Name Legacy

Baby names in Nevada, 1970s

1970–1979 · 66,728 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Nevada across the 1970s, with 2,030 births in the decade. The state recorded 66,728 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Nevada in the 1970s

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
Breanne9
Amber334
Shawna116
Summer66
Cody72
Dustin148
Justin430
Brianne17

Top 25 in the 1970s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael2,030
#2Jennifer1,891
#3Jason1,490
#4Christopher1,351
#5David1,298
#6Robert1,232
#7James1,230
#8John1,093
#9Brian845
#10William750
#11Matthew727
#11Michelle727
#13Daniel703
#14Richard681
#15Joseph679
#16Heather677
#17Melissa637
#18Lisa600
#19Angela578
#20Eric569
#21Anthony556
#22Amy551
#23Steven546
#24Kimberly537
#25Ryan522

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