State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1990 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,302 West Virginia births in 1990 across 563 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.

#76Rogeroutside the national top 200
#75Dakota#195 nationally
#94Savannahoutside the national top 200
#96Billyoutside the national top 200
#97Cassieoutside the national top 200
#88Bobby#185 nationally
#81Autumn#177 nationally
#87Kelli#182 nationally
#76Tabitha#164 nationally
#84Carrie#170 nationally
#39Bethany#107 nationally
#44Miranda#112 nationally

Girls

#1Brittany379US #3
#2Ashley333US #2
#3Jessica315US #1
#4Kayla272US #14
#5Amanda254US #4
#6Samantha211US #5
#7Megan199US #11
#8Sarah188US #6
#9Amber166US #15
#10Heather159US #19
#11Tiffany148US #23
#12Courtney145US #17
#13Stephanie138US #7
#14Emily124US #12
#15Jennifer108US #8
#16Elizabeth98US #9
#17Rachel96US #16
#18Whitney83US #60
#19Danielle82US #18
#20Hannah82US #30
#21Rebecca79US #21
#22Chelsea77US #24
#23Sara73US #34
#24Lauren72US #10
#25Kristen71US #42
#26Amy69US #38
#27Christina63US #25
#28Erica62US #36
#29Mary62US #35
#30Kelsey57US #32
#31Laura57US #29
#32Nicole57US #13
#33Morgan56US #58
#34Kimberly55US #31
#35Lindsey53US #51
#36Brittney52US #44
#37Cassandra51US #49
#38Melissa50US #20
#39Bethany49US #107
#40Alyssa48US #27
#41Brandi48US #103
#42Katherine48US #26
#43Natasha47US #105
#44Miranda46US #112
#45Shannon46US #68
#46Holly44US #89
#47Jordan44US #59
#48Brooke43US #70
#49Allison42US #48
#50Andrea42US #40
#51Erin42US #43
#52Jamie42US #55
#53Michelle41US #22
#54Katelyn40US #75
#55Katie40US #53
#56Tara39US #85
#57Crystal38US #39
#58Kristin38US #65
#59Olivia38US #72
#60Anna37US #45
#61Caitlin37US #50
#62Victoria37US #33
#63Brianna36US #61
#64Kathryn36US #57
#65Taylor36US #46
#66Alicia35US #54
#67Lindsay35US #69
#68April34US #73
#69Kelly33US #41
#70Rachael33US #111
#71Alisha32US #135
#72Leah32US #82
#73Brandy30US #137
#74Kara30US #110
#75Angela29US #52
#76Tabitha28US #164
#77Alexis27US #66
#78Lisa27US #64
#79Paige27US #79
#80Candace26US #142
#81Autumn25US #177
#82Casey25US #106
#83Breanna23US #113
#84Carrie23US #170
#85Jasmine23US #28
#86Kaitlyn23US #78
#87Kelli23US #182
#88Sierra23US #141
#89Abigail22US #90
#90Kendra22US #117
#91Shelby22US #100
#92Marissa21US #87
#93Patricia21US #97
#94Savannah21
#95Alexandra20US #37
#96Ashlee20US #154
#97Cassie20
#98Kaitlin20US #101
#99Alexandria19US #95
#100Briana19US #109

Boys

#1Joshua406US #4
#2Christopher355US #2
#3Michael352US #1
#4Justin336US #9
#5Matthew279US #3
#6James259US #8
#7Zachary238US #22
#8David219US #6
#9Joseph200US #10
#10Brandon199US #19
#11Andrew197US #7
#12William189US #16
#13Robert188US #13
#14John187US #12
#15Cody171US #31
#16Ryan168US #11
#17Tyler165US #21
#18Jonathan146US #17
#19Daniel143US #5
#20Timothy128US #30
#21Travis127US #42
#22Jacob126US #20
#23Anthony125US #15
#24Steven123US #25
#25Jeremy122US #40
#26Aaron119US #34
#27Nicholas118US #14
#28Jordan115US #29
#29Thomas114US #26
#30Charles113US #38
#31Brian110US #27
#32Corey110US #56
#33Eric107US #24
#34Dustin106US #50
#35Adam105US #32
#36Kyle97US #18
#37Derek92US #54
#38Benjamin87US #33
#39Nathan87US #44
#40Kevin80US #23
#41Stephen80US #39
#42Patrick78US #36
#43Samuel76US #45
#44Jason75US #46
#45Richard74US #35
#46Mark73US #47
#47Shawn70US #69
#48Ethan68US #58
#49Chad64US #85
#50Gregory61US #51
#51Jared60US #63
#52Cory59US #67
#53Bradley56US #65
#54Jeffrey56US #43
#55Shane51US #73
#56Kenneth50US #52
#57Alexander47US #28
#58Caleb47US #88
#59Jesse45US #48
#60Sean45US #37
#61Donald43US #87
#62Bryan42US #57
#63Ronald40US #97
#64Seth40US #102
#65Wesley39US #107
#66Casey36US #89
#67Keith36US #80
#68Scott36US #53
#69Gary35US #114
#70Austin34US #55
#71Evan34US #71
#72Logan33US #104
#73Cameron32US #62
#74Paul31US #49
#75Dakota30US #195
#76Roger30
#77Taylor30US #64
#78Brett29US #84
#79Phillip29US #81
#80Ian28US #70
#81Johnathan28US #108
#82Brent27US #127
#83Nathaniel27US #86
#84Douglas25US #103
#85Dylan25US #83
#86George25US #79
#87Alex24US #59
#88Bobby24US #185
#89Garrett24US #99
#90Jeffery24US #136
#91Jerry24US #146
#92Randy24US #131
#93Curtis23US #121
#94Edward23US #68
#95Lucas23US #112
#96Billy22
#97Craig22US #117
#98Derrick22US #106
#99Joel22US #95
#100Russell22US #142

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑39Shannon#45
↑32Alyssa#40
↑29Rachael#70
↑24Keith#67
↑23Natasha#43
↑23Casey#66
↑21Brittney#36
↑21Tara#56

Falling

↓33Kelly#69
↓29Angela#75
↓25Kendra#90
↓24Alexandra#95
↓22Alicia#66
↓21Kristin#58
↓20April#68
↓20Casey#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.