State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1988 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,005 West Virginia births in 1988 across 546 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.

#73Misty#194 nationally
#89Kaseyoutside the national top 200
#91Tonyaoutside the national top 200
#79Billy#185 nationally
#96Savannah#199 nationally
#78Roger#180 nationally
#77Autumn#169 nationally
#90Sierra#181 nationally
#82Angel#166 nationally
#61Miranda#144 nationally
#50Carrie#132 nationally
#80Sasha#147 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley419US #2
#2Jessica348US #1
#3Amanda340US #3
#4Brittany270US #6
#5Kayla239US #20
#6Sarah228US #4
#7Tiffany187US #13
#8Amber186US #15
#9Samantha183US #8
#10Megan170US #12
#11Heather163US #14
#12Jennifer156US #5
#13Stephanie127US #7
#14Emily114US #18
#15Courtney102US #24
#16Rachel97US #19
#17Elizabeth96US #10
#18Amy95US #29
#19Rebecca79US #26
#20Danielle77US #17
#21Melissa73US #16
#22Kimberly72US #25
#23Mary72US #34
#24Whitney71US #39
#25Christina69US #22
#26Kristen69US #36
#27Sara69US #30
#28Lauren68US #11
#29Erica66US #31
#30Nicole66US #9
#31Laura64US #23
#32Angela62US #38
#33Lindsey58US #48
#34Crystal55US #28
#35Michelle55US #21
#36Andrea54US #35
#37Cassandra54US #59
#38Kristin51US #58
#39Chelsea49US #33
#40Tara49US #67
#41Lindsay48US #57
#42Katherine46US #27
#43Bethany45US #89
#44Holly44US #72
#45Anna42US #54
#46April42US #65
#47Shannon42US #56
#48Caitlin41US #44
#49Erin41US #37
#50Carrie40US #132
#51Kelly39US #32
#52Natasha39US #73
#53Allison38US #46
#54Jamie38US #45
#55Julie37US #71
#56Alicia36US #50
#57Alyssa36US #47
#58Brandi36US #91
#59Brittney36US #52
#60Kara36US #95
#61Miranda36US #144
#62Morgan33US #78
#63Hannah32US #61
#64Katie32US #40
#65Victoria32US #42
#66Brandy31US #107
#67Brooke31US #87
#68Katelyn31US #84
#69Kathryn31US #55
#70Kendra31US #80
#71Lisa31US #43
#72Jenna29US #66
#73Misty29US #194
#74Stacy29US #125
#75Alisha28US #126
#76Kristina28US #68
#77Autumn27US #169
#78Stacey27US #119
#79Casey25US #92
#80Sasha25US #147
#81Leah24US #82
#82Angel23US #166
#83Ashlee23US #133
#84Katrina23US #110
#85Marissa23US #101
#86Melinda23US #148
#87Tabitha23US #154
#88Cynthia22US #79
#89Kasey22
#90Sierra22US #181
#91Tonya22
#92Candace21US #117
#93Felicia21US #105
#94Alexandra20US #49
#95Kaitlyn20US #106
#96Savannah20US #199
#97Britney19US #138
#98Molly19US #86
#99Natalie19US #63
#100Rachael19US #100

Boys

#1Joshua462US #4
#2Justin412US #7
#3Michael336US #1
#4Christopher333US #2
#5Matthew288US #3
#6James285US #9
#7Robert239US #10
#8Andrew223US #5
#9David213US #6
#10Brandon205US #17
#11William200US #16
#12John192US #11
#13Zachary188US #29
#14Ryan171US #13
#15Joseph162US #12
#16Jonathan151US #15
#17Timothy150US #25
#18Jeremy149US #35
#19Aaron141US #31
#20Adam137US #26
#21Charles137US #37
#22Daniel130US #8
#23Nicholas125US #14
#24Thomas122US #23
#25Jason118US #27
#26Steven117US #24
#27Dustin115US #48
#28Brian114US #22
#29Eric111US #19
#30Benjamin108US #30
#31Nathan107US #44
#32Anthony103US #18
#33Kevin103US #20
#34Travis102US #41
#35Cody101US #43
#36Jacob99US #28
#37Mark93US #39
#38Tyler93US #33
#39Jeffrey91US #36
#40Derek85US #53
#41Corey83US #56
#42Chad79US #65
#43Richard77US #32
#44Shane75US #67
#45Shawn69US #61
#46Bradley68US #57
#47Patrick66US #42
#48Stephen66US #40
#49Gregory64US #50
#50Cory61US #59
#51Wesley57US #93
#52Jesse56US #55
#53Jordan56US #52
#54Jared55US #60
#55Kenneth54US #51
#56Kyle51US #21
#57Donald49US #76
#58Sean44US #38
#59Nathaniel43US #81
#60Paul43US #46
#61Gary40US #100
#62Samuel40US #45
#63Scott39US #47
#64Seth38US #90
#65Ronald37US #79
#66Bryan36US #54
#67Alexander35US #34
#68Evan35US #74
#69Cameron34US #69
#70Casey33US #83
#71Jeremiah33US #136
#72Phillip30US #71
#73Luke29US #119
#74George28US #78
#75Jeffery28US #120
#76Keith28US #70
#77Randy28US #113
#78Roger28US #180
#79Billy27US #185
#80Brent26US #107
#81Philip26US #94
#82Allen24US #134
#83Brett24US #73
#84Douglas24US #88
#85Edward24US #62
#86Lucas24US #112
#87Craig23US #96
#88Curtis23US #105
#89Jerry23US #130
#90Johnathan23US #115
#91Terry23US #141
#92Alex22US #58
#93Caleb22US #108
#94Larry22US #123
#95Randall22US #154
#96Derrick21US #97
#97Ian20US #77
#98Marcus20US #66
#99Bobby19US #163
#100Dennis19US #116

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑43Alyssa#57
↑34Caitlin#48
↑31Kristen#26
↑29Victoria#65
↑28Julie#55
↑26Casey#70
↑23Wesley#51
↑21Jeremiah#71

Falling

↓28Larry#94
↓27Bobby#99
↓22Tabitha#87
↓22Alex#92
↓20Katie#64
↓19Jamie#54
↓19Miranda#61
↓19Curtis#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.