State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1977 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,595 West Virginia births in 1977 across 657 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.

#100Jodyoutside the national top 200
#91Kerri#188 nationally
#95Terri#192 nationally
#98Kathy#190 nationally
#79Harold#167 nationally
#98Tommy#177 nationally
#42Roger#114 nationally
#99Martha#171 nationally
#49Kelli#117 nationally
#65Angel#133 nationally
#93Ernest#161 nationally
#77Sherry#140 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer476US #1
#2Melissa403US #2
#3Amy396US #3
#4Heather333US #5
#5Angela310US #6
#6Amanda287US #9
#7Crystal285US #25
#8Jessica214US #4
#9Rebecca197US #17
#10Kelly185US #10
#11Stephanie182US #14
#12Michelle181US #7
#13Christina180US #16
#14Kimberly178US #8
#15Lisa174US #12
#16Misty174US #40
#17Mary159US #21
#18Sarah158US #11
#19Elizabeth151US #13
#20Jamie146US #18
#21April133US #29
#22Carrie131US #28
#23Julie110US #22
#24Shannon107US #19
#25Tonya94US #64
#26Amber93US #33
#27Rachel91US #26
#28Lori89US #57
#29Tara86US #35
#30Laura85US #20
#31Stacy85US #42
#32Tina83US #58
#33Sara80US #27
#34Tammy79US #55
#35Erin76US #23
#36Erica75US #38
#37Tracy75US #50
#38Jaime72US #46
#39Nicole72US #15
#40Andrea69US #24
#41Patricia69US #47
#42Christy67US #59
#43Susan66US #45
#44Sabrina65US #63
#45Tiffany63US #34
#46Karen61US #32
#47Melinda60US #96
#48Wendy60US #49
#49Kelli59US #117
#50Holly58US #52
#51Brandy57US #51
#52Cynthia57US #48
#53Melanie55US #53
#54Stacey53US #56
#55Kristy49US #68
#56Beth47US #97
#57Donna45US #113
#58Emily45US #37
#59Leslie45US #65
#60Teresa44US #79
#61Alicia43US #60
#62Anna43US #74
#63Jill43US #41
#64Valerie43US #86
#65Angel41US #133
#66Linda41US #99
#67Megan41US #54
#68Samantha41US #85
#69Tanya40US #67
#70Brandi39US #71
#71Courtney38US #76
#72Dawn37US #43
#73Robin37US #84
#74Jodi36US #105
#75Kara36US #120
#76Sharon36US #95
#77Sherry36US #140
#78Barbara35US #101
#79Danielle35US #31
#80Aimee34US #127
#81Michele34US #77
#82Carla33US #137
#83Christine33US #30
#84Kathryn33US #70
#85Kristi33US #104
#86Paula33US #144
#87Sandra33US #61
#88Allison31US #66
#89Brenda31US #91
#90Katherine31US #44
#91Kerri31US #188
#92Kristina31US #83
#93Monica31US #39
#94Shawna31US #139
#95Terri31US #192
#96Debra30US #146
#97Janet29US #147
#98Kathy29US #190
#99Martha29US #171
#100Pamela29US #102

Boys

#1Jason727US #2
#2Michael637US #1
#3James541US #5
#4Christopher524US #3
#5David459US #4
#6Robert387US #6
#7Brian368US #8
#8William368US #12
#9John355US #7
#10Matthew306US #9
#11Jeremy299US #15
#12Joseph267US #10
#13Charles256US #26
#14Eric221US #17
#15Kevin217US #13
#16Joshua210US #14
#17Richard210US #20
#18Thomas204US #22
#19Timothy194US #18
#20Steven177US #23
#21Daniel170US #11
#22Jeffrey158US #19
#23Mark155US #25
#24Chad153US #34
#25Shawn149US #37
#26Jonathan147US #28
#27Benjamin144US #29
#28Aaron132US #32
#29Paul129US #31
#30Anthony128US #21
#31Ryan125US #16
#32Andrew116US #24
#33Donald116US #46
#34Gregory114US #35
#35Scott114US #27
#36Kenneth109US #39
#37Gary108US #58
#38Adam107US #33
#39Nathan103US #36
#40Stephen97US #38
#41Larry95US #62
#42Roger90US #114
#43Ronald80US #53
#44Travis77US #44
#45George76US #57
#46Justin75US #30
#47Jerry73US #75
#48Samuel73US #60
#49Bryan69US #42
#50Wesley68US #66
#51Patrick65US #40
#52Billy62US #91
#53Douglas60US #59
#54Todd60US #50
#55Bradley59US #49
#56Brandon59US #41
#57Edward59US #47
#58Jamie59US #82
#59Jeremiah59US #69
#60Danny56US #111
#61Keith56US #48
#62Bobby50US #105
#63Terry50US #83
#64Russell45US #89
#65Craig43US #64
#66Raymond43US #65
#67Shannon43US #120
#68Brent42US #85
#69Randy41US #86
#70Jacob40US #56
#71Shane40US #61
#72Sean39US #43
#73Corey38US #52
#74Jesse37US #54
#75Johnny37US #93
#76Kristopher37US #113
#77Randall37US #140
#78Rodney37US #97
#79Harold36US #167
#80Roy35US #141
#81Allen32US #144
#82Dennis32US #68
#83Tony32US #92
#84Carl31US #99
#85Jeffery31US #78
#86Jimmy31US #98
#87Philip31US #90
#88Phillip31US #70
#89Curtis30US #100
#90Jared29US #76
#91Ricky29US #136
#92Derek28US #84
#93Ernest28US #161
#94Nicholas28US #51
#95Zachary28US #95
#96Darrell27US #150
#97Micheal27US #122
#98Tommy27US #177
#99Frank26US #71
#100Jody26

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑27Erica#36
↑27Kelli#49
↑27Linda#66
↑25Courtney#71
↑23Sherry#77
↑23Wesley#50
↑22Jeremiah#59
↑21Jacob#70

Falling

↓45Pamela#100
↓27Danielle#79
↓26Katherine#90
↓25Michele#81
↓22Brenda#89
↓22Monica#93
↓21Phillip#88
↓19Ricky#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.