Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1984

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1984 were Jessica for girls (478 babies) and Joshua for boys (547). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 21,733 babies born in West Virginia in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1984

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

Trista: 42 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Tabatha: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Chasity: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tessa: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kayla: 56 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kara: 50 babies, 3× the national rate
Misty: 49 babies, 3× the national rate
Debra: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Carrie: 62 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lori: 34 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Harold: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jarrod: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Roger: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Franklin: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Billy: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jeremy: 204 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Terry: 35 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jamie: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Caleb: 24 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joshua: 547 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jessica	478	–	2
2	Ashley	450	↑2	3
3	Amanda	404	↓1	4
4	Jennifer	371	↓1	1
5	Sarah	246	–	5
6	Heather	230	–	9
7	Stephanie	179	↑6	6
8	Amber	178	↓1	18
9	Amy	166	↑1	13
10	Tiffany	158	↑1	14
11	Megan	147	↑3	11
12	Rachel	146	↑4	15
13	Melissa	141	↓5	8
14	Crystal	136	↓5	12
15	Elizabeth	132	↓3	10
16	Laura	118	↑22	19
17	Rebecca	109	↓2	23
18	Nicole	101	↑12	7
19	Mary	98	–	33
20	Angela	97	↑8	26
21	Danielle	96	↑19	16
22	Christina	94	↓1	20
23	Andrea	89	↓1	28
24	Kimberly	89	↓6	22
25	April	81	↑6	42
26	Tara	80	↑9	49
27	Emily	79	↓3	24
28	Brittany	78	new	41
29	Samantha	78	↓12	39
30	Brandi	77	↑9	61
31	Erin	76	↓6	25
32	Jamie	74	↓9	31
33	Michelle	74	↓13	17
34	Sara	71	↓7	32
35	Erica	67	↓6	34
36	Kelly	65	↑7	27
37	Lisa	63	↓3	29
38	Carrie	62	↓2	78
39	Kristen	62	↑7	38
40	Alicia	60	↑7	40
41	Holly	59	↓15	53
42	Kristin	58	new	47
43	Stacy	58	↓11	67
44	Kayla	56	↓7	100
45	Allison	55	new	51
46	Courtney	54	↓5	46
47	Brandy	53	↓14	64
48	Lauren	52	new	21
49	Lindsey	51	–	35
50	Kara	50	new	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Joshua	547	↑1	4
2	Christopher	451	↓1	2
3	Michael	436	–	1
4	Matthew	411	–	3
5	James	398	↑1	7
6	Justin	323	↑2	13
7	John	306	↑2	8
8	Jason	283	↓3	11
9	David	277	↓2	5
10	Robert	276	–	9
11	Brandon	271	↑3	15
12	Adam	262	↑3	18
13	William	247	↓2	16
14	Joseph	243	↓2	10
15	Jeremy	204	↑3	31
16	Daniel	198	↑1	6
17	Jonathan	195	↓4	19
18	Ryan	183	↑5	12
19	Timothy	175	↑2	26
20	Eric	172	↑2	22
21	Brian	168	↓5	17
22	Andrew	166	↓2	14
23	Charles	166	↓4	33
24	Thomas	150	–	25
25	Steven	142	↑2	23
26	Anthony	129	↑3	21
27	Nicholas	121	↑4	20
28	Jeffrey	118	↓2	28
29	Richard	117	↑1	27
30	Aaron	116	↓5	29
31	Mark	112	↓3	32
32	Kevin	108	↑2	24
33	Benjamin	105	↑6	30
34	Stephen	104	↑1	35
35	Dustin	103	↓2	41
36	Nathan	100	–	38
37	Travis	95	↓5	42
38	Chad	91	↓1	51
39	Patrick	83	↑3	36
40	Derek	81	↑3	52
41	Gregory	77	–	44
42	Zachary	76	↓2	45
43	Jacob	71	↑3	37
44	Scott	65	↑1	39
45	Kenneth	61	↓7	46
46	Paul	61	↑1	40
47	Jesse	58	new	50
48	Shawn	56	↓4	56
49	Donald	55	↓1	63
50	Samuel	55	new	55

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