State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1993 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,367 West Virginia births in 1993 across 568 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.

#74Billyoutside the national top 200
#90Zackaryoutside the national top 200
#85Brandy#195 nationally
#94Cassieoutside the national top 200
#100Jessieoutside the national top 200
#52Autumn#149 nationally
#77Alisha#173 nationally
#70Levi#162 nationally
#60Chelsey#145 nationally
#84Zachery#167 nationally
#64Natasha#140 nationally
#96Krista#166 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley255US #2
#2Brittany242US #6
#3Jessica234US #1
#4Kayla226US #16
#5Samantha206US #4
#6Megan168US #11
#7Amber167US #17
#8Emily166US #5
#9Sarah164US #3
#10Taylor141US #7
#11Courtney127US #20
#12Amanda126US #8
#13Chelsea121US #25
#14Tiffany106US #33
#15Hannah96US #21
#16Rachel96US #14
#17Stephanie89US #10
#18Elizabeth85US #9
#19Heather85US #38
#20Katelyn85US #54
#21Kelsey85US #24
#22Jennifer84US #15
#23Morgan82US #34
#24Lauren76US #12
#25Brianna70US #32
#26Haley70US #42
#27Victoria69US #19
#28Kaitlyn68US #46
#29Rebecca68US #22
#30Alyssa63US #26
#31Mary60US #36
#32Nicole60US #13
#33Whitney60US #82
#34Brooke58US #52
#35Danielle58US #18
#36Kimberly57US #39
#37Allison56US #41
#38Cassandra56US #66
#39Erica56US #49
#40Alexis55US #27
#41Kristen54US #61
#42Katie49US #63
#43Olivia49US #50
#44Lindsey48US #56
#45Breanna46US #83
#46Bethany43US #115
#47Sara43US #40
#48Katherine42US #29
#49Savannah42US #96
#50Amy41US #65
#51Erin41US #48
#52Autumn40US #149
#53Christina40US #35
#54Jordan39US #58
#55Jenna37US #70
#56Miranda37US #89
#57Shannon37US #53
#58Alexandra36US #28
#59Andrea36US #44
#60Chelsey36US #145
#61Sabrina36US #97
#62Michelle35US #31
#63Brandi34US #124
#64Natasha34US #140
#65Sierra34US #91
#66Jasmine33US #23
#67Paige33US #60
#68Shelby33US #37
#69Abigail32US #67
#70Lindsay32US #88
#71Marissa32US #59
#72Angela31US #73
#73Kendra31US #128
#74Melissa31US #30
#75Caitlin30US #64
#76Holly30US #108
#77Alisha29US #173
#78Briana29US #71
#79Alexandria28US #69
#80Kathryn28US #68
#81Kristin28US #109
#82Anna27US #47
#83Casey27US #129
#84Madison27US #78
#85Brandy25US #195
#86Crystal25US #57
#87Kelly25US #51
#88Tara25US #132
#89Kara24US #131
#90Laura24US #43
#91Maria24US #45
#92Mariah24US #81
#93Tori24US #152
#94Cassie23
#95Destiny23US #111
#96Krista23US #166
#97Kristina23US #104
#98Molly23US #87
#99Brittney22US #77
#100Jamie22US #79

Boys

#1Michael303US #1
#2Tyler301US #5
#3Christopher265US #2
#4Joshua263US #4
#5Brandon260US #6
#6Cody260US #24
#7Zachary250US #15
#8Matthew241US #3
#9James218US #14
#10Jacob203US #9
#11Justin194US #20
#12William182US #18
#13Ryan170US #13
#14David167US #11
#15Andrew161US #10
#16Robert158US #17
#17Joseph155US #12
#18John151US #16
#19Nicholas148US #8
#20Aaron136US #30
#21Austin126US #26
#22Daniel123US #7
#23Jonathan116US #22
#24Timothy110US #38
#25Thomas108US #27
#26Charles106US #44
#27Dustin103US #59
#28Travis103US #50
#29Nathan102US #41
#30Steven102US #31
#31Kyle93US #23
#32Adam88US #39
#33Anthony87US #19
#34Alexander83US #21
#35Jeremy83US #46
#36Corey78US #68
#37Jordan78US #28
#38Dakota76US #85
#39Brian72US #34
#40Eric71US #29
#41Dylan70US #33
#42Shawn69US #77
#43Richard68US #40
#44Kevin66US #25
#45Benjamin63US #32
#46Caleb63US #66
#47Stephen60US #47
#48Jesse58US #48
#49Derek57US #67
#50Jason57US #45
#51Kenneth55US #60
#52Samuel53US #37
#53Seth53US #93
#54Jared52US #63
#55Alex50US #52
#56Patrick50US #43
#57Cory48US #94
#58Shane48US #84
#59Evan47US #62
#60Logan47US #76
#61Nathaniel46US #75
#62Gregory45US #65
#63Jeffrey44US #53
#64Bradley43US #73
#65Sean43US #42
#66Mark42US #49
#67Christian40US #35
#68Cameron39US #54
#69Ethan38US #92
#70Levi38US #162
#71Paul38US #56
#72Devin36US #71
#73Garrett36US #79
#74Billy34
#75Chad34US #114
#76Donald34US #118
#77Wesley34US #113
#78Chase33US #116
#79Bryan32US #61
#80Luke30US #87
#81Scott30US #69
#82Ian29US #70
#83Tanner29US #98
#84Zachery29US #167
#85Dalton28US #106
#86Casey27US #112
#87Lucas26US #95
#88Trevor26US #64
#89Ronald25US #122
#90Zackary25
#91George24US #104
#92Johnathan24US #128
#93Taylor24US #51
#94Dillon23US #90
#95Marcus23US #74
#96Jeremiah22US #166
#97Brett21US #102
#98Cole21US #130
#99Gary21US #156
#100Jessie21

On the move since 1992

Rising

↑46Austin#21
↑41Savannah#49
↑38Erin#51
↑36Chelsey#60
↑30Alyssa#30
↑26Nicole#32
↑23Alex#55
↑21Katelyn#20

Falling

↓38Laura#90
↓37Brittney#99
↓34Jamie#100
↓33Michelle#62
↓32Alexandria#79
↓29Anna#82
↓29Mariah#92
↓25Shelby#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1992 rankings.