Popular baby names in West Virginia, 2025

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2025 were Charlotte for girls (84 babies) and Waylon for boys (115). Charlotte ranked #2 nationally for girls. Waylon ranked #56 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,232 babies born in West Virginia in 2025 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 2025

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

Wrenlee: 26 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Oaklynn: 53 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Octavia: 26 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Haisley: 16 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Everleigh: 31 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Brynlee: 24 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Adalynn: 31 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Oakley: 34 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Wrenley: 32 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Paisley: 53 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Briar: 15 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Brantley: 17 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Kaysen: 20 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kohen: 28 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Colt: 28 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Remington: 26 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Waylon: 115 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Bentley: 33 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Cohen: 30 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jensen: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 2025

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Charlotte	84	↑4	2
2	Amelia	82	↓1	4
3	Lainey	68	↓1	30
4	Harper	62	↑7	16
5	Willow	61	↓1	44
6	Sophia	54	–	5
7	Violet	54	↑13	13
8	Oaklynn	53	↑7	>100
9	Paisley	53	↑3	67
10	Ava	52	↑3	11
11	Eleanor	51	↑5	12
12	Olivia	50	↓9	1
13	Aurora	46	↓3	15
14	Ellie	46	↑5	24
15	Emma	46	↓8	3
16	Hazel	45	↑13	21
17	Avery	40	↑7	37
18	Evelyn	40	↓9	8
19	Kinsley	40	↑4	93
20	Scarlett	40	↓12	32
21	Lillian	39	↓3	57
22	Ella	36	↑9	29
23	Ivy	36	↓9	39
24	Layla	35	↑6	36
25	Nova	35	↑13	46
26	Oakley	34	↑2	>100
27	Delilah	33	↓1	51
28	Raelynn	33	↓3	>100
29	Sadie	33	↑5	50
30	Isla	32	↑3	28
31	Wrenley	32	↓10	>100
32	Adalynn	31	new	>100
33	Eliana	31	new	10
34	Everleigh	31	↓17	>100
35	Josie	30	↓3	82
36	Abigail	28	new	41
37	Lydia	28	new	92
38	Nora	28	↑1	20
39	Eliza	27	new	>100
40	Addison	26	↑2	84
41	Octavia	26	new	>100
42	Piper	26	new	>100
43	Wrenlee	26	new	>100
44	Aubrey	25	↓1	>100
45	Gianna	25	new	33
46	Isabella	25	↓24	7
47	Lily	25	–	18
48	Millie	25	–	73
49	Penelope	25	↓9	22
50	Adeline	24	↓6	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Waylon	115	↑1	56
2	Hudson	106	↑2	17
3	Oliver	96	↓2	3
4	Noah	85	↑3	2
5	Wyatt	70	↑4	38
6	Cooper	68	↑7	27
7	Asher	67	↑1	28
8	Weston	63	↑3	55
9	Liam	60	↓4	1
10	Theodore	60	↑4	4
11	James	59	↑8	6
12	Elijah	56	↓6	7
13	Maverick	55	↓10	49
14	William	55	↑2	9
15	Carter	52	↑2	45
16	Henry	52	↑8	5
17	Jackson	52	↑1	36
18	Sawyer	48	↑27	>100
19	Silas	47	↑3	71
20	Atlas	46	↑10	75
21	Easton	46	↑20	>100
22	Grayson	46	↓12	51
23	Colton	43	–	>100
24	Owen	43	↓4	31
25	Samuel	43	↑10	18
26	Levi	42	↓14	12
27	Lucas	42	↑17	10
28	Parker	41	↓1	>100
29	Elias	40	↑13	13
30	Mason	40	↓4	39
31	Lincoln	39	↓6	69
32	Walker	39	↓17	78
33	Beau	37	new	60
34	Dawson	37	↓5	>100
35	Roman	37	↓1	42
36	Carson	36	new	>100
37	Miles	36	↑11	44
38	Ryker	36	new	>100
39	Bentley	33	new	>100
40	John	33	↑3	23
41	Ryder	33	new	>100
42	Thomas	33	new	34
43	Wesley	33	↓6	52
44	Archer	32	new	98
45	River	32	↓24	>100
46	Joseph	31	↓13	29
47	Stetson	31	new	>100
48	Alexander	30	new	30
49	Cohen	30	new	>100
50	Daniel	30	new	22

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