Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1991

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1991 were Brittany for girls (352 babies) and Joshua for boys (395). Brittany ranked #3 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 19,092 babies born in West Virginia in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1991

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

Cassie: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Shayla: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Natasha: 51 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chelsie: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cortney: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kayla: 296 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tabitha: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Carrie: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tina: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brandi: 44 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Coty: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Roger: 30 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Billy: 30 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dakota: 51 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Franklin: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Zachery: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Derek: 104 babies, 3× the national rate
Carl: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Roy: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Caleb: 68 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Brittany	352	–	3
2	Ashley	351	–	1
3	Jessica	306	–	2
4	Kayla	296	–	12
5	Samantha	207	↑1	5
6	Amanda	195	↓1	4
7	Megan	176	–	11
8	Sarah	169	–	6
9	Amber	167	–	16
10	Courtney	157	↑2	19
11	Stephanie	148	↑2	7
12	Tiffany	145	↓1	27
13	Emily	132	↑1	10
14	Heather	131	↓4	23
15	Chelsea	119	↑7	18
16	Jennifer	109	↓1	8
17	Elizabeth	105	↓1	9
18	Rachel	94	↓1	14
19	Rebecca	84	↑2	21
20	Hannah	79	–	29
21	Danielle	74	↓2	17
22	Lauren	72	↑2	13
23	Morgan	70	↑10	49
24	Sara	68	↓1	37
25	Whitney	68	↓7	68
26	Michelle	65	new	22
27	Kelsey	64	↑3	26
28	Brooke	62	↑20	65
29	Cassandra	62	↑8	54
30	Kimberly	62	↑4	34
31	Erica	59	↓3	40
32	Amy	57	↓6	43
33	Laura	57	↓2	35
34	Mary	55	↓5	38
35	Kristen	54	↓10	48
36	Andrea	53	↑14	39
37	Natasha	51	↑6	>100
38	Nicole	51	↓6	15
39	Taylor	51	new	32
40	Victoria	51	new	28
41	Miranda	50	↑3	90
42	Christina	48	↓15	31
43	Lindsey	48	↓8	52
44	Kaitlyn	47	new	82
45	Shelby	47	new	33
46	Caitlin	46	new	55
47	Erin	46	new	44
48	Brandi	44	↓7	>100
49	Angela	43	new	59
50	Katherine	43	↓8	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Joshua	395	–	4
2	Michael	334	↑1	1
3	Christopher	299	↓1	2
4	James	284	↑2	7
5	Justin	262	↓1	14
6	Matthew	251	↓1	3
7	Cody	239	↑8	24
8	Brandon	229	↑2	15
9	Tyler	223	↑8	16
10	Zachary	199	↓3	22
11	David	195	↓3	8
12	William	190	–	19
13	Ryan	189	↑3	11
14	John	187	–	10
15	Robert	187	↓2	13
16	Andrew	171	↓5	5
17	Jacob	166	↑5	17
18	Joseph	164	↓9	9
19	Nicholas	142	↑8	12
20	Jonathan	135	↓2	20
21	Steven	128	↑3	27
22	Aaron	118	↑4	31
23	Timothy	118	↓3	32
24	Adam	117	↑11	36
25	Charles	117	↑5	38
26	Daniel	116	↓7	6
27	Jordan	112	↑1	29
28	Brian	110	↑3	30
29	Kyle	108	↑7	21
30	Travis	108	↓9	44
31	Thomas	106	↓2	28
32	Derek	104	↑5	59
33	Anthony	102	↓10	18
34	Dustin	96	–	56
35	Nathan	96	↑4	42
36	Eric	94	↓3	25
37	Corey	89	↓5	58
38	Richard	83	↑7	34
39	Jeremy	81	↓14	43
40	Stephen	79	↑1	41
41	Mark	74	↑5	47
42	Benjamin	70	↓4	33
43	Patrick	70	↓1	35
44	Caleb	68	new	78
45	Kevin	65	↓5	23
46	Shawn	64	↑1	71
47	Ethan	63	↑1	65
48	Jason	62	↓4	49
49	Jeffrey	62	new	45
50	Samuel	62	↓7	39

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