Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1987

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1987 were Ashley for girls (487 babies) and Joshua for boys (452). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 19,644 babies born in West Virginia in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1987

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

Miranda: 50 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Summer: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Carrie: 45 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tabitha: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kayla: 172 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bethany: 54 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cassie: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Savannah: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Beth: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Misty: 27 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Billy: 39 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bobby: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Larry: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Roger: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Seth: 48 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gary: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Logan: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Justin: 387 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Derek: 101 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jeffery: 33 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	487	–	2
2	Jessica	395	–	1
3	Amanda	345	–	3
4	Brittany	241	↑1	7
5	Sarah	232	↑2	5
6	Megan	187	–	12
7	Amber	185	↑1	15
8	Jennifer	180	↓4	4
9	Kayla	172	↑16	27
10	Samantha	160	↑1	11
11	Heather	156	↓2	9
12	Tiffany	141	–	18
13	Stephanie	135	↓3	6
14	Rachel	110	↓1	17
15	Danielle	107	–	14
16	Elizabeth	107	↑2	10
17	Kimberly	103	↓1	23
18	Amy	102	↓4	24
19	Rebecca	99	–	25
20	Emily	94	↑2	19
21	Melissa	93	↓1	13
22	Whitney	93	↓5	32
23	Erica	81	↑7	31
24	Courtney	79	↓3	33
25	Lauren	78	↑11	16
26	Nicole	77	↓2	8
27	Sara	76	↑1	29
28	Laura	75	↓1	22
29	Mary	75	–	37
30	Christina	74	↓7	20
31	Angela	70	↑4	35
32	Michelle	70	↓1	21
33	Crystal	63	↓7	26
34	Andrea	59	↓1	36
35	Jamie	58	↑9	39
36	Shannon	56	new	45
37	Bethany	54	new	87
38	Kelly	54	↓6	30
39	Allison	53	new	44
40	April	52	↓6	58
41	Natasha	52	–	73
42	Miranda	50	new	>100
43	Brandi	49	new	88
44	Katie	49	new	38
45	Alicia	48	↓6	46
46	Anna	47	↓8	52
47	Lindsay	47	new	49
48	Erin	46	↓11	34
49	Carrie	45	↓7	>100
50	Kristin	45	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Joshua	452	–	4
2	Christopher	393	–	2
3	Justin	387	↑4	9
4	Michael	369	↓1	1
5	Matthew	346	↓1	3
6	James	285	↓1	8
7	Brandon	257	↓1	14
8	David	241	–	5
9	Andrew	229	↑1	6
10	Robert	225	↓1	10
11	John	220	–	11
12	William	199	–	15
13	Jonathan	193	↑2	18
14	Joseph	181	↓1	12
15	Ryan	173	↑3	13
16	Adam	172	↓2	27
17	Daniel	158	↑2	7
18	Timothy	158	↑5	26
19	Zachary	153	↑2	33
20	Charles	141	↓3	35
21	Jason	140	↓5	23
22	Jeremy	134	↓2	29
23	Eric	128	↑3	21
24	Travis	121	↑3	42
25	Anthony	119	↑13	17
26	Brian	113	↓4	20
27	Dustin	112	↓3	44
28	Aaron	110	–	34
29	Steven	102	↑4	25
30	Derek	101	↑7	54
31	Mark	100	–	36
32	Nicholas	99	↓3	16
33	Kevin	98	↓3	19
34	Jacob	96	↑5	31
35	Benjamin	94	–	28
36	Jeffrey	93	–	32
37	Richard	92	↓3	30
38	Thomas	91	↓13	24
39	Tyler	80	↑9	39
40	Nathan	76	↓8	45
41	Gregory	75	↑2	47
42	Stephen	75	↓1	38
43	Shawn	74	↑1	59
44	Bradley	69	new	56
45	Kenneth	69	↓5	53
46	Chad	67	–	63
47	Patrick	66	↓2	41
48	Kyle	64	new	22
49	Shane	64	↓2	65
50	Cody	63	new	49

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