Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2006

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2006 were Madison for girls (182 babies) and Jacob for boys (200). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 15,783 babies born in West Virginia in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2006

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

Carlee: 15 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Josie: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kendra: 26 babies, 5× the national rate
Kyleigh: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Emilee: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Cheyenne: 33 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hanna: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Katelynn: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Autumn: 54 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Allyson: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Braydon: 20 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Dakota: 60 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dalton: 48 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Braxton: 35 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Leland: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Zane: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Quentin: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Levi: 49 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Brayden: 98 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Trenton: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Madison	182	–	3
2	Hannah	154	↑2	8
3	Emily	143	↓1	1
4	Abigail	134	↑2	6
5	Alexis	130	↑2	14
6	Emma	127	↓3	2
7	Olivia	109	↓2	7
8	Isabella	100	↑2	4
9	Chloe	97	↓1	18
10	Sarah	85	↑5	15
11	Kaylee	84	↓2	42
12	Ava	75	↑7	5
13	Taylor	71	↑1	23
14	Savannah	69	↑7	30
15	Elizabeth	67	↓3	11
16	Nevaeh	65	↑10	43
17	Addison	63	new	28
18	Grace	61	↑9	16
19	Alyssa	58	↑3	19
20	Brooklyn	57	↑5	66
21	Destiny	57	↓3	36
22	Brianna	55	↓6	20
23	Autumn	54	–	95
24	Hailey	54	↓4	25
25	Natalie	52	↑4	17
26	Lillian	51	↑12	38
27	Morgan	51	↓16	35
28	Haley	48	↓15	75
29	Mackenzie	48	↑15	53
30	Gracie	47	↓2	>100
31	Jenna	46	↑3	88
32	Sophia	46	↑3	9
33	Ashley	44	↑12	12
34	Samantha	44	↑8	10
35	Makayla	43	↓18	45
36	Riley	43	new	56
37	Kaitlyn	42	↓13	41
38	Ella	41	↑8	21
39	Lauren	40	↑8	24
40	Megan	40	↑1	60
41	Jasmine	39	↓8	29
42	Zoey	39	new	>100
43	Katelyn	38	↓6	61
44	Sydney	38	↓8	34
45	Faith	37	↓13	62
46	Anna	36	↓6	22
47	Kylie	35	↓8	67
48	Trinity	35	new	64
49	Victoria	35	↓6	27
50	Allison	33	↓20	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Jacob	200	–	1
2	Ethan	191	–	4
3	Logan	164	↑1	20
4	Landon	137	↑17	50
5	Hunter	128	↓2	54
6	James	123	–	16
7	Andrew	119	↓2	7
8	Noah	118	↑12	15
9	Michael	116	–	2
10	Joshua	114	↑1	3
11	William	114	↓3	10
12	Joseph	108	↑6	11
13	Caleb	107	↑1	34
14	Tyler	104	↓7	18
15	Austin	102	↓2	41
16	Nicholas	101	↑3	17
17	Brayden	98	↑9	79
18	Matthew	97	↓8	5
19	John	95	↑17	19
20	Isaiah	90	↑7	39
21	David	86	↑1	13
22	Dylan	85	↓5	26
23	Gavin	83	↑6	38
24	Benjamin	82	↑7	24
25	Christopher	82	↓13	8
26	Nathan	82	↑15	23
27	Elijah	81	↓11	29
28	Hayden	80	↑2	73
29	Alexander	79	↓5	12
30	Isaac	79	↓5	48
31	Samuel	77	↑15	25
32	Ryan	76	↓9	14
33	Brandon	75	↑12	27
34	Aiden	74	↓1	32
35	Christian	72	↑5	21
36	Jackson	72	new	35
37	Chase	71	↑10	83
38	Luke	69	↑6	43
39	Wyatt	66	new	82
40	Cameron	65	↓1	52
41	Mason	65	↓6	40
42	Jordan	63	↑7	46
43	Jonathan	62	↓9	22
44	Zachary	62	↓29	33
45	Dakota	60	↓13	>100
46	Connor	58	↓18	53
47	Daniel	58	↓4	6
48	Gabriel	58	new	28
49	Anthony	56	↓7	9
50	Evan	55	new	42

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