State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1982 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,997 West Virginia births in 1982 across 597 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.

#94Whitney#185 nationally
#87Virginia#164 nationally
#71Alisha#145 nationally
#54Roger#127 nationally
#64Cassie#137 nationally
#97Angel#166 nationally
#80Beth#148 nationally
#50Miranda#117 nationally
#100Roy#167 nationally
#65Jamie#131 nationally
#86Tabitha#152 nationally
#69Kayla#133 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica533US #2
#2Amanda507US #3
#3Jennifer503US #1
#4Sarah299US #4
#5Amy251US #10
#6Melissa242US #5
#7Ashley219US #17
#8Stephanie214US #7
#9Heather211US #12
#10Amber187US #18
#11Tiffany181US #13
#12Angela169US #16
#13Crystal168US #9
#14Christina135US #19
#15Rebecca135US #15
#16Rachel130US #21
#17Elizabeth128US #8
#18Michelle127US #11
#19April122US #32
#20Erin118US #20
#21Andrea115US #27
#22Jamie114US #29
#23Laura109US #22
#24Lisa107US #23
#25Sara107US #28
#26Mary106US #30
#27Kimberly105US #14
#28Erica99US #35
#29Nicole98US #6
#30Brandi90US #55
#31Samantha89US #44
#32Emily87US #24
#33Megan83US #34
#34Shannon78US #38
#35Carrie76US #57
#36Misty76US #74
#37Tara74US #47
#38Kelly73US #25
#39Courtney69US #43
#40Brandy68US #50
#41Kristen65US #33
#42Kristin62US #37
#43Leslie58US #60
#44Danielle55US #31
#45Julie52US #41
#46Stacy51US #72
#47Cassandra50US #62
#48Holly49US #61
#49Lauren49US #26
#50Miranda49US #117
#51Lindsay48US #39
#52Natalie48US #51
#53Anna45US #56
#54Bethany45US #112
#55Lindsey45US #40
#56Tina42US #90
#57Katherine41US #36
#58Patricia41US #59
#59Stacey41US #85
#60Alicia40US #53
#61Lori40US #98
#62Allison38US #58
#63Tonya38US #126
#64Cassie37US #137
#65Natasha37US #71
#66Candace36US #103
#67Christy36US #115
#68Katrina36US #87
#69Kayla36US #133
#70Susan36US #76
#71Alisha35US #145
#72Kara35US #113
#73Melinda34US #123
#74Kelli33US #127
#75Kristina33US #70
#76Leah33US #79
#77Melanie33US #65
#78Valerie33US #75
#79Barbara32US #130
#80Beth32US #148
#81Brooke32US #92
#82Christine32US #46
#83Casey31US #119
#84Robin31US #108
#85Pamela30US #82
#86Tabitha30US #152
#87Virginia30US #164
#88Wendy30US #105
#89Monica29US #52
#90Tracy29US #88
#91Katie28US #45
#92Kristy28US #104
#93Tammy28US #134
#94Whitney27US #185
#95Jacqueline26US #54
#96Jill26US #89
#97Angel25US #166
#98Brittany25US #94
#99Kathryn25US #48
#100Margaret25US #97

Boys

#1Joshua577US #7
#2Michael508US #1
#3Christopher495US #2
#4Jason468US #4
#5James441US #6
#6Matthew406US #3
#7David362US #5
#8Justin354US #12
#9Robert320US #9
#10John308US #8
#11Joseph261US #11
#12William233US #15
#13Jeremy219US #28
#14Jonathan215US #16
#15Brian201US #14
#16Brandon191US #18
#17Daniel191US #10
#18Charles188US #31
#19Ryan178US #13
#20Adam176US #19
#21Timothy166US #24
#22Eric149US #20
#23Andrew147US #17
#24Aaron145US #30
#25Richard143US #27
#26Anthony138US #21
#27Steven138US #26
#28Travis135US #39
#29Jeffrey132US #29
#30Nicholas132US #22
#31Thomas131US #23
#32Chad122US #48
#33Mark113US #32
#34Benjamin110US #33
#35Nathan107US #36
#36Stephen98US #38
#37Dustin92US #42
#38Gregory92US #40
#39Kevin91US #25
#40Shawn84US #52
#41Paul80US #35
#42Zachary80US #55
#43Patrick79US #37
#44Derek77US #50
#45Kenneth75US #45
#46Jared72US #54
#47Scott69US #34
#48Larry67US #77
#49Bradley61US #51
#50Donald61US #58
#51Jesse61US #43
#52Ronald60US #60
#53Gary59US #64
#54Roger55US #127
#55Samuel54US #56
#56Jacob52US #41
#57Billy50US #116
#58Bryan50US #49
#59Jeremiah49US #89
#60Terry47US #105
#61Bobby44US #113
#62Phillip44US #67
#63Jerry42US #100
#64Wesley40US #98
#65Jamie39US #131
#66Keith39US #59
#67Todd39US #82
#68Brent38US #91
#69George38US #62
#70Nathaniel37US #75
#71Douglas36US #68
#72Jeffery36US #92
#73Danny35US #137
#74Edward35US #53
#75Shane35US #84
#76Sean34US #44
#77Shaun33US #96
#78Randall32US #130
#79Derrick31US #78
#80Curtis30US #101
#81Randy30US #94
#82Russell30US #97
#83Craig29US #73
#84Seth29US #102
#85Lucas28US #106
#86Rodney28US #145
#87Allen27US #122
#88Dennis27US #87
#89Carl26US #104
#90Micheal26US #148
#91Ricky26US #129
#92Casey25US #86
#93Brett24US #72
#94Raymond24US #70
#95Evan23US #108
#96Philip23US #79
#97Corey22US #74
#98Kyle22US #47
#99Noah22US #154
#100Roy22US #167

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑53Cassandra#47
↑43Lindsey#55
↑34Keith#66
↑33Lauren#49
↑27Lindsay#51
↑26Candace#66
↑21Patricia#58
↑21Kelli#74

Falling

↓36Kathryn#99
↓29Tabitha#86
↓28Tracy#90
↓27Jill#96
↓22Beth#80
↓19Seth#84
↓18Philip#96
↓17Brandy#40

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.