State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1999 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,129 West Virginia births in 1999 across 568 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.

#56Brooklyn#182 nationally
#79Katlynoutside the national top 200
#80Shaylaoutside the national top 200
#94Whitneyoutside the national top 200
#67Levi#170 nationally
#100Tessaoutside the national top 200
#42Bethany#140 nationally
#90Kara#183 nationally
#82Kendra#170 nationally
#93Trenton#180 nationally
#76Kaleb#159 nationally
#53Corey#135 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah220US #2
#2Madison198US #7
#3Emily179US #1
#4Alexis161US #3
#5Taylor148US #8
#6Sarah141US #4
#7Ashley114US #6
#8Haley98US #31
#9Morgan97US #24
#10Megan94US #15
#11Samantha90US #5
#12Kaitlyn88US #33
#13Kayla87US #13
#14Abigail86US #18
#15Brianna86US #14
#16Sydney84US #23
#17Brittany83US #35
#18Courtney79US #44
#19Jessica78US #9
#20Savannah77US #42
#21Lauren76US #12
#22Destiny75US #28
#23Alyssa66US #11
#24Elizabeth66US #10
#25Olivia66US #20
#26Makayla65US #66
#27Breanna63US #74
#28Rachel63US #19
#29Sierra61US #49
#30Victoria61US #16
#31Amber59US #41
#32Allison58US #40
#33Jasmine56US #26
#34Anna55US #29
#35Brooke53US #47
#36Danielle53US #43
#37Grace51US #27
#38Katelyn50US #55
#39Kaylee47US #69
#40Amanda45US #22
#41Autumn45US #77
#42Bethany45US #140
#43Jordan43US #48
#44Mackenzie43US #52
#45Cheyenne42US #84
#46Tiffany42US #80
#47Emma41US #17
#48Katie41US #92
#49Gabrielle40US #46
#50Chloe39US #63
#51Kelsey39US #72
#52Hailey38US #54
#53Kristen38US #114
#54Shelby38US #62
#55Mary37US #45
#56Brooklyn36US #182
#57Lindsey35US #96
#58Bailey34US #65
#59Caitlin34US #93
#60Mariah34US #68
#61Rebecca34US #38
#62Julia33US #30
#63Miranda33US #94
#64Natalie31US #34
#65Faith30US #76
#66Marissa30US #73
#67Nicole30US #25
#68Paige30US #67
#69Stephanie30US #37
#70Alexandria27US #83
#71Caitlyn27US #124
#72Jenna27US #61
#73Kimberly27US #51
#74Mikayla27US #85
#75Sara27US #50
#76Erin26US #58
#77Heather25US #112
#78Katherine25US #36
#79Katlyn25
#80Shayla25
#81Jennifer24US #21
#82Kendra24US #170
#83Molly24US #102
#84Cassandra23US #87
#85Hope23US #143
#86Michaela23US #125
#87Alexandra22US #32
#88Chelsea22US #122
#89Christina22US #75
#90Kara22US #183
#91Laura22US #81
#92Leah22US #103
#93Shannon22US #118
#94Whitney22
#95Zoe22US #104
#96Erica21US #106
#97Lindsay21US #169
#98Rebekah21US #156
#99Summer21US #136
#100Tessa21

Boys

#1Jacob312US #1
#2Austin273US #13
#3Tyler205US #10
#4Matthew190US #3
#5Joshua182US #4
#6Michael177US #2
#7James160US #19
#8Brandon158US #11
#9Christopher149US #6
#10Zachary147US #17
#11Nicholas146US #5
#12Dylan145US #23
#13Joseph145US #8
#14Logan144US #42
#15Andrew141US #7
#16Hunter141US #36
#17William140US #14
#18John124US #15
#19Ryan116US #12
#20Robert111US #26
#21Noah108US #24
#22David106US #16
#23Justin104US #20
#24Dakota103US #77
#25Cody99US #45
#26Caleb98US #41
#27Cameron96US #33
#28Seth85US #65
#29Alexander80US #21
#30Nathan79US #32
#31Ethan76US #37
#32Jonathan76US #22
#33Aaron73US #38
#34Anthony73US #18
#35Jordan72US #30
#36Samuel72US #27
#37Kyle68US #28
#38Christian67US #25
#39Timothy67US #49
#40Adam65US #44
#41Dalton65US #86
#42Thomas64US #31
#43Chase61US #76
#44Daniel59US #9
#45Benjamin56US #29
#46Jared55US #54
#47Charles50US #50
#48Nathaniel50US #62
#49Jason49US #40
#50Elijah48US #60
#51Tanner48US #87
#52Steven47US #47
#53Corey46US #135
#54Eric46US #39
#55Alex45US #58
#56Dustin45US #133
#57Isaac45US #64
#58Richard45US #61
#59Trevor44US #66
#60Evan43US #57
#61Kevin43US #34
#62Garrett42US #78
#63Devin41US #68
#64Luke41US #67
#65Travis41US #102
#66Brian40US #43
#67Levi40US #170
#68Isaiah38US #51
#69Jeremy37US #81
#70Tristan37US #99
#71Colton36US #109
#72Jesse35US #82
#73Shawn35US #117
#74Bradley34US #104
#75Kenneth34US #89
#76Kaleb33US #159
#77Mason33US #71
#78Derek32US #113
#79Cole31US #75
#80Patrick31US #63
#81Shane30US #110
#82Stephen30US #85
#83Mark29US #69
#84Paul29US #94
#85Bryce28US #93
#86Lucas27US #90
#87Sean27US #56
#88Wyatt27US #131
#89Jeffrey26US #100
#90Bailey25US #167
#91Chandler25US #151
#92Jeremiah25US #108
#93Trenton25US #180
#94Blake23US #84
#95Gregory23US #122
#96Connor22US #48
#97Gabriel22US #53
#98Gavin22US #101
#99Casey21US #171
#100Clayton21US #157

On the move since 1998

Rising

↑51Grace#37
↑42Anna#34
↑40Hailey#52
↑32Luke#64
↑26Bailey#58
↑23Sydney#16
↑23Natalie#64
↑22Jasmine#33

Falling

↓48Chelsea#88
↓48Summer#99
↓33Alexandra#87
↓25Sara#75
↓24Paige#68
↓24Stephanie#69
↓23Mary#55
↓19Rebecca#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1998 rankings.