State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1997 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,609 West Virginia births in 1997 across 579 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.

#91Katlynoutside the national top 200
#91Garyoutside the national top 200
#74Cierra#180 nationally
#93Brandi#199 nationally
#97Ashtonoutside the national top 200
#98Brooklynoutside the national top 200
#99Chelseyoutside the national top 200
#60Whitney#158 nationally
#78Hope#171 nationally
#68Levi#156 nationally
#96Trenton#182 nationally
#82Cory#166 nationally

Girls

#1Emily211US #1
#2Hannah202US #5
#3Sarah155US #4
#4Taylor134US #7
#5Samantha128US #6
#6Ashley124US #3
#7Jessica122US #2
#8Megan115US #11
#9Morgan115US #22
#10Madison109US #10
#11Courtney107US #28
#12Kayla106US #12
#13Brittany102US #20
#14Alexis100US #8
#15Haley95US #31
#16Amber92US #29
#17Rachel80US #13
#18Brooke78US #45
#19Abigail77US #26
#20Brianna75US #17
#21Cheyenne75US #68
#22Elizabeth70US #9
#23Kaitlyn66US #41
#24Katelyn66US #63
#25Savannah65US #47
#26Lauren64US #14
#27Olivia64US #27
#28Destiny63US #42
#29Jordan62US #40
#30Kelsey61US #57
#31Amanda58US #16
#32Sierra58US #56
#33Autumn57US #91
#34Allison56US #39
#35Rebecca54US #25
#36Tiffany54US #61
#37Sydney53US #35
#38Alyssa52US #15
#39Breanna48US #74
#40Anna47US #33
#41Chelsea47US #73
#42Sara46US #50
#43Victoria46US #19
#44Kristen43US #82
#45Mackenzie43US #71
#46Makayla43US #102
#47Miranda41US #70
#48Heather39US #90
#49Shelby39US #43
#50Stephanie39US #23
#51Bethany36US #121
#52Erica36US #84
#53Summer36US #131
#54Danielle35US #34
#55Lindsey35US #95
#56Mary35US #46
#57Jennifer34US #18
#58Alexandria33US #78
#59Faith33US #124
#60Whitney33US #158
#61Bailey32US #65
#62Michaela32US #100
#63Andrea31US #58
#64Jasmine31US #24
#65Natalie31US #48
#66Cassandra30US #81
#67Katherine30US #32
#68Alexandra29US #30
#69Caitlin29US #88
#70Nicole29US #21
#71Cassidy28US #105
#72Erin28US #52
#73Angel27US #144
#74Cierra27US #180
#75Angela26US #93
#76Christina26US #62
#77Amy25US #92
#78Hope25US #171
#79Kaitlin25US #119
#80Kaylee25US #107
#81Kimberly25US #49
#82Shannon25US #85
#83Adrianna24US #155
#84Hayley24US #136
#85Holly24US #152
#86Jenna24US #76
#87Marissa24US #60
#88Paige24US #64
#89Casey23US #146
#90Gabrielle23US #51
#91Katlyn23
#92Katie22US #87
#93Brandi21US #199
#94Jamie21US #103
#95Mariah21US #67
#96Rebekah21US #151
#97Ashton20
#98Brooklyn20
#99Chelsey20
#100Chloe20US #109

Boys

#1Jacob299US #2
#2Austin261US #9
#3Brandon261US #8
#4Tyler260US #10
#5Michael215US #1
#6Christopher197US #4
#7Joshua196US #5
#8Zachary189US #13
#9Matthew177US #3
#10James175US #17
#11Andrew162US #7
#12William160US #19
#13Ryan159US #16
#14Nicholas146US #6
#15Joseph145US #12
#16Cody134US #36
#17Logan131US #42
#18Justin123US #20
#19Dakota120US #66
#20David115US #14
#21John115US #15
#22Jonathan112US #21
#23Robert107US #23
#24Hunter102US #44
#25Dylan100US #30
#26Caleb95US #47
#27Jordan90US #26
#28Daniel88US #11
#29Kyle77US #24
#30Adam76US #39
#31Charles74US #49
#32Nathan73US #34
#33Aaron71US #33
#34Dustin71US #88
#35Travis69US #81
#36Benjamin67US #29
#37Samuel66US #27
#38Steven66US #40
#39Alexander65US #22
#40Anthony65US #18
#41Thomas65US #31
#42Timothy65US #43
#43Chase64US #77
#44Seth64US #97
#45Ethan61US #46
#46Christian58US #25
#47Shawn56US #109
#48Noah55US #38
#49Jared54US #56
#50Nathaniel54US #65
#51Eric52US #35
#52Devin47US #59
#53Patrick47US #50
#54Tanner47US #82
#55Brian45US #37
#56Garrett45US #85
#57Corey44US #110
#58Isaac44US #73
#59Trevor44US #62
#60Lucas43US #98
#61Richard43US #51
#62Colton42US #108
#63Luke42US #78
#64Cameron41US #45
#65Jason41US #41
#66Isaiah39US #60
#67Kevin39US #28
#68Levi39US #156
#69Stephen39US #68
#70Tristan38US #92
#71Jeremy37US #64
#72Evan35US #61
#73Jeffrey35US #84
#74Sean35US #48
#75Bradley34US #94
#76Jesse34US #63
#77Mason34US #89
#78Paul34US #79
#79Shane34US #114
#80Cole33US #72
#81Alex32US #55
#82Cory32US #166
#83Derek31US #106
#84Kenneth31US #83
#85Devon30US #119
#86Mark30US #58
#87Dalton28US #90
#88Ian26US #70
#89Scott26US #113
#90Blake25US #80
#91Gary25
#92Gregory25US #103
#93Brett24US #116
#94Wesley24US #144
#95Bryan23US #69
#96Trenton23US #182
#97Brady22US #159
#98Dillon22US #132
#99Collin21US #122
#100Johnathan21US #142

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑35Natalie#65
↑29Erica#52
↑26Tanner#54
↑25Bethany#51
↑25Jasmine#64
↑25Isaac#58
↑23Cassidy#71
↑21Cheyenne#21

Falling

↓34Brandi#93
↓32Katie#92
↓31Marissa#87
↓29Kimberly#81
↓29Mariah#95
↓29Jesse#76
↓28Mark#86
↓25Alex#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.