Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2000

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2000 were Hannah for girls (220 babies) and Jacob for boys (313). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 16,462 babies born in West Virginia in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2000

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

Haleigh: 23 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Katlyn: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Emilee: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Haylee: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ashton: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maggie: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Josie: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cierra: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Katelynn: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Tori: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 44 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dakota: 87 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dustin: 47 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Zackary: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Zachery: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Peyton: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Trenton: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jarrett: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Chase: 76 babies, 3× the national rate
Austin: 213 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Hannah	220	–	2
2	Emily	203	↑1	1
3	Madison	196	↓1	3
4	Alexis	146	–	6
5	Haley	123	↑3	28
6	Taylor	120	↓1	10
7	Sarah	107	↓1	5
8	Megan	103	↑2	18
9	Ashley	99	↓2	4
10	Abigail	98	↑4	14
11	Samantha	97	–	7
12	Kaitlyn	89	–	30
13	Kayla	81	–	13
14	Elizabeth	80	↑10	9
15	Sydney	79	↑1	23
16	Savannah	78	↑4	37
17	Destiny	74	↑5	24
18	Jessica	73	↑1	8
19	Morgan	73	↓10	25
20	Rachel	73	↑8	21
21	Brittany	71	↓4	60
22	Olivia	71	↑3	16
23	Brianna	70	↓8	15
24	Lauren	66	↓3	11
25	Alyssa	60	↓2	12
26	Brooke	60	↑9	51
27	Emma	60	↑20	17
28	Makayla	60	↓2	67
29	Sierra	59	–	53
30	Allison	56	↑2	44
31	Victoria	56	↓1	20
32	Courtney	55	↓14	59
33	Hailey	55	new	35
34	Autumn	52	↑7	77
35	Anna	50	↓1	22
36	Grace	50	↑1	19
37	Amber	49	↓6	47
38	Katelyn	49	–	54
39	Kaylee	49	–	72
40	Kelsey	48	new	88
41	Mackenzie	48	↑3	43
42	Cheyenne	45	↑3	99
43	Breanna	39	↓16	80
44	Jordan	39	↓1	50
45	Chloe	38	↑5	38
46	Faith	38	new	66
47	Jasmine	38	↓14	27
48	Jenna	38	new	63
49	Jennifer	38	new	26
50	Caitlin	36	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Jacob	313	–	1
2	Austin	213	–	23
3	Michael	190	↑3	2
4	Tyler	190	↓1	10
5	Joshua	176	–	4
6	Matthew	164	↓2	3
7	Zachary	164	↑3	15
8	Hunter	160	↑8	35
9	Andrew	151	↑6	7
10	Brandon	147	↓2	12
11	Christopher	146	↓2	5
12	Nicholas	140	↓1	6
13	James	138	↓6	18
14	Joseph	127	↓1	8
15	Dylan	125	↓3	24
16	David	124	↑6	16
17	Logan	123	↓3	40
18	Ethan	119	↑13	25
19	Ryan	119	–	13
20	William	117	↓3	11
21	Caleb	114	↑5	38
22	John	110	↓4	14
23	Justin	105	–	19
24	Noah	104	↓3	27
25	Christian	93	↑13	22
26	Jonathan	93	↑6	21
27	Cameron	90	–	31
28	Cody	90	↓3	60
29	Nathan	90	↑1	30
30	Dakota	87	↓6	88
31	Robert	87	↓11	29
32	Jordan	86	↑3	36
33	Anthony	77	↑1	17
34	Chase	76	↑9	77
35	Seth	76	↓7	63
36	Benjamin	74	↑9	26
37	Isaiah	71	new	47
38	Alexander	70	↓9	20
39	Thomas	70	↑3	33
40	Daniel	69	↑4	9
41	Charles	67	↑6	51
42	Timothy	67	↓3	58
43	Nathaniel	65	↑5	61
44	Samuel	64	↓8	28
45	Dalton	61	↓4	91
46	Kyle	58	↓9	37
47	Aaron	57	↓14	41
48	Isaac	57	new	53
49	Adam	55	↓9	45
50	Luke	55	new	59

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