State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,992 Nevada births in 1985 across 461 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#84Savannahoutside the national top 200
#86Summeroutside the national top 200
#77Dominic#187 nationally
#94Breannaoutside the national top 200
#98Audrey#186 nationally
#69Taylor#153 nationally
#75Cameron#154 nationally
#48Desiree#126 nationally
#69Ashlee#141 nationally
#95Ebony#160 nationally
#86Mathew#148 nationally
#82Kristopher#134 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica202US #1
#2Jennifer195US #3
#3Ashley149US #2
#4Amanda135US #4
#5Nicole104US #7
#6Sarah101US #5
#7Heather96US #8
#8Amber89US #16
#9Stephanie89US #6
#10Brittany87US #17
#11Melissa80US #11
#12Rachel77US #13
#13Elizabeth74US #9
#14Christina73US #12
#15Crystal71US #21
#16Megan68US #10
#17Danielle64US #18
#18Michelle63US #22
#19Jamie56US #27
#20Kimberly50US #19
#21Sara50US #30
#22Tiffany50US #23
#23Andrea48US #33
#24Amy46US #20
#25Erin44US #26
#26Angela43US #31
#27Laura42US #14
#28Rebecca42US #25
#29Krystal39US #53
#30Kelly38US #28
#31Samantha38US #29
#32Lauren34US #15
#33Victoria34US #59
#34Emily33US #24
#35Natalie32US #58
#36Alicia31US #45
#37Katherine31US #32
#38Lindsey29US #37
#39Tara28US #51
#40Erica27US #34
#41Kristen27US #38
#42Cassandra26US #62
#43Courtney26US #43
#44Chelsea25US #75
#45Lisa25US #36
#46Nichole25US #95
#47Christine24US #44
#48Desiree24US #126
#49Monica24US #61
#50Shannon24US #41
#51Whitney24US #73
#52Allison23US #46
#53April23US #47
#54Jacqueline23US #60
#55Katrina22US #93
#56Kristina22US #57
#57Lindsay22US #40
#58Holly21US #56
#59Kathryn21US #48
#60Katie21US #39
#61Mary21US #35
#62Jenna20US #50
#63Kristin20US #49
#64Vanessa19US #42
#65Kathleen18US #68
#66Maria18US #52
#67Patricia18US #64
#68Stacy18US #67
#69Ashlee17US #141
#70Candice17US #86
#71Julie17US #55
#72Natasha17US #79
#73Dominique16US #83
#74Veronica16US #72
#75Alexis15US #112
#76Sandra15US #105
#77Stacey15US #89
#78Alexandra14US #92
#79Brandi14US #69
#80Brittney14US #84
#81Casey14US #114
#82Erika14US #80
#83Lacey14US #124
#84Savannah14
#85Sheena14US #91
#86Summer14
#87Brandy13US #70
#88Caitlin13US #77
#89Candace13US #104
#90Gina13US #113
#91Susan13US #106
#92Tina13US #110
#93Anna12US #54
#94Breanna12
#95Ebony12US #160
#96Leah12US #78
#97Sabrina12US #129
#98Audrey11US #186
#99Brenda11US #122
#100Brooke11US #102

Boys

#1Michael296US #1
#2Christopher267US #2
#3David179US #6
#4Joshua177US #4
#5Daniel170US #5
#6Matthew163US #3
#7Robert149US #8
#8Ryan139US #12
#9Anthony136US #20
#10Brandon125US #13
#11Jason117US #14
#12John111US #9
#13Justin110US #15
#14James108US #7
#15Joseph106US #10
#16Nicholas97US #19
#17Kyle90US #27
#18Andrew87US #11
#19Brian82US #18
#20William80US #16
#21Richard77US #28
#22Kevin75US #23
#23Thomas72US #25
#24Eric71US #21
#25Jonathan71US #17
#26Adam70US #22
#27Aaron67US #33
#28Steven67US #24
#29Cody66US #52
#30Zachary63US #39
#31Timothy61US #26
#32Jeffrey58US #29
#33Sean58US #38
#34Mark53US #32
#35Jacob51US #35
#36Tyler49US #43
#37Jeremy47US #30
#38Jesse47US #51
#39Paul44US #42
#40Scott44US #44
#41Stephen44US #36
#42Alexander43US #50
#43Travis42US #46
#44Benjamin40US #31
#45Dustin40US #41
#46Kenneth38US #47
#47Gregory37US #45
#48Chad36US #57
#49Charles36US #34
#50Patrick34US #37
#51Bryan33US #48
#52Samuel33US #54
#53Nathan32US #40
#54Jared30US #58
#55Douglas29US #76
#56Shawn29US #55
#57Bradley28US #53
#58Jeffery26US #96
#59Jordan25US #62
#60Jose25US #49
#61Casey24US #86
#62Juan23US #65
#63Marcus23US #61
#64Cory22US #81
#65Donald22US #66
#66Shane22US #68
#67Brett21US #70
#68Edward21US #59
#69Taylor21US #153
#70Erik20US #87
#71Antonio19US #73
#72Trevor19US #105
#73Christian18US #101
#74Randy18US #102
#75Cameron17US #154
#76Derek17US #56
#77Dominic17US #187
#78Gary17US #82
#79George17US #72
#80Raymond17US #75
#81Alan16US #109
#82Kristopher16US #134
#83Wesley16US #94
#84Austin15US #107
#85Carlos15US #74
#86Mathew15US #148
#87Adrian14US #93
#88Devin14US #121
#89Garrett14US #138
#90Joel14US #67
#91Ronald14US #71
#92Todd14US #99
#93Chase13US #133
#94Evan13US #91
#95Ian13US #78
#96Jeremiah13US #111
#97Keith13US #64
#98Nathaniel13US #77
#99Victor13US #88
#100Alex12US #80

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑40Brittany#10
↑37Juan#62
↑36Whitney#51
↑32Nichole#46
↑31Krystal#29
↑29Douglas#55
↑26Randy#74
↑24Cody#29

Falling

↓36Anna#93
↓34Vanessa#64
↓27Keith#97
↓26Shannon#50
↓26Derek#76
↓22Kristin#63
↓21Lindsay#57
↓21Sheena#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.