State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1978 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 25,461 West Virginia births in 1978 across 612 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.

#97Loraoutside the national top 200
#99Chasityoutside the national top 200
#60Angel#141 nationally
#83Ronnie#163 nationally
#98Stacie#177 nationally
#89Virginia#165 nationally
#94Darrell#165 nationally
#56Tabitha#126 nationally
#51Roger#120 nationally
#61Ricky#130 nationally
#93Shawna#161 nationally
#71Carla#132 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer512US #1
#2Amanda336US #6
#3Melissa334US #2
#4Amy304US #4
#5Angela272US #7
#6Heather270US #5
#7Jessica269US #3
#8Crystal256US #18
#9Christina200US #15
#10Stephanie199US #16
#11Rebecca198US #17
#12Sarah194US #8
#13Lisa178US #11
#14Michelle175US #9
#15Kimberly170US #13
#16April165US #27
#17Kelly157US #12
#18Elizabeth147US #14
#19Misty144US #43
#20Mary140US #24
#21Jamie133US #20
#22Amber125US #30
#23Carrie123US #35
#24Erin105US #21
#25Shannon105US #22
#26Brandy104US #37
#27Andrea102US #23
#28Rachel98US #25
#29Julie95US #26
#30Tina84US #45
#31Sara83US #28
#32Stacy83US #44
#33Nicole81US #10
#34Laura78US #19
#35Tonya75US #77
#36Susan72US #49
#37Tracy69US #47
#38Lori67US #60
#39Melanie66US #54
#40Erica65US #34
#41Tiffany63US #32
#42Emily61US #33
#43Kristy60US #51
#44Tara60US #40
#45Cynthia59US #50
#46Stacey58US #53
#47Holly55US #55
#48Brandi54US #61
#49Megan53US #41
#50Wendy53US #56
#51Jaime52US #70
#52Melinda52US #84
#53Teresa52US #88
#54Leslie50US #63
#55Samantha49US #74
#56Tabitha49US #126
#57Christy48US #59
#58Tammy48US #67
#59Patricia46US #48
#60Angel44US #141
#61Anna44US #65
#62Alicia43US #58
#63Jill43US #46
#64Katherine43US #38
#65Kristina42US #64
#66Natalie41US #66
#67Kelli40US #124
#68Ashley39US #87
#69Beth38US #107
#70Danielle38US #31
#71Carla36US #132
#72Karen36US #39
#73Kristi36US #98
#74Robin36US #89
#75Donna35US #120
#76Linda35US #100
#77Mandy34US #96
#78Sabrina34US #91
#79Courtney33US #68
#80Kara33US #127
#81Monica33US #42
#82Christine32US #29
#83Kathryn32US #57
#84Katrina32US #122
#85Sandra32US #69
#86Valerie32US #92
#87Pamela29US #109
#88Tanya29US #82
#89Virginia29US #165
#90Jenny28US #111
#91Michele28US #86
#92Summer28US #143
#93Shawna27US #161
#94Barbara26US #113
#95Bethany26US #155
#96Deanna26US #136
#97Lora26
#98Stacie26US #177
#99Chasity25
#100Cindy25US #134

Boys

#1Jason661US #2
#2Michael626US #1
#3James570US #5
#4Christopher469US #3
#5David421US #4
#6Robert361US #8
#7John360US #7
#8Matthew345US #6
#9Jeremy336US #18
#10Joshua318US #12
#11William315US #13
#12Brian278US #9
#13Timothy258US #17
#14Joseph256US #10
#15Charles244US #27
#16Eric208US #16
#17Steven176US #24
#18Richard175US #21
#19Daniel171US #11
#20Thomas171US #23
#21Mark170US #26
#22Chad158US #35
#23Jeffrey158US #19
#24Kevin154US #15
#25Shawn146US #39
#26Jonathan129US #31
#27Aaron128US #32
#28Adam128US #29
#29Anthony126US #20
#30Justin121US #28
#31Nicholas120US #25
#32Kenneth116US #41
#33Ryan115US #14
#34Andrew111US #22
#35Scott111US #30
#36Benjamin108US #34
#37Travis108US #46
#38Paul102US #33
#39Stephen101US #37
#40Gregory92US #38
#41Ronald92US #55
#42Gary90US #60
#43Nathan86US #36
#44Donald82US #48
#45Patrick78US #42
#46Samuel76US #57
#47Bryan72US #43
#48Brandon69US #40
#49Larry69US #64
#50Bradley63US #53
#51Roger62US #120
#52Jamie61US #95
#53George59US #58
#54Jerry55US #82
#55Shaun53US #52
#56Douglas51US #59
#57Jeffery49US #80
#58Rodney49US #102
#59Shane48US #65
#60Billy47US #99
#61Ricky47US #130
#62Todd47US #56
#63Dennis46US #71
#64Edward46US #47
#65Phillip45US #67
#66Jesse44US #51
#67Wesley43US #83
#68Craig42US #66
#69Randy42US #86
#70Keith41US #49
#71Terry41US #91
#72Bobby39US #109
#73Danny39US #115
#74Sean39US #45
#75Corey38US #61
#76Randall38US #135
#77Nathaniel36US #94
#78Carl35US #100
#79Curtis35US #96
#80Jacob35US #50
#81Jeremiah35US #81
#82Raymond35US #69
#83Ronnie35US #163
#84Johnny34US #101
#85Jared33US #72
#86Roy33US #147
#87Russell33US #93
#88Philip32US #84
#89Zachary32US #89
#90Brent31US #87
#91Dustin30US #68
#92Casey29US #92
#93Shannon29US #143
#94Darrell27US #165
#95Kristopher27US #104
#96Seth26US #106
#97Derek25US #75
#98Jimmy25US #118
#99Allen24US #145
#100Frank24US #77

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑63Nicholas#31
↑30Ricky#61
↑28Jeffery#57
↑27Kristina#65
↑26Katherine#64
↑25Brandy#26
↑23Phillip#65
↑22Brandi#48

Falling

↓34Sabrina#78
↓26Karen#72
↓26Shannon#93
↓24Tammy#58
↓23Russell#87
↓22Valerie#86
↓22Jeremiah#81
↓22Brent#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.