Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1983

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1983 were Jessica for girls (508 babies) and Christopher for boys (528). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 23,111 babies born in West Virginia in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1983

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: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Billie: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Trista: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Hollie: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bobbie: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Staci: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Miranda: 56 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tonya: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kayla: 70 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shawna: 28 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Randall: 43 babies, 3× the national rate
Roger: 37 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shannon: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Seth: 48 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Billy: 34 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Terry: 38 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jeremy: 206 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Larry: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Ernest: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Joshua: 512 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jessica	508	–	2
2	Amanda	490	–	3
3	Jennifer	415	–	1
4	Ashley	405	↑3	4
5	Sarah	265	↓1	5
6	Heather	201	↑3	9
7	Amber	199	↑3	17
8	Melissa	171	↓2	6
9	Crystal	168	↑4	11
10	Amy	167	↓5	12
11	Tiffany	162	–	14
12	Elizabeth	146	↑5	10
13	Stephanie	145	↓5	8
14	Megan	136	↑19	21
15	Rebecca	131	–	19
16	Rachel	119	–	20
17	Samantha	117	↑14	40
18	Kimberly	116	↑9	15
19	Mary	115	↑7	32
20	Michelle	113	↓2	13
21	Christina	106	↓7	16
22	Andrea	104	↓1	30
23	Jamie	103	↓1	28
24	Emily	97	↑8	25
25	Erin	97	↓5	18
26	Holly	96	↑22	48
27	Sara	96	↓2	31
28	Angela	95	↓16	22
29	Erica	94	↓1	33
30	Nicole	94	↓1	7
31	April	89	↓12	39
32	Stacy	82	↑14	61
33	Brandy	77	↑7	57
34	Lisa	76	↓10	27
35	Tara	74	↑2	51
36	Carrie	71	↓1	65
37	Kayla	70	new	81
38	Laura	68	↓15	23
39	Brandi	66	↓9	56
40	Danielle	65	↑4	29
41	Courtney	64	↓2	44
42	Shannon	62	↓8	38
43	Kelly	61	↓5	26
44	Katherine	59	new	34
45	Misty	59	↓9	87
46	Kristen	58	↓5	37
47	Alicia	56	new	41
48	Lindsay	56	new	36
49	Lindsey	56	new	35
50	Miranda	56	–	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Christopher	528	↑2	2
2	Joshua	512	↓1	5
3	Michael	476	↓1	1
4	Matthew	469	↑2	3
5	Jason	371	↓1	7
6	James	364	↓1	6
7	David	341	–	4
8	Justin	319	–	12
9	John	306	↑1	9
10	Robert	285	↓1	10
11	William	280	↑1	16
12	Joseph	272	↓1	11
13	Jonathan	229	↑1	19
14	Brandon	225	↑2	17
15	Adam	219	↑5	18
16	Brian	213	↓1	14
17	Daniel	207	–	8
18	Jeremy	206	↓5	30
19	Charles	184	↓1	33
20	Andrew	181	↑3	15
21	Timothy	171	–	26
22	Eric	170	–	20
23	Ryan	170	↓4	13
24	Thomas	142	↑7	24
25	Aaron	141	↓1	29
26	Jeffrey	136	↑3	28
27	Steven	134	–	23
28	Mark	128	↑5	31
29	Anthony	127	↓3	22
30	Richard	125	↓5	27
31	Nicholas	117	↓1	21
32	Travis	117	↓4	41
33	Dustin	103	↑4	43
34	Kevin	103	↑5	25
35	Stephen	102	↑1	35
36	Nathan	98	↓1	40
37	Chad	97	↓5	49
38	Kenneth	96	↑7	45
39	Benjamin	86	↓5	32
40	Zachary	83	↑2	50
41	Gregory	79	↓3	42
42	Patrick	77	↑1	37
43	Derek	75	↑1	51
44	Shawn	73	↓4	53
45	Scott	70	↑2	38
46	Jacob	68	new	36
47	Paul	66	↓6	39
48	Donald	62	↑2	60
49	Bryan	59	new	47
50	Bradley	57	↓1	52

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