Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2005

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2005 were Madison for girls (198 babies) and Jacob for boys (243). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 15,857 babies born in West Virginia in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2005

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

Emilee: 25 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Kiersten: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Kaleigh: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Jaden: 24 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Haylee: 29 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kamryn: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kayleigh: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Autumn: 52 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jayden: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Haley: 69 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Dakota: 74 babies, 6× the national rate
Levi: 57 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Hunter: 161 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dalton: 43 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Trenton: 39 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Braxton: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gage: 45 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chance: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brayden: 81 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Garrett: 49 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Madison	198	–	3
2	Emily	195	–	1
3	Emma	169	↑1	2
4	Hannah	136	↓1	7
5	Olivia	135	↑2	5
6	Abigail	127	–	4
7	Alexis	123	↓2	13
8	Chloe	85	↑6	19
9	Kaylee	76	↑8	40
10	Isabella	74	↓2	6
11	Morgan	73	↑9	33
12	Elizabeth	70	↑3	11
13	Haley	69	↓4	53
14	Taylor	69	↓1	24
15	Sarah	66	↓4	15
16	Brianna	65	↑7	20
17	Makayla	64	↓1	44
18	Destiny	62	↑6	32
19	Ava	59	new	9
20	Hailey	56	↓8	26
21	Savannah	54	↑5	35
22	Alyssa	53	↓12	16
23	Autumn	52	↑4	90
24	Kaitlyn	52	↑1	34
25	Brooklyn	51	↑8	78
26	Nevaeh	49	new	69
27	Grace	46	↓5	14
28	Gracie	45	↑21	94
29	Natalie	45	↑10	18
30	Allison	44	↓1	45
31	Brooke	44	↑13	47
32	Faith	44	↑13	49
33	Jasmine	44	↑7	29
34	Jenna	44	↓6	62
35	Sophia	44	↑13	12
36	Sydney	44	↓5	30
37	Katelyn	43	↑4	59
38	Lillian	43	↑4	50
39	Kylie	42	new	57
40	Anna	41	↓22	22
41	Megan	40	↓22	41
42	Samantha	40	↓8	8
43	Victoria	38	↓6	28
44	Mackenzie	37	↓23	51
45	Ashley	36	↓13	10
46	Ella	35	new	23
47	Lauren	35	↓17	21
48	Mia	35	new	17
49	Zoe	35	new	58
50	Rachel	34	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Jacob	243	–	1
2	Ethan	171	–	5
3	Hunter	161	↑2	53
4	Logan	133	↓1	26
5	Andrew	132	↑2	6
6	James	131	↑7	17
7	Tyler	127	↓3	16
8	William	125	↑1	11
9	Michael	124	↑2	2
10	Matthew	123	↓4	4
11	Joshua	116	↓3	3
12	Christopher	115	↑2	10
13	Austin	114	↓3	38
14	Caleb	108	↓2	35
15	Zachary	104	↑2	29
16	Elijah	100	↑8	31
17	Dylan	99	↓2	24
18	Joseph	94	↑1	9
19	Nicholas	94	↑2	15
20	Noah	94	↑3	23
21	Landon	93	new	61
22	David	86	–	12
23	Ryan	85	↓7	14
24	Alexander	83	↓4	13
25	Isaac	83	↑10	49
26	Brayden	81	↑23	80
27	Isaiah	81	↑2	45
28	Connor	78	↑9	48
29	Gavin	76	↓4	47
30	Hayden	75	new	76
31	Benjamin	74	↑14	25
32	Dakota	74	↑2	>100
33	Aiden	73	new	50
34	Jonathan	73	new	19
35	Mason	73	↑5	42
36	John	71	↓10	18
37	Charles	69	new	56
38	Robert	69	↓8	37
39	Cameron	67	↓8	52
40	Christian	67	↓13	22
41	Nathan	66	↓9	20
42	Anthony	63	↓1	8
43	Daniel	63	–	7
44	Luke	61	↓6	41
45	Brandon	60	↓27	27
46	Samuel	59	↓18	21
47	Chase	58	↓11	82
48	Jason	58	new	51
49	Jordan	58	↓1	46
50	Levi	57	new	>100

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