Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2013

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2013 were Emma for girls (152 babies) and Mason for boys (156). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Mason ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,013 babies born in West Virginia in 2013 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2013

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

Josie: 30 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Raelynn: 26 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Gracie: 43 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Gracelyn: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Baylee: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Allie: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Haven: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ryleigh: 30 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Addyson: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Madilyn: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Dakota: 29 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Remington: 26 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Brantley: 82 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Scott: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Braxton: 74 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Bentley: 113 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Trenton: 28 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Waylon: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tucker: 42 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Karson: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2013

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	Emma	152	–	2
2	Olivia	125	↑3	3
3	Sophia	124	↓1	1
4	Isabella	109	↓1	4
5	Abigail	105	↑5	8
6	Ava	98	↓2	5
7	Madison	93	↓1	9
8	Addison	84	↑1	19
9	Lillian	77	↑5	26
10	Aubrey	72	↓3	18
11	Brooklyn	72	↓3	28
12	Chloe	69	↑1	14
13	Aubree	66	↓2	53
14	Emily	64	↓2	7
15	Ella	62	↑5	15
16	Zoey	61	↑1	24
17	Paisley	54	↑19	80
18	Avery	53	↑7	12
19	Amelia	49	↑30	17
20	Sadie	49	new	49
21	Elizabeth	48	↓3	10
22	Layla	47	↑1	30
23	Nevaeh	47	↓7	46
24	Gracie	43	↑19	>100
25	Harper	43	↓6	16
26	Kaylee	42	↑1	40
27	Peyton	42	↑1	51
28	Gabriella	40	↑4	38
29	Hannah	40	↓7	23
30	Mia	40	↑5	6
31	Allison	39	new	34
32	Autumn	39	↓11	64
33	Serenity	39	↑11	52
34	Aaliyah	35	new	37
35	Madelyn	35	new	68
36	Rylee	35	new	>100
37	Kylie	34	↑10	61
38	Skylar	33	–	73
39	Audrey	32	↑6	33
40	Brooklynn	32	↓7	>100
41	Charlotte	32	new	11
42	Lydia	32	new	95
43	Riley	32	↓14	45
44	Taylor	32	↓5	59
45	Kennedy	31	↑1	65
46	Alexis	30	↓31	47
47	Anna	30	↓17	35
48	Josie	30	new	>100
49	Piper	30	new	97
50	Ryleigh	30	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	Mason	156	–	4
2	Liam	145	–	3
3	Noah	125	↑5	1
4	Hunter	114	↑1	36
5	Bentley	113	↓2	81
6	Elijah	113	↑9	11
7	Brayden	105	↑2	48
8	Jacob	94	↓4	2
9	Jaxon	94	↑18	45
10	Jackson	92	↑6	16
11	Landon	88	↓5	39
12	Levi	88	↓2	49
13	Owen	87	↑13	38
14	Logan	85	↑7	18
15	Colton	83	↓1	65
16	Brantley	82	new	>100
17	James	80	↑6	13
18	William	79	↓5	5
19	Aiden	76	↓12	12
20	Jace	76	↑26	66
21	Wyatt	75	↓3	42
22	Braxton	74	↓11	>100
23	Michael	73	↓4	7
24	Eli	72	↓12	43
25	Joshua	72	↑4	21
26	Bryson	70	↓4	>100
27	Gabriel	70	↓3	24
28	Luke	69	–	34
29	Parker	69	new	74
30	Carter	65	↓13	33
31	John	65	↑2	27
32	Lucas	65	new	23
33	Jase	64	new	89
34	Christopher	61	↑5	26
35	Samuel	61	↑12	25
36	Joseph	59	↑5	20
37	Cameron	58	↓2	59
38	Andrew	56	↓8	22
39	Benjamin	56	↓2	14
40	Gavin	56	↓4	50
41	Easton	55	↓10	88
42	Carson	54	new	90
43	Isaac	54	↓11	28
44	Caleb	53	↓6	32
45	Connor	53	new	56
46	Ethan	53	↓26	6
47	Blake	52	new	75
48	Christian	52	new	35
49	Isaiah	52	↓9	44
50	Alexander	51	↓8	8

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