Most popular boys’ names in Nevada, 1978
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 204 |
| 2 | Jason | 184 |
| 3 | Christopher | 176 |
| 4 | James | 126 |
| 5 | John | 124 |
| 6 | Robert | 117 |
| 7 | David | 115 |
| 8 | Brian | 97 |
| 9 | Matthew | 92 |
| 10 | Joshua | 90 |
| 11 | Joseph | 83 |
| 12 | Daniel | 81 |
| 13 | William | 80 |
| 14 | Ryan | 75 |
| 15 | Anthony | 68 |
| 15 | Jeremy | 68 |
| 15 | Justin | 68 |
| 18 | Steven | 67 |
| 19 | Richard | 63 |
| 20 | Jeffrey | 59 |
| 21 | Thomas | 55 |
| 22 | Nicholas | 53 |
| 23 | Adam | 51 |
| 24 | Aaron | 49 |
| 24 | Scott | 49 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Eric | 47 |
| 26 | Mark | 47 |
| 26 | Timothy | 47 |
| 29 | Brandon | 44 |
| 30 | Kenneth | 43 |
| 30 | Kevin | 43 |
| 32 | Paul | 37 |
| 33 | Charles | 36 |
| 34 | Benjamin | 35 |
| 35 | Sean | 32 |
| 35 | Stephen | 32 |
| 37 | Jesse | 28 |
| 37 | Jonathan | 28 |
| 39 | Gregory | 27 |
| 40 | Andrew | 26 |
| 40 | Shawn | 26 |
| 40 | Travis | 26 |
| 43 | Chad | 25 |
| 43 | Jacob | 25 |
| 43 | Patrick | 25 |
| 43 | Shaun | 25 |
| 47 | Bryan | 24 |
| 47 | Dustin | 24 |
| 49 | Edward | 22 |
| 50 | Zachary | 20 |
| 51 | Nathan | 19 |
| 52 | Shane | 18 |
| 53 | Jeffery | 17 |
| 53 | Kyle | 17 |
| 53 | Todd | 17 |
| 56 | Cory | 16 |
| 56 | Donald | 16 |
| 56 | Douglas | 16 |
| 56 | Erik | 16 |
| 56 | Gary | 16 |
| 61 | Frank | 14 |
| 61 | Joel | 14 |
| 61 | Juan | 14 |
| 61 | Marcus | 14 |
| 61 | Nathaniel | 14 |
| 61 | Ronald | 14 |
| 61 | Samuel | 14 |
| 68 | Antonio | 13 |
| 68 | Cody | 13 |
| 68 | Ian | 13 |
| 68 | Jared | 13 |
| 68 | Jeremiah | 13 |
| 68 | Raymond | 13 |
| 74 | Kristopher | 12 |
| 74 | Philip | 12 |
| 74 | Randy | 12 |
| 74 | Russell | 12 |
| 78 | Alan | 11 |
| 78 | Derek | 11 |
| 78 | Keith | 11 |
| 78 | Vincent | 11 |
| 78 | Wayne | 11 |
| 83 | Brent | 10 |
| 83 | Carl | 10 |
| 83 | Casey | 10 |
| 83 | George | 10 |
| 83 | Jack | 10 |
| 83 | Jon | 10 |
| 83 | Lee | 10 |
| 83 | Phillip | 10 |
| 83 | Tyler | 10 |
| 92 | Alexander | 9 |
| 92 | Bradley | 9 |
| 92 | Cameron | 9 |
| 92 | Corey | 9 |
| 92 | Damon | 9 |
| 92 | Gabriel | 9 |
| 92 | Grant | 9 |
| 92 | Kelly | 9 |
| 92 | Micah | 9 |
| 92 | Peter | 9 |
| 92 | Roger | 9 |
| 92 | Terry | 9 |
| 92 | Wesley | 9 |