State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1995 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,204 West Virginia births in 1995 across 559 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.

#95Tabithaoutside the national top 200
#95Larryoutside the national top 200
#97Katlynoutside the national top 200
#97Rogeroutside the national top 200
#98Chelseyoutside the national top 200
#100Savannaoutside the national top 200
#78Levi#154 nationally
#91Makayla#164 nationally
#86Natasha#154 nationally
#50Bethany#116 nationally
#89Donald#155 nationally
#88Summer#153 nationally

Girls

#1Brittany194US #8
#2Ashley192US #2
#3Emily192US #3
#4Kayla176US #11
#5Taylor165US #6
#6Jessica152US #1
#7Hannah146US #7
#8Sarah145US #5
#9Samantha139US #4
#10Megan137US #13
#11Courtney133US #17
#12Morgan117US #23
#13Amber97US #22
#14Rachel90US #12
#15Chelsea88US #47
#16Amanda87US #9
#17Elizabeth86US #10
#18Kelsey78US #33
#19Haley77US #32
#20Tiffany76US #46
#21Allison75US #34
#22Brianna75US #21
#23Kaitlyn75US #42
#24Katelyn72US #59
#25Alexis71US #14
#26Brooke67US #52
#27Victoria67US #20
#28Danielle66US #24
#29Kristen62US #65
#30Heather60US #54
#31Madison59US #29
#32Sierra59US #60
#33Sydney59US #43
#34Rebecca56US #28
#35Miranda55US #57
#36Abigail54US #36
#37Lauren51US #15
#38Olivia51US #39
#39Alyssa50US #27
#40Savannah49US #68
#41Sara48US #48
#42Anna46US #31
#43Katie46US #77
#44Jennifer45US #18
#45Paige43US #58
#46Shelby43US #38
#47Stephanie42US #16
#48Mary41US #40
#49Jordan40US #50
#50Bethany39US #116
#51Breanna39US #76
#52Cassandra39US #78
#53Destiny39US #66
#54Whitney39US #115
#55Nicole37US #19
#56Katherine36US #30
#57Shannon36US #73
#58Alexandra35US #26
#59Autumn35US #110
#60Mariah35US #71
#61Marissa35US #53
#62Alexandria34US #72
#63Christina34US #45
#64Jasmine34US #25
#65Kimberly34US #37
#66Lindsey34US #82
#67Briana33US #74
#68Mackenzie33US #88
#69Amy32US #75
#70Andrea32US #55
#71Kristin32US #131
#72Cheyenne31US #86
#73Kaitlin31US #94
#74Brandi30US #124
#75Jenna30US #84
#76Erica29US #69
#77Erin29US #49
#78Kylie29US #106
#79Michaela29US #107
#80Kendra28US #133
#81Jamie27US #93
#82Laura27US #56
#83Melissa27US #35
#84Michelle27US #41
#85Lindsay26US #125
#86Natasha26US #154
#87Rachael26US #120
#88Summer26US #153
#89Casey25US #118
#90Cassidy25US #108
#91Makayla25US #164
#92Caitlin24US #81
#93Kaylee24US #127
#94Leah24US #103
#95Tabitha24
#96Holly22US #126
#97Katlyn22
#98Chelsey21
#99Gabrielle21US #61
#100Savanna21

Boys

#1Tyler292US #6
#2Austin267US #10
#3Jacob254US #4
#4Joshua254US #5
#5Brandon239US #8
#6Michael233US #1
#7Christopher213US #3
#8James213US #17
#9Zachary211US #14
#10Matthew194US #2
#11Cody190US #26
#12Joseph154US #12
#13Andrew151US #11
#14Justin148US #18
#15William145US #20
#16Ryan140US #15
#17John132US #13
#18David130US #16
#19Nicholas129US #7
#20Dakota118US #56
#21Jonathan118US #23
#22Dustin115US #62
#23Robert115US #22
#24Aaron104US #30
#25Daniel96US #9
#26Dylan96US #34
#27Anthony95US #19
#28Logan90US #51
#29Charles89US #44
#30Adam87US #38
#31Timothy84US #40
#32Jordan82US #29
#33Kyle82US #24
#34Thomas80US #27
#35Alexander76US #21
#36Nathan76US #39
#37Caleb74US #54
#38Travis74US #66
#39Steven72US #37
#40Corey70US #74
#41Samuel67US #33
#42Richard65US #42
#43Eric62US #32
#44Benjamin59US #31
#45Brian59US #36
#46Hunter59US #53
#47Derek56US #83
#48Devin56US #58
#49Kenneth55US #72
#50Seth54US #97
#51Christian50US #28
#52Jason49US #41
#53Evan48US #60
#54Jesse48US #46
#55Cameron47US #49
#56Jared47US #63
#57Shawn46US #100
#58Colton45US #105
#59Chase44US #95
#60Jeremy44US #48
#61Bradley43US #78
#62Kevin42US #25
#63Patrick42US #43
#64Trevor42US #61
#65Ethan40US #75
#66Nathaniel40US #73
#67Dalton39US #87
#68Tanner39US #86
#69Jeffrey38US #64
#70Alex37US #47
#71Taylor36US #69
#72Cory35US #123
#73Ian35US #67
#74Mark35US #52
#75Shane35US #103
#76Stephen35US #57
#77Sean34US #45
#78Levi32US #154
#79Casey31US #135
#80Garrett31US #80
#81Gregory31US #84
#82Chad30US #144
#83Elijah30US #93
#84Lucas30US #91
#85Mason30US #102
#86Isaac29US #98
#87Wesley29US #129
#88Johnathan28US #143
#89Donald27US #155
#90Luke27US #82
#91Paul27US #71
#92Brett26US #106
#93Devon26US #119
#94Isaiah26US #109
#95Larry26
#96Marcus26US #81
#97Roger25
#98Wyatt25US #128
#99Edward24US #88
#100Bryan23US #70

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑55Sydney#33
↑39Destiny#53
↑35Paige#45
↑33Colton#58
↑32Bethany#50
↑32Tanner#68
↑31Madison#31
↑31Abigail#36

Falling

↓43Holly#96
↓32Erica#76
↓32Caitlin#92
↓31Lindsey#66
↓29Bryan#100
↓24Stephen#76
↓22Shane#75
↓21Whitney#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.