56Alicia19US #53
#57Anna19US #56
#58Brandi19US #55
#59Brittany19US #94
#60Cassandra19US #62
#61Erica19US #35
#62Maria19US #42
#63Alexis18US #93
#64Erika18US #81
#65Holly18US #61
#66Katrina18US #87
#67Sheena18US #149
#68Tanya18US #114
#69Kathryn17US #48
#70Lacey17US #125
#71Leah17US #79
#72Vanessa17US #49
#73Carrie16US #57
#74Dawn16US #95
#75Desiree16US #142
#76Allison15US #58
#77Kara15US #113
#78Krystal15US #83
#79Shawna15US #162
#80Theresa15US #109
#81Veronica15US #69
#82Cynthia14US #64
#83Kristy14US #104
#84Linda14US #107
#85Jasmine13US #189
#86Melinda13US #123
#87Monique13US #116
#88Natasha13US #71
#89Nichole13US #99
#90Rachael13US #120
#91Candace12US #103
#92Chelsea12US #170
#93Jillian12US #96
#94Julia12US #84
#95Kathleen12US #77
#96Kendra12US #163
#97Leslie12US #60
#98Sandra12US #80
#99Tonya12US #126
#100Tracy12US #88

Boys

#1Michael262US #1
#2Christopher259US #2
#3David162US #5
#4Jason159US #4
#5Joshua155US #7
#6John149US #8
#7Robert138US #9
#8Daniel137US #10
#9James137US #6
#10Matthew136US #3
#11Joseph135US #11
#12Justin135US #12
#13Anthony106US #21
#14Ryan106US #13
#15Brandon98US #18
#16Brian97US #14
#17Adam91US #19
#18William88US #15
#19Nicholas80US #22
#20Kevin79US #25
#21Thomas77US #23
#22Jonathan71US #16
#23Steven71US #26
#24Eric70US #20
#25Richard65US #27
#26Andrew63US #17
#27Aaron62US #30
#28Charles59US #31
#29Sean54US #44
#30Jeremy51US #28
#31Jared50US #54
#32Timothy50US #24
#33Jesse49US #43
#34Dustin48US #42
#35Travis47US #39
#36Jacob46US #41
#37Scott46US #34
#38Jeffrey43US #29
#39Benjamin42US #33
#40Kyle40US #47
#41Kenneth39US #45
#42Mark39US #32
#43Patrick38US #37
#44Bryan35US #49
#45Paul34US #35
#46Shawn34US #52
#47Derek33US #50
#48Gregory32US #40
#49Stephen32US #38
#50Ronald29US #60
#51Nathan28US #36
#52Marcus27US #63
#53Shane27US #84
#54Jose26US #46
#55Donald25US #58
#56Edward25US #53
#57Antonio24US #76
#58Bradley22US #51
#59Jordan22US #85
#60Raymond22US #70
#61Zachary22US #55
#62Douglas21US #68
#63Keith21US #59
#64Cody20US #95
#65Russell20US #97
#66Tyler20US #66
#67Chad19US #48
#68Peter19US #57
#69Samuel19US #56
#70Adrian18US #117
#71Alexander18US #65
#72Casey18US #86
#73Phillip18US #67
#74Gary17US #64
#75Ian17US #83
#76Juan17US #61
#77Evan16US #108
#78Carlos15US #71
#79Cory15US #93
#80Jeffery15US #92
#81Joel15US #69
#82Luis15US #90
#83Shaun15US #96
#84Alan14US #107
#85Brent14US #91
#86Corey14US #74
#87Frank14US #81
#88Jeremiah14US #89
#89Jonathon14US #153
#90Kristopher14US #125
#91Tony14US #112
#92Craig13US #73
#93Gabriel13US #88
#94George13US #62
#95Lucas13US #106
#96Nathaniel13US #75
#97Troy13US #115
#98Vincent13US #103
#99Erik12US #80
#100Larry12US #77

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑48Monica#43
↑30Lindsay#36
↑30Katherine#41
↑28Lauren#34
↑28Kathryn#69
↑28Marcus#52
↑27Courtney#32
↑22Carrie#73

Falling

↓45Kathleen#95
↓34Veronica#81
↓32Natasha#88
↓32Nichole#89
↓30Nathaniel#96
↓23Samuel#69
↓23Jeremiah#88
↓22Allison#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.