Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2024

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2024 were Amelia for girls (90 babies) and Oliver for boys (102). Amelia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,503 babies born in West Virginia in 2024 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2024

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

Bristol: 19 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Oaklynn: 47 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Everleigh: 45 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Wrenlee: 20 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Wrenley: 44 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Haisley: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Willa: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Briella: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Raelyn: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Oakley: 35 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Colson: 27 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Brantley: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Colt: 34 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Remington: 30 babies, 7× the national rate
Kohen: 26 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Jensen: 21 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Waylon: 92 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tucker: 32 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Holden: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kyler: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2024

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Amelia	90	–	3
2	Lainey	72	↑6	38
3	Olivia	72	↑1	1
4	Willow	72	↑1	41
5	Charlotte	56	↓2	4
6	Sophia	56	↑3	6
7	Emma	55	↑6	2
8	Scarlett	55	↑14	27
9	Evelyn	54	↑11	8
10	Aurora	53	↑4	16
11	Harper	51	↓9	12
12	Paisley	49	↓6	61
13	Ava	48	↑2	9
14	Ivy	47	↓3	36
15	Oaklynn	47	↓5	>100
16	Eleanor	45	↑17	14
17	Everleigh	45	↑22	>100
18	Lillian	45	–	54
19	Ellie	44	↓12	21
20	Violet	44	↓1	15
21	Wrenley	44	↑8	>100
22	Isabella	41	↓6	7
23	Kinsley	41	↑1	85
24	Avery	40	↓7	31
25	Raelynn	38	↑5	>100
26	Delilah	35	↑17	50
27	Elizabeth	35	↑4	17
28	Oakley	35	↑4	>100
29	Hazel	34	↓6	19
30	Layla	33	↓5	37
31	Ella	32	↓19	30
32	Josie	32	↑2	88
33	Isla	31	↑13	35
34	Sadie	31	↓8	57
35	Magnolia	30	↑5	>100
36	Riley	30	new	42
37	Luna	29	new	13
38	Nova	29	↓17	39
39	Nora	28	↑5	22
40	Penelope	28	new	28
41	Stella	28	new	49
42	Addison	27	↓14	68
43	Aubrey	27	new	>100
44	Adeline	26	new	58
45	Eden	26	new	71
46	Emery	26	new	70
47	Lily	26	↑1	24
48	Millie	26	new	87
49	Naomi	26	new	44
50	Hadley	25	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Oliver	102	–	3
2	Waylon	92	–	65
3	Maverick	83	↑1	36
4	Hudson	79	↑2	22
5	Liam	79	↑5	1
6	Elijah	77	↑2	8
7	Noah	74	↓2	2
8	Asher	73	↓1	20
9	Wyatt	67	↑6	38
10	Grayson	57	↓7	48
11	Weston	55	↑16	70
12	Levi	54	↑4	12
13	Cooper	50	↑11	50
14	Theodore	50	↑9	4
15	Walker	49	↓2	82
16	William	49	↑31	10
17	Carter	47	↑5	46
18	Jackson	47	↓9	35
19	James	47	↓8	5
20	Owen	46	↓6	26
21	River	46	new	>100
22	Silas	45	new	81
23	Colton	44	↑11	98
24	Henry	44	↓3	6
25	Lincoln	44	↓13	73
26	Mason	44	↓9	42
27	Parker	42	↑19	97
28	Benjamin	39	↑4	11
29	Dawson	39	new	>100
30	Atlas	38	↑12	>100
31	Jace	37	new	>100
32	Jaxon	36	↓13	96
33	Joseph	36	↑15	32
34	Roman	36	new	52
35	Samuel	36	↓15	17
36	Myles	35	new	99
37	Wesley	35	new	58
38	Colt	34	new	>100
39	Greyson	34	new	>100
40	Bryson	33	new	>100
41	Easton	33	↓12	>100
42	Elias	33	new	25
43	John	33	new	21
44	Lucas	33	↓18	9
45	Sawyer	33	↓14	>100
46	Ezra	32	↓16	13
47	Jack	32	↓4	15
48	Miles	32	↓9	37
49	Rowan	32	↓16	71
50	Tucker	32	new	>100

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