Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2014

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2014 were Sophia for girls (121 babies) and Mason for boys (130). Sophia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Mason ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,432 babies born in West Virginia in 2014 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2014

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

Brylee: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Paislee: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Baylee: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Raelynn: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Josie: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ashlynn: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Brooklynn: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Shelby: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gracie: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Kinley: 23 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Brentley: 15 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Remington: 34 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Waylon: 42 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Brantley: 85 babies, 6× the national rate
Braxton: 75 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kolton: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Leland: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Brycen: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bentley: 90 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jase: 69 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2014

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Sophia	121	↑2	3
2	Emma	117	↓1	1
3	Olivia	103	↓1	2
4	Isabella	94	–	4
5	Ava	93	↑1	5
6	Abigail	90	↓1	8
7	Lillian	77	↑2	25
8	Zoey	71	↑8	22
9	Harper	68	↑16	11
10	Avery	67	↑8	14
11	Addison	65	↓3	24
12	Amelia	63	↑7	15
13	Aubrey	62	↓3	21
14	Ella	62	↑1	17
15	Brooklyn	61	↓4	26
16	Paisley	61	↑1	53
17	Emily	57	↓3	7
18	Madison	57	↓11	9
19	Layla	56	↑3	29
20	Chloe	55	↓8	18
21	Nevaeh	52	↑2	63
22	Elizabeth	49	↓1	13
23	Skylar	48	↑15	48
24	Aubree	46	↓11	62
25	Hannah	43	↑4	28
26	Kaylee	42	–	52
27	Alexis	41	↑19	65
28	Savannah	41	new	38
29	Gabriella	40	↓1	42
30	Mia	39	–	6
31	Peyton	39	↓4	56
32	Riley	39	↑11	47
33	Sadie	39	↓13	46
34	Serenity	38	↓1	58
35	Audrey	37	↑4	36
36	Annabelle	36	new	57
37	Evelyn	35	new	16
38	Khloe	34	new	88
39	Adalynn	33	new	>100
40	Ellie	33	new	55
41	Lily	33	new	27
42	Lydia	33	–	84
43	Willow	33	new	>100
44	Kinsley	32	new	>100
45	Lilly	32	new	>100
46	Payton	32	new	>100
47	Reagan	32	new	>100
48	Aaliyah	31	↓14	45
49	Piper	31	–	75
50	Rylee	31	↓14	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Mason	130	–	3
2	Liam	124	–	2
3	Hunter	114	↑1	40
4	Noah	114	↓1	1
5	Colton	110	↑10	65
6	James	97	↑11	9
7	William	95	↑11	5
8	Jacob	92	–	4
9	Levi	92	↑3	45
10	Bentley	90	↓5	89
11	Elijah	89	↓5	11
12	Brantley	85	↑4	>100
13	Easton	85	↑28	83
14	Landon	84	↓3	43
15	Carter	81	↑15	27
16	Gabriel	81	↑11	24
17	Brayden	80	↓10	62
18	Jackson	80	↓8	18
19	Wyatt	80	↑2	39
20	Logan	76	↓6	13
21	Braxton	75	↑1	>100
22	Michael	73	↑1	7
23	Eli	72	↑1	49
24	Owen	70	↓11	36
25	Jase	69	↑8	>100
26	Aiden	66	↓7	14
27	Ethan	66	↑19	6
28	Jaxon	66	↓19	46
29	Grayson	65	new	63
30	John	64	↑1	26
31	Jaxson	63	new	85
32	Lucas	60	–	19
33	Luke	60	↓5	28
34	Bryson	59	↓8	>100
35	Samuel	59	–	23
36	Gavin	58	↑4	61
37	Cameron	57	–	53
38	Connor	57	↑7	52
39	Jace	57	↓19	68
40	Carson	56	↑2	91
41	Joseph	55	↓5	20
42	Christopher	54	↓8	30
43	David	54	new	17
44	Robert	53	new	60
45	Isaac	51	↓2	31
46	Benjamin	50	↓7	12
47	Caleb	50	↓3	35
48	Isaiah	50	↑1	48
49	Parker	50	↓20	73
50	Alexander	49	–	8

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