Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2010

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2010 were Isabella for girls (154 babies) and Jacob for boys (170). Social Security records list 14,663 babies born in West Virginia in 2010 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2010

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

Baylee: 22 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Arabella: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Maggie: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Brooklynn: 36 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kayleigh: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kylee: 36 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kendra: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Haylee: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Josie: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maddison: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Braiden: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Braydon: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Braxton: 55 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Colten: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Waylon: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Trenton: 37 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Landyn: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Gunner: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Zayden: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bryson: 64 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2010

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Isabella	154	↑1	1
2	Madison	123	↓1	8
3	Emma	121	–	3
4	Abigail	115	↑1	7
5	Olivia	102	↑2	4
6	Sophia	102	↑7	2
7	Alexis	101	↓3	16
8	Addison	100	↑3	11
9	Chloe	97	↓1	9
10	Ava	90	↓1	5
11	Emily	79	↓5	6
12	Nevaeh	78	–	25
13	Brooklyn	71	↑2	34
14	Lillian	70	↑9	22
15	Kaylee	69	↓5	35
16	Hannah	61	–	20
17	Zoey	61	↑12	47
18	Ella	54	↑1	13
19	Alyssa	53	↓5	21
20	Lily	53	↑5	17
21	Aubrey	50	–	45
22	Taylor	50	↓4	37
23	Riley	48	↑5	40
24	Autumn	47	↑15	81
25	Sarah	47	↑13	26
26	Peyton	46	↓4	51
27	Elizabeth	45	↓10	12
28	Layla	45	↑15	36
29	Gabriella	44	↑15	33
30	Khloe	44	↑20	42
31	Savannah	44	↓11	44
32	Bella	43	↑3	48
33	Hailey	43	↓9	19
34	Audrey	41	new	52
35	Amelia	40	new	41
36	Morgan	38	↓2	63
37	Natalie	38	↑10	14
38	Bailey	37	↓6	78
39	Anna	36	↓9	27
40	Brooklynn	36	new	>100
41	Kylee	36	new	>100
42	Allison	35	↓11	38
43	Mackenzie	35	new	68
44	Rylee	35	↓2	>100
45	Avery	34	new	23
46	Leah	34	↓20	24
47	Lilly	34	↓11	>100
48	Makayla	32	new	43
49	Payton	32	↓12	79
50	Gracie	30	↓23	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Jacob	170	–	1
2	Mason	132	↑12	12
3	Noah	116	↑1	7
4	Logan	110	↑3	17
5	Landon	109	↑1	33
6	Brayden	108	↑2	40
7	Aiden	107	↓2	9
8	James	107	↑2	19
9	Hunter	104	↓7	58
10	Ethan	101	↓7	2
11	Elijah	97	↓2	18
12	Colton	92	↑29	73
13	Michael	86	↑2	3
14	William	85	↓3	5
15	Caleb	84	↓2	32
16	Tyler	79	–	34
17	Isaiah	78	↑6	43
18	Christopher	76	↑15	13
19	Jackson	75	↑19	25
20	Gabriel	74	↑5	21
21	Levi	74	↑1	70
22	Joshua	73	↓5	11
23	Samuel	73	↑21	24
24	Alexander	72	↑3	6
25	Wyatt	72	↓13	57
26	Carter	70	new	48
27	Eli	70	↑22	65
28	Matthew	69	↓2	16
29	Gavin	68	↓11	38
30	Jayden	68	↑5	4
31	Austin	67	↓7	64
32	Liam	67	new	30
33	Cameron	66	↑3	60
34	Joseph	65	↓15	20
35	Bryson	64	new	>100
36	Brody	62	↓7	83
37	David	61	↓17	15
38	Andrew	60	↓8	14
39	Dylan	58	↓2	31
40	Evan	58	↓12	36
41	Bentley	57	new	100
42	Christian	57	↓10	29
43	Connor	57	↑5	49
44	Isaac	57	↓1	39
45	Braxton	55	new	>100
46	Chase	54	↓15	66
47	Anthony	52	new	10
48	Lucas	51	↓2	35
49	John	50	↓2	26
50	Luke	50	new	41

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