Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1993

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1993 were Ashley for girls (255 babies) and Michael for boys (303). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 18,367 babies born in West Virginia in 1993 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1993

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

Misty: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Cassie: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Savanna: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Chasity: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Autumn: 40 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Chelsie: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Carrie: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chelsey: 36 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Alisha: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brandy: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Billy: 34 babies, 5× the national rate
Zackary: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Levi: 38 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jessie: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dakota: 76 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dustin: 103 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Zachery: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Todd: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shawn: 69 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cody: 260 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Ashley	255	↑1	2
2	Brittany	242	↓1	6
3	Jessica	234	–	1
4	Kayla	226	–	16
5	Samantha	206	–	4
6	Megan	168	↑3	11
7	Amber	167	↑4	17
8	Emily	166	–	5
9	Sarah	164	↓2	3
10	Taylor	141	↑15	7
11	Courtney	127	↑1	20
12	Amanda	126	↓6	8
13	Chelsea	121	–	25
14	Tiffany	106	↓4	33
15	Hannah	96	↑2	21
16	Rachel	96	–	14
17	Stephanie	89	↑1	10
18	Elizabeth	85	↓4	9
19	Heather	85	↓4	38
20	Katelyn	85	↑21	54
21	Kelsey	85	–	24
22	Jennifer	84	↓3	15
23	Morgan	82	↓3	34
24	Lauren	76	–	12
25	Brianna	70	↑13	32
26	Haley	70	↑9	42
27	Victoria	69	↑10	19
28	Kaitlyn	68	–	46
29	Rebecca	68	↓6	22
30	Alyssa	63	new	26
31	Mary	60	↓4	36
32	Nicole	60	new	13
33	Whitney	60	↓1	82
34	Brooke	58	↑15	52
35	Danielle	58	↓13	18
36	Kimberly	57	↑6	39
37	Allison	56	↓4	41
38	Cassandra	56	↓12	66
39	Erica	56	↓9	49
40	Alexis	55	new	27
41	Kristen	54	↑3	61
42	Katie	49	↓6	63
43	Olivia	49	↑2	50
44	Lindsey	48	↑4	56
45	Breanna	46	new	83
46	Bethany	43	↓6	>100
47	Sara	43	↓16	40
48	Katherine	42	↓9	29
49	Savannah	42	new	96
50	Amy	41	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Michael	303	↑1	1
2	Tyler	301	↑5	5
3	Christopher	265	–	2
4	Joshua	263	↓3	4
5	Brandon	260	↑1	6
6	Cody	260	↓2	24
7	Zachary	250	↓2	15
8	Matthew	241	↑1	3
9	James	218	↓1	14
10	Jacob	203	↑5	9
11	Justin	194	↓1	20
12	William	182	↑1	18
13	Ryan	170	↓1	13
14	David	167	↑2	11
15	Andrew	161	↓1	10
16	Robert	158	↓5	17
17	Joseph	155	–	12
18	John	151	–	16
19	Nicholas	148	–	8
20	Aaron	136	↑3	30
21	Austin	126	new	26
22	Daniel	123	↓2	7
23	Jonathan	116	↓1	22
24	Timothy	110	↑1	38
25	Thomas	108	↑9	27
26	Charles	106	–	44
27	Dustin	103	↓3	59
28	Travis	103	↓7	50
29	Nathan	102	↑9	41
30	Steven	102	↓1	31
31	Kyle	93	↓3	23
32	Adam	88	–	39
33	Anthony	87	↓6	19
34	Alexander	83	↑6	21
35	Jeremy	83	↓2	46
36	Corey	78	↓6	68
37	Jordan	78	↓6	28
38	Dakota	76	↑8	85
39	Brian	72	↑2	34
40	Eric	71	↓3	29
41	Dylan	70	↓6	33
42	Shawn	69	↑3	77
43	Richard	68	↓7	40
44	Kevin	66	↓5	25
45	Benjamin	63	↓3	32
46	Caleb	63	↑4	66
47	Stephen	60	new	47
48	Jesse	58	new	48
49	Derek	57	↓6	67
50	Jason	57	↓3	45

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