Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2002

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2002 were Madison for girls (225 babies) and Jacob for boys (268). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 15,990 babies born in West Virginia in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2002

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

Ashton: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kaleigh: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Haleigh: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Makenzie: 32 babies, 5× the national rate
Tori: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brooklyn: 40 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Summer: 40 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Whitney: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Autumn: 65 babies, 4× the national rate
Brittany: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Dakota: 94 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Levi: 45 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dustin: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Hunter: 187 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Zackary: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Trenton: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Chance: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Corey: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gary: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Peyton: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Madison	225	–	2
2	Hannah	215	–	3
3	Emily	212	–	1
4	Alexis	156	–	5
5	Abigail	146	–	7
6	Haley	107	↑3	35
7	Taylor	97	↓1	18
8	Emma	95	↑19	4
9	Olivia	92	↓1	10
10	Sarah	89	↑1	8
11	Kaitlyn	80	↓4	32
12	Brianna	75	↑2	17
13	Hailey	75	↑6	31
14	Ashley	74	↓2	6
15	Savannah	74	↑10	39
16	Elizabeth	72	↓3	11
17	Chloe	70	↑17	25
18	Samantha	70	–	9
19	Morgan	69	↓9	29
20	Mackenzie	68	↑9	42
21	Makayla	68	↑21	50
22	Megan	67	↓1	22
23	Autumn	65	↑7	73
24	Lauren	64	–	13
25	Jessica	63	↓8	16
26	Allison	62	↑9	44
27	Alyssa	60	↓1	12
28	Destiny	59	↓13	34
29	Sydney	59	↓7	23
30	Kaylee	58	↑7	57
31	Isabella	57	new	14
32	Sierra	57	↓16	62
33	Jenna	54	–	47
34	Grace	46	↓11	15
35	Kylie	46	new	61
36	Courtney	45	↑2	88
37	Victoria	43	↓9	21
38	Anna	42	↓6	20
39	Faith	42	↑9	48
40	Katelyn	42	–	53
41	Kayla	42	↓21	19
42	Brooke	41	↑4	52
43	Shelby	41	↑7	75
44	Brooklyn	40	↓5	>100
45	Natalie	40	new	30
46	Summer	40	new	>100
47	Cheyenne	37	↑2	>100
48	Jordan	37	↓4	45
49	Rachel	37	↓18	24
50	Breanna	36	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Jacob	268	–	1
2	Austin	190	–	26
3	Hunter	187	–	38
4	Ethan	176	↑3	5
5	James	166	↑6	18
6	Christopher	155	↑4	8
7	Logan	152	↑7	29
8	Tyler	147	↓3	14
9	Joshua	137	↓1	3
10	Matthew	137	↓4	4
11	Zachary	137	↓7	19
12	Andrew	136	↑3	6
13	Michael	130	↓4	2
14	William	130	↓1	11
15	Nicholas	125	↑4	9
16	Joseph	120	↑1	7
17	Dylan	116	↓5	23
18	Caleb	111	–	35
19	Brandon	110	↓3	20
20	John	107	↑3	17
21	David	98	–	13
22	Ryan	98	–	16
23	Nathan	96	↑4	28
24	Isaac	95	↑18	48
25	Dakota	94	↑1	>100
26	Noah	90	↓6	31
27	Cameron	88	↓2	39
28	Robert	87	–	34
29	Samuel	86	↑3	25
30	Elijah	83	↑13	41
31	Justin	79	↓7	22
32	Daniel	78	↓1	10
33	Alexander	72	↑3	15
34	Jordan	71	↑1	37
35	Christian	70	↓6	24
36	Isaiah	69	↑8	45
37	Jonathan	69	↓3	21
38	Gavin	68	new	61
39	Seth	68	↑1	72
40	Thomas	66	↑1	36
41	Anthony	65	↑4	12
42	Cody	65	↓12	71
43	Jason	62	new	42
44	Chase	61	↑3	82
45	Garrett	58	↑5	91
46	Benjamin	57	↓13	27
47	Gabriel	56	↓1	32
48	Mason	56	new	53
49	Nathaniel	55	↓10	62
50	Aaron	54	↓2	43

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