Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1995

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1995 were Brittany for girls (194 babies) and Tyler for boys (292). Brittany ranked #8 nationally for girls. Tyler ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,204 babies born in West Virginia in 1995 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1995

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

Shawna: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Savanna: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tabitha: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Katlyn: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Kelli: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Carrie: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Chelsey: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bethany: 39 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Whitney: 39 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Chelsea: 88 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Roger: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Dustin: 115 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Larry: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dakota: 118 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ricky: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Zackary: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Corey: 70 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Seth: 54 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Levi: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Travis: 74 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1995

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Brittany	194	–	8
2	Ashley	192	–	2
3	Emily	192	↑2	3
4	Kayla	176	–	11
5	Taylor	165	↑2	6
6	Jessica	152	↓3	1
7	Hannah	146	↑5	7
8	Sarah	145	–	5
9	Samantha	139	↓3	4
10	Megan	137	↓1	13
11	Courtney	133	↑2	17
12	Morgan	117	↓1	23
13	Amber	97	↑1	22
14	Rachel	90	↑7	12
15	Chelsea	88	↑2	47
16	Amanda	87	↓6	9
17	Elizabeth	86	↑3	10
18	Kelsey	78	↓2	33
19	Haley	77	↑6	32
20	Tiffany	76	↓5	46
21	Allison	75	↑8	34
22	Brianna	75	↑2	21
23	Kaitlyn	75	↑3	42
24	Katelyn	72	↑18	59
25	Alexis	71	↓6	14
26	Brooke	67	↑6	52
27	Victoria	67	↓4	20
28	Danielle	66	↓10	24
29	Kristen	62	↑2	65
30	Heather	60	↓2	54
31	Madison	59	new	29
32	Sierra	59	↑8	60
33	Sydney	59	new	43
34	Rebecca	56	–	28
35	Miranda	55	↓8	57
36	Abigail	54	new	36
37	Lauren	51	↓15	15
38	Olivia	51	new	39
39	Alyssa	50	↓1	27
40	Savannah	49	↓1	68
41	Sara	48	↓4	48
42	Anna	46	↓1	31
43	Katie	46	new	77
44	Jennifer	45	↓14	18
45	Paige	43	new	58
46	Shelby	43	↑3	38
47	Stephanie	42	↓11	16
48	Mary	41	↓2	40
49	Jordan	40	new	50
50	Bethany	39	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Tyler	292	↑2	6
2	Austin	267	↑10	10
3	Jacob	254	↑6	4
4	Joshua	254	↓3	5
5	Brandon	239	↓3	8
6	Michael	233	↓1	1
7	Christopher	213	↑1	3
8	James	213	↓1	17
9	Zachary	211	↓5	14
10	Matthew	194	–	2
11	Cody	190	↓5	26
12	Joseph	154	↑5	12
13	Andrew	151	↑7	11
14	Justin	148	↓3	18
15	William	145	↑1	20
16	Ryan	140	↑3	15
17	John	132	↓3	13
18	David	130	↓5	16
19	Nicholas	129	↓4	7
20	Dakota	118	↑6	56
21	Jonathan	118	–	23
22	Dustin	115	↑3	62
23	Robert	115	↓5	22
24	Aaron	104	↓1	30
25	Daniel	96	↓3	9
26	Dylan	96	↑11	34
27	Anthony	95	↑12	19
28	Logan	90	↑18	51
29	Charles	89	↑4	44
30	Adam	87	↑5	38
31	Timothy	84	↓4	40
32	Jordan	82	↓3	29
33	Kyle	82	↓2	24
34	Thomas	80	↓6	27
35	Alexander	76	↓11	21
36	Nathan	76	↓2	39
37	Caleb	74	↑3	54
38	Travis	74	↓8	66
39	Steven	72	↓7	37
40	Corey	70	↑7	74
41	Samuel	67	↑2	33
42	Richard	65	–	42
43	Eric	62	↓2	32
44	Benjamin	59	↓8	31
45	Brian	59	↓1	36
46	Hunter	59	new	53
47	Derek	56	new	83
48	Devin	56	new	58
49	Kenneth	55	new	72
50	Seth	54	↓1	97

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