State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1992 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,631 West Virginia births in 1992 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.

#79Billyoutside the national top 200
#91Rogeroutside the national top 200
#80Tabitha#189 nationally
#92Toddoutside the national top 200
#98Rodneyoutside the national top 200
#90Ricky#191 nationally
#93Candace#186 nationally
#93Jerry#183 nationally
#83Brandy#168 nationally
#96Larry#173 nationally
#40Bethany#115 nationally
#97Randy#159 nationally

Girls

#1Brittany292US #4
#2Ashley287US #1
#3Jessica253US #2
#4Kayla232US #13
#5Samantha192US #6
#6Amanda185US #3
#7Sarah169US #5
#8Emily162US #7
#9Megan160US #10
#10Tiffany149US #32
#11Amber148US #19
#12Courtney148US #21
#13Chelsea139US #15
#14Elizabeth110US #9
#15Heather109US #31
#16Rachel103US #16
#17Hannah98US #26
#18Stephanie98US #8
#19Jennifer95US #11
#20Morgan82US #41
#21Kelsey80US #23
#22Danielle78US #18
#23Rebecca77US #20
#24Lauren76US #12
#25Taylor74US #17
#26Cassandra70US #52
#27Mary61US #36
#28Kaitlyn60US #42
#29Michelle60US #25
#30Erica59US #44
#31Sara59US #37
#32Whitney58US #85
#33Allison54US #48
#34Christina54US #33
#35Haley54US #56
#36Katie52US #54
#37Victoria52US #22
#38Brianna51US #43
#39Katherine51US #27
#40Bethany48US #115
#41Katelyn48US #65
#42Kimberly48US #35
#43Shelby48US #34
#44Kristen46US #53
#45Olivia46US #58
#46Jordan45US #63
#47Alexandria44US #73
#48Lindsey44US #57
#49Brooke42US #59
#50Melissa41US #24
#51Andrea40US #39
#52Laura39US #38
#53Anna38US #49
#54Breanna38US #94
#55Jenna38US #67
#56Marissa38US #72
#57Miranda38US #89
#58Nicole38US #14
#59Alexis37US #40
#60Alyssa37US #30
#61Caitlin36US #62
#62Brittney35US #68
#63Mariah35US #74
#64Shannon34US #66
#65Amy33US #51
#66Jamie33US #75
#67Alexandra32US #29
#68Ariel32US #87
#69April31US #103
#70Kelly31US #47
#71Tara31US #118
#72Lindsay30US #81
#73Crystal29US #50
#74Kendra29US #125
#75Paige29US #64
#76Alicia28US #71
#77Holly28US #99
#78Kara28US #114
#79Natasha28US #120
#80Tabitha28US #189
#81Angela27US #69
#82Brandi27US #110
#83Brandy26US #168
#84Kaitlin26US #113
#85Destiny25US #130
#86Meghan25US #91
#87Molly25US #83
#88Briana24US #79
#89Erin24US #46
#90Savannah23US #143
#91Hillary22US #132
#92Madison22US #107
#93Candace21US #186
#94Carly21US #134
#95Casey21US #109
#96Chelsey21US #117
#97Julia21US #70
#98Krista21US #150
#99Kristin21US #90
#100Natalie21US #61

Boys

#1Joshua325US #4
#2Michael305US #1
#3Christopher303US #2
#4Cody268US #24
#5Zachary261US #16
#6Brandon252US #6
#7Tyler247US #8
#8James237US #9
#9Matthew237US #3
#10Justin232US #18
#11Robert194US #17
#12Ryan184US #13
#13William183US #20
#14Andrew171US #5
#15Jacob170US #15
#16David169US #10
#17Joseph165US #11
#18John145US #14
#19Nicholas140US #12
#20Daniel136US #7
#21Travis129US #48
#22Jonathan124US #21
#23Aaron119US #30
#24Dustin117US #58
#25Timothy108US #34
#26Charles106US #43
#27Anthony103US #19
#28Kyle99US #22
#29Steven99US #29
#30Corey94US #65
#31Jordan93US #32
#32Adam90US #36
#33Jeremy89US #47
#34Thomas86US #27
#35Dylan85US #28
#36Richard84US #41
#37Eric80US #26
#38Nathan80US #44
#39Kevin79US #25
#40Alexander75US #23
#41Brian75US #31
#42Benjamin74US #33
#43Derek74US #62
#44Samuel67US #40
#45Shawn67US #71
#46Dakota65US #103
#47Jason65US #46
#48Mark59US #49
#49Shane59US #77
#50Caleb57US #74
#51Jeffrey57US #51
#52Jared56US #67
#53Patrick56US #39
#54Jesse52US #50
#55Logan52US #89
#56Stephen52US #45
#57Cameron51US #53
#58Kenneth50US #59
#59Bradley49US #72
#60Cory48US #83
#61Sean48US #42
#62Ethan47US #76
#63Christian46US #35
#64Seth44US #94
#65Wesley42US #111
#66Gregory41US #60
#67Austin40US #38
#68Nathaniel40US #79
#69Casey39US #105
#70Taylor37US #52
#71Evan36US #66
#72Paul36US #55
#73Ronald36US #112
#74Bryan34US #57
#75Chad33US #108
#76Dillon33US #73
#77Luke32US #93
#78Alex30US #54
#79Billy29
#80Devin29US #75
#81Donald29US #110
#82Scott29US #61
#83Garrett28US #88
#84Gary27US #139
#85Trevor26US #63
#86Chase24US #116
#87Edward23US #70
#88Jonathon23US #136
#89Lucas23US #106
#90Ricky23US #191
#91Roger23
#92Todd23
#93Jerry22US #183
#94Johnathan22US #122
#95Keith22US #102
#96Larry22US #173
#97Randy22US #159
#98Rodney22
#99Phillip21US #107
#100Brett20US #97

On the move since 1991

Rising

↑46Alexandria#47
↑39Dylan#35
↑38Haley#35
↑36Katelyn#41
↑35Wesley#65
↑32Marissa#56
↑32Logan#55
↑31April#69

Falling

↓42Natasha#79
↓42Erin#89
↓38Kristin#99
↓34Brandi#82
↓33Amy#65
↓32Angela#81
↓29Brett#100
↓25Keith#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1991 rankings.