State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1998 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,227 West Virginia births in 1998 across 569 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.

#65Brooklyn#200 nationally
#71Allyson#186 nationally
#86Katlynoutside the national top 200
#73Cierra#181 nationally
#90Whitney#193 nationally
#99Colbyoutside the national top 200
#60Levi#158 nationally
#92Chad#186 nationally
#95Donald#180 nationally
#48Bethany#132 nationally
#51Summer#131 nationally
#84Cory#164 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah221US #2
#2Emily183US #1
#3Taylor156US #7
#4Madison145US #9
#5Ashley138US #5
#6Alexis133US #6
#7Brittany114US #25
#8Kayla114US #12
#9Megan113US #13
#10Sarah108US #4
#11Samantha104US #3
#12Morgan96US #23
#13Haley95US #36
#14Kaitlyn91US #35
#15Courtney88US #39
#16Amber83US #37
#17Brianna82US #17
#18Elizabeth82US #10
#19Jessica82US #8
#20Abigail80US #18
#21Savannah77US #45
#22Alyssa72US #11
#23Allison67US #38
#24Brooke66US #46
#25Rachel65US #15
#26Olivia64US #21
#27Victoria63US #16
#28Makayla62US #71
#29Sierra59US #51
#30Autumn58US #77
#31Katelyn58US #58
#32Mary57US #44
#33Jordan56US #42
#34Lauren56US #14
#35Destiny53US #34
#36Kelsey53US #56
#37Amanda52US #19
#38Cheyenne51US #72
#39Sydney50US #28
#40Chelsea49US #94
#41Danielle47US #41
#42Rebecca41US #30
#43Breanna39US #76
#44Paige39US #63
#45Stephanie39US #29
#46Kaylee37US #86
#47Shelby37US #49
#48Bethany36US #132
#49Faith36US #107
#50Sara36US #48
#51Summer36US #131
#52Tiffany36US #67
#53Caitlin35US #78
#54Alexandra34US #27
#55Jasmine34US #26
#56Mackenzie33US #64
#57Alexandria32US #81
#58Emma32US #22
#59Marissa32US #66
#60Miranda32US #80
#61Kaitlin31US #120
#62Katherine31US #33
#63Katie31US #88
#64Mikayla30US #82
#65Brooklyn29US #200
#66Caitlyn29US #115
#67Gabrielle29US #47
#68Jennifer29US #20
#69Kristen29US #102
#70Lindsey29US #97
#71Allyson28US #186
#72Cassidy28US #113
#73Cierra27US #181
#74Mariah27US #62
#75Nicole27US #24
#76Anna26US #31
#77Erica26US #92
#78Erin26US #57
#79Jenna25US #65
#80Mckenzie25US #142
#81Carly24US #141
#82Kimberly24US #54
#83Andrea23US #61
#84Bailey23US #60
#85Hayley23US #151
#86Katlyn23
#87Natalie23US #40
#88Grace22US #53
#89Heather22US #99
#90Whitney22US #193
#91Cassandra21US #85
#92Hailey21US #70
#93Lindsay21US #161
#94Michaela21US #103
#95Shannon21US #104
#96Briana20US #79
#97Christina20US #69
#98Hanna20US #165
#99Kendra20US #154
#100Leah20US #106

Boys

#1Jacob299US #2
#2Austin276US #10
#3Tyler208US #8
#4Brandon203US #7
#5Michael199US #1
#6Matthew195US #3
#7Zachary192US #16
#8Joshua181US #4
#9Christopher163US #5
#10William157US #14
#11James152US #18
#12Hunter143US #36
#13Ryan137US #17
#14Joseph134US #11
#15Nicholas131US #6
#16Cody125US #43
#17Logan125US #44
#18Andrew124US #9
#19Dylan118US #25
#20Justin118US #20
#21John114US #15
#22Robert114US #23
#23Dakota110US #72
#24Caleb108US #42
#25Jordan96US #27
#26Anthony94US #19
#27David90US #13
#28Daniel85US #12
#29Noah83US #29
#30Jonathan81US #21
#31Ethan80US #38
#32Samuel80US #28
#33Benjamin79US #30
#34Thomas75US #31
#35Cameron74US #35
#36Alexander70US #22
#37Seth68US #86
#38Aaron67US #37
#39Christian67US #26
#40Nathan67US #34
#41Timothy64US #49
#42Dalton61US #88
#43Kyle61US #24
#44Trevor60US #58
#45Jared58US #51
#46Steven57US #46
#47Charles55US #48
#48Corey55US #115
#49Chase54US #67
#50Dustin54US #108
#51Adam51US #45
#52Travis51US #98
#53Brian49US #41
#54Devin49US #62
#55Garrett47US #80
#56Richard47US #56
#57Elijah45US #66
#58Tanner45US #82
#59Kevin44US #32
#60Levi44US #158
#61Nathaniel44US #60
#62Jeremy43US #68
#63Isaac40US #65
#64Jason40US #40
#65Shawn39US #113
#66Colton38US #106
#67Evan38US #63
#68Kenneth38US #87
#69Cole37US #77
#70Stephen36US #78
#71Bryce35US #94
#72Sean35US #50
#73Shane35US #118
#74Alex34US #55
#75Jeffrey33US #91
#76Eric32US #39
#77Kaleb32US #156
#78Mason32US #83
#79Bradley31US #101
#80Isaiah31US #59
#81Lucas31US #93
#82Patrick31US #57
#83Tristan31US #92
#84Cory28US #164
#85Ian28US #73
#86Derek27US #110
#87Jesse27US #70
#88Johnathan27US #143
#89Wesley26US #153
#90Brett24US #133
#91Devon24US #119
#92Chad23US #186
#93Mark23US #64
#94Taylor23US #104
#95Donald22US #180
#96Luke22US #75
#97Blake21US #85
#98Casey21US #170
#99Colby21
#100Dillon21US #134

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑45Dalton#42
↑44Paige#44
↑34Kaylee#46
↑33Brooklyn#65
↑29Katie#63
↑29Cameron#35
↑28Marissa#59
↑24Mary#32

Falling

↓41Heather#89
↓36Anna#76
↓33Luke#96
↓32Michaela#94
↓30Whitney#90
↓29Patrick#82
↓25Kristen#69
↓25Erica#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.