State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 2001 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,889 West Virginia births in 2001 across 611 distinct names.

Distinctively West Virginia

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say West Virginia more than they say America.

#39Brooklyn#172 nationally
#91Haleighoutside the national top 200
#92Hayleeoutside the national top 200
#66Levi#171 nationally
#54Bethany#158 nationally
#98Bayleeoutside the national top 200
#100Chanceoutside the national top 200
#63Dustin#158 nationally
#87Maggie#181 nationally
#80Corey#168 nationally
#86Brady#174 nationally
#56Summer#142 nationally

Girls

#1Madison234US #2
#2Hannah220US #3
#3Emily210US #1
#4Alexis170US #5
#5Abigail111US #8
#6Taylor105US #12
#7Kaitlyn101US #31
#8Olivia101US #10
#9Haley92US #34
#10Morgan90US #29
#11Sarah90US #6
#12Ashley85US #4
#13Elizabeth83US #9
#14Brianna82US #18
#15Destiny80US #22
#16Sierra79US #55
#17Jessica74US #11
#18Samantha74US #7
#19Hailey73US #33
#20Kayla69US #17
#21Megan69US #20
#22Sydney69US #23
#23Grace66US #16
#24Lauren66US #15
#25Savannah65US #42
#26Alyssa62US #14
#27Emma62US #13
#28Victoria61US #21
#29Mackenzie60US #40
#30Autumn58US #72
#31Rachel58US #24
#32Anna56US #19
#33Jenna55US #45
#34Chloe54US #30
#35Allison52US #44
#36Brittany50US #115
#37Kaylee48US #66
#38Courtney47US #73
#39Brooklyn45US #172
#40Katelyn45US #52
#41Jasmine43US #25
#42Makayla42US #54
#43Amber41US #51
#44Jordan40US #47
#45Bailey39US #69
#46Brooke39US #57
#47Gabrielle39US #50
#48Faith38US #53
#49Cheyenne35US #119
#50Shelby35US #68
#51Alexandria34US #91
#52Natalie34US #32
#53Rebecca34US #46
#54Bethany33US #158
#55Katherine31US #35
#56Summer31US #142
#57Cassidy30US #107
#58Isabella30US #28
#59Miranda30US #128
#60Sophia30US #37
#61Amanda29US #39
#62Breanna29US #94
#63Kelsey29US #100
#64Lindsey28US #105
#65Alexandra27US #38
#66Angel27US #104
#67Erin27US #60
#68Trinity27US #67
#69Kylie26US #95
#70Mckenzie26US #135
#71Nicole26US #36
#72Aaliyah25US #96
#73Caitlin25US #89
#74Caitlyn25US #133
#75Caroline25US #62
#76Heather25US #146
#77Danielle24US #63
#78Stephanie24US #43
#79Madeline23US #56
#80Marissa23US #79
#81Paige23US #71
#82Skylar23US #141
#83Zoe23US #65
#84Kristen22US #162
#85Andrea21US #49
#86Leah21US #87
#87Maggie21US #181
#88Mary21US #48
#89Sara21US #58
#90Cassandra20US #122
#91Haleigh20
#92Haylee20
#93Chelsea19US #153
#94Gracie19US #170
#95Lydia19US #140
#96Tiffany19US #127
#97Alexa18US #78
#98Baylee18
#99Jennifer18US #26
#100Julia18US #27

Boys

#1Jacob325US #1
#2Austin188US #25
#3Hunter170US #36
#4Zachary158US #16
#5Tyler157US #13
#6Matthew150US #3
#7Ethan149US #17
#8Joshua146US #4
#9Michael146US #2
#10Christopher141US #5
#11James141US #19
#12Dylan131US #21
#13William130US #10
#14Logan129US #29
#15Andrew124US #7
#16Brandon122US #18
#17Joseph122US #8
#18Caleb121US #37
#19Nicholas120US #6
#20Noah113US #28
#21David111US #12
#22Ryan111US #15
#23John94US #14
#24Justin91US #22
#25Cameron89US #35
#26Dakota88US #93
#27Nathan87US #31
#28Robert87US #30
#29Christian86US #24
#30Cody83US #64
#31Daniel81US #9
#32Samuel77US #26
#33Benjamin75US #27
#34Jonathan75US #23
#35Jordan72US #39
#36Alexander71US #20
#37Charles68US #55
#38Dalton67US #98
#39Nathaniel65US #61
#40Seth65US #68
#41Thomas65US #33
#42Isaac64US #47
#43Elijah63US #45
#44Isaiah63US #43
#45Anthony61US #11
#46Gabriel61US #38
#47Chase60US #79
#48Aaron55US #42
#49Timothy55US #67
#50Garrett54US #80
#51Adam53US #51
#52Kyle52US #40
#53Devin51US #71
#54Evan50US #56
#55Jared50US #65
#56Luke48US #50
#57Mason44US #54
#58Jason43US #41
#59Tanner43US #101
#60Trevor42US #76
#61Gavin41US #78
#62Colton40US #118
#63Dustin40US #158
#64Alex38US #62
#65Eric38US #44
#66Levi38US #171
#67Steven38US #63
#68Kaleb36US #116
#69Shawn36US #151
#70Ian35US #70
#71Richard35US #73
#72Lucas34US #83
#73Mark34US #84
#74Cole33US #74
#75Gage33US #144
#76Brian32US #46
#77Bryce32US #92
#78Preston32US #152
#79Sean32US #57
#80Corey31US #168
#81Jeremy31US #89
#82Clayton29US #162
#83Kevin29US #32
#84Wyatt29US #107
#85Blake28US #77
#86Brady28US #174
#87Colby28US #99
#88Derek28US #132
#89Travis28US #134
#90Connor27US #49
#91Jackson27US #60
#92Kenneth27US #97
#93Bradley26US #145
#94Devon26US #147
#95Patrick26US #72
#96Shane26US #128
#97Jeffrey25US #119
#98Stephen25US #102
#99Trenton25US #181
#100Chance23

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑52Bailey#45
↑38Gabriel#46
↑32Brooklyn#39
↑30Miranda#59
↑29Alexandria#51
↑24Heather#76
↑20Elijah#43
↑17Ian#70

Falling

↓50Jennifer#99
↓38Julia#100
↓35Mary#88
↓28Shane#96
↓26Tiffany#96
↓23Kelsey#63
↓23Caitlin#73
↓23Sara#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.