Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2011

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2011 were Isabella for girls (160 babies) and Mason for boys (160). Isabella ranked #2 nationally for girls. Mason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,034 babies born in West Virginia in 2011 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2011

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

Jayden: 25 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Cheyenne: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Baylee: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Alivia: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Gracie: 36 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Paisley: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Josie: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maddison: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bailey: 50 babies, 4× the national rate
Brooklynn: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Waylon: 25 babies, 7× the national rate
Kolton: 21 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Braxton: 68 babies, 6× the national rate
Brycen: 26 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Brantley: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dakota: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Colten: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Braydon: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Zander: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bentley: 106 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2011

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Isabella	160	–	2
2	Emma	136	↑1	3
3	Madison	122	↓1	8
4	Sophia	112	↑2	1
5	Addison	99	↑3	13
6	Abigail	94	↓2	7
7	Olivia	92	↓2	4
8	Ava	89	↑2	5
9	Alexis	79	↓2	26
10	Chloe	76	↓1	10
11	Nevaeh	76	↑1	33
12	Kaylee	75	↑3	36
13	Brooklyn	73	–	21
14	Emily	73	↓3	6
15	Lillian	66	↓1	22
16	Aubrey	65	↑5	20
17	Zoey	62	–	28
18	Ella	60	–	12
19	Elizabeth	55	↑8	11
20	Peyton	55	↑6	53
21	Bailey	50	↑17	88
22	Layla	49	↑6	35
23	Mia	46	new	9
24	Alyssa	44	↓5	37
25	Avery	44	↑20	18
26	Autumn	43	↓2	69
27	Aubree	41	new	99
28	Hannah	40	↓12	25
29	Khloe	40	↑1	49
30	Riley	40	↓7	47
31	Sophie	40	new	51
32	Savannah	39	↓1	41
33	Allison	38	↑9	40
34	Grace	38	new	16
35	Gabriella	37	↓6	34
36	Amelia	36	↓1	30
37	Gracie	36	↑13	>100
38	Hailey	36	↓5	32
39	Mackenzie	35	↑4	68
40	Brooklynn	34	–	>100
41	Lily	34	↓21	15
42	Rylee	34	↑2	>100
43	Kylie	32	new	57
44	Leah	32	↑2	29
45	Natalie	32	↓8	14
46	Payton	32	↑3	95
47	Bella	31	↓15	60
48	Taylor	31	↓26	44
49	Alivia	29	new	>100
50	Audrey	29	↓16	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Mason	160	↑1	2
2	Jacob	137	↓1	1
3	Landon	129	↑2	34
4	Hunter	119	↑5	55
5	Noah	118	↓2	5
6	Elijah	117	↑5	13
7	Aiden	115	–	9
8	Brayden	115	↓2	36
9	Bentley	106	↑32	75
10	Levi	102	↑11	66
11	Gavin	100	↑18	37
12	Liam	98	↑20	15
13	William	98	↑1	3
14	Logan	89	↓10	21
15	Tyler	88	↑1	38
16	James	86	↓8	17
17	Gabriel	85	↑3	24
18	Jackson	83	↑1	23
19	Colton	78	↓7	74
20	Ethan	78	↓10	7
21	Michael	77	↓8	6
22	Joseph	76	↑12	22
23	Wyatt	76	↑2	48
24	Andrew	75	↑14	16
25	Eli	74	↑2	58
26	Austin	72	↑5	60
27	Brody	69	↑9	83
28	Jayden	69	↑2	4
29	Braxton	68	↑16	>100
30	Lucas	66	↑18	29
31	Matthew	66	↓3	12
32	Bryson	65	↑3	97
33	Hayden	65	new	90
34	Caleb	64	↓19	32
35	Joshua	64	↓13	14
36	Evan	63	↑4	40
37	Owen	63	new	44
38	John	62	↑11	27
39	Parker	62	new	79
40	Alexander	61	↓16	8
41	Carter	61	↓15	41
42	Jaxon	60	new	86
43	Cameron	55	↓10	53
44	Connor	55	↓1	54
45	Blake	54	new	73
46	Isaac	54	↓2	35
47	Nathan	54	new	28
48	Chase	53	↓2	69
49	Isaiah	53	↓32	43
50	Luke	53	–	39

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