Name Legacy

Baby names in Nevada, 1980s

1980–1989 · 112,686 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Nevada across the 1980s, with 2,731 births in the decade. The state recorded 112,686 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Nevada in the 1980s

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
Beau82
Breanna83
Demario28
Brianna147
Angelina76
Bryce86
Cody434
Desiree163

Top 25 in the 1980s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael2,731
#2Christopher2,543
#3Jessica1,919
#4Jennifer1,780
#5Joshua1,740
#6Matthew1,647
#7David1,552
#8Amanda1,525
#9Robert1,491
#10Ashley1,448
#11Daniel1,423
#12James1,343
#13Ryan1,318
#14Joseph1,294
#15Justin1,263
#16Jason1,220
#17Anthony1,196
#18John1,152
#19Sarah1,098
#20Brandon1,084
#21Nicole1,014
#22Nicholas982
#23Andrew981
#24Amber941
#25Heather933

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