Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2023

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2023 were Amelia for girls (75 babies) and Oliver for boys (107). Amelia ranked #4 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,567 babies born in West Virginia in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2023

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: 50 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Bristol: 15 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Wrenley: 34 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Charlee: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Oakley: 31 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Paisley: 60 babies, 5× the national rate
Elaina: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Octavia: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Maisie: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Everleigh: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Kohen: 24 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Colson: 24 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Colter: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Gunner: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Colt: 27 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Remington: 25 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Waylon: 96 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Bentley: 36 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brantley: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Holden: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2023

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Amelia	75	–	4
2	Harper	67	↑4	11
3	Charlotte	66	↑5	3
4	Olivia	65	↓2	1
5	Willow	63	↓1	41
6	Paisley	60	↑3	56
7	Ellie	56	↑6	27
8	Lainey	56	↑34	54
9	Sophia	51	↓6	5
10	Oaklynn	50	↑2	>100
11	Ivy	49	↑17	38
12	Ella	47	↑4	32
13	Emma	47	↓6	2
14	Aurora	46	↑4	22
15	Ava	46	↓10	8
16	Isabella	46	↓5	7
17	Avery	44	↑9	29
18	Lillian	44	↑1	55
19	Violet	44	↑2	16
20	Evelyn	42	↓6	9
21	Nova	41	↓1	35
22	Scarlett	39	↓12	17
23	Hazel	38	↓8	18
24	Kinsley	38	↑3	67
25	Layla	38	↑4	30
26	Sadie	38	↑20	59
27	Abigail	36	↑11	31
28	Addison	34	↑6	62
29	Wrenley	34	new	>100
30	Raelynn	33	↓8	>100
31	Elizabeth	31	new	15
32	Oakley	31	new	>100
33	Eleanor	30	↓1	14
34	Josie	30	↑7	>100
35	Madison	30	↑15	37
36	Mia	30	↑8	6
37	Adalynn	29	–	>100
38	Caroline	29	new	83
39	Everleigh	28	↓14	>100
40	Magnolia	28	new	>100
41	Aria	27	new	25
42	Chloe	27	new	26
43	Delilah	26	↓19	52
44	Nora	26	↓13	24
45	Serenity	26	new	>100
46	Isla	25	new	33
47	Kennedy	25	↓8	72
48	Lily	25	new	20
49	Zoey	25	new	51
50	Freya	24	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Oliver	107	↑3	3
2	Waylon	96	↑1	63
3	Grayson	80	↓1	44
4	Maverick	78	↑2	37
5	Noah	75	↑2	2
6	Hudson	73	↑4	21
7	Asher	72	↓6	23
8	Elijah	65	↑3	5
9	Jackson	65	↑10	28
10	Liam	65	↓5	1
11	James	60	↑6	4
12	Lincoln	60	↓4	64
13	Walker	57	↑7	85
14	Owen	56	↓5	20
15	Wyatt	56	↓2	47
16	Levi	53	↓1	12
17	Mason	53	↓1	30
18	Carson	52	↑25	>100
19	Jaxon	52	↑6	86
20	Samuel	52	↑11	19
21	Henry	49	↑2	8
22	Carter	47	↓1	48
23	Theodore	47	↑12	7
24	Cooper	45	↑20	52
25	Beau	44	new	81
26	Lucas	44	–	9
27	Weston	43	↓9	75
28	Brooks	42	new	73
29	Easton	42	↓15	98
30	Ezra	41	new	15
31	Sawyer	41	↑6	>100
32	Benjamin	40	–	11
33	Rowan	38	new	76
34	Colton	37	↓12	94
35	Leo	37	new	18
36	Bentley	36	new	>100
37	Braxton	36	↓8	>100
38	Luke	36	new	31
39	Miles	36	↑7	43
40	Alexander	35	–	22
41	Michael	35	↓5	16
42	Atlas	34	↑7	>100
43	Jack	34	new	14
44	Eli	33	new	79
45	Gabriel	33	–	38
46	Parker	33	new	91
47	William	33	↓35	10
48	Joseph	32	↓7	29
49	Luca	32	new	25
50	Nolan	32	↓12	57

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