State roster

Top names in Nevada

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Nevada birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,230 Nevada births in 1997 across 848 distinct names.

Distinctively Nevada

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

#89Esmeraldaoutside the national top 200
#70Alondra#167 nationally
#80Sergio#172 nationally
#53Daisy#140 nationally
#76Edgar#161 nationally
#88Ivan#160 nationally
#79Fernando#149 nationally
#92Alejandra#162 nationally
#89Martin#155 nationally
#55Gabriela#120 nationally
#61Adriana#125 nationally
#90Omar#154 nationally

Girls

#1Taylor154US #7
#2Jessica153US #2
#3Ashley148US #3
#4Samantha145US #6
#5Alexis127US #8
#6Emily117US #1
#7Hannah109US #5
#8Alyssa105US #15
#9Elizabeth104US #9
#10Jennifer99US #18
#11Sarah98US #4
#12Stephanie96US #23
#13Kayla94US #12
#14Madison92US #10
#15Amanda86US #16
#16Brianna84US #17
#17Megan75US #11
#18Rachel68US #13
#19Kimberly62US #49
#20Nicole62US #21
#21Brittany61US #20
#22Melissa61US #44
#23Morgan61US #22
#24Jasmine60US #24
#25Maria59US #38
#26Sydney58US #35
#27Vanessa58US #54
#28Sierra57US #56
#29Savannah56US #47
#30Danielle55US #34
#31Amber54US #29
#32Andrea54US #58
#33Haley54US #31
#34Alexandra53US #30
#35Courtney53US #28
#36Jordan53US #40
#37Victoria53US #19
#38Breanna51US #74
#39Brooke49US #45
#40Sara49US #50
#41Lauren48US #14
#42Angelica47US #101
#43Abigail46US #26
#44Sabrina44US #53
#45Shelby44US #43
#46Diana42US #97
#47Mariah42US #67
#48Olivia42US #27
#49Christina41US #62
#50Kelsey40US #57
#51Destiny39US #42
#52Rebecca39US #25
#53Daisy38US #140
#54Emma38US #36
#55Gabriela38US #120
#56Gabrielle38US #51
#57Hailey38US #80
#58Kaitlyn38US #41
#59Marissa36US #60
#60Paige36US #64
#61Adriana35US #125
#62Bailey35US #65
#63Katherine35US #32
#64Mackenzie35US #71
#65Monica35US #79
#66Alexandria34US #78
#67Anna34US #33
#68Cheyenne34US #68
#69Natalie34US #48
#70Alondra33US #167
#71Julia33US #37
#72Michelle32US #55
#73Alicia31US #89
#74Cassandra31US #81
#75Karina31US #132
#76Katelyn31US #63
#77Tiffany30US #61
#78Angela29US #93
#79Chelsea29US #73
#80Kylie29US #116
#81Cassidy28US #105
#82Heather28US #90
#83Isabella28US #114
#84Makayla28US #102
#85Autumn27US #91
#86Briana27US #72
#87Miranda27US #70
#88Crystal26US #99
#89Esmeralda26
#90Jacqueline26US #77
#91Leslie26US #115
#92Alejandra25US #162
#93Bianca25US #134
#94Brenda25US #148
#95Katie25US #87
#96Selena25US #157
#97Shannon25US #85
#98Brittney24US #130
#99Caitlin24US #88
#100Cynthia24US #117

Boys

#1Michael250US #1
#2Jacob231US #2
#3Christopher188US #4
#4Anthony187US #18
#5Daniel178US #11
#6Brandon176US #8
#7Austin171US #9
#8Tyler169US #10
#9Matthew163US #3
#10Joshua158US #5
#11Andrew153US #7
#12David151US #14
#13Nicholas150US #6
#14Ryan141US #16
#15Christian135US #25
#16Zachary134US #13
#17Jonathan131US #21
#18Jose131US #32
#19Joseph127US #12
#20Alexander123US #22
#21Robert119US #23
#22Kyle117US #24
#23Jordan108US #26
#24Dylan106US #30
#25James106US #17
#26Justin103US #20
#27William88US #19
#28Nathan83US #34
#29Juan82US #54
#30Cody80US #36
#31John80US #15
#32Eric79US #35
#33Luis79US #53
#34Jason78US #41
#35Kevin75US #28
#36Brian73US #37
#37Benjamin69US #29
#38Logan67US #42
#39Cameron66US #45
#40Thomas66US #31
#41Aaron64US #33
#42Steven63US #40
#43Carlos61US #67
#44Connor60US #52
#45Noah60US #38
#46Samuel60US #27
#47Angel56US #86
#48Sean55US #48
#49Hunter54US #44
#50Adrian53US #95
#51Trevor52US #62
#52Chase51US #77
#53Gabriel49US #57
#54Victor48US #105
#55Adam46US #39
#56Alejandro46US #99
#57Antonio46US #75
#58Alex45US #55
#59Jared45US #56
#60Jesse45US #63
#61Richard45US #51
#62Tanner44US #82
#63Jesus41US #71
#64Mason41US #89
#65Alexis40US #120
#66Bryan40US #69
#67Miguel40US #91
#68Timothy40US #43
#69Ethan39US #46
#70Oscar39US #127
#71Ian38US #70
#72Cole37US #72
#73Dustin36US #88
#74Ricardo36US #130
#75Bryce35US #112
#76Edgar35US #161
#77Eduardo35US #140
#78Charles34US #49
#79Fernando34US #149
#80Sergio34US #172
#81Jake33US #101
#82Stephen33US #68
#83Travis33US #81
#84Alec32US #123
#85Paul32US #79
#86Shane32US #114
#87Devin31US #59
#88Ivan31US #160
#89Martin31US #155
#90Omar31US #154
#91Blake30US #80
#92Devon30US #119
#93Jorge30US #117
#94Manuel30US #146
#95Nathaniel30US #65
#96Nicolas30US #143
#97Patrick30US #50
#98Colton29US #108
#99Taylor29US #87
#100Wyatt29US #137

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑35Emma#54
↑33Bailey#62
↑32Adrian#50
↑30Tanner#62
↑28Andrea#32
↑27Morgan#23
↑26Kimberly#19
↑26Connor#44

Falling

↓42Michelle#72
↓42Heather#82
↓39Taylor#99
↓34Cynthia#100
↓34Patrick#97
↓31Cheyenne#68
↓30Travis#83
↓28Jacqueline#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.