State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1985 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,408 West Virginia births in 1985 across 567 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.

#87Autumnoutside the national top 200
#95Britneyoutside the national top 200
#98Donnaoutside the national top 200
#85Roy#186 nationally
#66Roger#160 nationally
#88Tasha#181 nationally
#69Angel#161 nationally
#83Tonya#172 nationally
#76Billy#150 nationally
#96Cassie#170 nationally
#68Melinda#138 nationally
#66Tabitha#135 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley454US #2
#2Jessica415US #1
#3Amanda401US #4
#4Jennifer292US #3
#5Brittany235US #17
#6Heather225US #8
#7Sarah215US #5
#8Amber197US #16
#9Megan182US #10
#10Stephanie162US #6
#11Tiffany142US #23
#12Crystal132US #21
#13Elizabeth132US #9
#14Samantha125US #29
#15Amy119US #20
#16Melissa115US #11
#17Rebecca110US #25
#18Kimberly105US #19
#19Mary103US #35
#20Nicole100US #7
#21Rachel99US #13
#22Christina96US #12
#23Danielle96US #18
#24Andrea94US #33
#25Laura94US #14
#26Jamie92US #27
#27Sara91US #30
#28Angela87US #31
#29Tara80US #51
#30April78US #47
#31Emily75US #24
#32Michelle69US #22
#33Courtney68US #43
#34Erica68US #34
#35Kelly66US #28
#36Erin64US #26
#37Holly63US #56
#38Lauren61US #15
#39Lindsay59US #40
#40Lindsey58US #37
#41Kristen54US #38
#42Lisa54US #36
#43Stacy52US #67
#44Katherine51US #32
#45Brandi50US #69
#46Brandy50US #70
#47Carrie49US #96
#48Jenna48US #50
#49Kristin48US #49
#50Cassandra45US #62
#51Whitney45US #73
#52Julie43US #55
#53Kristina42US #57
#54Shannon42US #41
#55Allison41US #46
#56Leslie40US #76
#57Natasha40US #79
#58Alicia39US #45
#59Anna39US #54
#60Katie39US #39
#61Kara38US #98
#62Misty38US #121
#63Kayla37US #109
#64Miranda37US #128
#65Bethany35US #94
#66Tabitha34US #135
#67Alisha33US #131
#68Melinda33US #138
#69Angel31US #161
#70Sheena31US #91
#71Cynthia30US #66
#72Patricia30US #64
#73Brittney29US #84
#74Candice29US #86
#75Leah29US #78
#76Candace28US #104
#77Felicia28US #101
#78Natalie28US #58
#79Kathleen27US #68
#80Stacey27US #89
#81Erika26US #80
#82Kathryn26US #48
#83Tonya26US #172
#84Vanessa26US #42
#85Victoria26US #59
#86Ashlee25US #141
#87Autumn25
#88Tasha25US #181
#89Jacqueline24US #60
#90Melanie24US #88
#91Krystal23US #53
#92Maria23US #52
#93Meagan23US #133
#94Meghan23US #63
#95Britney22
#96Cassie22US #170
#97Christy22US #151
#98Donna22
#99Joanna22US #99
#100Kari22US #166

Boys

#1Joshua529US #4
#2Christopher484US #2
#3Michael410US #1
#4James375US #7
#5Matthew374US #3
#6Brandon349US #13
#7Justin292US #15
#8David288US #6
#9John252US #9
#10Robert244US #8
#11Joseph239US #10
#12Jason222US #14
#13William221US #16
#14Andrew213US #11
#15Daniel212US #5
#16Jonathan210US #17
#17Adam195US #22
#18Jeremy185US #30
#19Ryan179US #12
#20Charles164US #34
#21Timothy164US #26
#22Steven158US #24
#23Brian157US #18
#24Eric156US #21
#25Anthony145US #20
#26Zachary135US #39
#27Aaron127US #33
#28Richard115US #28
#29Nicholas114US #19
#30Mark112US #32
#31Dustin104US #41
#32Travis101US #46
#33Benjamin96US #31
#34Kevin95US #23
#35Thomas93US #25
#36Jeffrey92US #29
#37Nathan92US #40
#38Patrick86US #37
#39Shawn77US #55
#40Chad75US #57
#41Stephen73US #36
#42Jacob71US #35
#43Kenneth69US #47
#44Paul68US #42
#45Gregory67US #45
#46Derek66US #56
#47Kyle66US #27
#48Shane65US #68
#49Scott63US #44
#50Bradley61US #53
#51Jesse61US #51
#52Bryan59US #48
#53Donald59US #66
#54Tyler56US #43
#55Cody54US #52
#56Nathaniel54US #77
#57Samuel52US #54
#58Jared50US #58
#59Gary48US #82
#60Sean46US #38
#61Terry42US #119
#62Corey40US #63
#63Derrick36US #83
#64Douglas36US #76
#65Larry36US #97
#66Roger35US #160
#67Ronald35US #71
#68Casey33US #86
#69Jeffery33US #96
#70Jeremiah33US #111
#71Seth33US #104
#72Carl32US #112
#73Jordan32US #62
#74Keith31US #64
#75Wesley31US #94
#76Billy30US #150
#77Edward29US #59
#78Joel29US #67
#79Jerry28US #116
#80Luke28US #106
#81Bobby27US #135
#82Curtis27US #98
#83Danny26US #141
#84Ricky26US #145
#85Roy26US #186
#86Ian25US #78
#87Alexander24US #50
#88Johnathan24US #118
#89Randy24US #102
#90Raymond24US #75
#91Phillip23US #69
#92Todd23US #99
#93Brett22US #70
#94Caleb22US #136
#95Cory22US #81
#96Craig22US #79
#97Philip22US #84
#98Randall22US #146
#99Brent21US #89
#100Evan21US #91

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑43Kyle#47
↑33Kristina#53
↑32Whitney#51
↑29Cody#55
↑23Brittany#5
↑23Leah#75
↑21Shane#48
↑20Candice#74

Falling

↓25Brent#99
↓21Randy#89
↓21Craig#96
↓19Kayla#63
↓19Natalie#78
↓19Todd#92
↓18Alicia#58
↓17Sheena#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.