Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2018

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2018 were Emma for girls (106 babies) and Mason for boys (114). Mason ranked #9 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,178 babies born in West Virginia in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2018

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

Oaklynn: 18 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Bristol: 19 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Octavia: 20 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Gracelynn: 22 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Paislee: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Gracelyn: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Paisley: 73 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Willow: 64 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gracie: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Raelynn: 39 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Kolton: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Braxton: 69 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Remington: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Gunner: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dawson: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dakota: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ryker: 54 babies, 4× the national rate
Tanner: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Waylon: 45 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brantley: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Emma	106	–	1
2	Olivia	100	–	2
3	Ava	96	↑3	3
4	Harper	92	↓1	9
5	Amelia	84	–	8
6	Isabella	76	↑1	4
7	Paisley	73	↓3	52
8	Willow	64	↑17	60
9	Sophia	63	↓1	5
10	Ella	62	↑5	15
11	Abigail	56	↓1	11
12	Charlotte	53	↑17	6
13	Layla	53	↑5	27
14	Avery	52	↓3	16
15	Elizabeth	52	↑11	13
16	Evelyn	52	↑5	10
17	Addison	49	↓8	35
18	Aubrey	48	↓6	37
19	Scarlett	47	–	20
20	Lillian	46	↓3	34
21	Zoey	46	↓8	29
22	Kinsley	45	↓6	63
23	Aurora	42	↑4	44
24	Ellie	41	↑12	36
25	Lydia	41	↑15	89
26	Mia	41	↓12	7
27	Nevaeh	41	↓5	83
28	Nora	41	↑16	30
29	Hadley	40	new	>100
30	Raelynn	39	↑3	>100
31	Adalynn	38	↑18	>100
32	Madison	38	↓1	22
33	Piper	36	↑8	88
34	Riley	35	↓11	28
35	Rylee	35	↓11	>100
36	Brooklyn	33	↓1	47
37	Stella	33	new	38
38	Aria	32	↓10	19
39	Sadie	32	↑6	87
40	Nova	31	new	55
41	Reagan	31	↓9	>100
42	Caroline	30	↓3	56
43	Chloe	30	↓23	25
44	Mila	30	↑3	14
45	Audrey	28	↓7	46
46	Aubree	27	↓16	>100
47	Emily	27	↓13	12
48	Everly	27	new	53
49	Gracie	25	new	>100
50	Peyton	25	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Mason	114	↑1	9
2	Liam	101	↓1	1
3	Elijah	95	–	7
4	Grayson	94	↑1	32
5	Owen	85	↑7	25
6	Lincoln	80	↑1	41
7	Jaxon	79	↑1	39
8	Easton	76	↑3	66
9	Lucas	73	↑15	8
10	Maverick	72	↑22	73
11	Wyatt	72	↓2	27
12	Noah	71	↓6	2
13	Carter	70	↓9	24
14	Braxton	69	↑15	>100
15	Colton	69	↑3	68
16	John	69	new	26
17	William	68	↓1	3
18	Jackson	67	↓8	17
19	Benjamin	66	↑1	6
20	James	66	↑11	4
21	Levi	65	↓6	33
22	Asher	61	↑17	47
23	Hunter	61	↑4	56
24	Logan	61	↓7	10
25	Oliver	61	–	5
26	Aiden	58	↑10	19
27	Michael	58	↑6	14
28	Hudson	56	new	55
29	Jacob	55	↓10	13
30	Sawyer	55	↑11	100
31	Eli	54	↓8	57
32	Ryker	54	↑16	>100
33	Connor	53	↑10	58
34	Alexander	50	–	11
35	Carson	49	↓13	70
36	Henry	49	new	16
37	Jaxson	46	↓2	76
38	Cooper	45	new	83
39	Gabriel	45	↓26	35
40	Parker	45	↓3	96
41	Ryder	45	new	>100
42	Waylon	45	↑3	>100
43	Joseph	44	↓15	23
44	Luke	44	↓4	30
45	Samuel	44	↓7	21
46	Greyson	43	new	77
47	Isaiah	42	↓17	51
48	Ethan	41	↓6	12
49	Silas	41	–	>100
50	Bentley	40	↓36	>100

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