State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1987 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,646 West Virginia births in 1987 across 550 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.

#86Summeroutside the national top 200
#81Savannah#187 nationally
#65Billy#168 nationally
#99Tashaoutside the national top 200
#92Autumn#193 nationally
#42Miranda#140 nationally
#83Roger#176 nationally
#73Misty#162 nationally
#68Cassie#155 nationally
#65Tabitha#151 nationally
#72Bobby#147 nationally
#49Carrie#119 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley487US #2
#2Jessica395US #1
#3Amanda345US #3
#4Brittany241US #7
#5Sarah232US #5
#6Megan187US #12
#7Amber185US #15
#8Jennifer180US #4
#9Kayla172US #27
#10Samantha160US #11
#11Heather156US #9
#12Tiffany141US #18
#13Stephanie135US #6
#14Rachel110US #17
#15Danielle107US #14
#16Elizabeth107US #10
#17Kimberly103US #23
#18Amy102US #24
#19Rebecca99US #25
#20Emily94US #19
#21Melissa93US #13
#22Whitney93US #32
#23Erica81US #31
#24Courtney79US #33
#25Lauren78US #16
#26Nicole77US #8
#27Sara76US #29
#28Laura75US #22
#29Mary75US #37
#30Christina74US #20
#31Angela70US #35
#32Michelle70US #21
#33Crystal63US #26
#34Andrea59US #36
#35Jamie58US #39
#36Shannon56US #45
#37Bethany54US #87
#38Kelly54US #30
#39Allison53US #44
#40April52US #58
#41Natasha52US #73
#42Miranda50US #140
#43Brandi49US #88
#44Katie49US #38
#45Alicia48US #46
#46Anna47US #52
#47Lindsay47US #49
#48Erin46US #34
#49Carrie45US #119
#50Kristin45US #55
#51Holly44US #71
#52Katherine44US #28
#53Lindsey44US #41
#54Chelsea43US #47
#55Lisa43US #40
#56Cassandra42US #68
#57Kristen41US #42
#58Tara40US #69
#59Brandy38US #92
#60Stacy36US #101
#61Kendra32US #77
#62Casey31US #81
#63Brooke30US #94
#64Stacey30US #103
#65Tabitha30US #151
#66Brittney29US #61
#67Kara29US #104
#68Cassie28US #155
#69Hannah28US #66
#70Vanessa28US #43
#71Alisha27US #118
#72Jenna27US #57
#73Misty27US #162
#74Cynthia25US #84
#75Felicia25US #96
#76Krista25US #108
#77Kathryn24US #51
#78Leslie24US #89
#79Morgan24US #95
#80Patricia24US #76
#81Savannah24US #187
#82Caitlin23US #63
#83Julie23US #65
#84Kristina23US #62
#85Leah23US #82
#86Summer23
#87Candace22US #120
#88Christine22US #48
#89Meredith22US #148
#90Natalie22US #56
#91Julia21US #86
#92Autumn20US #193
#93Meghan20US #78
#94Victoria20US #50
#95Jordan19US #146
#96Kathleen19US #72
#97Mallory19US #91
#98Sabrina19US #110
#99Tasha19
#100Alyssa18US #60

Boys

#1Joshua452US #4
#2Christopher393US #2
#3Justin387US #9
#4Michael369US #1
#5Matthew346US #3
#6James285US #8
#7Brandon257US #14
#8David241US #5
#9Andrew230US #6
#10Robert225US #10
#11John220US #11
#12William199US #15
#13Jonathan193US #18
#14Joseph181US #12
#15Ryan173US #13
#16Adam172US #27
#17Daniel158US #7
#18Timothy158US #26
#19Zachary153US #33
#20Charles141US #35
#21Jason140US #23
#22Jeremy134US #29
#23Eric128US #21
#24Travis121US #42
#25Anthony119US #17
#26Brian113US #20
#27Dustin112US #44
#28Aaron110US #34
#29Steven102US #25
#30Derek101US #54
#31Mark100US #36
#32Nicholas99US #16
#33Kevin98US #19
#34Jacob96US #31
#35Benjamin94US #28
#36Jeffrey93US #32
#37Richard92US #30
#38Thomas91US #24
#39Tyler80US #39
#40Nathan76US #45
#41Gregory75US #47
#42Stephen75US #38
#43Shawn74US #59
#44Bradley69US #56
#45Kenneth69US #53
#46Chad67US #63
#47Patrick66US #41
#48Kyle64US #22
#49Shane64US #65
#50Cody63US #49
#51Corey61US #57
#52Bryan60US #51
#53Jordan56US #52
#54Samuel56US #50
#55Paul53US #46
#56Scott53US #43
#57Jesse49US #55
#58Jared48US #58
#59Seth48US #89
#60Donald47US #70
#61Gary45US #87
#62Cory43US #62
#63Nathaniel41US #78
#64Sean41US #40
#65Billy39US #168
#66Larry39US #114
#67Ronald37US #73
#68Alexander34US #37
#69Curtis34US #100
#70Alex33US #60
#71Jeffery33US #109
#72Bobby32US #147
#73Randy31US #105
#74Wesley31US #92
#75Douglas30US #85
#76Evan29US #83
#77Phillip28US #68
#78Logan25US #144
#79Brett24US #71
#80Edward24US #61
#81Jerry24US #125
#82Carl23US #126
#83Roger23US #176
#84Tony23US #123
#85George22US #77
#86Ian22US #81
#87Keith22US #69
#88Raymond22US #79
#89Danny21US #149
#90Derrick21US #86
#91Devin21US #99
#92Jeremiah21US #130
#93Mitchell21US #101
#94Philip21US #84
#95Brent20US #103
#96Casey20US #80
#97Randall20US #150
#98Dennis19US #107
#99Ricky19US #148
#100Terry19US #133

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑35Chelsea#54
↑28Cassie#68
↑27Kendra#61
↑26Miranda#42
↑23Cynthia#74
↑21Seth#59
↑21Donald#60
↑20Larry#66

Falling

↓39Terry#100
↓32Natalie#90
↓27Brent#95
↓26Savannah#81
↓24Victoria#94
↓23Mallory#97
↓18Tara#58
↓18Roger#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.