Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1996

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1996 were Emily for girls (197 babies) and Tyler for boys (281). Tyler ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 16,789 babies born in West Virginia in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1996

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

Carrie: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Makayla: 44 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Brandi: 35 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Autumn: 51 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Chelsey: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Whitney: 37 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kasey: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shayla: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kendra: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tabitha: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Roger: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Levi: 42 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dakota: 103 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dustin: 82 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Zackary: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cody: 201 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Corey: 63 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Terry: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Logan: 121 babies, 3× the national rate
Morgan: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	197	↑2	1
2	Hannah	170	↑5	7
3	Jessica	154	↑3	2
4	Ashley	153	↓2	3
5	Brittany	147	↓4	14
6	Taylor	143	↓1	6
7	Sarah	140	↑1	4
8	Kayla	132	↓4	11
9	Samantha	125	–	5
10	Megan	115	–	12
11	Courtney	113	–	21
12	Morgan	111	–	25
13	Amber	97	–	27
14	Elizabeth	97	↑3	10
15	Alexis	94	↑10	8
16	Haley	94	↑3	30
17	Brianna	93	↑5	17
18	Madison	92	↑13	15
19	Kaitlyn	81	↑4	40
20	Kelsey	79	↓2	36
21	Tiffany	79	↓1	52
22	Rachel	77	↓8	9
23	Abigail	68	↑13	32
24	Amanda	68	↓8	13
25	Savannah	64	↑15	43
26	Shelby	63	↑20	35
27	Katelyn	62	↓3	64
28	Allison	61	↓7	38
29	Lauren	61	↑8	16
30	Chelsea	59	↓15	55
31	Kristen	58	↓2	70
32	Olivia	58	↑6	34
33	Brooke	56	↓7	45
34	Rebecca	56	–	24
35	Jordan	55	↑14	49
36	Alyssa	54	↑3	23
37	Breanna	54	new	74
38	Danielle	53	↓10	29
39	Mary	53	↑9	44
40	Autumn	51	new	>100
41	Sierra	50	↓9	62
42	Cheyenne	47	new	68
43	Miranda	46	↓8	76
44	Victoria	46	↓17	18
45	Destiny	45	new	56
46	Heather	45	↓16	71
47	Jennifer	44	↓3	19
48	Makayla	44	new	>100
49	Anna	43	↓7	33
50	Stephanie	43	↓3	20

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Tyler	281	–	7
2	Jacob	271	↑1	3
3	Austin	256	↓1	9
4	Zachary	249	↑5	14
5	Brandon	228	–	8
6	Joshua	226	↓2	5
7	Michael	211	↓1	1
8	Cody	201	↑3	31
9	James	181	↓1	17
10	Christopher	171	↓3	4
11	William	167	↑4	18
12	Matthew	158	↓2	2
13	Justin	154	↑1	20
14	John	153	↑3	15
15	David	136	↑3	13
16	Andrew	133	↓3	10
17	Nicholas	131	↑2	6
18	Ryan	129	↓2	16
19	Robert	125	↑4	23
20	Logan	121	↑8	42
21	Joseph	106	↓9	12
22	Dakota	103	↓2	58
23	Daniel	103	↑2	11
24	Jordan	96	↑8	27
25	Thomas	94	↑9	28
26	Dylan	93	–	33
27	Jonathan	91	↓6	21
28	Aaron	90	↓4	34
29	Charles	87	–	43
30	Hunter	87	↑16	47
31	Anthony	85	↓4	19
32	Dustin	82	↓10	79
33	Timothy	82	↓2	40
34	Alexander	78	↑1	22
35	Adam	77	↓5	39
36	Caleb	77	↑1	48
37	Samuel	73	↑4	30
38	Benjamin	70	↑6	29
39	Nathan	69	↓3	37
40	Kyle	68	↓7	25
41	Christian	64	new	24
42	Corey	63	↓2	94
43	Steven	62	↓4	38
44	Brian	60	↑1	36
45	Travis	54	↓7	73
46	Eric	53	↓3	35
47	Jesse	53	new	51
48	Richard	52	↓6	45
49	Noah	50	new	50
50	Seth	49	–	>100

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