State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1971 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,474 West Virginia births in 1971 across 672 distinct names.

Distinctively West Virginia

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say West Virginia more than they say America.

#72Lorettaoutside the national top 200
#78Marshaoutside the national top 200
#81Misty#200 nationally
#86Jackieoutside the national top 200
#94Franklinoutside the national top 200
#69Betty#175 nationally
#79Jody#161 nationally
#79Penny#158 nationally
#87Beverly#160 nationally
#73Cathy#141 nationally
#76Tracy#144 nationally
#70Ronnie#135 nationally

Girls

#1Melissa454US #7
#2Lisa388US #3
#3Angela366US #6
#4Jennifer365US #1
#5Kimberly360US #4
#6Tammy320US #8
#7Michelle306US #2
#8Amy265US #5
#9Mary218US #9
#10Rebecca188US #23
#11Stephanie177US #11
#12Tina166US #20
#13Lori156US #25
#14Susan154US #17
#15Heather148US #12
#16Teresa144US #34
#17Cynthia140US #24
#18Christina136US #30
#19Pamela124US #28
#20Julie122US #10
#21Karen119US #15
#22Tracy117US #13
#23Kelly113US #22
#24Elizabeth111US #19
#25Patricia107US #26
#26Donna101US #38
#27Laura96US #16
#28Stacy94US #32
#29Robin90US #51
#30Sherry90US #60
#31Crystal89US #79
#32Shannon87US #21
#33Barbara85US #47
#34Dawn85US #14
#35Brenda83US #43
#36Paula83US #63
#37Rhonda83US #46
#38Tonya83US #45
#39Sandra82US #31
#40Kathy81US #91
#41April79US #56
#42Deborah78US #33
#43Melinda74US #85
#44Linda73US #42
#45Cindy72US #70
#46Michele70US #39
#47Andrea69US #35
#48Christine64US #18
#49Tara62US #49
#50Debra61US #57
#51Cheryl59US #50
#52Beth58US #100
#53Leslie58US #68
#54Nancy58US #52
#55Rachel56US #54
#56Sharon56US #40
#57Sarah55US #58
#58Carrie53US #55
#59Sherri53US #123
#60Diana51US #82
#61Regina51US #90
#62Sheila51US #81
#63Stacey50US #41
#64Terri50US #115
#65Traci49US #116
#66Denise48US #36
#67Monica47US #48
#68Wendy47US #29
#69Betty46US #175
#70Katherine45US #67
#71Jacqueline44US #75
#72Loretta44
#73Cathy43US #141
#74Christy43US #89
#75Connie43US #125
#76Jamie43US #118
#77Kristi41US #113
#78Marsha41
#79Penny41US #158
#80Janet40US #112
#81Misty39US #200
#82Nicole38US #27
#83Carla36US #107
#84Carol36US #92
#85Melanie36US #66
#86Vanessa35US #129
#87Beverly34US #160
#88Shelly34US #103
#89Valerie34US #102
#90Anita33US #127
#91Anna33US #106
#92Catherine33US #65
#93Deanna33US #95
#94Kelli33US #135
#95Margaret33US #86
#96Tracey33US #74
#97Virginia33US #150
#98Holly32US #76
#99Tamara32US #80
#100Tricia32US #109

Boys

#1James708US #2
#2Michael676US #1
#3David555US #3
#4John522US #4
#5Robert494US #5
#6William473US #7
#7Christopher451US #6
#8Brian371US #9
#9Charles294US #22
#10Kevin257US #14
#11Richard256US #11
#12Jeffrey251US #12
#13Mark250US #13
#14Timothy245US #21
#15Jason230US #8
#16Steven229US #16
#17Scott227US #10
#18Thomas218US #17
#19Joseph204US #15
#20Eric195US #18
#21Gregory177US #26
#22Matthew171US #19
#23Paul165US #24
#24Larry159US #44
#25Kenneth154US #25
#26Gary153US #38
#27Stephen148US #27
#28Daniel142US #20
#29Donald140US #34
#30Ronald131US #31
#31Roger125US #71
#32Shawn124US #28
#33Jerry122US #50
#34Anthony118US #23
#35George107US #42
#36Douglas90US #39
#37Rodney90US #59
#38Terry88US #56
#39Chad87US #29
#40Keith82US #37
#41Jeffery80US #53
#42Patrick78US #35
#43Edward77US #32
#44Todd76US #30
#45Jonathan75US #40
#46Billy71US #75
#47Danny65US #82
#48Jeremy65US #45
#49Bryan64US #48
#50Aaron62US #41
#51Bradley62US #58
#52Carl62US #72
#53Dennis61US #49
#54Roy59US #111
#55Johnny58US #74
#56Russell58US #64
#57Bobby57US #79
#58Samuel57US #66
#59Andrew56US #33
#60Raymond56US #52
#61Sean52US #36
#62Randall50US #102
#63Darrell49US #118
#64Randy48US #67
#65Craig45US #43
#66Frank45US #54
#67Jamie45US #96
#68Phillip45US #76
#69Ricky44US #121
#70Ronnie44US #135
#71Tony44US #62
#72Curtis43US #89
#73Philip41US #94
#74Benjamin39US #69
#75Shane38US #60
#76Tracy38US #144
#77Allen36US #120
#78Dale36US #125
#79Jody36US #161
#80Troy36US #46
#81Walter34US #91
#82Wayne34US #92
#83Travis33US #61
#84Barry32US #133
#85Brent32US #73
#86Jackie31
#87Harold30US #130
#88Chris29US #68
#89Gerald29US #83
#90Jimmy29US #93
#91Tommy29US #148
#92Adam28US #57
#93Jon28US #78
#94Franklin27
#95Ryan27US #51
#96Jack26US #132
#97Lawrence26US #85
#98Marcus26US #65
#99Howard25US #156
#100Kelly25US #136

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑46Tara#49
↑42Jeremy#48
↑33Rachel#55
↑28Stacy#28
↑26April#41
↑26Jamie#67
↑24Curtis#72
↑22Chad#39

Falling

↓47Kelli#94
↓35Harold#87
↓29Carol#84
↓28Wendy#68
↓28Catherine#92
↓23Carla#83
↓22Connie#75
↓19Jon#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.