Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1977

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (476 babies) and Jason for boys (727). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,593 babies born in West Virginia in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1977

Names given at least 15 times in West Virginia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Lora: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Loretta: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Chasity: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Crystal: 285 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marsha: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Misty: 174 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Billie: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bobbi: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Betty: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kelli: 59 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Roger: 90 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jackie: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Harold: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Franklin: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Glen: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jody: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Danny: 56 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Billy: 62 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Gary: 108 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Larry: 95 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	476	–	1
2	Melissa	403	–	2
3	Amy	396	–	3
4	Heather	333	–	5
5	Angela	310	–	6
6	Amanda	287	–	9
7	Crystal	285	↑1	25
8	Jessica	214	↑10	4
9	Rebecca	197	–	17
10	Kelly	185	↑14	10
11	Stephanie	182	↓4	14
12	Michelle	181	–	7
13	Christina	180	–	16
14	Kimberly	178	↓4	8
15	Lisa	174	↓4	12
16	Misty	174	↓2	40
17	Mary	159	↓2	21
18	Sarah	158	↑1	11
19	Elizabeth	151	↑3	13
20	Jamie	146	↓4	18
21	April	133	↓4	29
22	Carrie	131	↓1	28
23	Julie	110	–	22
24	Shannon	107	↓4	19
25	Tonya	94	↑1	64
26	Amber	93	↑10	33
27	Rachel	91	↑11	26
28	Lori	89	↑5	57
29	Tara	86	↑6	35
30	Laura	85	↓5	20
31	Stacy	85	↓4	42
32	Tina	83	↓1	58
33	Sara	80	↑9	27
34	Tammy	79	↓5	55
35	Erin	76	↑6	23
36	Erica	75	new	38
37	Tracy	75	↑2	50
38	Jaime	72	↓10	46
39	Nicole	72	↑10	15
40	Andrea	69	↓8	24
41	Patricia	69	↑3	47
42	Christy	67	↓8	59
43	Susan	66	↓13	45
44	Sabrina	65	new	63
45	Tiffany	63	↓5	34
46	Karen	61	new	32
47	Melinda	60	↓1	96
48	Wendy	60	↓11	49
49	Kelli	59	new	>100
50	Holly	58	↓2	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jason	727	↑1	2
2	Michael	637	↓1	1
3	James	541	–	5
4	Christopher	524	–	3
5	David	459	–	4
6	Robert	387	↑1	6
7	Brian	368	↑2	8
8	William	368	–	12
9	John	355	↓3	7
10	Matthew	306	–	9
11	Jeremy	299	–	15
12	Joseph	267	–	10
13	Charles	256	–	26
14	Eric	221	–	17
15	Kevin	217	–	13
16	Joshua	210	↑7	14
17	Richard	210	–	20
18	Thomas	204	↑2	22
19	Timothy	194	↓3	18
20	Steven	177	↓2	23
21	Daniel	170	–	11
22	Jeffrey	158	↑3	19
23	Mark	155	↓1	25
24	Chad	153	↓5	34
25	Shawn	149	↓1	37
26	Jonathan	147	↑1	28
27	Benjamin	144	↑6	29
28	Aaron	132	↑6	32
29	Paul	129	↑3	31
30	Anthony	128	↑6	21
31	Ryan	125	↑13	16
32	Andrew	116	↑11	24
33	Donald	116	↓4	46
34	Gregory	114	↓4	35
35	Scott	114	↓7	27
36	Kenneth	109	↑1	39
37	Gary	108	↓2	58
38	Adam	107	↑3	33
39	Nathan	103	new	36
40	Stephen	97	↓14	38
41	Larry	95	↓10	62
42	Roger	90	↓4	>100
43	Ronald	80	↓4	53
44	Travis	77	↑2	44
45	George	76	new	57
46	Justin	75	new	30
47	Jerry	73	↓5	75
48	Samuel	73	new	60
49	Bryan	69	↓4	42
50	Wesley	68	new	66

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