Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1994

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1994 were Brittany for girls (228 babies) and Joshua for boys (291). Brittany ranked #7 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,778 babies born in West Virginia in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1994

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

Chelsie: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Carrie: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Shayla: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Whitney: 58 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chelsey: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Candace: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Brandy: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Holly: 41 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Autumn: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Makayla: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Zane: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dakota: 105 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Larry: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dustin: 109 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Terry: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Roger: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Seth: 59 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Billy: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Randall: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cody: 246 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Brittany	228	↑1	7
2	Ashley	218	↓1	2
3	Jessica	207	–	1
4	Kayla	206	–	12
5	Emily	194	↑3	3
6	Samantha	193	↓1	4
7	Taylor	153	↑3	6
8	Sarah	139	↑1	5
9	Megan	127	↓3	10
10	Amanda	118	↑2	8
11	Morgan	116	↑12	25
12	Hannah	112	↑3	16
13	Courtney	111	↓2	22
14	Amber	108	↓7	21
15	Tiffany	98	↓1	35
16	Kelsey	89	↑5	29
17	Chelsea	83	↓4	38
18	Danielle	82	↑17	20
19	Alexis	80	↑21	18
20	Elizabeth	78	↓2	9
21	Rachel	76	↓5	13
22	Lauren	75	↑2	14
23	Victoria	73	↑4	19
24	Brianna	70	↑1	27
25	Haley	66	↑1	36
26	Kaitlyn	66	↑2	48
27	Miranda	66	new	61
28	Heather	63	↓9	44
29	Allison	60	↑8	34
30	Jennifer	60	↓8	17
31	Kristen	59	↑10	55
32	Brooke	58	↑2	54
33	Whitney	58	–	91
34	Rebecca	57	↓5	24
35	Lindsey	54	↑9	69
36	Stephanie	54	↓19	15
37	Sara	53	↑10	43
38	Alyssa	51	↓8	26
39	Savannah	51	↑10	82
40	Sierra	48	new	71
41	Anna	46	new	41
42	Katelyn	45	↓22	58
43	Nicole	45	↓11	11
44	Erica	44	↓5	57
45	Katherine	44	↑3	30
46	Mary	44	↓15	37
47	Alexandria	43	new	73
48	Kimberly	43	↓12	32
49	Shelby	43	new	40
50	Breanna	42	↓5	85

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Joshua	291	↑3	4
2	Brandon	277	↑3	6
3	Tyler	271	↓1	5
4	Zachary	255	↑3	12
5	Michael	250	↓4	1
6	Cody	246	–	25
7	James	240	↑2	14
8	Christopher	224	↓5	2
9	Jacob	212	↑1	7
10	Matthew	210	↓2	3
11	Justin	200	–	20
12	Austin	183	↑9	17
13	David	168	↑1	13
14	John	159	↑4	15
15	Nicholas	158	↑4	9
16	William	153	↓4	19
17	Joseph	146	–	11
18	Robert	138	↓2	21
19	Ryan	138	↓6	16
20	Andrew	136	↓5	10
21	Jonathan	132	↑2	23
22	Daniel	119	–	8
23	Aaron	116	↓3	28
24	Alexander	113	↑10	22
25	Dustin	109	↑2	56
26	Dakota	105	↑12	69
27	Timothy	98	↓3	39
28	Thomas	95	↓3	27
29	Jordan	94	↑8	29
30	Travis	94	↓2	53
31	Kyle	93	–	24
32	Steven	91	↓2	34
33	Charles	90	↓7	43
34	Nathan	89	↓5	40
35	Adam	79	↓3	38
36	Benjamin	76	↑9	31
37	Dylan	71	↑4	32
38	Jesse	68	↑10	45
39	Anthony	66	↓6	18
40	Caleb	66	↑6	60
41	Eric	66	↓1	30
42	Richard	66	↑1	41
43	Samuel	66	new	33
44	Brian	65	↓5	37
45	Jason	65	↑5	46
46	Logan	65	new	70
47	Corey	64	↓11	73
48	Jeremy	63	↓13	47
49	Seth	59	new	90
50	Trevor	56	new	58

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