Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2021

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2021 were Amelia for girls (93 babies) and Liam for boys (108). Amelia ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 12,495 babies born in West Virginia in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2021

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: 39 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Paislee: 20 babies, 8× the national rate
Gracelynn: 24 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Gracelyn: 21 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Bristol: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Everleigh: 47 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Delaney: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Octavia: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Paisley: 71 babies, 5× the national rate
Arabella: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Remington: 42 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Colson: 27 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Brantley: 32 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Gunner: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Waylon: 103 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jensen: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Nash: 33 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kashton: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dawson: 32 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Karson: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Amelia	93	↑1	4
2	Harper	74	↓1	10
3	Paisley	71	↑3	52
4	Willow	69	↑4	39
5	Emma	65	↓1	2
6	Ava	64	↓3	5
7	Isabella	62	↑5	7
8	Olivia	56	↓3	1
9	Ellie	53	↑2	30
10	Kinsley	52	↑4	57
11	Sophia	52	↓1	6
12	Charlotte	50	↓3	3
13	Evelyn	50	↓6	9
14	Scarlett	49	↑1	20
15	Abigail	47	↑12	17
16	Everleigh	47	↑3	99
17	Nora	45	↑14	27
18	Layla	43	↓5	24
19	Nova	43	↑3	32
20	Ivy	42	↑18	49
21	Ella	41	↓4	16
22	Addison	40	↑1	45
23	Raelynn	40	↓3	>100
24	Aurora	39	↑8	35
25	Oaklynn	39	new	>100
26	Aria	38	new	22
27	Lillian	38	↑3	51
28	Riley	38	↑1	37
29	Mia	37	↓13	8
30	Avery	34	↓9	19
31	Everly	34	↓7	50
32	Violet	33	↑7	36
33	Zoey	32	↓7	38
34	Delilah	31	↑12	58
35	Eleanor	31	↑1	15
36	Elizabeth	31	↓18	14
37	Hazel	30	new	28
38	Serenity	30	↑7	84
39	Stella	30	↓5	41
40	Adalynn	29	↓5	>100
41	Isla	29	new	34
42	Josie	28	new	>100
43	Luna	28	new	11
44	Lydia	28	↑3	89
45	Sadie	28	↓20	78
46	Aubrey	27	↓13	64
47	Madelyn	27	new	71
48	Natalie	27	↓5	56
49	Caroline	26	new	80
50	Hadley	26	↓1	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Liam	108	–	1
2	Waylon	103	↑6	69
3	Noah	88	↑1	2
4	Elijah	87	↓2	4
5	Grayson	86	↑4	35
6	Maverick	82	↑10	47
7	Mason	79	↓4	18
8	Asher	76	↓3	25
9	Wyatt	76	↓2	29
10	Lincoln	75	↑1	45
11	James	72	↑12	5
12	Owen	71	↓2	22
13	Hudson	68	↑1	34
14	Lucas	67	↑16	8
15	Oliver	67	↓3	3
16	William	66	↓10	6
17	Colton	64	↑5	75
18	Carter	63	↑3	39
19	Jackson	63	↑1	14
20	Levi	62	↓7	12
21	Easton	55	↓3	72
22	Jaxon	55	↓7	54
23	Greyson	54	↓4	84
24	Ryder	49	↑13	>100
25	Landon	48	new	73
26	Hunter	47	↑3	86
27	Cooper	46	↑11	68
28	Silas	45	↑16	91
29	Alexander	44	↑7	13
30	Michael	44	↓6	17
31	Weston	44	new	95
32	Jameson	43	↑9	80
33	Logan	43	–	21
34	Remington	42	↓3	>100
35	Benjamin	41	↑10	7
36	Gabriel	41	new	38
37	Henry	40	↑12	9
38	Theodore	39	new	10
39	Bryson	38	↑7	>100
40	Carson	38	↓23	97
41	Luke	38	↓7	32
42	Jacob	37	↓2	24
43	Samuel	37	↓1	23
44	Sawyer	37	↓9	>100
45	John	36	new	27
46	Joseph	36	↑4	28
47	Isaac	35	new	40
48	Walker	35	new	>100
49	Braxton	34	↓24	>100
50	Ezekiel	34	new	53

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