Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1980

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1980 were Amanda for girls (658 babies) and Jason for boys (615). Amanda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Jason ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,946 babies born in West Virginia in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1980

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

Peggy: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Marsha: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lora: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Misty: 152 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Billie: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chasity: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tabatha: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bobbie: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Terri: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Charity: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Jackie: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Roger: 70 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Howard: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Terry: 58 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Randall: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gary: 92 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Larry: 73 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Roy: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jeremy: 328 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Billy: 50 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Amanda	658	–	2
2	Jennifer	508	–	1
3	Jessica	491	↑1	3
4	Melissa	313	↓1	4
5	Heather	285	↑3	6
6	Amy	251	↓1	8
7	Sarah	238	↑4	5
8	Angela	213	↓2	12
9	Crystal	212	↓2	18
10	Amber	181	↑3	22
11	Stephanie	180	↓1	13
12	Rebecca	177	↓3	17
13	Tiffany	168	↑20	14
14	Michelle	167	↑1	10
15	Christina	155	↓3	15
16	April	152	↓2	26
17	Misty	152	↑3	49
18	Kimberly	148	↓1	11
19	Mary	147	↓3	25
20	Elizabeth	128	↑1	9
21	Andrea	122	↑3	28
22	Rachel	116	↑1	23
23	Jamie	112	↓5	24
24	Lisa	111	↓5	16
25	Ashley	108	new	40
26	Erin	104	–	20
27	Kelly	100	↓5	19
28	Erica	98	↑6	34
29	Shannon	94	↑2	29
30	Laura	88	↓5	21
31	Sara	87	↑9	27
32	Julie	86	↓3	32
33	Nicole	83	↑2	7
34	Tara	81	↓4	43
35	Megan	79	↓8	30
36	Brandi	77	↑6	63
37	Carrie	77	↓1	46
38	Samantha	70	↑5	58
39	Brandy	67	↓11	42
40	Christy	66	↓1	83
41	Stacy	66	↓9	53
42	Susan	59	↑6	62
43	Kristin	57	new	37
44	Lori	56	↓7	76
45	Courtney	55	new	48
46	Kristen	55	new	39
47	Emily	54	↑2	31
48	Holly	54	new	52
49	Leslie	54	new	61
50	Alicia	53	↓5	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jason	615	–	3
2	Joshua	542	↑4	7
3	Michael	531	↓1	1
4	Christopher	488	↓1	2
5	James	482	↓1	5
6	David	390	↓1	4
7	Matthew	376	↑3	6
8	John	365	↓1	8
9	Jeremy	328	↓1	18
10	Robert	322	↓1	9
11	William	318	–	14
12	Joseph	287	–	10
13	Justin	279	↑12	13
14	Brian	262	↓1	12
15	Timothy	231	↓1	20
16	Jonathan	224	↑8	21
17	Adam	218	↑2	22
18	Charles	212	↓3	29
19	Eric	202	↓2	16
20	Daniel	191	↓4	11
21	Thomas	168	↓1	25
22	Richard	167	↓1	26
23	Steven	164	↓5	28
24	Ryan	160	↑9	15
25	Aaron	152	↑2	34
26	Andrew	151	↑6	19
27	Jeffrey	149	↑1	27
28	Chad	147	↓5	39
29	Mark	144	↑2	30
30	Nicholas	140	↓1	17
31	Travis	138	↓5	37
32	Benjamin	132	↑2	32
33	Kevin	119	↓11	23
34	Brandon	116	↑4	31
35	Nathan	113	↑5	36
36	Anthony	104	↓6	24
37	Stephen	102	–	40
38	Derek	96	new	50
39	Shawn	95	↑3	47
40	Gary	92	↑1	63
41	Donald	91	↑4	53
42	Kenneth	91	↑2	41
43	Scott	90	↓8	33
44	Gregory	86	↓5	42
45	Paul	84	↓9	35
46	Patrick	82	↓3	38
47	Larry	73	–	70
48	Roger	70	new	>100
49	Jesse	69	new	45
50	Ronald	68	↓2	58

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