Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1985

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1985 were Ashley for girls (454 babies) and Joshua for boys (529). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 21,408 babies born in West Virginia in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1985

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, 6.4× the national rate
Chasity: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Britney: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tessa: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Autumn: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Donna: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nikki: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Hope: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Angel: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Tasha: 25 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Roger: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Roy: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Terry: 42 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Billy: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tommy: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shane: 65 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jeremy: 185 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nathaniel: 54 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ernest: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jeremiah: 33 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	454	↑1	2
2	Jessica	415	↓1	1
3	Amanda	401	–	4
4	Jennifer	292	–	3
5	Brittany	235	↑23	17
6	Heather	225	–	8
7	Sarah	215	↓2	5
8	Amber	197	–	16
9	Megan	182	↑2	10
10	Stephanie	162	↓3	6
11	Tiffany	142	↓1	23
12	Crystal	132	↑2	21
13	Elizabeth	132	↑2	9
14	Samantha	125	↑15	29
15	Amy	119	↓6	20
16	Melissa	115	↓3	11
17	Rebecca	110	–	25
18	Kimberly	105	↑6	19
19	Mary	103	–	35
20	Nicole	100	↓2	7
21	Rachel	99	↓9	13
22	Christina	96	–	12
23	Danielle	96	↓2	18
24	Andrea	94	↓1	33
25	Laura	94	↓9	14
26	Jamie	92	↑6	27
27	Sara	91	↑7	30
28	Angela	87	↓8	31
29	Tara	80	↓3	51
30	April	78	↓5	47
31	Emily	75	↓4	24
32	Michelle	69	↑1	22
33	Courtney	68	↑13	43
34	Erica	68	↑1	34
35	Kelly	66	↑1	28
36	Erin	64	↓5	26
37	Holly	63	↑4	56
38	Lauren	61	↑10	15
39	Lindsay	59	new	40
40	Lindsey	58	↑9	37
41	Kristen	54	↓2	38
42	Lisa	54	↓5	36
43	Stacy	52	–	67
44	Katherine	51	new	32
45	Brandi	50	↓15	69
46	Brandy	50	↑1	70
47	Carrie	49	↓9	96
48	Jenna	48	new	50
49	Kristin	48	↓7	49
50	Cassandra	45	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Joshua	529	–	4
2	Christopher	484	–	2
3	Michael	410	–	1
4	James	375	↑1	7
5	Matthew	374	↓1	3
6	Brandon	349	↑5	13
7	Justin	292	↓1	15
8	David	287	↑1	6
9	John	252	↓2	9
10	Robert	244	–	8
11	Joseph	239	↑3	10
12	Jason	223	↓4	14
13	William	221	–	16
14	Andrew	213	↑8	11
15	Daniel	212	↑1	5
16	Jonathan	210	↑1	17
17	Adam	195	↓5	22
18	Jeremy	185	↓3	30
19	Ryan	179	↓1	12
20	Charles	164	↑3	34
21	Timothy	164	↓2	26
22	Steven	158	↑3	24
23	Brian	157	↓2	18
24	Eric	156	↓4	21
25	Anthony	145	↑1	20
26	Zachary	135	↑16	39
27	Aaron	127	↑3	33
28	Richard	115	↑1	28
29	Nicholas	114	↓2	19
30	Mark	112	↑1	32
31	Dustin	104	↑4	41
32	Travis	101	↑5	46
33	Benjamin	96	–	31
34	Kevin	95	↓2	23
35	Thomas	93	↓11	25
36	Jeffrey	92	↓8	29
37	Nathan	92	↓1	40
38	Patrick	86	↑1	37
39	Shawn	77	↑9	55
40	Chad	75	↓2	57
41	Stephen	73	↓7	36
42	Jacob	71	↑1	35
43	Kenneth	69	↑2	47
44	Paul	68	↑2	42
45	Gregory	67	↓4	45
46	Derek	66	↓6	56
47	Kyle	66	new	27
48	Shane	65	new	68
49	Scott	63	↓5	44
50	Bradley	61	new	53

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