Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2001

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2001 were Madison for girls (234 babies) and Jacob for boys (325). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 15,889 babies born in West Virginia in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2001

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: 20 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Brooklyn: 45 babies, 6× the national rate
Baylee: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Katlyn: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Emilee: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Whitney: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Brittany: 50 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bethany: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Haylee: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Josie: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Zackery: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dakota: 88 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dalton: 67 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Levi: 38 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dustin: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chad: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Hunter: 170 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Chance: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Corey: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bailey: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Madison	234	↑2	2
2	Hannah	220	↓1	3
3	Emily	210	↓1	1
4	Alexis	170	–	5
5	Abigail	111	↑5	8
6	Taylor	105	–	12
7	Kaitlyn	101	↑5	31
8	Olivia	101	↑14	10
9	Haley	92	↓4	34
10	Morgan	90	↑9	29
11	Sarah	90	↓4	6
12	Ashley	85	↓3	4
13	Elizabeth	83	↑1	9
14	Brianna	82	↑9	18
15	Destiny	80	↑2	22
16	Sierra	79	↑13	55
17	Jessica	74	↑1	11
18	Samantha	74	↓7	7
19	Hailey	73	↑14	33
20	Kayla	69	↓7	17
21	Megan	69	↓13	20
22	Sydney	69	↓7	23
23	Grace	66	↑13	16
24	Lauren	66	–	15
25	Savannah	65	↓9	42
26	Alyssa	62	↓1	14
27	Emma	62	–	13
28	Victoria	61	↑3	21
29	Mackenzie	60	↑12	40
30	Autumn	58	↑4	72
31	Rachel	58	↓11	24
32	Anna	56	↑3	19
33	Jenna	55	↑15	45
34	Chloe	54	↑11	30
35	Allison	52	↓5	44
36	Brittany	50	↓15	>100
37	Kaylee	48	↑2	66
38	Courtney	47	↓6	73
39	Brooklyn	45	new	>100
40	Katelyn	45	↓2	52
41	Jasmine	43	↑6	25
42	Makayla	42	↓14	54
43	Amber	41	↓6	51
44	Jordan	40	–	47
45	Bailey	39	new	69
46	Brooke	39	↓20	57
47	Gabrielle	39	new	50
48	Faith	38	↓2	53
49	Cheyenne	35	↓7	>100
50	Shelby	35	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Jacob	325	–	1
2	Austin	188	–	25
3	Hunter	170	↑5	36
4	Zachary	158	↑3	16
5	Tyler	157	↓1	13
6	Matthew	150	–	3
7	Ethan	149	↑11	17
8	Joshua	146	↓3	4
9	Michael	146	↓6	2
10	Christopher	141	↑1	5
11	James	141	↑2	19
12	Dylan	131	↑3	21
13	William	130	↑7	10
14	Logan	129	↑3	29
15	Andrew	124	↓6	7
16	Brandon	122	↓6	18
17	Joseph	122	↓3	8
18	Caleb	121	↑3	37
19	Nicholas	120	↓7	6
20	Noah	113	↑4	28
21	David	111	↓5	12
22	Ryan	111	↓3	15
23	John	94	↓1	14
24	Justin	91	↓1	22
25	Cameron	89	↑2	35
26	Dakota	88	↑4	93
27	Nathan	87	↑2	31
28	Robert	87	↑3	30
29	Christian	86	↓4	24
30	Cody	83	↓2	64
31	Daniel	81	↑9	9
32	Samuel	77	↑12	26
33	Benjamin	75	↑3	27
34	Jonathan	75	↓8	23
35	Jordan	72	↓3	39
36	Alexander	71	↑2	20
37	Charles	68	↑4	55
38	Dalton	67	↑7	98
39	Nathaniel	65	↑4	61
40	Seth	65	↓5	68
41	Thomas	65	↓2	33
42	Isaac	64	↑6	47
43	Elijah	63	new	45
44	Isaiah	63	↓7	43
45	Anthony	61	↓12	11
46	Gabriel	61	new	38
47	Chase	60	↓13	79
48	Aaron	55	↓1	42
49	Timothy	55	↓7	67
50	Garrett	54	new	80

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