Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2003

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2003 were Madison for girls (243 babies) and Jacob for boys (293). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 16,283 babies born in West Virginia in 2003 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2003

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, 7.6× the national rate
Katlyn: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kiersten: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Baylee: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kendra: 29 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Josie: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Haylee: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Brooklyn: 50 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Mckenzie: 38 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Autumn: 65 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Dakota: 77 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Levi: 50 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dustin: 36 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Braxton: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hunter: 169 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Trenton: 37 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Donald: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dalton: 44 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Colton: 45 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Trey: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2003

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Madison	243	–	3
2	Emily	230	↑1	1
3	Hannah	196	↓1	4
4	Emma	159	↑4	2
5	Alexis	149	↓1	7
6	Abigail	131	↓1	6
7	Haley	115	↓1	34
8	Olivia	107	↑1	5
9	Chloe	96	↑8	24
10	Taylor	89	↓3	19
11	Morgan	84	↑8	29
12	Alyssa	83	↑15	14
13	Sarah	82	↓3	11
14	Destiny	75	↑14	37
15	Hailey	75	↓2	26
16	Elizabeth	73	–	9
17	Isabella	73	↑14	12
18	Brianna	70	↓6	17
19	Mackenzie	66	↑1	45
20	Autumn	65	↑3	75
21	Kaylee	60	↑9	53
22	Allison	59	↑4	46
23	Samantha	58	↓5	10
24	Kaitlyn	57	↓13	32
25	Savannah	57	↓10	41
26	Makayla	56	↓5	51
27	Sydney	55	↑2	25
28	Kayla	53	↑13	16
29	Sierra	52	↑3	73
30	Grace	51	↑4	13
31	Brooklyn	50	↑13	>100
32	Jessica	49	↓7	18
33	Katelyn	49	↑7	58
34	Lauren	49	↓10	15
35	Megan	48	↓13	30
36	Anna	46	↑2	21
37	Victoria	46	–	22
38	Ashley	44	↓24	8
39	Jenna	40	↓6	55
40	Rachel	39	↑9	28
41	Jasmine	38	new	27
42	Kylie	38	↓7	52
43	Mckenzie	38	new	>100
44	Cheyenne	37	↑3	>100
45	Faith	37	↓6	50
46	Brooke	36	↓4	43
47	Natalie	35	↓2	23
48	Sophia	35	new	20
49	Courtney	34	↓13	>100
50	Gracie	34	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Jacob	293	–	1
2	Ethan	187	↑2	7
3	Matthew	170	↑7	4
4	Hunter	169	↓1	41
5	Tyler	165	↑3	15
6	Austin	158	↓4	33
7	Logan	154	–	28
8	Joshua	146	↑1	3
9	Michael	142	↑4	2
10	Caleb	140	↑8	34
11	William	137	↑3	11
12	James	134	↓7	18
13	Andrew	124	↓1	5
14	Dylan	123	↑3	19
15	Christopher	116	↓9	9
16	Ryan	108	↑6	13
17	Nicholas	106	↓2	12
18	Zachary	106	↓7	20
19	Joseph	105	↓3	6
20	David	103	↑1	14
21	John	100	↓1	17
22	Brandon	99	↓3	21
23	Noah	99	↑3	31
24	Robert	99	↑4	35
25	Cameron	88	↑2	40
26	Nathan	88	↓3	26
27	Justin	83	↑4	27
28	Samuel	83	↑1	23
29	Elijah	81	↑1	37
30	Dakota	77	↓5	>100
31	Isaac	74	↓7	48
32	Isaiah	72	↑4	49
33	Chase	71	↑11	87
34	Alexander	68	↓1	16
35	Christian	68	–	25
36	Daniel	67	↓4	8
37	Benjamin	66	↑9	24
38	Jonathan	66	↓1	22
39	Jordan	66	↓5	38
40	Evan	65	new	44
41	Thomas	65	↓1	36
42	Aaron	63	↑8	50
43	Anthony	62	↓2	10
44	Gavin	60	↓6	51
45	Charles	59	new	57
46	Jason	58	↓3	42
47	Gabriel	55	–	29
48	Hayden	52	new	84
49	Seth	51	↓10	80
50	Cody	50	↓8	78

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