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Most Popular Names in West Virginia

The most common baby names registered in West Virginia across all years of SSA records, ranked by total birth count. The sparkline for each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to present, giving context for when that name was at its peak.

The top 100 names in West Virginia account for 1,437,541 total birth registrations. Click any name for a full national profile with gender data, decade breakdowns, and distribution across all 50 states.

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# Name Births Trend
1 James 76,498
2 Mary 58,678
3 Robert 57,492
4 William 56,315
5 John 54,791
6 Charles 46,006
7 David 40,356
8 Michael 34,707
9 Betty 26,495
10 Richard 26,441
11 Thomas 23,601
12 Joseph 21,118
13 Linda 20,707
14 Donald 20,604
15 Patricia 19,462
16 Barbara 18,983
17 Paul 18,402
18 George 17,377
19 Helen 16,083
20 Larry 15,899
21 Virginia 15,647
22 Elizabeth 15,641
23 Margaret 15,347
24 Christopher 15,250
25 Kenneth 15,215
26 Ronald 14,721
27 Gary 14,227
28 Nancy 13,689
29 Ruth 13,099
30 Timothy 12,486
31 Dorothy 12,451
32 Mark 12,349
33 Brenda 12,299
34 Sandra 12,073
35 Donna 11,961
36 Roger 11,914
37 Anna 11,776
38 Daniel 11,656
39 Shirley 11,603
40 Matthew 11,580
41 Edward 11,542
42 Jerry 11,124
43 Joshua 11,121
44 Rebecca 10,904
45 Harold 10,835
46 Sharon 10,612
47 Jennifer 10,539
48 Steven 10,486
49 Carolyn 10,177
50 Sarah 10,155
51 Carl 10,033
52 Karen 10,021
53 Jack 9,466
54 Jason 9,371
55 Brian 9,261
56 Jeffrey 9,161
57 Carol 9,102
58 Deborah 9,002
59 Lisa 8,988
60 Kimberly 8,964
61 Susan 8,712
62 Billy 8,645
63 Frances 8,495
64 Stephen 8,418
65 Andrew 8,415
66 Roy 8,375
67 Martha 8,330
68 Terry 8,284
69 Harry 8,247
70 Jessica 8,179
71 Melissa 8,143
72 Frank 8,080
73 Samuel 8,068
74 Janet 8,034
75 Raymond 8,005
76 Pamela 7,922
77 Amanda 7,914
78 Joyce 7,868
79 Mildred 7,771
80 Phyllis 7,599
81 Ralph 7,576
82 Gregory 7,535
83 Kevin 7,376
84 Debra 7,307
85 Angela 7,256
86 Jacob 7,235
87 Wanda 7,197
88 Evelyn 7,119
89 Anthony 7,065
90 Ruby 6,888
91 Alice 6,838
92 Amy 6,652
93 Justin 6,631
94 Walter 6,615
95 Howard 6,605
96 Emma 6,578
97 Ashley 6,448
98 Judith 6,428
99 Doris 6,427
100 Danny 6,398