State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1996 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,788 West Virginia births in 1996 across 556 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.

#96Rogeroutside the national top 200
#59Brandi#161 nationally
#63Levi#163 nationally
#93Kaleb#186 nationally
#57Whitney#140 nationally
#48Makayla#129 nationally
#92Shania#171 nationally
#99Brady#176 nationally
#61Kendra#136 nationally
#86Chad#161 nationally
#84Mckenzie#158 nationally
#93Alison#166 nationally

Girls

#1Emily197US #1
#2Hannah170US #7
#3Jessica154US #2
#4Ashley152US #3
#5Brittany147US #14
#6Taylor143US #6
#7Sarah140US #4
#8Kayla132US #11
#9Samantha125US #5
#10Megan115US #12
#11Courtney113US #21
#12Morgan111US #25
#13Amber97US #27
#14Elizabeth97US #10
#15Alexis94US #8
#16Haley94US #30
#17Brianna93US #17
#18Madison92US #15
#19Kaitlyn81US #40
#20Kelsey79US #36
#21Tiffany79US #52
#22Rachel77US #9
#23Abigail68US #32
#24Amanda68US #13
#25Savannah64US #43
#26Shelby63US #35
#27Katelyn62US #64
#28Allison61US #38
#29Lauren61US #16
#30Chelsea59US #55
#31Kristen58US #70
#32Olivia58US #34
#33Brooke56US #45
#34Rebecca56US #24
#35Jordan55US #49
#36Alyssa54US #23
#37Breanna54US #74
#38Danielle53US #29
#39Mary53US #44
#40Autumn51US #104
#41Sierra50US #62
#42Cheyenne47US #68
#43Miranda46US #76
#44Victoria46US #18
#45Destiny45US #56
#46Heather45US #71
#47Jennifer44US #19
#48Makayla44US #129
#49Anna43US #33
#50Stephanie43US #20
#51Sara42US #50
#52Kimberly41US #41
#53Alexandra40US #26
#54Alexandria38US #77
#55Mackenzie37US #75
#56Marissa37US #59
#57Whitney37US #140
#58Sydney36US #39
#59Brandi35US #161
#60Katie35US #81
#61Kendra35US #136
#62Katherine34US #31
#63Nicole34US #22
#64Paige34US #65
#65Holly33US #130
#66Mariah32US #63
#67Andrea31US #61
#68Lindsey31US #86
#69Summer31US #137
#70Erin30US #51
#71Michaela30US #102
#72Emma29US #53
#73Mikayla29US #143
#74Rebekah29US #146
#75Jenna28US #83
#76Bethany27US #117
#77Caitlin27US #84
#78Faith27US #149
#79Kaylee27US #110
#80Shannon27US #80
#81Erica26US #79
#82Jamie26US #96
#83Kylie26US #111
#84Mckenzie26US #158
#85Cassandra25US #89
#86Gabrielle25US #54
#87Amy24US #88
#88Christina24US #57
#89Jasmine24US #28
#90Laura24US #66
#91Sabrina24US #58
#92Shania24US #171
#93Alison23US #166
#94Cassidy23US #109
#95Melissa23US #42
#96Caitlyn22US #138
#97Casey22US #121
#98Kathryn22US #87
#99Lindsay22US #134
#100Natalie22US #46

Boys

#1Tyler281US #7
#2Jacob271US #3
#3Austin256US #9
#4Zachary249US #14
#5Brandon228US #8
#6Joshua226US #5
#7Michael211US #1
#8Cody201US #31
#9James181US #17
#10Christopher171US #4
#11William167US #18
#12Matthew158US #2
#13Justin154US #20
#14John153US #15
#15David136US #13
#16Andrew133US #10
#17Nicholas131US #6
#18Ryan129US #16
#19Robert125US #23
#20Logan121US #42
#21Joseph106US #12
#22Dakota103US #58
#23Daniel103US #11
#24Jordan96US #27
#25Thomas94US #28
#26Dylan93US #33
#27Jonathan91US #21
#28Aaron90US #34
#29Charles87US #43
#30Hunter87US #47
#31Anthony85US #19
#32Dustin82US #79
#33Timothy82US #40
#34Alexander78US #22
#35Adam77US #39
#36Caleb77US #48
#37Samuel73US #30
#38Benjamin70US #29
#39Nathan69US #37
#40Kyle68US #25
#41Christian64US #24
#42Corey63US #94
#43Steven62US #38
#44Brian60US #36
#45Travis54US #73
#46Eric53US #35
#47Jesse53US #51
#48Richard52US #45
#49Noah50US #50
#50Seth49US #103
#51Trevor49US #63
#52Cameron48US #49
#53Ethan48US #62
#54Jared47US #64
#55Jeremy47US #56
#56Alex46US #53
#57Chase46US #76
#58Mark46US #55
#59Shawn44US #111
#60Colton43US #105
#61Garrett42US #85
#62Jason42US #41
#63Levi42US #163
#64Tristan42US #68
#65Bradley40US #83
#66Nathaniel40US #69
#67Dalton39US #99
#68Jeffrey36US #72
#69Patrick36US #44
#70Derek35US #101
#71Devin35US #60
#72Kevin34US #26
#73Lucas34US #93
#74Luke34US #75
#75Stephen33US #59
#76Bryan31US #66
#77Gregory31US #98
#78Paul31US #78
#79Shane31US #112
#80Tanner31US #90
#81Elijah30US #81
#82Evan30US #65
#83Isaac28US #86
#84Sean28US #46
#85Casey25US #142
#86Chad25US #161
#87Cory24US #144
#88Marcus24US #87
#89Taylor24US #82
#90Wesley24US #137
#91Chance23US #154
#92Donald23US #158
#93Kaleb22US #186
#94Kenneth22US #77
#95Mason22US #104
#96Roger22
#97Blake21US #84
#98Brett21US #110
#99Brady20US #176
#100Cole20US #106

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑43Makayla#48
↑31Holly#65
↑30Cheyenne#42
↑24Bryan#76
↑20Shelby#26
↑19Autumn#40
↑19Kendra#61
↑19Summer#69

Falling

↓45Kenneth#94
↓33Cassandra#85
↓29Evan#82
↓26Bethany#76
↓25Sydney#58
↓25Christina#88
↓25Jasmine#89
↓23Shannon#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.