Most Popular Baby Names in West Virginia (2025)

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 2025 were Charlotte for girls and Waylon for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

Names that rank much higher in West Virginia than in the country as a whole include Oaklynn, Paisley, Kinsley, Waylon, Weston, and Sawyer.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in West Virginia

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Charlotte	84	↑ 4
2	Amelia	82	↓ 1
3	Lainey	68	↓ 1
4	Harper	62	↑ 7
5	Willow	61	↓ 1
6	Sophia	54	–
7	Violet	54	↑ 13
8	Oaklynn	53	↑ 7
9	Paisley	53	↑ 3
10	Ava	52	↑ 3
11	Eleanor	51	↑ 5
12	Olivia	50	↓ 9
13	Aurora	46	↓ 3
14	Ellie	46	↑ 5
15	Emma	46	↓ 8
16	Hazel	45	↑ 13
17	Avery	40	↑ 7
18	Evelyn	40	↓ 9
19	Kinsley	40	↑ 4
20	Scarlett	40	↓ 12
21	Lillian	39	↓ 3
22	Ella	36	↑ 9
23	Ivy	36	↓ 9
24	Layla	35	↑ 6
25	Nova	35	↑ 13
26	Oakley	34	↑ 2
27	Delilah	33	↓ 1
28	Raelynn	33	↓ 3
29	Sadie	33	↑ 5
30	Isla	32	↑ 3
31	Wrenley	32	↓ 10
32	Adalynn	31	↑ 22
33	Eliana	31	new
34	Everleigh	31	↓ 17
35	Josie	30	↓ 3
36	Abigail	28	↑ 16
37	Lydia	28	↑ 54
38	Nora	28	↑ 1
39	Eliza	27	↑ 57
40	Addison	26	↑ 2
41	Octavia	26	new
42	Piper	26	new
43	Wrenlee	26	↑ 20
44	Aubrey	25	↓ 1
45	Gianna	25	new
46	Isabella	25	↓ 24
47	Lily	25	–
48	Millie	25	–
49	Penelope	25	↓ 9
50	Adeline	24	↓ 6
51	Brynlee	24	↑ 44
52	Naomi	24	↓ 3
53	Chloe	22	↑ 5
54	Clara	22	↑ 30
55	Hadley	22	↓ 5
56	Lucy	22	↓ 5
57	Aria	21	↓ 2
58	Emersyn	21	↑ 39
59	Nevaeh	21	new
60	Riley	21	↓ 24
61	Eden	20	↓ 16
62	Elena	20	new
63	Elizabeth	20	↓ 36
64	Ember	20	↑ 21
65	Iris	20	↑ 13
66	Stella	20	↓ 25
67	Audrey	19	↑ 8
68	Callie	19	new
69	Daisy	19	↑ 8
70	Grace	19	↓ 8
71	Parker	19	new
72	Remi	19	new
73	Alice	18	new
74	Arabella	18	new
75	Everly	18	↑ 11
76	Kennedy	18	↑ 14
77	Madelyn	18	↑ 11
78	Magnolia	18	↓ 43
79	Mia	18	↓ 22
80	Natalie	18	new
81	Ruby	18	↓ 28
82	Zoey	18	↓ 9
83	Amara	17	new
84	Emerson	17	new
85	Emery	17	↓ 39
86	Freya	17	↑ 13
87	Hallie	17	↑ 2
88	Josephine	17	↓ 28
89	Lilah	17	new
90	Lyla	17	new
91	Maisie	17	new
92	Sutton	17	↓ 21
93	Caroline	16	↓ 26
94	Cora	16	new
95	Elliana	16	↓ 36
96	Haisley	16	↑ 4
97	Skylar	16	↓ 16
98	Stevie	16	new
99	Vivian	16	↓ 27
100	Eloise	15	new

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Waylon	115	↑ 1
2	Hudson	106	↑ 2
3	Oliver	96	↓ 2
4	Noah	85	↑ 3
5	Wyatt	70	↑ 4
6	Cooper	68	↑ 7
7	Asher	67	↑ 1
8	Weston	63	↑ 3
9	Liam	60	↓ 4
10	Theodore	60	↑ 4
11	James	59	↑ 8
12	Elijah	56	↓ 6
13	Maverick	55	↓ 10
14	William	55	↑ 2
15	Carter	52	↑ 2
16	Henry	52	↑ 8
17	Jackson	52	↑ 1
18	Sawyer	48	↑ 27
19	Silas	47	↑ 3
20	Atlas	46	↑ 10
21	Easton	46	↑ 20
22	Grayson	46	↓ 12
23	Colton	43	–
24	Owen	43	↓ 4
25	Samuel	43	↑ 10
26	Levi	42	↓ 14
27	Lucas	42	↑ 17
28	Parker	41	↓ 1
29	Elias	40	↑ 13
30	Mason	40	↓ 4
31	Lincoln	39	↓ 6
32	Walker	39	↓ 17
33	Beau	37	↑ 28
34	Dawson	37	↓ 5
35	Roman	37	↓ 1
36	Carson	36	↑ 15
37	Miles	36	↑ 11
38	Ryker	36	↑ 16
39	Bentley	33	↑ 45
40	John	33	↑ 3
41	Ryder	33	↑ 25
42	Thomas	33	↑ 46
43	Wesley	33	↓ 6
44	Archer	32	↑ 46
45	River	32	↓ 24
46	Joseph	31	↓ 13
47	Stetson	31	↑ 40
48	Alexander	30	↑ 33
49	Cohen	30	new
50	Daniel	30	↑ 28
51	Jasper	30	↑ 49
52	Jaxon	30	↓ 20
53	Leo	30	–
54	Benjamin	29	↓ 26
55	Colter	29	↑ 44
56	Ezra	29	↓ 10
57	Luke	29	↑ 15
58	Brooks	28	↓ 3
59	Colt	28	↓ 21
60	Hunter	28	↑ 8
61	Isaiah	28	↓ 3
62	Kohen	28	↑ 8
63	Rowan	28	↓ 14
64	Tucker	28	↓ 14
65	Cameron	27	↑ 26
66	Jameson	27	↓ 6
67	Michael	27	↑ 18
68	Nolan	27	↑ 29
69	Logan	26	new
70	Remington	26	↓ 14
71	Braxton	25	↓ 14
72	Isaac	25	↑ 7
73	Luka	25	new
74	Eli	24	↑ 8
75	Everett	24	↑ 17
76	Ezekiel	24	↓ 24
77	Jack	24	↓ 30
78	Maddox	24	new
79	Matthew	24	↑ 17
80	Barrett	23	new
81	Beckett	23	new
82	Jaxson	22	↑ 12
83	Jensen	22	↑ 12
84	Myles	22	↓ 48
85	Arthur	21	new
86	Beckham	21	new
87	Charles	21	↓ 25
88	Greyson	21	↓ 49
89	Hayden	21	new
90	Holden	21	↑ 3
91	Kai	21	new
92	Luca	21	new
93	Micah	21	new
94	Andrew	20	↓ 5
95	Bennett	20	↓ 36
96	Emmett	20	new
97	Ethan	20	new
98	Jacob	20	↓ 33
99	Kaysen	20	new
100	Knox	20	new

Names more popular in West Virginia

Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in West Virginia than across the US.

Girls

Name	West Virginia	US
Oaklynn	#8	#153
Paisley	#9	#67
Kinsley	#19	#93
Oakley	#26	#156
Raelynn	#28	#116
Wrenley	#31	#159
Adalynn	#32	#184
Everleigh	#34	#194

Boys

Name	West Virginia	US
Waylon	#1	#56
Weston	#8	#55
Sawyer	#18	#122
Silas	#19	#71
Atlas	#20	#75
Easton	#21	#110
Colton	#23	#103
Parker	#28	#102

Number-one names in West Virginia by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Charlotte (84)	Waylon (115)
2024	Amelia (90)	Oliver (102)
2023	Amelia (75)	Oliver (107)
2022	Amelia (99)	Asher (94)
2021	Amelia (93)	Liam (108)
2020	Harper (83)	Liam (108)
2019	Amelia (100)	Liam (132)
2018	Emma (106)	Mason (114)
2017	Emma (118)	Liam (141)
2016	Harper (103)	Mason (111)
2015	Emma (144)	Noah (137)
2014	Sophia (121)	Mason (130)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in West Virginia

Girls

Boys

Names more popular in West Virginia

Girls

Boys

Number-one names in West Virginia by year

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