Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2009

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2009 were Madison for girls (150 babies) and Jacob for boys (158). Madison ranked #7 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 15,369 babies born in West Virginia in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2009

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

Jadyn: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Katelynn: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kayleigh: 29 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Baylee: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jayden: 34 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kendra: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Caylee: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Addyson: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Willow: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Summer: 30 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Dakota: 48 babies, 8× the national rate
Braydon: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Braxton: 48 babies, 5× the national rate
Dalton: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ronald: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Hunter: 140 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bryson: 45 babies, 4× the national rate
Caiden: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Phillip: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Levi: 78 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Madison	150	↑1	7
2	Isabella	148	↑8	1
3	Emma	136	↓2	2
4	Alexis	122	↑4	13
5	Abigail	109	↓2	8
6	Emily	109	↓1	6
7	Olivia	109	↓3	3
8	Chloe	94	↓1	9
9	Ava	91	↓3	5
10	Kaylee	89	↑3	26
11	Addison	86	↓2	12
12	Nevaeh	72	↑7	34
13	Sophia	71	↑3	4
14	Alyssa	68	↓3	19
15	Brooklyn	67	↓1	37
16	Hannah	63	↓4	23
17	Elizabeth	62	–	11
18	Taylor	61	↓3	22
19	Ella	57	↑11	15
20	Savannah	57	↑1	39
21	Aubrey	54	↓1	41
22	Peyton	54	↑23	42
23	Lillian	52	↓5	27
24	Hailey	50	↓2	25
25	Lily	48	↑25	18
26	Leah	46	new	29
27	Gracie	44	↑4	>100
28	Riley	44	↓1	38
29	Zoey	40	–	75
30	Anna	39	↑12	28
31	Allison	38	↑5	30
32	Bailey	38	new	85
33	Jasmine	38	↑4	51
34	Morgan	38	↓6	57
35	Bella	37	new	58
36	Lilly	37	new	>100
37	Payton	37	new	84
38	Sarah	37	↓14	21
39	Autumn	36	↑4	81
40	Brianna	36	–	24
41	Kylie	36	↑8	62
42	Rylee	36	↓9	>100
43	Layla	35	↑5	45
44	Gabriella	34	–	33
45	Jayden	34	new	>100
46	Jenna	32	new	>100
47	Natalie	32	↓15	16
48	Brooke	30	new	54
49	Destiny	30	↓24	56
50	Khloe	30	new	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Jacob	158	–	1
2	Hunter	140	↑3	56
3	Ethan	130	↓1	2
4	Noah	129	–	9
5	Aiden	124	↑1	12
6	Landon	123	↓3	36
7	Logan	123	↑2	17
8	Brayden	122	–	48
9	Elijah	113	↑14	21
10	James	112	↓3	18
11	William	111	–	5
12	Wyatt	97	↑12	60
13	Caleb	96	↑12	31
14	Mason	93	↑4	34
15	Michael	92	–	3
16	Tyler	91	↑5	28
17	Joshua	90	↓7	6
18	Gavin	87	↓1	33
19	Joseph	81	–	15
20	David	80	↑13	14
21	Owen	79	↑16	51
22	Levi	78	↑20	85
23	Isaiah	76	↑8	41
24	Austin	75	↓10	63
25	Gabriel	75	↑4	22
26	Matthew	75	↓13	13
27	Alexander	74	↓5	4
28	Evan	71	↑17	35
29	Brody	69	↑5	77
30	Andrew	68	↓18	16
31	Chase	66	↑16	61
32	Christian	66	↑12	23
33	Christopher	65	↓17	10
34	Benjamin	63	↑5	19
35	Jayden	63	↓8	8
36	Cameron	60	↓8	58
37	Dylan	59	↓11	30
38	Jackson	59	↓18	27
39	Nicholas	59	↓3	32
40	Ryan	59	↑3	20
41	Colton	58	new	93
42	Charles	56	new	64
43	Isaac	55	↓3	40
44	Samuel	55	↓12	24
45	Hayden	54	↓15	91
46	Lucas	54	new	39
47	John	53	↓6	26
48	Connor	52	–	52
49	Eli	52	new	90
50	Nathan	51	–	25

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