Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1986

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1986 were Ashley for girls (473 babies) and Joshua for boys (457). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 20,558 babies born in West Virginia in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1986

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

Charity: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Terri: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Savannah: 39 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Carrie: 53 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sheena: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kayla: 88 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tonya: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Autumn: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tammy: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alisha: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Franklin: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Roger: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Harold: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Terry: 42 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Billy: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Roy: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Charles: 180 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jerry: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bobby: 29 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Travis: 115 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	473	–	2
2	Jessica	448	–	1
3	Amanda	357	–	3
4	Jennifer	263	–	4
5	Brittany	229	–	8
6	Megan	225	↑3	11
7	Sarah	219	–	5
8	Amber	210	–	13
9	Heather	201	↓3	9
10	Stephanie	149	–	6
11	Samantha	140	↑3	21
12	Tiffany	127	↓1	17
13	Rachel	124	↑8	15
14	Amy	118	↑1	22
15	Danielle	111	↑8	16
16	Kimberly	108	↑2	18
17	Whitney	105	new	32
18	Elizabeth	99	↓5	10
19	Rebecca	99	↓2	26
20	Melissa	98	↓4	12
21	Courtney	93	↑12	35
22	Emily	93	↑9	24
23	Christina	91	↓1	19
24	Nicole	91	↓4	7
25	Kayla	88	new	64
26	Crystal	86	↓14	25
27	Laura	86	↓2	20
28	Sara	82	↓1	27
29	Mary	78	↓10	37
30	Erica	76	↑4	31
31	Michelle	73	↑1	23
32	Kelly	71	↑3	29
33	Andrea	69	↓9	36
34	April	66	↓4	53
35	Angela	64	↓7	33
36	Lauren	61	↑2	14
37	Erin	60	↓1	30
38	Anna	57	new	51
39	Alicia	55	new	45
40	Tara	55	↓11	56
41	Natasha	54	new	70
42	Carrie	53	↑5	>100
43	Cassandra	52	↑7	60
44	Jamie	52	↓18	34
45	Lindsey	52	↓5	39
46	Lisa	48	↓4	40
47	Katherine	47	↓3	28
48	Stacy	47	↓5	87
49	Holly	46	↓12	63
50	Kristen	43	↓9	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Joshua	457	–	4
2	Christopher	429	–	2
3	Michael	399	–	1
4	Matthew	380	↑1	3
5	James	324	↓1	7
6	Brandon	292	–	13
7	Justin	284	–	14
8	David	272	–	5
9	Robert	239	↑1	9
10	Andrew	236	↑4	8
11	John	231	↓2	10
12	William	216	↑1	15
13	Joseph	199	↓2	12
14	Adam	189	↑3	24
15	Jonathan	187	↑1	16
16	Jason	183	↓4	18
17	Charles	180	↑3	34
18	Ryan	179	↑1	11
19	Daniel	178	↓4	6
20	Jeremy	162	↓2	28
21	Zachary	146	↑5	38
22	Brian	144	↑1	20
23	Timothy	142	↓2	27
24	Dustin	129	↑7	42
25	Thomas	122	↑10	26
26	Eric	119	↓2	22
27	Travis	115	↑5	49
28	Aaron	109	↓1	33
29	Nicholas	108	–	17
30	Kevin	103	↑4	21
31	Mark	100	↓1	35
32	Nathan	96	↑5	43
33	Steven	96	↓11	25
34	Richard	95	↓6	29
35	Benjamin	92	↓2	30
36	Jeffrey	92	–	32
37	Derek	90	↑9	57
38	Anthony	88	↓13	19
39	Jacob	88	↑3	31
40	Kenneth	80	↑3	50
41	Stephen	78	–	36
42	Bryan	76	new	47
43	Gregory	74	↑2	46
44	Shawn	73	↓5	55
45	Patrick	70	↓7	39
46	Chad	65	↓6	59
47	Shane	64	↑1	67
48	Tyler	62	new	40
49	Jesse	57	new	48
50	Jordan	56	new	53

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