State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1994 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,778 West Virginia births in 1994 across 564 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.

#85Larry#196 nationally
#95Makayla#199 nationally
#97Brandyoutside the national top 200
#98Carrieoutside the national top 200
#83Chelsey#178 nationally
#99Brady#173 nationally
#97Gary#167 nationally
#92Jeremiah#158 nationally
#93Levi#157 nationally
#79Tori#142 nationally
#56Autumn#117 nationally
#53Holly#112 nationally

Girls

#1Brittany228US #7
#2Ashley218US #2
#3Jessica207US #1
#4Kayla206US #12
#5Emily194US #3
#6Samantha193US #4
#7Taylor153US #6
#8Sarah139US #5
#9Megan127US #10
#10Amanda118US #8
#11Morgan116US #25
#12Hannah112US #16
#13Courtney111US #22
#14Amber108US #21
#15Tiffany98US #35
#16Kelsey89US #29
#17Chelsea83US #38
#18Danielle82US #20
#19Alexis80US #18
#20Elizabeth78US #9
#21Rachel76US #13
#22Lauren75US #14
#23Victoria73US #19
#24Brianna70US #27
#25Haley66US #36
#26Kaitlyn66US #48
#27Miranda66US #61
#28Heather63US #44
#29Allison60US #34
#30Jennifer60US #17
#31Kristen59US #55
#32Brooke58US #54
#33Whitney58US #91
#34Rebecca57US #24
#35Lindsey54US #69
#36Stephanie54US #15
#37Sara53US #43
#38Alyssa51US #26
#39Savannah51US #82
#40Sierra48US #71
#41Anna46US #41
#42Katelyn45US #58
#43Nicole45US #11
#44Erica44US #57
#45Katherine44US #30
#46Mary44US #37
#47Alexandria43US #73
#48Kimberly43US #32
#49Shelby43US #40
#50Breanna42US #85
#51Jordan42US #52
#52Katie42US #70
#53Holly41US #112
#54Shannon41US #60
#55Marissa40US #53
#56Autumn38US #117
#57Cassandra38US #66
#58Olivia38US #50
#59Andrea37US #49
#60Caitlin37US #78
#61Christina37US #39
#62Madison37US #51
#63Alexandra36US #28
#64Laura36US #46
#65Mariah36US #75
#66Jenna34US #80
#67Abigail33US #42
#68Brandi33US #122
#69Kaitlin33US #93
#70Jasmine32US #23
#71Kendra32US #126
#72Kristin32US #114
#73Casey31US #118
#74Erin31US #45
#75Cheyenne30US #99
#76Brittney29US #89
#77Jamie29US #87
#78Michelle29US #33
#79Tori29US #142
#80Paige28US #63
#81Sabrina28US #97
#82Bethany27US #116
#83Chelsey26US #178
#84Melissa26US #31
#85Amy25US #77
#86Kara25US #134
#87Michaela24US #109
#88Sydney24US #76
#89Crystal23US #64
#90Gabrielle23US #67
#91Lindsay23US #107
#92Destiny22US #86
#93Natasha22US #133
#94Leah21US #101
#95Makayla21US #199
#96Angela20US #81
#97Brandy20
#98Carrie20
#99Cassidy20US #139
#100Catherine20US #84

Boys

#1Joshua291US #4
#2Brandon277US #6
#3Tyler271US #5
#4Zachary255US #12
#5Michael250US #1
#6Cody246US #25
#7James240US #14
#8Christopher224US #2
#9Jacob212US #7
#10Matthew210US #3
#11Justin200US #20
#12Austin183US #17
#13David168US #13
#14John159US #15
#15Nicholas158US #9
#16William153US #19
#17Joseph146US #11
#18Robert138US #21
#19Ryan138US #16
#20Andrew136US #10
#21Jonathan132US #23
#22Daniel119US #8
#23Aaron116US #28
#24Alexander113US #22
#25Dustin109US #56
#26Dakota105US #69
#27Timothy98US #39
#28Thomas95US #27
#29Jordan94US #29
#30Travis94US #53
#31Kyle93US #24
#32Steven91US #34
#33Charles90US #43
#34Nathan89US #40
#35Adam79US #38
#36Benjamin76US #31
#37Dylan71US #32
#38Jesse68US #45
#39Anthony66US #18
#40Caleb66US #60
#41Eric66US #30
#42Richard66US #41
#43Samuel66US #33
#44Brian65US #37
#45Jason65US #46
#46Logan65US #70
#47Corey64US #73
#48Jeremy63US #47
#49Seth59US #90
#50Trevor56US #58
#51Nathaniel55US #78
#52Stephen54US #49
#53Shane51US #92
#54Cory49US #102
#55Evan49US #62
#56Shawn49US #86
#57Derek48US #77
#58Jeffrey47US #55
#59Mark47US #48
#60Bradley46US #83
#61Christian46US #35
#62Kevin46US #26
#63Hunter45US #67
#64Cameron44US #52
#65Kenneth44US #65
#66Jared43US #63
#67Patrick43US #42
#68Devin42US #61
#69Ethan40US #89
#70Garrett40US #82
#71Bryan38US #66
#72Lucas37US #95
#73Alex36US #50
#74Chad36US #130
#75Dalton35US #85
#76Sean34US #44
#77Wesley34US #118
#78Isaac32US #103
#79Luke31US #91
#80Scott31US #80
#81Gregory30US #76
#82Ian28US #74
#83Blake27US #81
#84Dillon27US #101
#85Larry27US #196
#86Brett26US #107
#87Chase26US #114
#88Paul26US #64
#89Taylor26US #54
#90Casey25US #116
#91Colton25US #121
#92Jeremiah25US #158
#93Levi25US #157
#94Johnathan24US #134
#95Phillip24US #131
#96Donald22US #132
#97Gary22US #167
#98Mason22US #125
#99Brady21US #173
#100Tanner21US #96

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑41Anna#41
↑38Trevor#50
↑32Alexandria#47
↑29Miranda#27
↑27Mariah#65
↑26Laura#64
↑25Sierra#40
↑23Holly#53

Falling

↓36Bethany#82
↓35Amy#85
↓29Natasha#93
↓24Angela#96
↓23Erin#74
↓23Chelsey#83
↓23Levi#93
↓22Katelyn#42

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.