Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2019

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2019 were Amelia for girls (100 babies) and Liam for boys (132). Amelia ranked #7 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 13,020 babies born in West Virginia in 2019 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2019

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

Kimber: 15 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Bristol: 23 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Braelynn: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Maci: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Octavia: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Paislee: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Gracelyn: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Everleigh: 48 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Paisley: 71 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Adalynn: 39 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Colson: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Jamison: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Braxton: 73 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Remington: 37 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Waylon: 70 babies, 5× the national rate
Brantley: 34 babies, 5× the national rate
Jaxton: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lane: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Easton: 84 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Paxton: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2019

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Amelia	100	↑4	7
2	Emma	99	↓1	2
3	Olivia	95	↓1	1
4	Harper	94	–	9
5	Ava	76	↓2	3
6	Abigail	71	↑5	11
7	Paisley	71	–	53
8	Willow	70	–	45
9	Sophia	67	–	4
10	Isabella	66	↓4	5
11	Charlotte	60	↑1	6
12	Avery	59	↑2	18
13	Ella	57	↓3	13
14	Mia	49	↑12	8
15	Everleigh	48	new	>100
16	Aurora	46	↑7	39
17	Ellie	46	↑7	35
18	Layla	46	↓5	23
19	Scarlett	45	–	21
20	Evelyn	43	↓4	10
21	Aubrey	40	↓3	46
22	Gabriella	40	new	75
23	Adalynn	39	↑8	>100
24	Mila	39	↑20	19
25	Stella	38	↑12	40
26	Raelynn	37	↑4	>100
27	Addison	36	↓10	47
28	Serenity	36	new	77
29	Aria	35	↑9	20
30	Everly	35	↑18	42
31	Lillian	35	↓11	37
32	Caroline	34	↑10	61
33	Elizabeth	34	↓18	14
34	Kinsley	34	↓12	74
35	Luna	34	new	16
36	Piper	34	↓3	84
37	Sadie	34	↑2	87
38	Zoey	34	↓17	31
39	Brooklyn	33	↓3	52
40	Madison	33	↓8	26
41	Riley	32	↓7	30
42	Eleanor	31	new	27
43	Nevaeh	31	↓16	89
44	Ivy	30	new	67
45	Penelope	30	new	22
46	Violet	30	new	36
47	Cora	28	new	71
48	Hazel	28	new	33
49	Lily	28	new	34
50	Lydia	27	↓25	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Liam	132	↑1	1
2	Carter	95	↑11	30
3	Mason	87	↓2	9
4	Easton	84	↑4	74
5	Noah	84	↑7	2
6	Oliver	82	↑19	3
7	Jackson	81	↑11	17
8	Elijah	77	↓5	5
9	Jaxon	77	↓2	42
10	William	76	↑7	4
11	Wyatt	76	–	29
12	Braxton	73	↑2	>100
13	Grayson	71	↓9	33
14	Waylon	70	↑28	>100
15	Owen	69	↓10	21
16	Lincoln	68	↓10	41
17	Logan	66	↑7	16
18	Samuel	66	↑27	22
19	Asher	64	↑3	43
20	Maverick	63	↓10	58
21	James	62	↓1	6
22	Gabriel	61	↑17	37
23	Carson	58	↑12	82
24	Benjamin	56	↓5	7
25	Colton	56	↓10	59
26	Jacob	56	↑3	12
27	Hunter	54	↓4	66
28	Aiden	52	↓2	20
29	Levi	52	↓8	25
30	Michael	51	↓3	14
31	Alexander	48	↑3	10
32	Connor	47	↑1	68
33	Hudson	47	↓5	50
34	Jameson	47	new	77
35	John	47	↓19	28
36	Landon	46	new	63
37	Ryder	46	↑4	>100
38	Eli	45	↓7	62
39	Henry	45	↓3	13
40	Jaxson	45	↓3	83
41	Ezra	43	new	49
42	Luke	42	↑2	32
43	Parker	42	↓3	98
44	Bentley	39	↑6	>100
45	Ryker	39	↓13	>100
46	Jace	38	new	93
47	David	37	new	27
48	Isaac	37	new	34
49	Joseph	37	↓6	24
50	Remington	37	new	>100

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