Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2016

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2016 were Harper for girls (103 babies) and Mason for boys (111). Harper ranked #11 nationally for girls. Mason ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,926 babies born in West Virginia in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2016

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

Paislee: 34 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Baylee: 17 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Braelynn: 21 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Gracelynn: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Raelynn: 41 babies, 6× the national rate
Brynlee: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Adalynn: 42 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Gracelyn: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Madilyn: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Willow: 48 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Branson: 16 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Braxton: 87 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Trenton: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Gunner: 32 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jensen: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bentley: 79 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Waylon: 39 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Remington: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Brantley: 48 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dalton: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Harper	103	↑3	11
2	Olivia	94	↑1	2
3	Ava	93	↓1	3
4	Emma	89	↓3	1
5	Isabella	76	↑1	5
6	Addison	70	↑5	29
7	Paisley	70	–	46
8	Sophia	68	↓3	4
9	Avery	61	–	16
10	Amelia	58	↓2	10
11	Madison	57	↑2	15
12	Brooklyn	56	↑7	34
13	Elizabeth	56	↑10	13
14	Abigail	54	↑2	8
15	Zoey	54	–	26
16	Lillian	49	↓6	28
17	Ella	48	↑4	17
18	Mia	48	↑2	6
19	Riley	48	↑19	22
20	Willow	48	↑22	96
21	Nevaeh	47	↓3	73
22	Aria	45	↑22	23
23	Chloe	44	↓6	20
24	Kinsley	44	↑10	86
25	Layla	43	↓11	30
26	Peyton	43	↑15	81
27	Scarlett	43	↑2	18
28	Skylar	43	↑21	42
29	Adalynn	42	↑14	>100
30	Raelynn	41	new	>100
31	Charlotte	40	↑6	7
32	Emily	40	↓2	9
33	Kennedy	40	↓2	59
34	Caroline	39	new	56
35	Aubree	38	↓13	84
36	Aubrey	38	↓24	25
37	Ellie	38	new	43
38	Lydia	38	↑10	80
39	Piper	38	↓3	67
40	Audrey	37	↓12	39
41	Serenity	36	new	70
42	Kaylee	35	new	72
43	Paislee	34	new	>100
44	Aurora	32	new	66
45	Natalie	31	↓19	31
46	Sadie	31	↓21	60
47	Savannah	31	new	38
48	Bailey	30	new	>100
49	Autumn	29	new	65
50	Gabriella	29	↓18	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Mason	111	↑2	4
2	Noah	111	↓1	1
3	Liam	105	↓1	2
4	Grayson	100	↑10	37
5	James	96	↑1	5
6	Carter	95	↑9	26
7	Hunter	89	↓3	45
8	Wyatt	88	↓1	33
9	Braxton	87	↑18	>100
10	Owen	86	↑13	24
11	Easton	84	–	66
12	William	83	↓2	3
13	Jaxon	82	↓5	41
14	Levi	81	↓9	42
15	Colton	80	↓6	68
16	Elijah	80	–	9
17	Bentley	79	↑2	100
18	Luke	76	↑26	29
19	Jackson	75	↓7	17
20	Jacob	74	↑2	7
21	Benjamin	72	↓3	6
22	Michael	69	↑6	8
23	Gabriel	66	↓2	25
24	Oliver	65	new	12
25	Carson	61	↑5	81
26	Ethan	61	↓1	10
27	Logan	61	↑19	18
28	Aiden	59	↓4	16
29	Isaac	57	↑16	31
30	Lucas	57	↓4	14
31	Lincoln	56	↑4	51
32	Samuel	56	↓15	21
33	Brayden	55	↓2	64
34	Jaxson	54	↑3	82
35	John	54	↑3	28
36	Eli	53	↑5	50
37	Alexander	51	↓8	11
38	Landon	51	↓25	53
39	Brantley	48	↓19	>100
40	Bryson	48	↑7	94
41	Cameron	48	↑7	57
42	Ryker	47	new	>100
43	Sawyer	47	↓4	97
44	Asher	46	new	71
45	Connor	46	↓9	54
46	Charles	45	new	52
47	Christopher	45	new	36
48	Cole	44	new	>100
49	David	44	↓9	19
50	Parker	44	↓16	87

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