State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,865 Nevada births in 1988 across 513 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#91Breannaoutside the national top 200
#100Jenny#195 nationally
#84Jake#166 nationally
#84Briana#158 nationally
#64Desiree#127 nationally
#36Brianna#96 nationally
#67Alexandria#124 nationally
#72Troy#124 nationally
#79Chase#127 nationally
#52Alexis#97 nationally
#90Monique#135 nationally
#76Spencer#114 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica268US #1
#2Ashley256US #2
#3Amanda209US #3
#4Jennifer134US #5
#5Brittany118US #6
#6Sarah117US #4
#7Nicole112US #9
#8Amber108US #15
#9Heather107US #14
#10Danielle104US #17
#11Stephanie102US #7
#12Samantha99US #8
#13Megan87US #12
#14Rachel78US #19
#15Elizabeth70US #10
#16Tiffany70US #13
#17Melissa69US #16
#18Kayla64US #20
#19Courtney62US #24
#20Christina58US #22
#21Michelle56US #21
#22Sara56US #30
#23Lauren55US #11
#24Chelsea54US #33
#25Kimberly50US #25
#26Rebecca44US #26
#27Alexandra43US #49
#28Amy43US #29
#29Crystal43US #28
#30Andrea38US #35
#31Angela36US #38
#32Christine36US #51
#33Jamie36US #45
#34Katherine36US #27
#35Katie36US #40
#36Brianna34US #96
#37Brittney34US #52
#38Lindsey34US #48
#39Emily33US #18
#40Laura32US #23
#41Alyssa31US #47
#42Alicia30US #50
#43Kristin30US #58
#44Erin29US #37
#45Whitney29US #39
#46Erica28US #31
#47Kendra28US #80
#48Lisa28US #43
#49Victoria28US #42
#50Cassandra27US #59
#51Jasmine27US #53
#52Alexis26US #97
#53Shannon26US #56
#54Erika25US #76
#55Kristen25US #36
#56Kristina25US #68
#57Mary25US #34
#58Jenna24US #66
#59Kelsey24US #64
#60Krystal24US #74
#61Lindsay24US #57
#62Patricia24US #77
#63Vanessa24US #41
#64Desiree23US #127
#65Jacqueline23US #62
#66Veronica23US #83
#67Alexandria22US #124
#68Kelly22US #32
#69April21US #65
#70Caitlin21US #44
#71Rachael21US #100
#72Tara20US #67
#73Brandi19US #91
#74Catherine19US #69
#75Leah19US #82
#76Maria19US #60
#77Allison18US #46
#78Holly18US #72
#79Julie18US #71
#80Leslie18US #94
#81Natalie18US #63
#82Anna17US #54
#83Bianca17US #108
#84Briana17US #158
#85Hannah17US #61
#86Kathleen17US #75
#87Morgan17US #78
#88Katrina16US #110
#89Marissa16US #101
#90Monique16US #135
#91Breanna15
#92Brooke15US #87
#93Cynthia15US #79
#94Julia15US #88
#95Kathryn15US #55
#96Monica15US #70
#97Natasha15US #73
#98Angelica14US #109
#99Ashlee14US #133
#100Jenny14US #195

Boys

#1Michael272US #1
#2Christopher254US #2
#3Joshua210US #4
#4Ryan171US #13
#5Andrew169US #5
#6Justin153US #7
#7James151US #9
#8Robert150US #10
#9Matthew148US #3
#10David146US #6
#11Anthony145US #18
#12Daniel141US #8
#13Kyle135US #21
#14Joseph130US #12
#15Brandon115US #17
#16John115US #11
#17Steven104US #24
#18Nicholas102US #14
#19Kevin87US #20
#20Jason86US #27
#21Thomas81US #23
#22Cody80US #43
#23Sean80US #38
#24Eric79US #19
#25Brian76US #22
#26Jonathan76US #15
#27William76US #16
#28Zachary75US #29
#29Richard72US #32
#30Travis71US #41
#31Adam70US #26
#32Aaron66US #31
#33Jacob63US #28
#34Alexander59US #34
#35Jeremy58US #35
#36Tyler58US #33
#37Nathan54US #44
#38Timothy53US #25
#39Jeffrey50US #36
#40Jesse48US #55
#41Dustin47US #48
#42Benjamin46US #30
#43Charles46US #37
#44Kenneth46US #51
#45Scott46US #47
#46Bryan45US #54
#47Austin42US #63
#48Shane42US #67
#49Stephen42US #40
#50Patrick41US #42
#51Derek40US #53
#52Cory39US #59
#53Jordan39US #52
#54Mark38US #39
#55Jared35US #60
#56Shawn34US #61
#57Cameron33US #69
#58Chad32US #65
#59Paul32US #46
#60Alex31US #58
#61Corey31US #56
#62Samuel30US #45
#63Bradley29US #57
#64Edward28US #62
#65Jose28US #49
#66Marcus28US #66
#67Gregory27US #50
#68Raymond25US #84
#69Douglas24US #88
#70Juan24US #68
#71Trevor24US #87
#72Troy24US #124
#73Brett23US #73
#74Casey23US #83
#75Evan23US #74
#76Spencer23US #114
#77Ian22US #77
#78Ronald22US #79
#79Chase21US #127
#80Victor21US #89
#81Antonio20US #72
#82Carlos20US #80
#83Erik20US #92
#84Jake20US #166
#85Logan20US #109
#86Devin19US #98
#87Mitchell19US #95
#88Wesley19US #93
#89Donald18US #76
#90Gabriel18US #102
#91Gary18US #100
#92Jeffery18US #120
#93Adrian17US #101
#94Blake17US #103
#95Christian17US #86
#96Curtis17US #105
#97Phillip17US #71
#98Brent16US #107
#99George16US #78
#100Jorge16US #122

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑54Brianna#36
↑43Kristin#43
↑38Kendra#47
↑35Austin#47
↑25Caitlin#70
↑23Alexandra#27
↑23Alyssa#41
↑22Catherine#74

Falling

↓41Monica#96
↓37Kathryn#95
↓33Ashlee#99
↓30Donald#89
↓29Tara#72
↓28Natasha#97
↓27Kelly#68
↓25Natalie#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.