State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 2020 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,391 West Virginia births in 2020 across 739 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.

#30Remingtonoutside the national top 200
#51Coltoutside the national top 200
#57Gracelynnoutside the national top 200
#65Oaklynnoutside the national top 200
#66Octaviaoutside the national top 200
#63Dawson#197 nationally
#67Colsonoutside the national top 200
#62Brynlee#191 nationally
#65Tucker#191 nationally
#27Ryker#148 nationally
#82Blakeoutside the national top 200
#76Barrett#193 nationally

Girls

#1Harper83US #10
#2Amelia80US #6
#3Ava80US #3
#4Emma76US #2
#5Olivia74US #1
#6Paisley74US #49
#7Evelyn62US #9
#8Willow60US #48
#9Charlotte59US #5
#10Sophia58US #4
#11Ellie54US #29
#12Isabella52US #7
#13Layla51US #24
#14Kinsley50US #59
#15Scarlett48US #21
#16Mia45US #8
#17Ella43US #15
#18Elizabeth42US #16
#19Everleigh42US #94
#20Raelynn42US #104
#21Avery40US #19
#22Nova40US #38
#23Addison39US #47
#24Everly39US #43
#25Sadie39US #78
#26Abigail37US #12
#27Mila37US #20
#28Riley37US #33
#29Zoey37US #32
#30Lillian36US #46
#31Nora36US #30
#32Aurora35US #36
#33Aubrey34US #56
#34Stella34US #42
#35Adalynn33US #116
#36Eleanor33US #22
#37Emily31US #18
#38Ivy30US #57
#39Violet30US #37
#40Audrey29US #60
#41Claire29US #58
#42Gianna29US #13
#43Natalie29US #51
#44Piper29US #91
#45Serenity29US #69
#46Delilah28US #70
#47Lydia28US #95
#48Peyton28US #98
#49Hadley27US #111
#50Madison27US #23
#51Reagan27US #114
#52Anna26US #68
#53Luna26US #14
#54Madelyn26US #66
#55Eliza25US #115
#56Gabriella25US #77
#57Gracelynn25
#58Penelope25US #26
#59Brooklyn24US #54
#60Chloe24US #25
#61Emilia24US #41
#62Brynlee23US #191
#63Hazel23US #31
#64Lily23US #35
#65Oaklynn23
#66Octavia23
#67Skylar23US #64
#68Hannah22US #39
#69Rylee22US #102
#70Allison21US #80
#71Caroline21US #71
#72Elena21US #55
#73Emersyn21US #164
#74Nevaeh21US #83
#75Adalyn20US #141
#76Aria20US #27
#77Iris20US #127
#78Magnolia20US #176
#79Amara19US #142
#80Aubree19US #156
#81Eden19US #129
#82Ember19US #187
#83Freya19US #178
#84Josie19US #135
#85Kennedy19US #72
#86Maggie19
#87Emery18US #89
#88Naomi18US #52
#89Savannah18US #67
#90Callie17US #165
#91Grace17US #28
#92Myla17
#93Sophie17US #75
#94Athena16US #107
#95Bella16US #63
#96Clara16US #103
#97Cora16US #88
#98Elliana16US #133
#99Finley16
#100Isla16US #44

Boys

#1Liam107US #1
#2Elijah89US #4
#3Mason87US #11
#4Noah85US #2
#5Asher82US #32
#6William78US #5
#7Wyatt78US #29
#8Waylon74US #103
#9Grayson70US #35
#10Owen70US #22
#11Lincoln69US #40
#12Oliver66US #3
#13Levi64US #18
#14Hudson63US #43
#15Jaxon62US #48
#16Maverick62US #50
#17Carson60US #84
#18Easton57US #73
#19Greyson56US #81
#20Jackson56US #17
#21Carter55US #33
#22Colton54US #66
#23James54US #6
#24Michael52US #12
#25Braxton51US #131
#26Jaxson46US #85
#27Ryker46US #148
#28Eli45US #60
#29Hunter45US #68
#30Remington45
#31Bentley44US #141
#32Logan44US #16
#33Lucas44US #8
#34Luke43US #31
#35Sawyer43US #116
#36Alexander42US #10
#37Ryder42US #108
#38Cooper41US #75
#39Aiden40US #24
#40Jacob40US #15
#41Jameson40US #79
#42Samuel40US #25
#43Christopher39US #47
#44Silas39US #100
#45Benjamin38US #7
#46Bryson38US #115
#47Daniel37US #14
#48Ezra37US #44
#49Henry37US #9
#50Joseph37US #26
#51Colt36
#52John36US #27
#53Weston36US #104
#54Connor35US #78
#55Gabriel35US #38
#56Isaiah35US #51
#57Parker35US #95
#58Cameron34US #65
#59River34US #129
#60Landon33US #69
#61Nolan32US #61
#62Thomas32US #45
#63Dawson31US #197
#64David30US #28
#65Tucker30US #191
#66Andrew29US #52
#67Colson29
#68Ezekiel29US #64
#69Isaac29US #39
#70Kingston29US #118
#71Maddox29US #170
#72Roman29US #77
#73Rowan29US #113
#74Axel28US #72
#75Declan28US #102
#76Barrett27US #193
#77Jack27US #21
#78Rhett27US #159
#79Xavier27US #91
#80Brody26US #178
#81Sebastian26US #19
#82Blake25
#83Emmett25US #107
#84Gunner25
#85Holden25
#86Myles25US #124
#87Theodore25US #23
#88Xander25US #187
#89Charles24US #46
#90Ethan24US #13
#91Jace24US #96
#92Joshua24US #53
#93Timothy24US #192
#94Zayden24US #185
#95Ashton23US #136
#96Beau23US #109
#97Brayden23US #111
#98Jensen23
#99Robert23US #80
#100Brantley22

On the move since 2019

Rising

↑46Reagan#51
↑45Bryson#46
↑43Greyson#19
↑37Natalie#43
↑36River#59
↑34Nova#22
↑30Audrey#40
↑29Octavia#66

Falling

↓50Cora#97
↓47Aria#76
↓47Brantley#100
↓45Jace#91
↓39Caroline#71
↓34Gabriella#56
↓33Gabriel#55
↓31Nevaeh#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2019 rankings.