Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1997

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1997 were Emily for girls (211 babies) and Jacob for boys (299). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 16,609 babies born in West Virginia in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1997

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

Josie: 20 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Kelsie: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Ashton: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Katlyn: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Chelsey: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Emilee: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Whitney: 33 babies, 4× the national rate
Cierra: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cheyenne: 75 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Autumn: 57 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Dakota: 120 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gary: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Levi: 39 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dustin: 71 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shawn: 56 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Seth: 64 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Logan: 131 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cory: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Travis: 69 babies, 3× the national rate
Cody: 134 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	211	–	1
2	Hannah	202	–	5
3	Sarah	155	↑4	4
4	Taylor	134	↑2	7
5	Samantha	128	↑4	6
6	Ashley	124	↓2	3
7	Jessica	122	↓4	2
8	Megan	115	↑2	11
9	Morgan	115	↑3	22
10	Madison	109	↑8	10
11	Courtney	107	–	28
12	Kayla	106	↓4	12
13	Brittany	102	↓8	20
14	Alexis	100	↑1	8
15	Haley	95	↑1	31
16	Amber	92	↓3	29
17	Rachel	80	↑5	13
18	Brooke	78	↑15	45
19	Abigail	77	↑4	26
20	Brianna	75	↓3	17
21	Cheyenne	75	↑21	68
22	Elizabeth	70	↓8	9
23	Kaitlyn	66	↓4	41
24	Katelyn	66	↑3	63
25	Savannah	65	–	47
26	Lauren	64	↑3	14
27	Olivia	64	↑5	27
28	Destiny	63	↑17	42
29	Jordan	62	↑6	40
30	Kelsey	61	↓10	57
31	Amanda	58	↓7	16
32	Sierra	58	↑9	56
33	Autumn	57	↑7	91
34	Allison	56	↓6	39
35	Rebecca	54	↓1	25
36	Tiffany	54	↓15	61
37	Sydney	53	new	35
38	Alyssa	52	↓2	15
39	Breanna	48	↓2	74
40	Anna	47	↑9	33
41	Chelsea	47	↓11	73
42	Sara	46	new	50
43	Victoria	46	↑1	19
44	Kristen	43	↓13	82
45	Mackenzie	43	new	71
46	Makayla	43	↑2	>100
47	Miranda	41	↓4	70
48	Heather	39	↓2	90
49	Shelby	39	↓23	43
50	Stephanie	39	–	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	299	↑1	2
2	Austin	261	↑1	9
3	Brandon	261	↑2	8
4	Tyler	260	↓3	10
5	Michael	215	↑2	1
6	Christopher	197	↑4	4
7	Joshua	196	↓1	5
8	Zachary	189	↓4	13
9	Matthew	177	↑3	3
10	James	175	↓1	17
11	Andrew	162	↑5	7
12	William	160	↓1	19
13	Ryan	159	↑5	16
14	Nicholas	146	↑3	6
15	Joseph	145	↑6	12
16	Cody	134	↓8	36
17	Logan	131	↑3	42
18	Justin	123	↓5	20
19	Dakota	120	↑3	66
20	David	115	↓5	14
21	John	115	↓7	15
22	Jonathan	112	↑5	21
23	Robert	107	↓4	23
24	Hunter	102	↑6	44
25	Dylan	100	↑1	30
26	Caleb	95	↑10	47
27	Jordan	90	↓3	26
28	Daniel	88	↓5	11
29	Kyle	77	↑11	24
30	Adam	76	↑5	39
31	Charles	74	↓2	49
32	Nathan	73	↑7	34
33	Aaron	71	↓5	33
34	Dustin	71	↓2	88
35	Travis	69	↑10	81
36	Benjamin	67	↑2	29
37	Samuel	66	–	27
38	Steven	66	↑5	40
39	Alexander	65	↓5	22
40	Anthony	65	↓9	18
41	Thomas	65	↓16	31
42	Timothy	65	↓9	43
43	Chase	64	new	77
44	Seth	64	↑6	97
45	Ethan	61	new	46
46	Christian	58	↓5	25
47	Shawn	56	new	>100
48	Noah	55	↑1	38
49	Jared	54	new	56
50	Nathaniel	54	new	65

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