Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1999

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1999 were Hannah for girls (220 babies) and Jacob for boys (312). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 16,129 babies born in West Virginia in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1999

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

Chelsey: 19 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Katlyn: 25 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Brooklyn: 36 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Shayla: 25 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ashton: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Josie: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bethany: 45 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Haylee: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tessa: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Whitney: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Dakota: 103 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Caden: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Levi: 40 babies, 4× the national rate
Corey: 46 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Logan: 144 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dustin: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dalton: 65 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kaleb: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Zackary: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Zachery: 17 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Hannah	220	–	2
2	Madison	198	↑2	7
3	Emily	179	↓1	1
4	Alexis	161	↑2	3
5	Taylor	148	↓2	8
6	Sarah	141	↑4	4
7	Ashley	114	↓2	6
8	Haley	98	↑5	31
9	Morgan	97	↑3	24
10	Megan	94	↓1	15
11	Samantha	90	–	5
12	Kaitlyn	88	↑2	33
13	Kayla	87	↓5	13
14	Abigail	86	↑6	18
15	Brianna	86	↑2	14
16	Sydney	84	↑23	23
17	Brittany	83	↓10	35
18	Courtney	79	↓3	44
19	Jessica	78	–	9
20	Savannah	77	↑1	42
21	Lauren	76	↑13	12
22	Destiny	75	↑13	28
23	Alyssa	66	↓1	11
24	Elizabeth	66	↓6	10
25	Olivia	66	↑1	20
26	Makayla	65	↑2	66
27	Breanna	63	↑16	74
28	Rachel	63	↓3	19
29	Sierra	61	–	49
30	Victoria	61	↓3	16
31	Amber	59	↓15	41
32	Allison	58	↓9	40
33	Jasmine	56	new	26
34	Anna	55	new	29
35	Brooke	53	↓11	47
36	Danielle	53	↑5	43
37	Grace	51	new	27
38	Katelyn	50	↓7	55
39	Kaylee	47	↑7	69
40	Amanda	45	↓3	22
41	Autumn	45	↓11	77
42	Bethany	45	↑6	>100
43	Jordan	43	↓10	48
44	Mackenzie	43	new	52
45	Cheyenne	42	↓7	84
46	Tiffany	42	new	80
47	Emma	41	new	17
48	Katie	41	new	92
49	Gabrielle	40	new	46
50	Chloe	39	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Jacob	312	–	1
2	Austin	273	–	13
3	Tyler	205	–	10
4	Matthew	190	↑2	3
5	Joshua	182	↑3	4
6	Michael	177	↓1	2
7	James	160	↑4	19
8	Brandon	158	↓4	11
9	Christopher	149	–	6
10	Zachary	147	↓3	17
11	Nicholas	146	↑4	5
12	Dylan	145	↑7	23
13	Joseph	145	↑1	8
14	Logan	144	↑3	42
15	Andrew	141	↑3	7
16	Hunter	141	↓4	36
17	William	140	↓7	14
18	John	124	↑3	15
19	Ryan	116	↓6	12
20	Robert	111	↑2	26
21	Noah	108	↑8	24
22	David	106	↑5	16
23	Justin	104	↓3	20
24	Dakota	103	↓1	77
25	Cody	99	↓9	45
26	Caleb	98	↓2	41
27	Cameron	96	↑7	33
28	Seth	85	↑9	65
29	Alexander	80	↑7	21
30	Nathan	79	↑10	32
31	Ethan	76	–	37
32	Jonathan	76	↓2	22
33	Aaron	73	↑5	38
34	Anthony	73	↓8	18
35	Jordan	72	↓10	30
36	Samuel	72	↓4	27
37	Kyle	68	↑6	28
38	Christian	67	↑1	25
39	Timothy	67	↑2	49
40	Adam	65	new	44
41	Dalton	65	↑1	86
42	Thomas	64	↓7	31
43	Chase	61	↑6	76
44	Daniel	59	↓16	9
45	Benjamin	56	↓12	29
46	Jared	55	↓1	54
47	Charles	50	–	50
48	Nathaniel	50	new	62
49	Jason	49	new	40
50	Elijah	48	new	60

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