State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1980 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 25,947 West Virginia births in 1980 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.

#76Angel#169 nationally
#87Aimee#174 nationally
#48Roger#134 nationally
#78Tabitha#155 nationally
#79Alisha#151 nationally
#90Rebekah#162 nationally
#83Roy#153 nationally
#91Virginia#160 nationally
#64Miranda#128 nationally
#73Randall#136 nationally
#82Donna#144 nationally
#69Barbara#120 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda658US #2
#2Jennifer508US #1
#3Jessica491US #3
#4Melissa314US #4
#5Heather285US #6
#6Amy251US #8
#7Sarah238US #5
#8Angela213US #12
#9Crystal212US #18
#10Amber181US #22
#11Stephanie180US #13
#12Rebecca177US #17
#13Tiffany168US #14
#14Michelle167US #10
#15Christina155US #15
#16April152US #26
#17Misty152US #49
#18Kimberly148US #11
#19Mary147US #25
#20Elizabeth128US #9
#21Andrea122US #28
#22Rachel116US #23
#23Jamie112US #24
#24Lisa111US #16
#25Ashley108US #40
#26Erin104US #20
#27Kelly100US #19
#28Erica98US #34
#29Shannon94US #29
#30Laura88US #21
#31Sara87US #27
#32Julie86US #32
#33Nicole83US #7
#34Tara81US #43
#35Megan79US #30
#36Brandi77US #63
#37Carrie77US #46
#38Samantha70US #58
#39Brandy67US #42
#40Christy66US #83
#41Stacy66US #53
#42Susan59US #62
#43Kristin57US #37
#44Lori56US #76
#45Courtney55US #48
#46Kristen55US #39
#47Emily54US #31
#48Holly54US #52
#49Leslie54US #61
#50Alicia53US #47
#51Tina53US #72
#52Cynthia51US #64
#53Tonya49US #97
#54Kristy47US #78
#55Tracy47US #56
#56Valerie45US #85
#57Natalie44US #65
#58Melinda43US #92
#59Wendy43US #75
#60Anna42US #55
#61Beth42US #106
#62Katherine42US #35
#63Leah42US #84
#64Miranda42US #128
#65Sabrina41US #113
#66Brooke40US #57
#67Danielle38US #33
#68Jill38US #66
#69Barbara37US #120
#70Melanie37US #60
#71Tammy36US #96
#72Monica35US #45
#73Patricia35US #51
#74Karen34US #54
#75Katrina33US #90
#76Angel32US #169
#77Pamela32US #86
#78Tabitha32US #155
#79Alisha31US #151
#80Kathryn31US #50
#81Krista31US #121
#82Donna30US #144
#83Stacey30US #74
#84Teresa30US #94
#85Kristi29US #122
#86Lauren29US #38
#87Aimee28US #174
#88Allison27US #59
#89Kara27US #127
#90Rebekah27US #162
#91Virginia27US #160
#92Bethany26US #124
#93Cassandra26US #138
#94Julia26US #98
#95Kelli26US #125
#96Casey25US #135
#97Dawn25US #67
#98Lindsay25US #71
#99Nichole25US #102
#100Alison24US #101

Boys

#1Jason615US #3
#2Joshua542US #7
#3Michael531US #1
#4Christopher488US #2
#5James482US #5
#6David390US #4
#7Matthew376US #6
#8John365US #8
#9Jeremy328US #18
#10Robert322US #9
#11William318US #14
#12Joseph287US #10
#13Justin279US #13
#14Brian262US #12
#15Timothy231US #20
#16Jonathan224US #21
#17Adam218US #22
#18Charles212US #29
#19Eric202US #16
#20Daniel191US #11
#21Thomas168US #25
#22Richard167US #26
#23Steven164US #28
#24Ryan160US #15
#25Aaron152US #34
#26Andrew151US #19
#27Jeffrey149US #27
#28Chad147US #39
#29Mark144US #30
#30Nicholas140US #17
#31Travis138US #37
#32Benjamin132US #32
#33Kevin119US #23
#34Brandon116US #31
#35Nathan113US #36
#36Anthony104US #24
#37Stephen102US #40
#38Derek96US #50
#39Shawn95US #47
#40Gary92US #63
#41Donald91US #53
#42Kenneth91US #41
#43Scott90US #33
#44Gregory86US #42
#45Paul84US #35
#46Patrick82US #38
#47Larry73US #70
#48Roger70US #134
#49Jesse69US #45
#50Ronald68US #58
#51Bradley67US #51
#52Dustin65US #44
#53Douglas59US #62
#54Terry58US #101
#55Samuel57US #54
#56Jeremiah54US #76
#57Billy50US #100
#58Bryan49US #49
#59George48US #60
#60Jerry48US #94
#61Jacob46US #43
#62Jeffery45US #90
#63Edward44US #52
#64Phillip44US #65
#65Shane43US #69
#66Todd43US #75
#67Jamie42US #105
#68Jared42US #61
#69Zachary42US #72
#70Brent41US #84
#71Randy41US #87
#72Philip39US #82
#73Randall39US #136
#74Wesley38US #95
#75Danny37US #120
#76Bobby36US #109
#77Craig36US #73
#78Carl35US #103
#79Tony35US #108
#80Curtis33US #89
#81Keith33US #56
#82Derrick32US #74
#83Roy31US #153
#84Ricky30US #122
#85Russell30US #92
#86Erik29US #64
#87Jon29US #127
#88Dennis28US #80
#89Luke28US #97
#90Sean28US #48
#91Raymond27US #66
#92Corey26US #68
#93Shaun26US #79
#94Kristopher25US #138
#95Rodney25US #121
#96Seth25US #99
#97Allen24US #124
#98Brad24US #116
#99Lucas24US #98
#100Nathaniel24US #86

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑44Kristen#46
↑37Ashley#25
↑36Dustin#52
↑32Derek#38
↑31Jeffery#62
↑30Miranda#64
↑28Courtney#45
↑24Shane#65

Falling

↓36Stacey#83
↓31Shaun#93
↓28Kristi#85
↓27Tammy#71
↓21Dennis#88
↓20Keith#81
↓18Rodney#95
↓17Craig#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.