State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1986 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,557 West Virginia births in 1986 across 570 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.

#86Charityoutside the national top 200
#91Tonyaoutside the national top 200
#69Sheena#173 nationally
#98Ashleighoutside the national top 200
#65Roger#167 nationally
#99Autumnoutside the national top 200
#99Franklinoutside the national top 200
#55Savannah#155 nationally
#67Billy#159 nationally
#75Misty#145 nationally
#68Miranda#137 nationally
#85Rebekah#153 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley473US #2
#2Jessica448US #1
#3Amanda357US #3
#4Jennifer263US #4
#5Brittany229US #8
#6Megan225US #11
#7Sarah219US #5
#8Amber210US #13
#9Heather201US #9
#10Stephanie149US #6
#11Samantha140US #21
#12Tiffany127US #17
#13Rachel124US #15
#14Amy118US #22
#15Danielle111US #16
#16Kimberly108US #18
#17Whitney105US #32
#18Elizabeth99US #10
#19Rebecca99US #26
#20Melissa98US #12
#21Courtney93US #35
#22Emily93US #24
#23Christina91US #19
#24Nicole91US #7
#25Kayla88US #64
#26Crystal86US #25
#27Laura86US #20
#28Sara82US #27
#29Mary78US #37
#30Erica76US #31
#31Michelle73US #23
#32Kelly71US #29
#33Andrea69US #36
#34April66US #53
#35Angela64US #33
#36Lauren61US #14
#37Erin60US #30
#38Anna57US #51
#39Alicia55US #45
#40Tara55US #56
#41Natasha54US #70
#42Carrie53US #109
#43Cassandra52US #60
#44Jamie52US #34
#45Lindsey52US #39
#46Lisa48US #40
#47Katherine47US #28
#48Stacy47US #87
#49Holly46US #63
#50Kristen43US #41
#51Bethany41US #91
#52Shannon40US #44
#53Allison39US #42
#54Brandi39US #79
#55Savannah39US #155
#56Jenna38US #55
#57Kristin38US #50
#58Natalie38US #52
#59Katie36US #38
#60Lindsay36US #46
#61Alisha35US #125
#62Casey35US #80
#63Leslie35US #86
#64Brandy32US #84
#65Brittney32US #65
#66Kathryn32US #48
#67Stacey32US #94
#68Miranda31US #137
#69Sheena31US #173
#70Victoria30US #54
#71Kara29US #102
#72Krystal28US #61
#73Leah28US #78
#74Mallory28US #83
#75Misty28US #145
#76Tabitha28US #140
#77Julie27US #58
#78Krista27US #93
#79Hannah26US #82
#80Candace25US #114
#81Jacqueline25US #57
#82Melinda25US #147
#83Vanessa25US #43
#84Patricia24US #66
#85Rebekah24US #153
#86Charity23
#87Felicia23US #89
#88Kendra23US #101
#89Chelsea22US #73
#90Nichole22US #105
#91Tonya22
#92Kelli21US #142
#93Morgan21US #113
#94Sabrina21US #120
#95Valerie21US #76
#96Cassie20US #156
#97Cynthia20US #81
#98Ashleigh19
#99Autumn19
#100Maria19US #49

Boys

#1Joshua457US #4
#2Christopher429US #2
#3Michael399US #1
#4Matthew380US #3
#5James324US #7
#6Brandon292US #13
#7Justin284US #14
#8David272US #5
#9Robert239US #9
#10Andrew235US #8
#11John231US #10
#12William216US #15
#13Joseph199US #12
#14Adam189US #24
#15Jonathan187US #16
#16Jason183US #18
#17Charles180US #34
#18Ryan179US #11
#19Daniel178US #6
#20Jeremy162US #28
#21Zachary146US #38
#22Brian143US #20
#23Timothy142US #27
#24Dustin129US #42
#25Thomas122US #26
#26Eric119US #22
#27Travis115US #49
#28Aaron109US #33
#29Nicholas108US #17
#30Kevin103US #21
#31Mark100US #35
#32Nathan96US #43
#33Steven96US #25
#34Richard95US #29
#35Benjamin92US #30
#36Jeffrey92US #32
#37Derek90US #57
#38Anthony88US #19
#39Jacob88US #31
#40Kenneth80US #50
#41Stephen78US #36
#42Bryan77US #47
#43Gregory74US #46
#44Shawn73US #55
#45Patrick70US #39
#46Chad65US #59
#47Shane64US #67
#48Tyler62US #40
#49Jesse57US #48
#50Jordan56US #53
#51Scott55US #44
#52Sean55US #37
#53Jared54US #58
#54Kyle54US #23
#55Bradley53US #54
#56Ronald52US #75
#57Samuel51US #52
#58Paul50US #45
#59Corey47US #62
#60Gary46US #84
#61Terry42US #122
#62Cody39US #56
#63Cory39US #68
#64Nathaniel39US #78
#65Roger37US #167
#66Jerry33US #121
#67Billy32US #159
#68Brent32US #94
#69Wesley32US #96
#70Alexander31US #41
#71Craig31US #80
#72Derrick31US #87
#73Johnathan31US #115
#74Todd31US #110
#75Edward30US #61
#76Alex29US #64
#77Bobby29US #130
#78Casey29US #83
#79Phillip29US #70
#80Seth28US #97
#81Donald27US #71
#82Ricky26US #144
#83Brett25US #69
#84Curtis25US #100
#85George25US #74
#86Larry25US #108
#87Philip25US #86
#88Randall25US #148
#89Evan24US #81
#90Keith24US #66
#91Randy24US #103
#92Caleb23US #131
#93Douglas23US #82
#94Luke22US #106
#95Danny21US #147
#96Jeremiah21US #118
#97Raymond21US #77
#98Carl20US #114
#99Franklin20
#100Mitchell20US #105

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑38Kayla#25
↑34Whitney#17
↑32Cory#63
↑31Brent#68
↑25Craig#71
↑23Jordan#50
↑21Anna#38
↑20Natalie#58

Falling

↓29Douglas#93
↓28Donald#81
↓26Cynthia#97
↓26Jeremiah#96
↓26Carl#98
↓25Julie#77
↓21Lindsay#60
↓21Larry#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.