Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2017

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2017 were Emma for girls (118 babies) and Liam for boys (141). Social Security records list 13,358 babies born in West Virginia in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2017

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: 24 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Gracelynn: 19 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Braelynn: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Maci: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Brooklynn: 27 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Charlee: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Paisley: 79 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Raelynn: 38 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rylee: 43 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Delaney: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Branson: 15 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Remington: 40 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Kolton: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jase: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Tucker: 44 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Waylon: 45 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bentley: 69 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Gunner: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Brantley: 40 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Braxton: 56 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Emma	118	↑3	1
2	Olivia	96	–	2
3	Harper	91	↓2	11
4	Paisley	79	↑3	45
5	Amelia	78	↑5	8
6	Ava	76	↓3	3
7	Isabella	75	↓2	4
8	Sophia	62	–	5
9	Addison	55	↓3	34
10	Abigail	54	↑4	10
11	Avery	53	↓2	14
12	Aubrey	49	↑24	31
13	Zoey	49	↑2	28
14	Mia	47	↑4	6
15	Ella	46	↑2	16
16	Kinsley	46	↑8	59
17	Lillian	46	↓1	27
18	Layla	45	↑7	26
19	Scarlett	45	↑8	18
20	Chloe	44	↑3	22
21	Evelyn	44	new	9
22	Nevaeh	44	↓1	74
23	Riley	43	↓4	25
24	Rylee	43	new	>100
25	Willow	43	↓5	80
26	Elizabeth	42	↓13	13
27	Aurora	41	↑17	51
28	Aria	40	↓6	20
29	Charlotte	40	↑2	7
30	Aubree	39	↑5	86
31	Madison	39	↓20	17
32	Reagan	39	new	98
33	Raelynn	38	↓3	>100
34	Emily	36	↓2	12
35	Brooklyn	35	↓23	39
36	Ellie	35	↑1	44
37	Skylar	34	↓9	48
38	Audrey	33	↑2	46
39	Caroline	33	↓5	55
40	Lydia	33	↓2	85
41	Piper	33	↓2	81
42	Savannah	33	↑5	38
43	Madelyn	31	new	63
44	Nora	30	new	29
45	Sadie	30	↑1	71
46	Claire	29	new	49
47	Mila	29	new	30
48	Serenity	29	↓7	78
49	Adalynn	28	↓20	>100
50	Hazel	28	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Liam	141	↑2	1
2	Mason	101	↓1	7
3	Elijah	99	↑13	8
4	Carter	92	↑2	24
5	Grayson	92	↓1	34
6	Noah	89	↓4	2
7	Lincoln	86	↑24	41
8	Jaxon	85	↑5	43
9	Wyatt	82	↓1	25
10	Jackson	81	↑9	20
11	Easton	79	–	66
12	Owen	75	↓2	28
13	Gabriel	74	↑10	31
14	Bentley	69	↑3	>100
15	Levi	69	↓1	35
16	William	67	↓4	3
17	Logan	66	↑10	5
18	Colton	65	↓3	70
19	Jacob	65	↑1	9
20	Benjamin	63	↑1	6
21	Landon	63	↑17	57
22	Carson	62	↑3	83
23	Eli	60	↑13	54
24	Lucas	60	↑6	11
25	Oliver	60	↓1	10
26	Brayden	58	↑7	72
27	Hunter	58	↓20	53
28	Joseph	57	new	18
29	Braxton	56	↓20	>100
30	Isaiah	56	new	46
31	James	56	↓26	4
32	Maverick	56	new	84
33	Michael	56	↓11	12
34	Alexander	55	↑3	13
35	Jaxson	55	↓1	79
36	Aiden	53	↓8	17
37	Parker	53	↑13	90
38	Samuel	52	↓6	21
39	Asher	51	↑5	59
40	Luke	51	↓22	30
41	Sawyer	51	↑2	95
42	Ethan	50	↓16	14
43	Connor	49	↑2	56
44	Isaac	49	↓15	32
45	Waylon	45	new	>100
46	Bryson	44	↓6	86
47	Tucker	44	new	>100
48	Ryker	42	↓6	>100
49	Silas	42	new	>100
50	Thomas	41	new	49

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