Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1992

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1992 were Brittany for girls (292 babies) and Joshua for boys (325). Brittany ranked #4 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 18,630 babies born in West Virginia in 1992 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1992

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

Cortney: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tabitha: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bethany: 48 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tiffany: 149 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Whitney: 58 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brandy: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kayla: 232 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tessa: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Candace: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Carrie: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Coty: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Zackery: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Billy: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dakota: 65 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dustin: 117 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Roger: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Todd: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Corey: 94 babies, 3× the national rate
Rodney: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Travis: 129 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1992

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Brittany	292	–	4
2	Ashley	287	–	1
3	Jessica	253	–	2
4	Kayla	232	–	13
5	Samantha	192	–	6
6	Amanda	185	–	3
7	Sarah	169	↑1	5
8	Emily	162	↑5	7
9	Megan	160	↓2	10
10	Tiffany	149	↑2	32
11	Amber	148	↓2	19
12	Courtney	148	↓2	21
13	Chelsea	139	↑2	15
14	Elizabeth	110	↑3	9
15	Heather	109	↓1	31
16	Rachel	103	↑2	16
17	Hannah	98	↑3	26
18	Stephanie	98	↓7	8
19	Jennifer	95	↓3	11
20	Morgan	82	↑3	41
21	Kelsey	80	↑6	23
22	Danielle	78	↓1	18
23	Rebecca	77	↓4	20
24	Lauren	76	↓2	12
25	Taylor	74	↑14	17
26	Cassandra	70	↑3	52
27	Mary	61	↑7	36
28	Kaitlyn	60	↑16	42
29	Michelle	60	↓3	25
30	Erica	59	↑1	44
31	Sara	59	↓7	37
32	Whitney	58	↓7	85
33	Allison	54	new	48
34	Christina	54	↑8	33
35	Haley	54	new	56
36	Katie	52	new	54
37	Victoria	52	↑3	22
38	Brianna	51	new	43
39	Katherine	51	↑11	27
40	Bethany	48	new	>100
41	Katelyn	48	new	65
42	Kimberly	48	↓12	35
43	Shelby	48	↑2	34
44	Kristen	46	↓9	53
45	Olivia	46	new	58
46	Jordan	45	new	63
47	Alexandria	44	new	73
48	Lindsey	44	↓5	57
49	Brooke	42	↓21	59
50	Melissa	41	new	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Joshua	325	–	4
2	Michael	305	–	1
3	Christopher	303	–	2
4	Cody	268	↑3	24
5	Zachary	261	↑5	16
6	Brandon	252	↑2	6
7	Tyler	247	↑2	8
8	James	237	↓4	9
9	Matthew	237	↓3	3
10	Justin	232	↓5	18
11	Robert	194	↑4	17
12	Ryan	184	↑1	13
13	William	183	↓1	20
14	Andrew	171	↑2	5
15	Jacob	170	↑2	15
16	David	169	↓5	10
17	Joseph	165	↑1	11
18	John	145	↓4	14
19	Nicholas	140	–	12
20	Daniel	136	↑6	7
21	Travis	129	↑9	48
22	Jonathan	124	↓2	21
23	Aaron	119	↓1	30
24	Dustin	117	↑10	58
25	Timothy	108	↓2	34
26	Charles	106	↓1	43
27	Anthony	103	↑6	19
28	Kyle	99	↑1	22
29	Steven	99	↓8	29
30	Corey	94	↑7	65
31	Jordan	93	↓4	32
32	Adam	90	↓8	36
33	Jeremy	89	↑6	47
34	Thomas	86	↓3	27
35	Dylan	85	new	28
36	Richard	84	↑2	41
37	Eric	80	↓1	26
38	Nathan	80	↓3	44
39	Kevin	79	↑6	25
40	Alexander	75	new	23
41	Brian	75	↓13	31
42	Benjamin	74	–	33
43	Derek	74	↓11	62
44	Samuel	67	↑6	40
45	Shawn	67	↑1	71
46	Dakota	65	new	>100
47	Jason	65	↑1	46
48	Mark	59	↓7	49
49	Shane	58	new	77
50	Caleb	57	↓6	74

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