Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2008

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2008 were Emma for girls (168 babies) and Jacob for boys (175). Social Security records list 15,553 babies born in West Virginia in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2008

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: 17 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Raegan: 18 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Baylee: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Haylee: 26 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lexi: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kayleigh: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kendra: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Mallory: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ryleigh: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maddison: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Brycen: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Braxton: 53 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dakota: 39 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Trenton: 48 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Braydon: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Levi: 65 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dalton: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Hunter: 126 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gage: 45 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dustin: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Emma	168	↑1	1
2	Madison	166	↓1	6
3	Abigail	123	↑1	8
4	Olivia	119	↑4	4
5	Emily	116	↓2	3
6	Ava	108	↑3	5
7	Chloe	107	↑3	10
8	Alexis	105	↓1	15
9	Addison	97	↑2	12
10	Isabella	96	↓4	2
11	Alyssa	85	↑2	16
12	Hannah	80	↓7	17
13	Kaylee	74	↑2	31
14	Brooklyn	70	–	48
15	Taylor	60	↑5	22
16	Sophia	58	↑7	7
17	Elizabeth	55	↑2	9
18	Lillian	53	↑8	29
19	Nevaeh	53	↓3	34
20	Aubrey	52	↑7	42
21	Savannah	50	↑3	33
22	Hailey	48	↓10	25
23	Kaitlyn	47	↑20	53
24	Sarah	47	↓6	20
25	Destiny	46	↑7	47
26	Grace	46	↑4	21
27	Riley	46	↑23	39
28	Morgan	43	↑11	46
29	Zoey	43	↑6	98
30	Ella	42	↑6	19
31	Gracie	41	↓9	99
32	Natalie	41	↓7	13
33	Rylee	41	new	>100
34	Haley	39	↓17	>100
35	Mackenzie	39	↓1	65
36	Allison	38	↑2	32
37	Jasmine	36	↓4	43
38	Samantha	36	new	11
39	Audrey	35	new	44
40	Brianna	35	↓19	23
41	Sydney	35	↑1	49
42	Anna	34	↑3	26
43	Autumn	34	↓2	87
44	Gabriella	34	new	35
45	Peyton	34	new	60
46	Sophie	34	new	75
47	Katelyn	33	↓16	80
48	Layla	33	new	55
49	Kylie	32	new	51
50	Lily	32	↓1	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Jacob	175	–	1
2	Ethan	134	–	3
3	Landon	127	↑10	45
4	Noah	127	↑5	15
5	Hunter	126	–	54
6	Aiden	115	↑15	16
7	James	114	↑3	17
8	Brayden	113	↑10	51
9	Logan	106	↓6	19
10	Joshua	105	↑2	4
11	William	101	↑4	8
12	Andrew	98	↑4	12
13	Matthew	97	↓2	10
14	Austin	94	↓10	55
15	Michael	93	↓9	2
16	Christopher	92	↓2	9
17	Gavin	92	↓10	30
18	Mason	92	↑9	35
19	Joseph	90	↑5	13
20	Jackson	88	↑22	32
21	Tyler	88	↓13	28
22	Alexander	84	↑6	6
23	Elijah	82	↑2	22
24	Wyatt	81	↑22	62
25	Caleb	79	↑1	34
26	Dylan	77	↓4	31
27	Jayden	77	↑8	11
28	Cameron	75	↓9	53
29	Gabriel	75	↑16	24
30	Hayden	75	↑9	76
31	Isaiah	75	↓14	42
32	Samuel	75	↑6	27
33	David	72	↓13	14
34	Brody	71	new	70
35	Robert	70	new	49
36	Nicholas	68	↓7	29
37	Owen	68	↑4	58
38	Zachary	67	↓6	47
39	Benjamin	65	↓6	25
40	Isaac	65	↓17	37
41	John	65	↓10	20
42	Levi	65	↓2	>100
43	Ryan	65	↓13	18
44	Christian	62	↓1	23
45	Evan	62	↓1	38
46	Jordan	61	new	48
47	Chase	60	new	67
48	Connor	60	new	57
49	Daniel	58	new	5
50	Nathan	56	↓13	21

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