Name Legacy

Baby names in Nevada, 1990s

1990–1999 · 178,914 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Nevada across the 1990s, with 2,601 births in the decade. The state recorded 178,914 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Nevada in the 1990s

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
Unknown16712×
Jocelyne40
Babyboy21
Alondra133
Chance178
Mckenna113
Beau77
Saul97

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael2,601
#2Christopher2,028
#3Jessica1,922
#4Joshua1,899
#5Ashley1,883
#6Jacob1,855
#7Anthony1,839
#8Tyler1,831
#9Brandon1,732
#10Matthew1,647
#11Daniel1,629
#12Taylor1,628
#13Ryan1,533
#14Jordan1,478
#15Nicholas1,472
#16David1,443
#17Joseph1,423
#18Samantha1,407
#19Andrew1,370
#20Austin1,258
#21Zachary1,236
#22Justin1,224
#23Kyle1,217
#24Alexis1,169
#25Robert1,165

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