State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,093 Nevada births in 1987 across 514 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#78Breannaoutside the national top 200
#72Taylor#164 nationally
#94Sierra#173 nationally
#57Desiree#124 nationally
#100Misty#162 nationally
#88Dylan#141 nationally
#92Kristopher#145 nationally
#91Chase#139 nationally
#66Ashlee#112 nationally
#92Renee#134 nationally
#70Nichole#111 nationally
#100Mathew#140 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica234US #1
#2Ashley230US #2
#3Amanda208US #3
#4Sarah160US #5
#5Jennifer133US #4
#6Stephanie94US #6
#7Heather93US #9
#8Nicole92US #8
#9Brittany91US #7
#10Samantha87US #11
#11Amber84US #15
#12Danielle81US #14
#13Melissa69US #13
#14Megan66US #12
#15Kimberly61US #23
#16Christina58US #20
#17Elizabeth57US #10
#18Tiffany56US #18
#19Michelle55US #21
#20Crystal53US #26
#21Rebecca52US #25
#22Rachel50US #17
#23Sara48US #29
#24Amy46US #24
#25Lauren46US #16
#26Kayla45US #27
#27Jamie44US #39
#28Katherine42US #28
#29Angela41US #35
#30Andrea39US #36
#31Courtney39US #33
#32Chelsea36US #47
#33Emily36US #19
#34Kristina35US #62
#35Erin33US #34
#36Alicia32US #46
#37Brittney32US #61
#38Kelsey32US #67
#39Laura32US #22
#40Christine31US #48
#41Kelly31US #30
#42Krystal31US #70
#43Tara30US #69
#44Erica29US #31
#45Whitney29US #32
#46Katie28US #38
#47Victoria28US #50
#48Jenna27US #57
#49Vanessa26US #43
#50Alexandra25US #59
#51Lindsey25US #41
#52Lisa25US #40
#53Cassandra23US #68
#54Kristen23US #42
#55Monica23US #64
#56Natalie23US #56
#57Desiree22US #124
#58Kathryn22US #51
#59Mary22US #37
#60Anna21US #52
#61Rachael21US #98
#62Shannon21US #45
#63Veronica21US #80
#64Alyssa20US #60
#65Allison19US #44
#66Ashlee19US #112
#67Jacqueline19US #54
#68Lindsay19US #49
#69Natasha19US #73
#70Nichole19US #111
#71Cynthia18US #84
#72Taylor18US #164
#73Erika17US #75
#74Felicia17US #96
#75Jillian17US #99
#76Katrina17US #105
#77Patricia17US #76
#78Breanna16
#79Maria16US #53
#80Brandi15US #88
#81Casey15US #81
#82Holly15US #71
#83Julia15US #86
#84Kara15US #104
#85Kendra15US #77
#86Kristin15US #55
#87Leslie15US #89
#88Morgan15US #95
#89April14US #58
#90Brianna14US #122
#91Meghan14US #78
#92Renee14US #134
#93Sabrina14US #110
#94Sierra14US #173
#95Caitlin13US #63
#96Catherine13US #74
#97Dominique13US #114
#98Karen13US #107
#99Mallory13US #91
#100Misty13US #162

Boys

#1Michael268US #1
#2Christopher266US #2
#3Matthew175US #3
#4Joshua165US #4
#5Robert156US #10
#6James154US #8
#7David150US #5
#8Daniel144US #7
#9Anthony139US #17
#10Justin136US #9
#11Andrew132US #6
#12Joseph129US #12
#13Brandon126US #14
#14Kyle121US #22
#15Ryan116US #13
#16John115US #11
#17Nicholas104US #16
#18Eric95US #21
#19Steven93US #25
#20Jonathan92US #18
#21Jason88US #23
#22William84US #15
#23Brian77US #20
#24Sean77US #40
#25Kevin74US #19
#26Thomas74US #24
#27Aaron68US #34
#28Adam68US #27
#29Jacob67US #31
#30Richard67US #30
#31Alexander63US #37
#32Tyler62US #39
#33Jesse58US #55
#34Timothy58US #26
#35Jeffrey56US #32
#36Zachary56US #33
#37Scott53US #43
#38Jeremy52US #29
#39Travis52US #42
#40Cody50US #49
#41Benjamin45US #28
#42Cory43US #62
#43Jordan43US #52
#44Stephen43US #38
#45Charles42US #35
#46Dustin42US #44
#47Mark40US #36
#48Alex39US #60
#49Gregory39US #47
#50Shane38US #65
#51Bryan37US #51
#52Jared37US #58
#53Kenneth36US #53
#54Nathan35US #45
#55Patrick34US #41
#56Paul33US #46
#57Chad32US #63
#58Derek32US #54
#59Donald31US #70
#60Jose31US #48
#61Bradley30US #56
#62Ian30US #81
#63Cameron29US #96
#64Keith29US #69
#65Shawn29US #59
#66Samuel27US #50
#67Marcus25US #67
#68Casey23US #80
#69Edward23US #61
#70Gary23US #87
#71Christian22US #90
#72Raymond22US #79
#73Vincent22US #95
#74Ronald21US #73
#75Brett20US #71
#76Corey20US #57
#77Erik20US #94
#78George19US #77
#79Juan19US #66
#80Peter19US #64
#81Antonio18US #72
#82Austin18US #76
#83Evan18US #83
#84Frank18US #97
#85Wesley18US #92
#86Russell17US #119
#87Trevor17US #93
#88Dylan16US #141
#89Joel16US #75
#90Spencer16US #124
#91Chase15US #139
#92Kristopher15US #145
#93Phillip15US #68
#94Victor15US #91
#95Colin14US #134
#96Craig14US #88
#97Curtis14US #100
#98Jeffery14US #109
#99Luis14US #82
#100Mathew14US #140

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑55Kelsey#38
↑35Alyssa#64
↑31Kayla#26
↑26Alex#48
↑25Christine#40
↑25Kathryn#58
↑24Desiree#57
↑24Vincent#73

Falling

↓37Kristin#86
↓34Craig#96
↓33Patricia#77
↓27Holly#82
↓25Sabrina#93
↓23Maria#79
↓21Shannon#62
↓20Shawn#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.