Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1982

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1982 were Jessica for girls (533 babies) and Joshua for boys (577). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 23,998 babies born in West Virginia in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1982

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: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Billie: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Bobbi: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tabatha: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Miranda: 49 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Misty: 76 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tracey: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Whitney: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Leigh: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alisha: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Jackie: 18 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Roger: 55 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Franklin: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Billy: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Earl: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jamie: 39 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Larry: 67 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Terry: 47 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bobby: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Danny: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jessica	533	↑1	2
2	Amanda	507	↓1	3
3	Jennifer	503	–	1
4	Sarah	299	↑1	4
5	Amy	251	↑1	10
6	Melissa	242	↓2	5
7	Ashley	219	↑10	17
8	Stephanie	214	–	7
9	Heather	211	↓2	12
10	Amber	187	↑1	18
11	Tiffany	182	↑2	13
12	Angela	169	↓3	16
13	Crystal	168	↓3	9
14	Christina	135	↑1	19
15	Rebecca	135	↓3	15
16	Rachel	130	↑10	21
17	Elizabeth	128	↓3	8
18	Michelle	127	↑2	11
19	April	122	↓3	32
20	Erin	118	↑9	20
21	Andrea	115	↑1	27
22	Jamie	114	↑2	29
23	Laura	109	↑2	22
24	Lisa	107	↓5	23
25	Sara	107	↑7	28
26	Mary	106	↓8	30
27	Kimberly	105	↓6	14
28	Erica	99	↑2	35
29	Nicole	98	↑2	6
30	Brandi	90	↑7	55
31	Samantha	89	↑12	44
32	Emily	87	↑9	24
33	Megan	83	↑5	34
34	Shannon	78	–	38
35	Carrie	76	↑5	57
36	Misty	76	↓8	74
37	Tara	74	↓10	47
38	Kelly	73	↓5	25
39	Courtney	69	–	43
40	Brandy	68	↓17	50
41	Kristen	65	↓5	33
42	Kristin	62	–	37
43	Leslie	58	↑1	60
44	Danielle	55	↑4	31
45	Julie	52	↓10	41
46	Stacy	51	↑3	72
47	Cassandra	50	new	62
48	Holly	49	new	61
49	Lauren	49	new	26
50	Miranda	49	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Joshua	577	–	7
2	Michael	508	–	1
3	Christopher	495	↑2	2
4	Jason	468	↓1	4
5	James	441	↓1	6
6	Matthew	406	–	3
7	David	362	–	5
8	Justin	354	–	12
9	Robert	320	↑1	9
10	John	308	↓1	8
11	Joseph	261	↑2	11
12	William	233	–	15
13	Jeremy	219	↓2	28
14	Jonathan	215	–	16
15	Brian	201	–	14
16	Brandon	191	↑6	18
17	Daniel	191	↑2	10
18	Charles	188	↓2	31
19	Ryan	178	↑2	13
20	Adam	176	–	19
21	Timothy	166	↓4	24
22	Eric	149	↓4	20
23	Andrew	147	–	17
24	Aaron	145	↑4	30
25	Richard	143	↓1	27
26	Anthony	138	↑7	21
27	Steven	138	↓2	26
28	Travis	135	↑1	39
29	Jeffrey	132	↓3	29
30	Nicholas	132	↑5	22
31	Thomas	131	↓4	23
32	Chad	122	↑2	48
33	Mark	113	↓3	32
34	Benjamin	110	↓2	33
35	Nathan	107	↑1	36
36	Stephen	98	↑4	38
37	Dustin	92	↑5	42
38	Gregory	92	↑5	40
39	Kevin	91	↓8	25
40	Shawn	84	↓2	52
41	Paul	80	↓4	35
42	Zachary	80	new	55
43	Patrick	79	new	37
44	Derek	77	↑4	50
45	Kenneth	75	↓1	45
46	Jared	72	↑4	54
47	Scott	69	↓6	34
48	Larry	67	new	77
49	Bradley	61	↓4	51
50	Donald	61	↓3	58

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