State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1979 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,079 West Virginia births in 1979 across 630 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.

#91Harold#195 nationally
#97Charityoutside the national top 200
#65Alisha#162 nationally
#63Tabitha#155 nationally
#72Angel#164 nationally
#86Sherry#175 nationally
#96Autumn#180 nationally
#94Miranda#174 nationally
#53Roger#132 nationally
#82Shannon#159 nationally
#92Virginia#169 nationally
#80Roy#150 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda592US #3
#2Jennifer494US #1
#3Melissa344US #2
#4Jessica310US #4
#5Amy308US #5
#6Angela264US #8
#7Crystal248US #18
#8Heather245US #7
#9Rebecca209US #17
#10Stephanie209US #15
#11Sarah197US #6
#12Christina195US #14
#13Amber174US #22
#14April157US #23
#15Michelle155US #10
#16Mary154US #24
#17Kimberly152US #12
#18Jamie149US #19
#19Lisa149US #13
#20Misty144US #42
#21Elizabeth143US #11
#22Kelly143US #16
#23Rachel120US #27
#24Andrea104US #26
#25Laura92US #20
#26Erin91US #21
#27Megan91US #31
#28Brandy90US #39
#29Julie89US #29
#30Tara89US #38
#31Shannon88US #25
#32Stacy87US #43
#33Tiffany87US #28
#34Erica85US #32
#35Nicole85US #9
#36Carrie82US #41
#37Lori72US #69
#38Tina70US #58
#39Christy67US #72
#40Sara67US #30
#41Tracy64US #49
#42Brandi61US #61
#43Samantha61US #66
#44Tammy61US #79
#45Alicia60US #47
#46Kristy59US #56
#47Stacey58US #60
#48Susan58US #51
#49Emily55US #34
#50Melinda54US #82
#51Cynthia51US #55
#52Leslie51US #65
#53Anna49US #59
#54Melanie49US #53
#55Mindy49US #81
#56Tonya49US #86
#57Kristi48US #109
#58Wendy47US #64
#59Holly44US #48
#60Robin44US #95
#61Pamela43US #90
#62Ashley42US #67
#63Tabitha41US #155
#64Katherine40US #36
#65Alisha39US #162
#66Jaime39US #97
#67Karen39US #46
#68Natalie38US #68
#69Monica37US #40
#70Patricia37US #44
#71Valerie37US #89
#72Angel36US #164
#73Courtney36US #71
#74Danielle36US #33
#75Sabrina36US #106
#76Beth35US #118
#77Christine35US #35
#78Kathryn35US #50
#79Allison34US #70
#80Jill34US #52
#81Kelli34US #129
#82Teresa34US #87
#83Donna33US #131
#84Kara33US #125
#85Bethany32US #135
#86Sherry32US #175
#87Summer31US #150
#88Brenda30US #112
#89Casey30US #144
#90Kristen30US #62
#91Kristina30US #74
#92Virginia30US #169
#93Michele29US #105
#94Miranda29US #174
#95Erika28US #91
#96Autumn27US #180
#97Charity27
#98Natasha27US #110
#99Bridget26US #161
#100Cheryl26US #94

Boys

#1Jason718US #3
#2Michael573US #1
#3Christopher536US #2
#4James502US #5
#5David448US #4
#6Joshua412US #9
#7John398US #7
#8Jeremy378US #16
#9Robert341US #8
#10Matthew339US #6
#11William284US #13
#12Joseph274US #11
#13Brian269US #10
#14Timothy252US #18
#15Charles235US #28
#16Daniel193US #12
#17Eric193US #17
#18Steven186US #27
#19Adam166US #23
#20Thomas164US #26
#21Richard163US #25
#22Kevin160US #19
#23Chad159US #38
#24Jonathan157US #31
#25Justin156US #22
#26Travis137US #36
#27Aaron129US #32
#28Jeffrey128US #24
#29Nicholas125US #15
#30Anthony124US #21
#31Mark122US #30
#32Andrew114US #20
#33Ryan114US #14
#34Benjamin112US #33
#35Scott104US #29
#36Paul101US #34
#37Stephen101US #40
#38Brandon99US #35
#39Gregory96US #42
#40Nathan96US #37
#41Gary94US #59
#42Shawn92US #43
#43Patrick86US #39
#44Kenneth83US #41
#45Donald82US #51
#46Douglas79US #58
#47Larry77US #69
#48Ronald74US #54
#49Bradley73US #47
#50Jerry69US #85
#51Billy64US #97
#52Jamie60US #88
#53Roger59US #132
#54Samuel59US #55
#55Terry57US #96
#56Jesse56US #50
#57Jeremiah53US #81
#58Jacob52US #45
#59Phillip52US #68
#60Craig51US #77
#61Keith51US #52
#62Shaun51US #64
#63Bryan50US #46
#64Carl50US #100
#65Edward50US #48
#66Brent47US #84
#67Dennis44US #75
#68Zachary43US #74
#69Bobby42US #106
#70Derek42US #72
#71Philip41US #83
#72George40US #57
#73Jared40US #65
#74Ricky40US #124
#75Todd40US #60
#76Danny39US #121
#77Rodney37US #117
#78Wesley37US #89
#79Seth36US #101
#80Roy35US #150
#81Curtis34US #91
#82Shannon33US #159
#83Randall32US #135
#84Randy32US #86
#85Russell32US #92
#86Johnny31US #111
#87Allen30US #139
#88Dustin30US #62
#89Shane30US #67
#90Erik28US #66
#91Harold27US #195
#92Raymond26US #70
#93Jeffery25US #87
#94Sean25US #49
#95Walter25US #128
#96Casey24US #93
#97Derrick24US #80
#98Frank24US #78
#99Joel24US #71
#100Lucas24US #108

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑27Derek#70
↑26Pamela#61
↑24Jeremiah#57
↑24Brent#66
↑22Megan#27
↑22Jacob#58
↑21Zachary#68
↑18Christy#39

Falling

↓36Jeffery#93
↓30Shane#89
↓29Teresa#82
↓26Kristina#91
↓21Tonya#56
↓20Sean#94
↓19George#72
↓19Rodney#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.