State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1989 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,056 West Virginia births in 1989 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.

#64Tashaoutside the national top 200
#66Roger#196 nationally
#93Savannahoutside the national top 200
#90Jamie#197 nationally
#88Billy#193 nationally
#95Autumn#188 nationally
#52Miranda#130 nationally
#90Angel#167 nationally
#73Carrie#148 nationally
#98Bobby#172 nationally
#78Terry#151 nationally
#97Levi#169 nationally

Girls

#1Brittany402US #3
#2Jessica359US #1
#3Ashley357US #2
#4Amanda282US #4
#5Kayla241US #20
#6Samantha210US #6
#7Sarah210US #5
#8Amber184US #14
#9Megan173US #11
#10Heather172US #15
#11Tiffany162US #16
#12Jennifer150US #7
#13Stephanie130US #8
#14Emily121US #13
#15Courtney113US #21
#16Elizabeth97US #10
#17Lauren94US #9
#18Danielle90US #17
#19Rachel83US #18
#20Kimberly81US #28
#21Mary80US #38
#22Chelsea79US #27
#23Whitney75US #57
#24Hannah73US #42
#25Sara70US #29
#26Christina69US #23
#27Melissa68US #19
#28Erica65US #34
#29Nicole65US #12
#30Rebecca65US #24
#31Andrea64US #39
#32Amy62US #35
#33Kristen60US #36
#34Lindsey54US #48
#35Katherine49US #26
#36Kelly48US #37
#37Kristin48US #60
#38Laura48US #25
#39Cassandra47US #54
#40Michelle47US #22
#41Crystal46US #32
#42Erin46US #40
#43Kelsey45US #31
#44Alicia43US #53
#45Anna42US #51
#46Angela41US #47
#47Brooke41US #74
#48April40US #66
#49Brandi40US #98
#50Katelyn40US #76
#51Morgan40US #69
#52Miranda39US #130
#53Bethany38US #102
#54Holly38US #79
#55Jamie38US #52
#56Kathryn38US #58
#57Brittney37US #41
#58Brandy36US #121
#59Jordan36US #72
#60Katie36US #45
#61Lindsay36US #63
#62Casey35US #103
#63Kara35US #101
#64Tasha34
#65Kendra33US #99
#66Natasha33US #87
#67Alisha32US #123
#68Allison32US #46
#69Caitlin32US #49
#70Lisa32US #55
#71Alexandra31US #43
#72Alyssa31US #33
#73Carrie31US #148
#74Brianna29US #77
#75Felicia28US #111
#76Leah28US #83
#77Tara28US #70
#78Meghan27US #80
#79Jenna26US #71
#80Victoria26US #44
#81Candace25US #133
#82Britney23US #118
#83Marissa23US #81
#84Shannon23US #61
#85Briana22US #126
#86Kaitlyn22US #95
#87Leslie22US #108
#88Sierra22US #155
#89Tabitha22US #156
#90Angel21US #167
#91Catherine21US #67
#92Julie21US #78
#93Savannah21
#94Stacey21US #146
#95Autumn20US #188
#96Christine20US #59
#97Erika20US #73
#98Kelli20US #165
#99Rachael20US #109
#100Candice19US #134

Boys

#1Joshua444US #4
#2Christopher393US #2
#3Justin381US #8
#4Michael326US #1
#5Matthew298US #3
#6James265US #9
#7David229US #5
#8Robert221US #10
#9Andrew206US #7
#10William204US #15
#11Brandon202US #18
#12Joseph186US #11
#13John178US #12
#14Zachary174US #25
#15Ryan162US #13
#16Adam149US #27
#17Charles137US #36
#18Jeremy136US #34
#19Jonathan136US #17
#20Timothy136US #28
#21Travis129US #41
#22Aaron128US #31
#23Daniel128US #6
#24Dustin127US #48
#25Nicholas123US #14
#26Steven122US #22
#27Nathan120US #43
#28Anthony114US #16
#29Eric108US #21
#30Thomas104US #23
#31Brian100US #24
#32Benjamin98US #29
#33Tyler98US #30
#34Derek96US #54
#35Kevin96US #19
#36Cody93US #45
#37Jacob93US #26
#38Jason82US #35
#39Richard81US #33
#40Kyle79US #20
#41Corey76US #55
#42Mark76US #42
#43Shawn74US #65
#44Samuel71US #47
#45Stephen70US #40
#46Kenneth67US #53
#47Jeffrey64US #37
#48Patrick64US #38
#49Jordan61US #44
#50Jesse57US #50
#51Shane57US #71
#52Cory55US #61
#53Bradley54US #58
#54Jared54US #57
#55Seth49US #94
#56Bryan48US #56
#57Chad48US #74
#58Paul45US #49
#59Scott44US #51
#60Caleb43US #91
#61Gregory43US #52
#62Alexander41US #32
#63Nathaniel40US #84
#64Donald38US #82
#65Ethan38US #87
#66Roger35US #196
#67Sean34US #39
#68Evan32US #69
#69Logan32US #104
#70Brett31US #81
#71Johnathan31US #112
#72Phillip31US #75
#73Ronald31US #85
#74Larry30US #131
#75Cameron29US #64
#76Carl28US #135
#77Gary28US #106
#78Terry28US #151
#79Wesley27US #98
#80Alex26US #60
#81Craig26US #105
#82Derrick26US #99
#83Douglas26US #92
#84Austin24US #59
#85Ian24US #68
#86Jeffery24US #129
#87Allen23US #130
#88Billy23US #193
#89Casey23US #90
#90Jamie23US #197
#91Keith23US #70
#92Taylor23US #72
#93Randy22US #127
#94Jerry21US #142
#95Lucas21US #114
#96Jonathon20US #128
#97Levi20US #169
#98Bobby19US #172
#99Curtis19US #111
#100Edward19US #62

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑39Hannah#24
↑33Caleb#60
↑23Alexandra#71
↑20Brooke#47
↑20Larry#74
↑19Johnathan#71
↑18Katelyn#50
↑18Felicia#75

Falling

↓37Tara#77
↓37Shannon#84
↓37Julie#92
↓28Wesley#79
↓23Carrie#73
↓21Caitlin#69
↓20Lindsay#61
↓19Casey#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.