State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1975 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,224 West Virginia births in 1975 across 620 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.

#78Billieoutside the national top 200
#90Marshaoutside the national top 200
#92Earloutside the national top 200
#100Joyceoutside the national top 200
#98Howard#195 nationally
#70Angel#166 nationally
#69Traci#155 nationally
#99Charity#183 nationally
#82Terri#165 nationally
#81Krista#159 nationally
#95Ralph#173 nationally
#76Kelli#152 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer451US #1
#2Amy380US #2
#3Angela350US #5
#4Melissa346US #4
#5Heather326US #3
#6Kimberly225US #7
#7Lisa213US #8
#8Stephanie207US #9
#9Crystal198US #43
#10Rebecca197US #11
#11Michelle187US #6
#12Christina183US #12
#13April160US #25
#14Mary143US #19
#15Amanda136US #14
#16Kelly130US #16
#17Misty126US #47
#18Julie122US #18
#19Tina116US #35
#20Susan104US #32
#21Carrie100US #29
#22Tammy100US #31
#23Sarah98US #17
#24Elizabeth97US #15
#25Tonya97US #45
#26Lori94US #39
#27Christy87US #53
#28Stacy87US #34
#29Tracy82US #24
#30Melanie74US #52
#31Cynthia70US #40
#32Jessica70US #13
#33Tara68US #41
#34Dawn67US #23
#35Rachel67US #26
#36Wendy67US #33
#37Nicole66US #10
#38Karen65US #27
#39Andrea63US #28
#40Laura63US #20
#41Robin61US #65
#42Stacey61US #44
#43Amber60US #59
#44Patricia60US #36
#45Shannon59US #21
#46Teresa59US #61
#47Erin57US #38
#48Melinda56US #91
#49Donna55US #85
#50Leslie53US #71
#51Christie52US #96
#52Holly51US #55
#53Pamela51US #70
#54Sherry51US #95
#55Brandy49US #57
#56Kristi47US #109
#57Jill46US #46
#58Tiffany46US #37
#59Barbara45US #83
#60Michele44US #56
#61Rhonda43US #93
#62Brenda41US #67
#63Anna39US #79
#64Beth38US #120
#65Cheryl37US #97
#66Sara37US #54
#67Jamie36US #68
#68Sandra36US #51
#69Traci36US #155
#70Angel35US #166
#71Jodi35US #94
#72Mandy35US #106
#73Tanya35US #50
#74Brandi34US #88
#75Emily34US #48
#76Kelli34US #152
#77Valerie34US #92
#78Billie33
#79Danielle33US #42
#80Katherine33US #58
#81Krista33US #159
#82Terri33US #165
#83Christine32US #22
#84Kara32US #118
#85Linda32US #81
#86Samantha32US #101
#87Virginia32US #156
#88Bridget31US #143
#89Denise30US #64
#90Marsha30
#91Megan30US #69
#92Shelly30US #113
#93Catherine29US #73
#94Heidi29US #66
#95Kathy29US #160
#96Erica28US #63
#97Paula28US #108
#98Shawna28US #161
#99Charity27US #183
#100Joyce27

Boys

#1Michael669US #1
#2Jason568US #2
#3James549US #4
#4Christopher516US #3
#5David443US #5
#6John398US #7
#7Robert373US #6
#8William338US #10
#9Brian311US #8
#10Matthew261US #9
#11Charles244US #25
#12Joseph238US #12
#13Steven215US #18
#14Kevin200US #15
#15Richard195US #16
#16Eric192US #13
#17Chad185US #27
#18Timothy171US #22
#19Mark166US #19
#20Thomas158US #20
#21Jeffrey155US #14
#22Shawn155US #31
#23Daniel150US #11
#24Jeremy140US #24
#25Scott140US #17
#26Gary128US #50
#27Joshua121US #26
#28Paul120US #29
#29Jonathan117US #30
#30Larry114US #56
#31Stephen114US #34
#32Donald111US #42
#33Roger111US #97
#34Aaron108US #32
#35Anthony108US #21
#36Ronald94US #46
#37Jerry93US #65
#38Kenneth92US #35
#39Gregory91US #33
#40Jamie83US #62
#41Ryan81US #23
#42Andrew79US #28
#43Todd77US #43
#44Benjamin75US #36
#45Travis71US #51
#46Adam70US #38
#47Edward69US #41
#48Danny67US #94
#49Terry66US #67
#50Samuel64US #61
#51Billy63US #84
#52Bryan62US #47
#53Douglas62US #55
#54Nathan62US #45
#55Craig61US #58
#56George60US #53
#57Patrick59US #39
#58Phillip57US #72
#59Bobby56US #93
#60Keith52US #49
#61Roy50US #122
#62Rodney47US #76
#63Shane47US #57
#64Jeffery45US #70
#65Bradley43US #52
#66Justin43US #37
#67Shannon43US #101
#68Brandon42US #44
#69Randall41US #121
#70Sean41US #40
#71Johnny39US #86
#72Jesse38US #64
#73Randy38US #78
#74Russell38US #82
#75Dennis35US #59
#76Tony35US #80
#77Frank34US #66
#78Harold34US #153
#79Raymond33US #63
#80Allen32US #127
#81Carl32US #91
#82Brent31US #79
#83Jimmy31US #111
#84Curtis30US #113
#85Bruce29US #140
#86Tommy29US #156
#87Darrell28US #147
#88Micheal26US #104
#89Ernest25US #161
#90Philip25US #85
#91Jon24US #102
#92Earl23
#93Ronnie23US #151
#94Dale22US #159
#95Ralph22US #173
#96Ricky22US #135
#97Alan21US #115
#98Howard21US #195
#99Jay21US #117
#100Troy21US #69

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑43Amber#43
↑43Brandy#55
↑35Cheryl#65
↑28Kristi#56
↑28Jesse#72
↑27Angel#70
↑23Carrie#21
↑23Traci#69

Falling

↓38Christine#83
↓37Kathy#95
↓35Paula#97
↓30Denise#89
↓28Shelly#92
↓22Joyce#100
↓20Carl#81
↓18Michele#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.