State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1973 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,422 West Virginia births in 1973 across 626 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.

#59Betty#196 nationally
#77Marshaoutside the national top 200
#78Beverly#192 nationally
#95Loraoutside the national top 200
#93Harry#189 nationally
#92Cathy#185 nationally
#91Belinda#181 nationally
#89Tracie#168 nationally
#96Howard#174 nationally
#82Kelli#157 nationally
#56Kathy#124 nationally
#73Harold#140 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer426US #1
#2Melissa384US #6
#3Angela338US #7
#4Amy298US #2
#5Michelle269US #3
#6Kimberly241US #4
#7Lisa237US #5
#8Stephanie229US #9
#9Rebecca216US #10
#10Tammy187US #15
#11Heather185US #8
#12Mary173US #14
#13Christina142US #16
#14Lori142US #28
#15Crystal130US #48
#16April121US #33
#17Tina121US #24
#18Kelly114US #18
#19Tonya113US #36
#20Susan112US #25
#21Teresa112US #45
#22Julie97US #12
#23Elizabeth90US #13
#24Patricia89US #27
#25Cynthia87US #26
#26Tracy84US #20
#27Laura80US #19
#28Misty79US #90
#29Donna76US #55
#30Sherry74US #76
#31Shannon72US #22
#32Melinda70US #72
#33Andrea69US #30
#34Rhonda67US #70
#35Robin67US #60
#36Stacy67US #32
#37Carrie65US #46
#38Denise63US #38
#39Melanie63US #43
#40Paula63US #87
#41Rachel63US #42
#42Michele61US #44
#43Barbara60US #63
#44Sandra60US #39
#45Nicole59US #11
#46Pamela59US #47
#47Tara59US #37
#48Wendy59US #29
#49Amanda58US #51
#50Christy57US #73
#51Karen56US #23
#52Sarah52US #35
#53Brenda49US #53
#54Stacey49US #41
#55Carla47US #114
#56Kathy45US #124
#57Cindy44US #92
#58Kristi44US #108
#59Betty43US #196
#60Monica43US #40
#61Valerie43US #96
#62Dawn42US #21
#63Regina41US #110
#64Beth40US #117
#65Sharon40US #57
#66Debra38US #84
#67Leslie38US #75
#68Linda38US #61
#69Cheryl37US #74
#70Deborah37US #56
#71Shelly37US #104
#72Anna36US #86
#73Brandy36US #82
#74Christine36US #17
#75Tanya36US #50
#76Erin35US #79
#77Marsha35
#78Beverly34US #192
#79Holly34US #54
#80Janet34US #119
#81Jill34US #62
#82Kelli34US #157
#83Kristina34US #97
#84Connie33US #144
#85Nancy33US #77
#86Catherine32US #67
#87Diana32US #85
#88Tamara32US #66
#89Tracie31US #168
#90Anita30US #142
#91Belinda30US #181
#92Cathy30US #185
#93Jessica30US #34
#94Jodi30US #100
#95Lora30
#96Sheila30US #101
#97Virginia30US #151
#98Ann29US #93
#99Erica29US #81
#100Terri29US #137

Boys

#1James624US #4
#2Michael570US #1
#3Christopher535US #2
#4David465US #5
#5John451US #6
#6Robert435US #7
#7Jason407US #3
#8Brian397US #8
#9William388US #9
#10Charles270US #23
#11Matthew243US #10
#12Kevin235US #14
#13Richard220US #16
#14Mark209US #15
#15Eric202US #13
#16Thomas199US #19
#17Steven198US #20
#18Joseph193US #12
#19Timothy178US #22
#20Jeffrey174US #17
#21Shawn159US #27
#22Daniel150US #11
#23Paul144US #24
#24Chad139US #25
#25Donald132US #38
#26Scott132US #18
#27Anthony126US #21
#28Larry123US #50
#29Gregory118US #26
#30Ronald114US #40
#31Gary112US #44
#32Stephen112US #32
#33Kenneth110US #28
#34Jonathan103US #31
#35Roger101US #84
#36Jerry99US #57
#37Jeremy84US #33
#38Bryan81US #43
#39Andrew78US #29
#40George78US #46
#41Douglas74US #47
#42Terry67US #65
#43Craig66US #48
#44Keith66US #41
#45Rodney66US #68
#46Travis66US #53
#47Aaron64US #34
#48Jamie64US #70
#49Samuel64US #66
#50Dennis62US #56
#51Patrick60US #37
#52Adam57US #45
#53Todd56US #35
#54Phillip54US #71
#55Edward53US #39
#56Shane53US #54
#57Joshua52US #42
#58Billy51US #76
#59Ryan51US #30
#60Benjamin50US #55
#61Danny50US #83
#62Sean49US #36
#63Bobby48US #93
#64Jeffery47US #64
#65Raymond46US #60
#66Randall41US #121
#67Bradley40US #62
#68Brent39US #80
#69Carl39US #90
#70Johnny39US #82
#71Nathan39US #63
#72Tracy38US #126
#73Harold37US #140
#74Russell37US #77
#75Randy36US #79
#76Jimmy34US #95
#77Troy33US #59
#78Brandon32US #58
#79Jack31US #138
#80Lawrence31US #104
#81Roy31US #117
#82Frank29US #61
#83Ronnie29US #136
#84Curtis28US #98
#85Shannon28US #100
#86Micheal27US #106
#87Ricky27US #133
#88Tony27US #78
#89Walter26US #101
#90Jay25US #118
#91Allen24US #124
#92Dale23US #141
#93Harry23US #189
#94Philip23US #91
#95Frederick22US #120
#96Howard22US #174
#97Ralph22US #157
#98Darrell21US #131
#99Ernest21US #149
#100Glenn21US #146

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑38Adam#52
↑30Travis#46
↑29Carrie#37
↑26Misty#28
↑26Joshua#57
↑23Marsha#77
↑23Jeremy#37
↑22Denise#38

Falling

↓33Terri#100
↓32Linda#68
↓29Deborah#70
↓26Erica#99
↓23Diana#87
↓22Pamela#46
↓22Karen#51
↓21Sheila#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.