State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1981 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,456 West Virginia births in 1981 across 615 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.

#97Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#97Ernest#193 nationally
#57Tabitha#147 nationally
#51Miranda#128 nationally
#68Alisha#142 nationally
#86Roy#157 nationally
#88Johnathan#158 nationally
#52Roger#120 nationally
#69Randall#137 nationally
#58Beth#125 nationally
#90Angel#157 nationally
#83Rebekah#149 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda586US #3
#2Jessica552US #2
#3Jennifer475US #1
#4Melissa272US #5
#5Sarah258US #4
#6Amy238US #6
#7Heather225US #10
#8Stephanie205US #8
#9Angela196US #15
#10Crystal188US #16
#11Amber186US #20
#12Rebecca183US #12
#13Tiffany158US #14
#14Elizabeth150US #9
#15Christina148US #17
#16April146US #25
#17Ashley138US #34
#18Mary127US #27
#19Lisa119US #18
#20Michelle114US #11
#21Kimberly112US #13
#22Andrea107US #24
#23Brandy106US #41
#24Jamie106US #28
#25Laura97US #21
#26Rachel97US #22
#27Tara96US #45
#28Misty95US #61
#29Erin94US #19
#30Erica93US #36
#31Nicole93US #7
#32Sara88US #26
#33Kelly81US #23
#34Shannon79US #32
#35Julie76US #37
#36Kristen75US #38
#37Brandi74US #50
#38Megan74US #33
#39Courtney73US #43
#40Carrie71US #55
#41Emily70US #29
#42Kristin68US #31
#43Samantha67US #51
#44Leslie63US #56
#45Alicia57US #46
#46Lori57US #91
#47Stacey53US #83
#48Danielle52US #30
#49Stacy52US #65
#50Katherine51US #39
#51Miranda50US #128
#52Tina49US #80
#53Tonya48US #110
#54Bethany46US #114
#55Cynthia46US #59
#56Susan46US #71
#57Tabitha46US #147
#58Beth45US #125
#59Holly43US #63
#60Allison42US #57
#61Anna42US #54
#62Tracy40US #77
#63Kathryn39US #48
#64Brooke38US #52
#65Natasha37US #85
#66Kristina36US #72
#67Leah35US #81
#68Alisha34US #142
#69Jill34US #78
#70Natalie34US #60
#71Pamela34US #76
#72Catherine33US #73
#73Julia33US #88
#74Christy32US #99
#75Karen32US #64
#76Kristy32US #94
#77Melanie32US #66
#78Lindsay31US #47
#79Patricia31US #53
#80Tammy31US #117
#81Barbara30US #119
#82Lauren30US #35
#83Rebekah30US #149
#84Sabrina30US #120
#85Valerie30US #89
#86Wendy30US #90
#87Katrina29US #95
#88Maria29US #40
#89Melinda29US #108
#90Angel28US #157
#91Brenda28US #112
#92Candace27US #118
#93Jaime27US #124
#94Katie26US #44
#95Kelli26US #126
#96Mindy26US #155
#97Bobbie25
#98Lindsey25US #58
#99Tanya25US #92
#100Cassandra24US #104

Boys

#1Joshua587US #6
#2Michael527US #1
#3Jason468US #4
#4James451US #7
#5Christopher438US #2
#6Matthew396US #3
#7David356US #5
#8Justin345US #12
#9John341US #8
#10Robert339US #9
#11Jeremy308US #22
#12William275US #15
#13Joseph268US #11
#14Jonathan236US #16
#15Brian228US #14
#16Charles201US #31
#17Timothy195US #24
#18Eric178US #17
#19Daniel169US #10
#20Adam168US #20
#21Ryan165US #13
#22Brandon157US #19
#23Andrew155US #18
#24Richard152US #27
#25Steven139US #28
#26Jeffrey131US #29
#27Thomas131US #26
#28Aaron128US #30
#29Travis125US #40
#30Mark122US #33
#31Kevin120US #25
#32Benjamin112US #32
#33Anthony103US #23
#34Chad102US #47
#35Nicholas101US #21
#36Nathan99US #36
#37Paul96US #35
#38Shawn95US #49
#39Jesse91US #37
#40Stephen89US #39
#41Scott88US #34
#42Dustin87US #42
#43Gregory84US #46
#44Kenneth77US #41
#45Bradley74US #50
#46Gary70US #62
#47Donald69US #56
#48Derek64US #53
#49Bryan61US #48
#50Jared59US #57
#51Larry59US #73
#52Roger59US #120
#53Billy58US #103
#54Patrick55US #38
#55Ronald53US #59
#56Samuel53US #54
#57Edward51US #51
#58Zachary51US #63
#59Jacob49US #43
#60Jeremiah45US #77
#61Todd45US #74
#62Jerry44US #97
#63Terry43US #105
#64Jeffery41US #93
#65Seth40US #95
#66Brent39US #88
#67George39US #61
#68Douglas38US #64
#69Randall38US #137
#70Derrick37US #78
#71Jamie36US #118
#72Randy35US #91
#73Bobby34US #110
#74Carl33US #106
#75Curtis33US #94
#76Phillip33US #66
#77Craig32US #72
#78Philip32US #84
#79Wesley31US #99
#80Shane29US #81
#81Casey28US #85
#82Danny28US #130
#83Nathaniel28US #80
#84Russell28US #98
#85Dennis27US #83
#86Roy27US #157
#87Sean27US #44
#88Johnathan26US #158
#89Jimmy25US #129
#90Jordan25US #102
#91Ricky25US #122
#92Ian24US #101
#93Kyle24US #52
#94Micheal24US #136
#95Shaun24US #86
#96Corey23US #69
#97Ernest23US #193
#98Raymond23US #68
#99Clinton22US #124
#100Keith21US #58

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑38Bethany#54
↑36Stacey#47
↑31Seth#65
↑28Allison#60
↑21Tabitha#57
↑21Julia#73
↑20Lindsay#78
↑19Danielle#48

Falling

↓34Christy#74
↓31Melinda#89
↓29Valerie#85
↓27Wendy#86
↓22Kristy#76
↓19Sabrina#84
↓19Keith#100
↓15Douglas#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.