State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1984 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,734 West Virginia births in 1984 across 564 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.

#56Tristaoutside the national top 200
#66Roger#157 nationally
#62Billy#140 nationally
#75Tonya#153 nationally
#88Caleb#163 nationally
#70Lori#143 nationally
#92Tasha#164 nationally
#71Tabitha#141 nationally
#85Jamie#154 nationally
#79Kelli#147 nationally
#90Kari#156 nationally
#91Meredith#148 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica478US #2
#2Ashley450US #3
#3Amanda404US #4
#4Jennifer371US #1
#5Sarah246US #5
#6Heather230US #9
#7Stephanie179US #6
#8Amber178US #18
#9Amy166US #13
#10Tiffany158US #14
#11Megan147US #11
#12Rachel146US #15
#13Melissa141US #8
#14Crystal136US #12
#15Elizabeth132US #10
#16Laura118US #19
#17Rebecca109US #23
#18Nicole101US #7
#19Mary98US #33
#20Angela97US #26
#21Danielle96US #16
#22Christina94US #20
#23Andrea89US #28
#24Kimberly89US #22
#25April81US #42
#26Tara80US #49
#27Emily79US #24
#28Brittany78US #41
#29Samantha78US #39
#30Brandi77US #61
#31Erin76US #25
#32Jamie74US #31
#33Michelle74US #17
#34Sara71US #32
#35Erica67US #34
#36Kelly65US #27
#37Lisa63US #29
#38Carrie62US #78
#39Kristen62US #38
#40Alicia60US #40
#41Holly59US #53
#42Kristin58US #47
#43Stacy58US #67
#44Kayla56US #100
#45Allison55US #51
#46Courtney54US #46
#47Brandy53US #64
#48Lauren52US #21
#49Lindsey51US #35
#50Kara50US #95
#51Lindsay49US #36
#52Misty49US #98
#53Sheena49US #80
#54Jenna46US #54
#55Katherine43US #30
#56Trista42
#57Julie40US #52
#58Miranda40US #114
#59Natalie40US #55
#60Shannon40US #37
#61Tracy40US #91
#62Anna39US #57
#63Cassandra39US #63
#64Bethany38US #93
#65Leslie38US #75
#66Patricia37US #66
#67Stacey37US #79
#68Alisha36US #123
#69Katie34US #44
#70Lori34US #143
#71Tabitha33US #141
#72Natasha31US #77
#73Cynthia30US #62
#74Melinda30US #129
#75Tonya30US #153
#76Kathryn29US #48
#77Krista29US #133
#78Sabrina29US #122
#79Kelli27US #147
#80Melanie26US #85
#81Pamela26US #104
#82Susan26US #90
#83Whitney26US #125
#84Casey25US #107
#85Christine24US #43
#86Kristina24US #68
#87Meghan24US #65
#88Robin24US #139
#89Valerie24US #76
#90Kari23US #156
#91Meredith23US #148
#92Tasha23US #164
#93Brooke22US #99
#94Candice22US #86
#95Erika22US #81
#96Jacqueline22US #56
#97Julia22US #87
#98Leah22US #83
#99Margaret22US #92
#100Morgan22US #132

Boys

#1Joshua547US #4
#2Christopher451US #2
#3Michael436US #1
#4Matthew411US #3
#5James398US #7
#6Justin323US #13
#7John306US #8
#8Jason283US #11
#9David277US #5
#10Robert276US #9
#11Brandon271US #15
#12Adam262US #18
#13William247US #16
#14Joseph243US #10
#15Jeremy204US #31
#16Daniel199US #6
#17Jonathan195US #19
#18Ryan183US #12
#19Timothy175US #26
#20Eric172US #22
#21Brian168US #17
#22Andrew166US #14
#23Charles166US #33
#24Thomas150US #25
#25Steven142US #23
#26Anthony129US #21
#27Nicholas121US #20
#28Jeffrey118US #28
#29Richard117US #27
#30Aaron116US #29
#31Mark112US #32
#32Kevin108US #24
#33Benjamin105US #30
#34Stephen104US #35
#35Dustin103US #41
#36Nathan100US #38
#37Travis95US #42
#38Chad91US #51
#39Patrick83US #36
#40Derek81US #52
#41Gregory77US #44
#42Zachary76US #45
#43Jacob71US #37
#44Scott65US #39
#45Kenneth61US #46
#46Paul61US #40
#47Jesse58US #50
#48Shawn56US #56
#49Donald55US #63
#50Samuel55US #55
#51Bryan50US #48
#52Jared50US #59
#53Ronald48US #67
#54Sean47US #43
#55Tyler44US #47
#56Gary43US #76
#57Bradley42US #53
#58Douglas41US #71
#59Keith38US #61
#60Larry38US #91
#61George37US #68
#62Billy35US #140
#63Seth35US #99
#64Terry35US #118
#65Edward33US #58
#66Roger33US #157
#67Casey32US #82
#68Randy32US #100
#69Shane32US #85
#70Nathaniel31US #80
#71Derrick30US #79
#72Jeffery30US #94
#73Todd30US #92
#74Brent29US #89
#75Craig29US #75
#76Phillip28US #70
#77Wesley28US #101
#78Allen27US #128
#79Bobby27US #129
#80Jordan27US #65
#81Philip27US #81
#82Carl26US #108
#83Danny26US #136
#84Cody25US #62
#85Jamie25US #154
#86Jimmy25US #134
#87Ricky25US #138
#88Caleb24US #163
#89Jeremiah24US #102
#90Kyle24US #34
#91Brett22US #72
#92Jerry22US #111
#93Alex21US #93
#94Ian21US #78
#95Dennis20US #97
#96Frank20US #86
#97Marcus20US #57
#98Mitchell20US #125
#99Tony20US #112
#100Alexander19US #54

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑34Tracy#61
↑29Tyler#55
↑28Brittany#28
↑22Laura#16
↑22Allison#45
↑22Krista#77
↑20Casey#67
↑19Danielle#21

Falling

↓30Leah#98
↓24Dennis#95
↓19Jeremiah#89
↓18Shannon#60
↓18Kyle#90
↓18Brett#91
↓15Holly#41
↓14Brandy#47

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.