Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1989

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1989 were Brittany for girls (402 babies) and Joshua for boys (445). Brittany ranked #3 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 19,054 babies born in West Virginia in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1989

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

Tasha: 34 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Sheena: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Beth: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Shayla: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Miranda: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kayla: 241 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Savannah: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Carrie: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Misty: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brandy: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Derick: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Roger: 35 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Billy: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Jamie: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Terry: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shawn: 74 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Seth: 48 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dustin: 127 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Larry: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Carl: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Brittany	402	↑3	3
2	Jessica	359	–	1
3	Ashley	357	↓2	2
4	Amanda	282	↓1	4
5	Kayla	241	–	20
6	Samantha	210	↑3	6
7	Sarah	210	↓1	5
8	Amber	184	–	14
9	Megan	173	↑1	11
10	Heather	172	↑1	15
11	Tiffany	162	↓4	16
12	Jennifer	150	–	7
13	Stephanie	130	–	8
14	Emily	121	–	13
15	Courtney	113	–	21
16	Elizabeth	97	↑1	10
17	Lauren	94	↑11	9
18	Danielle	90	↑2	17
19	Rachel	83	↓3	18
20	Kimberly	81	↑2	28
21	Mary	80	↑2	38
22	Chelsea	79	↑17	27
23	Whitney	75	↑1	57
24	Hannah	73	new	42
25	Sara	70	↑2	29
26	Christina	69	↓1	23
27	Melissa	68	↓6	19
28	Erica	65	↑1	34
29	Nicole	65	↑1	12
30	Rebecca	65	↓11	24
31	Andrea	64	↑5	39
32	Amy	62	↓14	35
33	Kristen	60	↓7	36
34	Lindsey	54	↓1	48
35	Katherine	49	↑7	26
36	Kelly	48	new	37
37	Kristin	48	↑1	60
38	Laura	48	↓7	25
39	Cassandra	47	↓2	54
40	Michelle	47	↓5	22
41	Crystal	46	↓7	32
42	Erin	46	↑7	40
43	Kelsey	45	new	31
44	Alicia	43	new	53
45	Anna	42	–	51
46	Angela	41	↓14	47
47	Brooke	41	new	74
48	April	40	↓2	66
49	Brandi	40	new	98
50	Katelyn	40	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Joshua	445	–	4
2	Christopher	393	↑2	2
3	Justin	381	↓1	8
4	Michael	326	↓1	1
5	Matthew	298	–	3
6	James	265	–	9
7	David	229	↑2	5
8	Robert	221	↓1	10
9	Andrew	206	↓1	7
10	William	204	↑1	15
11	Brandon	202	↓1	18
12	Joseph	186	↑3	11
13	John	178	↓1	12
14	Zachary	174	↓1	25
15	Ryan	162	↓1	13
16	Adam	149	↑4	27
17	Charles	137	↑4	36
18	Jeremy	136	–	34
19	Jonathan	136	↓3	17
20	Timothy	136	↓3	28
21	Aaron	128	↓2	31
22	Daniel	128	–	6
23	Travis	128	↑11	41
24	Dustin	127	↑3	48
25	Nicholas	123	↓2	14
26	Steven	122	–	22
27	Nathan	120	↑4	43
28	Anthony	114	↑4	16
29	Eric	108	–	21
30	Thomas	104	↓6	23
31	Brian	100	↓3	24
32	Benjamin	98	↓2	29
33	Tyler	98	↑5	30
34	Derek	96	↑6	54
35	Kevin	96	↓2	19
36	Cody	93	↓1	45
37	Jacob	93	↓1	26
38	Jason	82	↓13	35
39	Richard	81	↑4	33
40	Kyle	79	new	20
41	Corey	76	–	55
42	Mark	76	↓5	42
43	Shawn	74	↑2	65
44	Samuel	71	new	47
45	Stephen	70	↑3	40
46	Kenneth	67	new	53
47	Jeffrey	64	↓8	37
48	Patrick	64	↓1	38
49	Jordan	61	new	44
50	Jesse	57	new	50

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