Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1990

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1990 were Brittany for girls (379 babies) and Joshua for boys (406). Brittany ranked #3 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 19,304 babies born in West Virginia in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1990

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

Shayla: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Chasity: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tasha: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Misty: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kayla: 272 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Miranda: 46 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tabitha: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cassie: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bethany: 49 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Autumn: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Zane: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Roger: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Dakota: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Billy: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Chad: 64 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ronnie: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Corey: 110 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bobby: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jessie: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bruce: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Brittany	379	–	3
2	Ashley	333	↑1	2
3	Jessica	315	↓1	1
4	Kayla	272	↑1	14
5	Amanda	254	↓1	4
6	Samantha	211	–	5
7	Megan	199	↑2	11
8	Sarah	188	↓1	6
9	Amber	166	↓1	15
10	Heather	159	–	19
11	Tiffany	148	–	23
12	Courtney	145	↑3	17
13	Stephanie	138	–	7
14	Emily	124	–	12
15	Jennifer	108	↓3	8
16	Elizabeth	98	–	9
17	Rachel	96	↑2	16
18	Whitney	83	↑5	60
19	Danielle	82	↓1	18
20	Hannah	82	↑4	30
21	Rebecca	79	↑9	21
22	Chelsea	77	–	24
23	Sara	73	↑2	34
24	Lauren	72	↓7	10
25	Kristen	71	↑8	42
26	Amy	69	↑6	38
27	Christina	63	↓1	25
28	Erica	62	–	36
29	Mary	62	↓8	35
30	Kelsey	57	↑13	32
31	Laura	57	↑7	29
32	Nicole	57	↓3	13
33	Morgan	56	new	58
34	Kimberly	55	↓14	31
35	Lindsey	53	↓1	51
36	Brittney	52	new	44
37	Cassandra	51	↑2	49
38	Melissa	50	↓11	20
39	Bethany	49	new	>100
40	Alyssa	48	new	27
41	Brandi	48	↑8	>100
42	Katherine	48	↓7	26
43	Natasha	47	new	>100
44	Miranda	46	new	>100
45	Shannon	46	new	68
46	Holly	44	new	89
47	Jordan	44	new	59
48	Brooke	43	↓1	70
49	Allison	42	new	48
50	Andrea	42	↓19	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Joshua	406	–	4
2	Christopher	355	–	2
3	Michael	352	↑1	1
4	Justin	336	↓1	9
5	Matthew	279	–	3
6	James	259	–	8
7	Zachary	238	↑7	22
8	David	219	↓1	6
9	Joseph	200	↑3	10
10	Brandon	199	↑1	19
11	Andrew	197	↓2	7
12	William	189	↓2	16
13	Robert	188	↓5	13
14	John	187	↓1	12
15	Cody	171	↑21	31
16	Ryan	168	↓1	11
17	Tyler	165	↑16	21
18	Jonathan	146	↑1	17
19	Daniel	143	↑3	5
20	Timothy	128	–	30
21	Travis	127	↑2	42
22	Jacob	126	↑15	20
23	Anthony	125	↑5	15
24	Steven	123	↑2	25
25	Jeremy	122	↓7	40
26	Aaron	119	↓5	34
27	Nicholas	118	↓2	14
28	Jordan	115	↑21	29
29	Thomas	115	↑1	26
30	Charles	113	↓13	38
31	Brian	110	–	27
32	Corey	110	↑9	56
33	Eric	107	↓4	24
34	Dustin	106	↓10	50
35	Adam	105	↓19	32
36	Kyle	97	↑4	18
37	Derek	92	↓3	54
38	Benjamin	87	↓6	33
39	Nathan	87	↓12	44
40	Kevin	80	↓5	23
41	Stephen	80	↑4	39
42	Patrick	78	↑6	36
43	Samuel	76	↑1	45
44	Jason	75	↓6	46
45	Richard	74	↓6	35
46	Mark	73	↓4	47
47	Shawn	70	↓4	69
48	Ethan	68	new	58
49	Chad	64	new	85
50	Gregory	61	new	51

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