State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1983 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,112 West Virginia births in 1983 across 593 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.

#84Shawna#187 nationally
#91Donna#192 nationally
#82Angel#174 nationally
#96Ashlee#182 nationally
#62Tonya#147 nationally
#67Roger#144 nationally
#90Virginia#165 nationally
#66Tabitha#137 nationally
#50Miranda#118 nationally
#61Randall#129 nationally
#86Kristi#154 nationally
#93Rodney#161 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica508US #2
#2Amanda490US #3
#3Jennifer415US #1
#4Ashley405US #4
#5Sarah265US #5
#6Heather201US #9
#7Amber199US #17
#8Melissa171US #6
#9Crystal168US #11
#10Amy167US #12
#11Tiffany162US #14
#12Elizabeth146US #10
#13Stephanie145US #8
#14Megan136US #21
#15Rebecca131US #19
#16Rachel119US #20
#17Samantha117US #40
#18Kimberly116US #15
#19Mary115US #32
#20Michelle113US #13
#21Christina106US #16
#22Andrea104US #30
#23Jamie103US #28
#24Emily97US #25
#25Erin97US #18
#26Holly96US #48
#27Sara96US #31
#28Angela95US #22
#29Erica94US #33
#30Nicole94US #7
#31April89US #39
#32Stacy82US #61
#33Brandy77US #57
#34Lisa76US #27
#35Tara74US #51
#36Carrie71US #65
#37Kayla70US #81
#38Laura68US #23
#39Brandi66US #56
#40Danielle65US #29
#41Courtney64US #44
#42Shannon62US #38
#43Kelly61US #26
#44Katherine59US #34
#45Misty59US #87
#46Kristen58US #37
#47Alicia56US #41
#48Lindsay56US #36
#49Lindsey56US #35
#50Miranda56US #118
#51Kristin53US #42
#52Julie50US #46
#53Natalie49US #52
#54Anna45US #55
#55Cassandra44US #70
#56Brittany42US #64
#57Lauren42US #24
#58Leslie42US #67
#59Stacey42US #76
#60Bethany40US #99
#61Patricia40US #60
#62Tonya40US #147
#63Hannah37US #124
#64Kara37US #101
#65Kathryn37US #50
#66Tabitha37US #137
#67Allison36US #59
#68Leah34US #82
#69Natasha34US #71
#70Sabrina34US #111
#71Sheena34US #107
#72Lori32US #113
#73Melanie31US #79
#74Candace30US #104
#75Kristina30US #63
#76Pamela30US #91
#77Susan30US #86
#78Alisha29US #141
#79Cynthia29US #62
#80Tina29US #100
#81Victoria29US #58
#82Angel28US #174
#83Monica28US #54
#84Shawna28US #187
#85Candice27US #84
#86Kristi27US #154
#87Kristy27US #133
#88Vanessa27US #49
#89Melinda26US #138
#90Virginia26US #165
#91Donna25US #192
#92Tammy25US #159
#93Katrina24US #108
#94Kelli24US #136
#95Tracy24US #89
#96Ashlee23US #182
#97Casey23US #110
#98Jill23US #98
#99Krista23US #142
#100Krystal23US #78

Boys

#1Christopher528US #2
#2Joshua512US #5
#3Michael476US #1
#4Matthew469US #3
#5Jason371US #7
#6James364US #6
#7David342US #4
#8Justin319US #12
#9John306US #9
#10Robert285US #10
#11William280US #16
#12Joseph272US #11
#13Jonathan229US #19
#14Brandon225US #17
#15Adam219US #18
#16Brian213US #14
#17Daniel207US #8
#18Jeremy206US #30
#19Charles184US #33
#20Andrew181US #15
#21Timothy171US #26
#22Eric170US #20
#23Ryan170US #13
#24Thomas142US #24
#25Aaron141US #29
#26Jeffrey136US #28
#27Steven134US #23
#28Mark128US #31
#29Anthony127US #22
#30Richard125US #27
#31Nicholas117US #21
#32Travis117US #41
#33Dustin103US #43
#34Kevin103US #25
#35Stephen102US #35
#36Nathan98US #40
#37Chad97US #49
#38Kenneth96US #45
#39Benjamin86US #32
#40Zachary83US #50
#41Gregory79US #42
#42Patrick77US #37
#43Derek75US #51
#44Shawn73US #53
#45Scott70US #38
#46Jacob68US #36
#47Paul66US #39
#48Donald62US #60
#49Bryan59US #47
#50Bradley57US #52
#51Jesse54US #46
#52Jared53US #56
#53Ronald53US #64
#54Samuel52US #54
#55Gary49US #68
#56Larry49US #85
#57Nathaniel49US #79
#58Sean48US #44
#59Seth48US #98
#60George47US #65
#61Randall43US #129
#62Douglas42US #69
#63Phillip41US #66
#64Edward38US #55
#65Terry38US #110
#66Wesley38US #101
#67Roger37US #144
#68Keith36US #61
#69Billy34US #124
#70Jeremiah34US #99
#71Dennis33US #92
#72Kyle33US #34
#73Brett31US #73
#74Corey31US #74
#75Craig31US #70
#76Brent30US #94
#77Philip30US #82
#78Bobby29US #118
#79Carl29US #106
#80Jerry29US #103
#81Danny28US #133
#82Derrick28US #78
#83Shane28US #84
#84Tyler28US #57
#85Jordan27US #72
#86Randy27US #96
#87Casey26US #90
#88Jimmy26US #127
#89Russell26US #104
#90Jeffery25US #91
#91Ricky25US #128
#92Curtis24US #100
#93Rodney24US #161
#94Alan23US #102
#95Evan23US #93
#96Luke21US #105
#97Micheal21US #140
#98Raymond21US #71
#99Cody20US #81
#100Johnathan20US #137

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑42Brittany#56
↑34Kathryn#65
↑32Kayla#37
↑26Kyle#72
↑25Seth#59
↑23Corey#74
↑22Holly#26
↑20Tabitha#66

Falling

↓25Katrina#93
↓24Tina#80
↓20Kelli#94
↓18Jeffery#90
↓17Bobby#78
↓17Jerry#80
↓16Angela#28
↓16Melinda#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.