Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2022

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2022 were Amelia for girls (99 babies) and Asher for boys (94). Amelia ranked #4 nationally for girls. Asher ranked #20 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,062 babies born in West Virginia in 2022 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2022

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

Gracelyn: 22 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Oaklynn: 50 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Octavia: 27 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Gracelynn: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Wrenley: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Ember: 32 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Charlee: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lainey: 28 babies, 5× the national rate
Saylor: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Evelynn: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Axton: 20 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Briar: 15 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Kohen: 21 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Gunner: 22 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Jensen: 27 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Remington: 32 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dawson: 42 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Cohen: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Waylon: 88 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Braxton: 42 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2022

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Amelia	99	–	4
2	Olivia	92	↑6	1
3	Sophia	72	↑8	5
4	Willow	72	–	37
5	Ava	63	↑1	7
6	Harper	63	↓4	11
7	Emma	61	↓2	2
8	Charlotte	58	↑4	3
9	Paisley	57	↓6	53
10	Scarlett	57	↑4	14
11	Isabella	50	↓4	6
12	Oaklynn	50	↑13	>100
13	Ellie	47	↓4	33
14	Evelyn	47	↓1	9
15	Hazel	45	↑22	27
16	Ella	44	↑5	25
17	Luna	44	↑26	10
18	Aurora	43	↑6	31
19	Lillian	40	↑8	50
20	Nova	40	↓1	32
21	Violet	40	↑11	20
22	Raelynn	38	↑1	99
23	Riley	38	↑5	39
24	Delilah	37	↑10	58
25	Everleigh	37	↓9	100
26	Avery	36	↑4	26
27	Kinsley	36	↓17	61
28	Ivy	35	↓8	42
29	Layla	35	↓11	29
30	Nevaeh	35	new	96
31	Nora	35	↓14	28
32	Eleanor	34	↑3	16
33	Stella	33	↑6	40
34	Addison	32	↓12	54
35	Ember	32	new	>100
36	Piper	32	new	>100
37	Adalynn	31	↑3	>100
38	Abigail	30	↓23	24
39	Kennedy	29	new	74
40	Gabriella	28	new	89
41	Josie	28	↑1	>100
42	Lainey	28	new	>100
43	Lydia	28	↑1	93
44	Mia	28	↓15	8
45	Rylee	28	new	>100
46	Sadie	28	↓1	68
47	Everly	27	↓16	56
48	Octavia	27	new	>100
49	Penelope	27	new	21
50	Madison	24	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Asher	94	↑7	20
2	Grayson	91	↑3	37
3	Waylon	88	↓1	66
4	Oliver	82	↑11	3
5	Liam	80	↓4	1
6	Maverick	76	–	40
7	Noah	76	↓4	2
8	Lincoln	73	↑2	54
9	Owen	73	↑3	18
10	Hudson	66	↑3	27
11	Elijah	65	↓7	5
12	William	65	↑4	6
13	Wyatt	64	↓4	38
14	Easton	61	↑7	80
15	Levi	61	↑5	12
16	Mason	61	↓9	24
17	James	58	↓6	4
18	Weston	54	↑13	82
19	Jackson	52	–	23
20	Walker	50	↑28	78
21	Carter	48	↓3	47
22	Colton	47	↓5	91
23	Henry	44	↑14	7
24	Jameson	44	↑8	85
25	Jaxon	44	↓3	67
26	Lucas	44	↓12	8
27	Silas	44	↑1	87
28	John	43	↑17	26
29	Braxton	42	↑20	>100
30	Dawson	42	new	>100
31	Samuel	42	↑12	19
32	Benjamin	41	↑3	9
33	Charles	41	new	50
34	Greyson	41	↓11	95
35	Theodore	41	↑3	10
36	Michael	40	↓6	16
37	Sawyer	40	↑7	>100
38	Nolan	38	new	65
39	Jacob	37	↑3	32
40	Alexander	36	↓11	17
41	Joseph	36	↑5	30
42	Myles	36	new	>100
43	Carson	35	↓3	>100
44	Cooper	35	↓17	53
45	Gabriel	35	↓9	36
46	Miles	35	new	56
47	Ryder	35	↓23	>100
48	Ryker	35	new	>100
49	Atlas	34	new	>100
50	Cameron	34	new	64

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