State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1991 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,093 West Virginia births in 1991 across 566 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.

#79Billyoutside the national top 200
#81Rogeroutside the national top 200
#85Tabitha#190 nationally
#97Carrieoutside the national top 200
#97Levi#186 nationally
#83Carl#168 nationally
#98Terry#180 nationally
#37Natasha#113 nationally
#95Autumn#171 nationally
#99Danny#173 nationally
#88Jerry#160 nationally
#81Alisha#149 nationally

Girls

#1Brittany352US #3
#2Ashley351US #1
#3Jessica306US #2
#4Kayla296US #12
#5Samantha207US #5
#6Amanda195US #4
#7Megan176US #11
#8Sarah169US #6
#9Amber167US #16
#10Courtney157US #19
#11Stephanie148US #7
#12Tiffany145US #27
#13Emily132US #10
#14Heather131US #23
#15Chelsea119US #18
#16Jennifer109US #8
#17Elizabeth105US #9
#18Rachel94US #14
#19Rebecca84US #21
#20Hannah79US #29
#21Danielle74US #17
#22Lauren72US #13
#23Morgan70US #49
#24Sara68US #37
#25Whitney68US #68
#26Michelle65US #22
#27Kelsey64US #26
#28Brooke62US #65
#29Cassandra62US #54
#30Kimberly62US #34
#31Erica59US #40
#32Amy57US #43
#33Laura57US #35
#34Mary55US #38
#35Kristen54US #48
#36Andrea53US #39
#37Natasha51US #113
#38Nicole51US #15
#39Taylor51US #32
#40Victoria51US #28
#41Miranda50US #90
#42Christina48US #31
#43Lindsey48US #52
#44Kaitlyn47US #82
#45Shelby47US #33
#46Caitlin46US #55
#47Erin46US #44
#48Brandi44US #110
#49Angela43US #59
#50Katherine43US #25
#51Bethany42US #109
#52Katie42US #53
#53Alyssa41US #30
#54Alexis40US #47
#55Jamie40US #60
#56Alicia39US #63
#57Allison37US #50
#58Holly37US #105
#59Anna36US #46
#60Brianna36US #51
#61Kristin36US #86
#62Melissa36US #20
#63Olivia36US #61
#64Lindsay35US #77
#65Jordan34US #62
#66Kendra34US #118
#67Crystal33US #41
#68Shannon33US #71
#69Tara33US #104
#70Mariah32US #69
#71Breanna31US #107
#72Brittney31US #58
#73Haley30US #79
#74Jenna30US #80
#75Leah30US #91
#76Kara29US #106
#77Katelyn29US #75
#78Molly28US #74
#79Kathryn27US #57
#80Lisa27US #83
#81Alisha26US #149
#82Kaitlin26US #99
#83Sierra26US #138
#84Alexandra25US #36
#85Tabitha25US #190
#86Meagan24US #130
#87Kelly23US #42
#88Marissa23US #81
#89Paige23US #76
#90Rachael23US #114
#91Sabrina23US #115
#92Abigail22US #92
#93Alexandria22US #78
#94Ariel22US #66
#95Autumn22US #171
#96Brandy22US #148
#97Carrie22
#98Kristina22US #87
#99Natalie22US #64
#100April21US #88

Boys

#1Joshua395US #4
#2Michael334US #1
#3Christopher299US #2
#4James284US #7
#5Justin262US #14
#6Matthew251US #3
#7Cody239US #24
#8Brandon229US #15
#9Tyler223US #16
#10Zachary199US #22
#11David195US #8
#12William190US #19
#13Ryan189US #11
#14John187US #10
#15Robert187US #13
#16Andrew171US #5
#17Jacob166US #17
#18Joseph164US #9
#19Nicholas142US #12
#20Jonathan135US #20
#21Steven128US #27
#22Aaron118US #31
#23Timothy118US #32
#24Adam117US #36
#25Charles117US #38
#26Daniel116US #6
#27Jordan112US #29
#28Brian110US #30
#29Kyle108US #21
#30Travis108US #44
#31Thomas106US #28
#32Derek104US #59
#33Anthony102US #18
#34Dustin96US #56
#35Nathan96US #42
#36Eric94US #25
#37Corey89US #58
#38Richard84US #34
#39Jeremy81US #43
#40Stephen79US #41
#41Mark74US #47
#42Benjamin70US #33
#43Patrick70US #35
#44Caleb68US #78
#45Kevin65US #23
#46Shawn64US #71
#47Ethan63US #65
#48Jason62US #49
#49Jeffrey62US #45
#50Samuel62US #39
#51Jared58US #64
#52Jesse57US #51
#53Kenneth53US #54
#54Bradley52US #67
#55Cory52US #74
#56Dakota51US #121
#57Alexander49US #26
#58Sean49US #40
#59Chad47US #104
#60Gregory47US #55
#61Nathaniel45US #84
#62Shane45US #75
#63Bryan44US #61
#64Seth41US #99
#65Christian40US #48
#66Ronald40US #101
#67Cameron37US #62
#68Paul37US #53
#69Evan36US #70
#70Keith36US #89
#71Brett35US #88
#72Casey35US #90
#73Donald35US #102
#74Dylan34US #46
#75Alex32US #63
#76Gary31US #124
#77Scott31US #57
#78Austin30US #50
#79Billy30
#80George30US #87
#81Roger30
#82Derrick29US #111
#83Carl28US #168
#84Edward28US #68
#85Garrett28US #91
#86Johnathan28US #110
#87Logan27US #94
#88Jerry26US #160
#89Taylor26US #52
#90Trevor26US #69
#91Marcus25US #76
#92Curtis23US #126
#93Devin23US #83
#94Lucas23US #107
#95Ian22US #73
#96Jonathon22US #125
#97Levi22US #186
#98Terry22US #180
#99Danny21US #173
#100Wesley21US #106

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑46Shelby#45
↑42Kaitlyn#44
↑27Michelle#26
↑26Taylor#39
↑26Angela#49
↑24Kendra#66
↑23Alexis#54
↑22Victoria#40

Falling

↓36Brittney#72
↓35Wesley#100
↓32April#100
↓24Melissa#62
↓23Shannon#68
↓23Katelyn#77
↓23Brandy#96
↓20Rachael#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.