Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2015

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2015 were Emma for girls (144 babies) and Noah for boys (137). Social Security records list 14,505 babies born in West Virginia in 2015 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2015

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

Braylee: 19 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Paislee: 25 babies, 7× the national rate
Gracelynn: 20 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kyleigh: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Macie: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Braelynn: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Brylee: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Baylee: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Bristol: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Addyson: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Boys

Trenton: 26 babies, 6× the national rate
Remington: 28 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Brantley: 74 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Gunner: 33 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jaxton: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Colt: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Braxton: 67 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Waylon: 33 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jase: 40 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Leland: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2015

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Emma	144	↑1	1
2	Ava	109	↑3	4
3	Olivia	109	–	2
4	Harper	86	↑5	10
5	Sophia	82	↓4	3
6	Isabella	79	↓2	5
7	Paisley	74	↑9	45
8	Amelia	72	↑4	12
9	Avery	70	↑1	16
10	Lillian	66	↓3	26
11	Addison	65	–	24
12	Aubrey	63	↑1	21
13	Madison	57	↑5	11
14	Layla	56	↑5	30
15	Zoey	56	↓7	23
16	Abigail	55	↓10	7
17	Chloe	54	↑3	17
18	Nevaeh	54	↑3	70
19	Brooklyn	52	↓4	31
20	Mia	51	↑10	6
21	Ella	50	↓7	18
22	Aubree	47	↑2	79
23	Elizabeth	46	↓1	13
24	Alexis	43	↑3	85
25	Sadie	42	↑8	52
26	Natalie	41	new	27
27	Lily	40	↑14	25
28	Audrey	39	↑7	37
29	Scarlett	39	new	22
30	Emily	38	↓13	8
31	Kennedy	38	new	58
32	Gabriella	37	↓3	54
33	Hannah	37	↓8	28
34	Kinsley	37	↑10	>100
35	Madelyn	37	new	59
36	Piper	37	↑13	67
37	Charlotte	36	new	9
38	Riley	36	↓6	35
39	Adalyn	35	new	>100
40	Bella	34	new	74
41	Peyton	34	↓10	72
42	Willow	34	↑1	>100
43	Adalynn	33	↓4	>100
44	Aria	32	new	29
45	Claire	31	new	49
46	Evelyn	31	↓9	15
47	Kylie	31	new	66
48	Lydia	31	↓6	80
49	Skylar	31	↓26	42
50	Arianna	30	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Noah	137	↑3	1
2	Liam	127	–	2
3	Mason	122	↓2	3
4	Hunter	97	↓1	41
5	Levi	95	↑4	42
6	James	92	–	7
7	Wyatt	92	↑12	34
8	Jaxon	89	↑20	44
9	Colton	84	↓4	60
10	William	84	↓3	5
11	Easton	82	↑2	78
12	Jackson	82	↑6	17
13	Landon	82	↑1	46
14	Grayson	81	↑15	47
15	Carter	79	–	24
16	Elijah	79	↓5	11
17	Samuel	76	↑18	23
18	Benjamin	75	↑28	10
19	Bentley	74	↓9	92
20	Brantley	74	↓8	>100
21	Gabriel	74	↓5	22
22	Jacob	73	↓14	4
23	Owen	71	↑1	36
24	Aiden	70	↑2	13
25	Ethan	68	↑2	6
26	Lucas	68	↑6	16
27	Braxton	67	↓6	>100
28	Michael	66	↓6	9
29	Alexander	64	↑21	8
30	Carson	62	↑10	89
31	Brayden	60	↓14	61
32	Caleb	60	↑15	37
33	Joseph	60	↑8	21
34	Parker	60	↑15	72
35	Lincoln	59	new	66
36	Connor	58	↑2	55
37	Jaxson	58	↓6	84
38	John	57	↓8	26
39	Sawyer	56	new	94
40	David	55	↑3	18
41	Eli	55	↓18	53
42	Isaiah	55	↑6	49
43	Matthew	55	new	15
44	Luke	53	↓11	28
45	Isaac	52	–	31
46	Logan	52	↓26	14
47	Bryson	51	↓13	>100
48	Cameron	45	↓11	56
49	Cooper	45	new	77
50	Joshua	45	new	33

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