Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1988

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1988 were Ashley for girls (419 babies) and Joshua for boys (462). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 19,006 babies born in West Virginia in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1988

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

Tonya: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Misty: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Summer: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kayla: 239 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Carrie: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Miranda: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kasey: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Autumn: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Savannah: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sierra: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Roger: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Billy: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Wesley: 57 babies, 3× the national rate
Chad: 79 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jeremiah: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shane: 75 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jamie: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Roy: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dustin: 115 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Gary: 40 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	419	–	2
2	Jessica	348	–	1
3	Amanda	340	–	3
4	Brittany	270	–	6
5	Kayla	239	↑4	20
6	Sarah	228	↓1	4
7	Tiffany	187	↑5	13
8	Amber	186	↓1	15
9	Samantha	183	↑1	8
10	Megan	170	↓4	12
11	Heather	163	–	14
12	Jennifer	156	↓4	5
13	Stephanie	127	–	7
14	Emily	114	↑6	18
15	Courtney	102	↑9	24
16	Rachel	97	↓2	19
17	Elizabeth	96	↓1	10
18	Amy	95	–	29
19	Rebecca	79	–	26
20	Danielle	77	↓5	17
21	Melissa	73	–	16
22	Kimberly	72	↓5	25
23	Mary	72	↑6	34
24	Whitney	71	↓2	39
25	Christina	69	↑5	22
26	Kristen	69	new	36
27	Sara	69	–	30
28	Lauren	68	↓3	11
29	Erica	66	↓6	31
30	Nicole	66	↓4	9
31	Laura	64	↓3	23
32	Angela	62	↓1	38
33	Lindsey	58	new	48
34	Crystal	55	↓1	28
35	Michelle	55	↓3	21
36	Andrea	54	↓2	35
37	Cassandra	54	new	59
38	Kristin	51	↑12	58
39	Chelsea	49	new	33
40	Tara	49	new	67
41	Lindsay	48	↑6	57
42	Katherine	46	new	27
43	Bethany	45	↓6	89
44	Holly	44	new	72
45	Anna	42	↑1	54
46	April	42	↓6	65
47	Shannon	42	↓11	56
48	Caitlin	41	new	44
49	Erin	41	↓1	37
50	Carrie	40	↓1	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Joshua	462	–	4
2	Justin	412	↑1	7
3	Michael	336	↑1	1
4	Christopher	333	↓2	2
5	Matthew	288	–	3
6	James	285	–	9
7	Robert	239	↑3	10
8	Andrew	223	↑1	5
9	David	213	↓1	6
10	Brandon	205	↓3	17
11	William	200	↑1	16
12	John	193	↓1	11
13	Zachary	188	↑6	29
14	Ryan	171	↑1	13
15	Joseph	162	↓1	12
16	Jonathan	151	↓3	15
17	Timothy	150	↑1	25
18	Jeremy	149	↑4	35
19	Aaron	141	↑9	31
20	Adam	137	↓4	26
21	Charles	137	↓1	37
22	Daniel	130	↓5	8
23	Nicholas	125	↑9	14
24	Thomas	122	↑14	23
25	Jason	118	↓4	27
26	Steven	117	↑3	24
27	Dustin	115	–	48
28	Brian	114	↓2	22
29	Eric	111	↓6	19
30	Benjamin	108	↑5	30
31	Nathan	107	↑9	44
32	Anthony	103	↓7	18
33	Kevin	103	–	20
34	Travis	102	↓10	41
35	Cody	101	↑15	43
36	Jacob	99	↓2	28
37	Mark	93	↓6	39
38	Tyler	93	↑1	33
39	Jeffrey	91	↓3	36
40	Derek	85	↓10	53
41	Corey	83	new	56
42	Chad	79	↑4	65
43	Richard	77	↓6	32
44	Shane	75	↑5	67
45	Shawn	69	↓2	61
46	Bradley	68	↓2	57
47	Patrick	66	–	42
48	Stephen	66	↓6	40
49	Gregory	64	↓8	50
50	Cory	61	new	59

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