Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1998

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1998 were Hannah for girls (221 babies) and Jacob for boys (299). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 16,226 babies born in West Virginia in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1998

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

Katlyn: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Emilee: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Brooklyn: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Allyson: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cierra: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shania: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cassie: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shayla: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bethany: 36 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tessa: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Zackery: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Dakota: 110 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Levi: 44 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Terry: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Corey: 55 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dustin: 54 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Seth: 68 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Logan: 125 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kaleb: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Colby: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Hannah	221	↑1	2
2	Emily	183	↓1	1
3	Taylor	156	↑1	7
4	Madison	145	↑6	9
5	Ashley	138	↑1	5
6	Alexis	133	↑8	6
7	Brittany	114	↑6	25
8	Kayla	114	↑4	12
9	Megan	113	↓1	13
10	Sarah	108	↓7	4
11	Samantha	104	↓6	3
12	Morgan	96	↓3	23
13	Haley	95	↑2	36
14	Kaitlyn	91	↑9	35
15	Courtney	88	↓4	39
16	Amber	83	–	37
17	Brianna	82	↑3	17
18	Elizabeth	82	↑4	10
19	Jessica	82	↓12	8
20	Abigail	80	↓1	18
21	Savannah	77	↑4	45
22	Alyssa	72	↑16	11
23	Allison	67	↑11	38
24	Brooke	66	↓6	46
25	Rachel	65	↓8	15
26	Olivia	64	↑1	21
27	Victoria	63	↑16	16
28	Makayla	62	↑18	71
29	Sierra	59	↑3	51
30	Autumn	58	↑3	77
31	Katelyn	58	↓7	58
32	Mary	57	new	44
33	Jordan	56	↓4	42
34	Lauren	56	↓8	14
35	Destiny	53	↓7	34
36	Kelsey	53	↓6	56
37	Amanda	52	↓6	19
38	Cheyenne	51	↓17	72
39	Sydney	50	↓2	28
40	Chelsea	49	↑1	94
41	Danielle	47	new	41
42	Rebecca	41	↓7	30
43	Breanna	39	↓4	76
44	Paige	39	new	63
45	Stephanie	39	↑5	29
46	Kaylee	37	new	86
47	Shelby	37	↑2	49
48	Bethany	36	new	>100
49	Faith	36	new	>100
50	Sara	36	↓8	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	299	–	2
2	Austin	276	–	10
3	Tyler	208	↑1	8
4	Brandon	203	↓1	7
5	Michael	199	–	1
6	Matthew	195	↑3	3
7	Zachary	192	↑1	16
8	Joshua	181	↓1	4
9	Christopher	163	↓3	5
10	William	157	↑2	14
11	James	152	↓1	18
12	Hunter	143	↑12	36
13	Ryan	137	–	17
14	Joseph	134	↑1	11
15	Nicholas	131	↓1	6
16	Cody	125	–	43
17	Logan	125	–	44
18	Andrew	124	↓7	9
19	Dylan	118	↑6	25
20	Justin	118	↓2	20
21	John	114	–	15
22	Robert	114	↑1	23
23	Dakota	110	↓4	72
24	Caleb	108	↑2	42
25	Jordan	96	↑2	27
26	Anthony	94	↑14	19
27	David	90	↓7	13
28	Daniel	85	–	12
29	Noah	83	↑19	29
30	Jonathan	81	↓8	21
31	Ethan	80	↑14	38
32	Samuel	80	↑5	28
33	Benjamin	79	↑3	30
34	Cameron	74	new	35
35	Thomas	74	↑6	31
36	Alexander	70	↑3	22
37	Seth	68	↑7	86
38	Aaron	67	↓5	37
39	Christian	67	↑7	26
40	Nathan	67	↓8	34
41	Timothy	64	↑1	49
42	Dalton	61	new	88
43	Kyle	61	↓14	24
44	Trevor	60	new	58
45	Jared	58	↑4	51
46	Steven	57	↓8	46
47	Charles	55	↓16	48
48	Corey	55	new	>100
49	Chase	54	↓6	67
50	Dustin	54	↓16	>100

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