Name Legacy

Baby names in Nevada, 1960s

1960–1969 · 62,368 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Nevada across the 1960s, with 1,839 births in the decade. The state recorded 62,368 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Nevada in the 1960s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Shawna56
Shannon215
Toni127
Kelli89
Teri87
Tami92
Traci93
Bret45

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael1,839
#2David1,495
#3John1,444
#4Robert1,404
#5James1,300
#6Lisa994
#7Richard846
#8Mark834
#9William768
#10Michelle625
#11Kevin601
#12Steven578
#13Scott557
#14Thomas534
#15Kenneth510
#16Daniel495
#17Mary493
#18Brian492
#19Kimberly488
#20Paul479
#21Joseph476
#22Christopher470
#23Jeffrey467
#24Charles466
#25Karen455

Other decades in Nevada

All Nevada names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org