Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2020

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2020 were Harper for girls (83 babies) and Liam for boys (108). Harper ranked #10 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 12,408 babies born in West Virginia in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2020

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

Octavia: 23 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Gracelynn: 25 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Maci: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Oaklynn: 23 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Maggie: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Paisley: 74 babies, 5× the national rate
Raelynn: 42 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Brynlee: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Everleigh: 42 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Myla: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Colson: 29 babies, 8× the national rate
Remington: 45 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Gunner: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Conner: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Colt: 36 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jensen: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Waylon: 74 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ryker: 46 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Braxton: 51 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bentley: 44 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Harper	83	↑3	10
2	Amelia	80	↓1	6
3	Ava	80	↑2	3
4	Emma	76	↓2	2
5	Olivia	74	↓2	1
6	Paisley	74	↑1	49
7	Evelyn	62	↑13	9
8	Willow	60	–	48
9	Charlotte	59	↑2	5
10	Sophia	59	↓1	4
11	Ellie	55	↑6	29
12	Isabella	52	↓2	7
13	Layla	51	↑5	24
14	Kinsley	50	↑20	59
15	Scarlett	48	↑4	21
16	Mia	45	↓2	8
17	Ella	43	↓4	15
18	Elizabeth	42	↑15	16
19	Everleigh	42	↓4	94
20	Raelynn	42	↑6	>100
21	Avery	40	↓9	19
22	Nova	40	new	38
23	Addison	39	↑4	47
24	Everly	39	↑6	43
25	Sadie	39	↑12	78
26	Zoey	38	↑12	32
27	Abigail	37	↓21	12
28	Mila	37	↓4	20
29	Riley	37	↑12	33
30	Lillian	36	↑1	46
31	Nora	36	new	30
32	Aurora	35	↓16	36
33	Aubrey	34	↓12	56
34	Stella	34	↓9	42
35	Adalynn	33	↓12	>100
36	Eleanor	33	↑6	22
37	Emily	31	new	18
38	Ivy	30	↑6	57
39	Violet	30	↑7	37
40	Audrey	29	new	60
41	Claire	29	new	58
42	Gianna	29	new	13
43	Natalie	29	new	51
44	Piper	29	↓8	91
45	Serenity	29	↓17	69
46	Delilah	28	new	70
47	Lydia	28	↑3	95
48	Peyton	28	new	98
49	Hadley	27	new	>100
50	Madison	27	↓10	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Liam	108	–	1
2	Elijah	89	↑6	4
3	Mason	87	–	11
4	Noah	85	↑1	2
5	Asher	82	↑14	32
6	William	78	↑4	5
7	Wyatt	78	↑4	29
8	Waylon	74	↑6	>100
9	Grayson	70	↑4	35
10	Owen	70	↑5	22
11	Lincoln	69	↑5	40
12	Oliver	66	↓6	3
13	Levi	64	↑16	18
14	Hudson	63	↑19	43
15	Jaxon	63	↓6	48
16	Maverick	62	↑4	50
17	Carson	60	↑6	84
18	Easton	57	↓14	73
19	Greyson	56	new	81
20	Jackson	56	↓13	17
21	Carter	55	↓19	33
22	Colton	54	↑3	66
23	James	54	↓2	6
24	Michael	52	↑6	12
25	Braxton	51	↓13	>100
26	Jaxson	46	↑14	85
27	Ryker	46	↑18	>100
28	Eli	45	↑10	60
29	Hunter	45	↓2	68
30	Lucas	45	new	8
31	Remington	45	↑19	>100
32	Bentley	44	↑12	>100
33	Logan	44	↓16	16
34	Luke	43	↑8	31
35	Sawyer	43	new	>100
36	Alexander	42	↓5	10
37	Ryder	42	–	>100
38	Cooper	41	new	75
39	Aiden	40	↓11	24
40	Jacob	40	↓14	15
41	Jameson	40	↓7	79
42	Samuel	40	↓24	25
43	Christopher	39	new	47
44	Silas	39	new	100
45	Benjamin	38	↓21	7
46	Bryson	38	new	>100
47	Daniel	37	new	14
48	Ezra	37	↓7	44
49	Henry	37	↓10	9
50	Joseph	37	↓1	26

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