State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,463 Nevada births in 1986 across 471 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#66Jake#171 nationally
#100Breannaoutside the national top 200
#85Clinton#174 nationally
#84Krystle#161 nationally
#91Spencer#164 nationally
#61Ashlee#132 nationally
#68Cameron#135 nationally
#88Brianna#154 nationally
#81Desiree#141 nationally
#96Savannah#155 nationally
#90Ricky#144 nationally
#82Jordan#135 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley222US #2
#2Jessica212US #1
#3Amanda192US #3
#4Jennifer146US #4
#5Sarah103US #5
#6Danielle96US #16
#7Amber95US #13
#8Nicole95US #7
#9Heather91US #9
#10Stephanie87US #6
#11Megan84US #11
#12Brittany81US #8
#13Melissa77US #12
#14Michelle69US #23
#15Rachel67US #15
#16Crystal64US #25
#17Samantha64US #21
#18Elizabeth60US #10
#19Kimberly60US #18
#20Tiffany57US #17
#21Amy55US #22
#22Christina55US #19
#23Jamie52US #34
#24Kelly48US #29
#25Andrea47US #36
#26Laura44US #20
#27Sara44US #27
#28Alicia43US #45
#29Rebecca42US #26
#30Courtney41US #35
#31Erica39US #31
#32Kristina38US #62
#33Angela36US #33
#34Emily36US #24
#35Lauren35US #14
#36Erin34US #30
#37Katherine34US #28
#38Krystal33US #61
#39Victoria33US #54
#40Brittney32US #65
#41Shannon31US #44
#42Vanessa31US #43
#43Katie30US #38
#44Patricia30US #66
#45Whitney30US #32
#46Chelsea28US #73
#47Kristen28US #41
#48Lindsey27US #39
#49Kristin26US #50
#50Tara26US #56
#51Jacqueline25US #57
#52Lindsay25US #46
#53Natalie25US #52
#54Natasha25US #70
#55Holly23US #63
#56Maria23US #49
#57Kayla22US #64
#58Allison21US #42
#59Mary21US #37
#60Alexandra20US #72
#61Ashlee20US #132
#62Erika20US #74
#63Lisa20US #40
#64Cassandra19US #60
#65Christine19US #47
#66Jenna19US #55
#67Julie19US #58
#68Sabrina19US #120
#69Felicia18US #89
#70Krista18US #93
#71Monica18US #59
#72Anna17US #51
#73Brooke17US #104
#74Diana17US #75
#75Kathleen17US #68
#76Nichole17US #105
#77Katrina15US #99
#78Morgan15US #113
#79Veronica15US #77
#80Brandi14US #79
#81Desiree14US #141
#82Jordan14US #135
#83Kathryn14US #48
#84Krystle14US #161
#85Stacey14US #94
#86Valerie14US #76
#87April13US #53
#88Brianna13US #154
#89Caitlin13US #69
#90Jasmine13US #95
#91Jillian13US #107
#92Karen13US #100
#93Kelsey13US #112
#94Meghan13US #71
#95Renee13US #127
#96Savannah13US #155
#97Tracy13US #117
#98Alexis12US #129
#99Alyssa12US #85
#100Breanna12

Boys

#1Michael274US #1
#2Christopher251US #2
#3Daniel175US #6
#4Joshua167US #4
#5Matthew157US #3
#6Robert154US #9
#7Ryan151US #11
#8David148US #5
#9Anthony144US #19
#10Joseph133US #12
#11Kyle126US #23
#12James124US #7
#13Brandon123US #13
#14Justin118US #14
#15Andrew112US #8
#16John106US #10
#17Nicholas103US #17
#18Jason95US #18
#19Steven84US #25
#20Jonathan78US #16
#21Adam74US #24
#22Brian73US #20
#23Kevin72US #21
#24Jeremy71US #28
#25Jacob70US #31
#26William69US #15
#27Sean68US #37
#28Eric67US #22
#29Richard66US #29
#30Aaron63US #33
#31Thomas62US #26
#32Scott61US #44
#33Zachary56US #38
#34Timothy55US #27
#35Bryan52US #47
#36Tyler50US #40
#37Travis45US #49
#38Mark44US #35
#39Patrick44US #39
#40Jesse42US #48
#41Jeffrey41US #32
#42Stephen41US #36
#43Alexander40US #41
#44Benjamin40US #30
#45Shawn40US #55
#46Charles39US #34
#47Jared38US #58
#48Paul38US #45
#49Gregory37US #46
#50Nathan37US #43
#51Cody36US #56
#52Kenneth35US #50
#53Shane34US #67
#54Cory32US #68
#55Dustin28US #42
#56Samuel28US #52
#57Casey27US #83
#58Derek27US #57
#59Chad26US #59
#60Jordan26US #53
#61Marcus26US #63
#62Craig25US #80
#63Bradley22US #54
#64Corey22US #62
#65Edward22US #61
#66Jake21US #171
#67Peter21US #60
#68Cameron20US #135
#69Douglas20US #82
#70Gary20US #84
#71Ian20US #85
#72Keith20US #66
#73Phillip20US #70
#74Alex19US #64
#75Raymond19US #77
#76Troy19US #123
#77Antonio18US #73
#78Evan18US #81
#79Jeffery18US #102
#80Brett17US #69
#81Donald17US #71
#82Jose17US #51
#83Mitchell17US #105
#84Carlos16US #76
#85Clinton16US #174
#86Martin16US #119
#87Devin15US #113
#88George15US #74
#89Mathew15US #141
#90Ricky15US #144
#91Spencer15US #164
#92Trevor15US #98
#93Curtis14US #100
#94Frank14US #91
#95Juan14US #65
#96Russell14US #116
#97Vincent14US #93
#98Dennis13US #104
#99Garrett13US #117
#100Joel13US #72

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑40Brittney#40
↑29Sabrina#68
↑27Brooke#73
↑26Alex#74
↑25Keith#72
↑24Kristina#32
↑24Ian#71
↑23Patricia#44

Falling

↓34April#87
↓33Desiree#81
↓33Juan#95
↓30Nichole#76
↓24Kathryn#83
↓23Alexis#98
↓22Cassandra#64
↓22Monica#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.