State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1976 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,802 West Virginia births in 1976 across 624 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.

#80Beverlyoutside the national top 200
#87Sherrioutside the national top 200
#88Howardoutside the national top 200
#97Joyceoutside the national top 200
#98Loraoutside the national top 200
#99Franklinoutside the national top 200
#94Shelley#194 nationally
#78Virginia#160 nationally
#79Ronnie#155 nationally
#86Dale#161 nationally
#87Harold#162 nationally
#83Angel#156 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer517US #1
#2Melissa389US #3
#3Amy355US #2
#4Heather340US #4
#5Angela330US #5
#6Amanda231US #10
#7Stephanie213US #11
#8Crystal206US #36
#9Rebecca204US #12
#10Kimberly201US #7
#11Lisa194US #9
#12Michelle194US #6
#13Christina188US #14
#14Misty185US #46
#15Mary151US #22
#16Jamie148US #18
#17April134US #30
#18Jessica134US #8
#19Sarah129US #15
#20Shannon113US #17
#21Carrie107US #28
#22Elizabeth107US #16
#23Julie102US #21
#24Kelly102US #19
#25Laura102US #20
#26Tonya102US #58
#27Stacy94US #38
#28Jaime92US #29
#29Tammy88US #41
#30Susan87US #40
#31Tina82US #48
#32Andrea79US #25
#33Lori79US #47
#34Christy75US #60
#35Tara75US #42
#36Amber73US #49
#37Wendy73US #39
#38Rachel70US #23
#39Tracy70US #37
#40Tiffany68US #32
#41Erin66US #24
#42Sara66US #27
#43Cynthia62US #44
#44Patricia60US #43
#45Teresa57US #66
#46Melinda56US #95
#47Brandy54US #55
#48Holly54US #56
#49Nicole54US #13
#50Rhonda54US #107
#51Leslie53US #65
#52Danielle51US #33
#53Karen51US #31
#54Donna50US #93
#55Pamela49US #84
#56Michele47US #63
#57Stacey47US #51
#58Melanie45US #53
#59Samantha45US #85
#60Jill42US #52
#61Robin42US #75
#62Dawn41US #35
#63Erica39US #54
#64Katherine39US #57
#65Valerie39US #83
#66Alicia38US #71
#67Brenda37US #77
#68Beth36US #114
#69Emily36US #50
#70Megan36US #62
#71Monica36US #45
#72Tanya35US #61
#73Kristi34US #104
#74Barbara33US #98
#75Jodi33US #102
#76Kelli33US #147
#77Christine32US #26
#78Virginia32US #160
#79Anna31US #78
#80Beverly31
#81Carla31US #122
#82Christie31US #139
#83Angel30US #156
#84Denise30US #69
#85Mandy30US #100
#86Sharon30US #81
#87Sherri30
#88Brandi29US #79
#89Cindy29US #120
#90Kristie29US #158
#91Sandra29US #59
#92Debra28US #134
#93Linda28US #90
#94Shelley28US #194
#95Angie27US #153
#96Courtney27US #76
#97Joyce27
#98Lora27
#99Paula27US #121
#100Sherry27US #111

Boys

#1Michael664US #1
#2Jason645US #2
#3James519US #5
#4Christopher483US #3
#5David438US #4
#6John421US #6
#7Robert389US #7
#8William377US #11
#9Brian314US #8
#10Matthew284US #9
#11Jeremy255US #14
#12Joseph249US #12
#13Charles233US #26
#14Eric229US #13
#15Kevin202US #15
#16Timothy199US #21
#17Richard176US #19
#18Steven175US #20
#19Chad172US #29
#20Thomas166US #23
#21Daniel164US #10
#22Mark153US #25
#23Joshua148US #18
#24Shawn143US #34
#25Jeffrey133US #17
#26Stephen133US #37
#27Jonathan125US #31
#28Scott121US #24
#29Donald110US #47
#30Gregory104US #35
#31Larry104US #60
#32Paul102US #28
#33Benjamin99US #32
#34Aaron96US #30
#35Gary96US #52
#36Anthony91US #22
#37Kenneth89US #38
#38Roger84US #103
#39Ronald84US #49
#40Jamie83US #62
#41Adam81US #36
#42Jerry80US #67
#43Andrew78US #27
#44Ryan78US #16
#45Bryan75US #43
#46Travis75US #46
#47Billy70US #85
#48Patrick68US #41
#49Douglas63US #56
#50Brandon62US #40
#51Nathan62US #39
#52Keith61US #48
#53Terry60US #75
#54Bradley59US #51
#55Craig58US #61
#56Edward58US #45
#57Danny57US #102
#58George55US #53
#59Russell54US #87
#60Samuel52US #59
#61Shannon51US #98
#62Johnny48US #92
#63Todd46US #50
#64Rodney44US #88
#65Justin43US #33
#66Dennis42US #66
#67Phillip42US #69
#68Shane42US #57
#69Carl41US #95
#70Jesse41US #55
#71Bobby40US #96
#72Ricky40US #132
#73Wesley40US #119
#74Jeffery38US #76
#75Randy37US #79
#76Sean36US #42
#77Brent35US #78
#78Randall34US #133
#79Ronnie32US #155
#80Darrell30US #150
#81Jeremiah30US #93
#82Raymond30US #65
#83Allen28US #134
#84Roy28US #139
#85Tony28US #86
#86Dale27US #161
#87Harold26US #162
#88Howard26
#89Jimmy26US #101
#90Troy26US #73
#91Jacob25US #63
#92Joel25US #72
#93Alan23US #115
#94Barry23US #165
#95Brett23US #109
#96Curtis23US #105
#97Micheal23US #116
#98Eddie22US #169
#99Franklin22
#100Dustin21US #82

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑51Jamie#16
↑33Erica#63
↑27Danielle#52
↑27Samantha#59
↑25Shannon#20
↑24Sara#42
↑24Ricky#72
↑21Megan#70

Falling

↓46Sherry#100
↓31Christie#82
↓28Melanie#58
↓28Dawn#62
↓23Sandra#91
↓23Roy#84
↓20Robin#61
↓20Todd#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.