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Most popular baby names in West Virginia, 2025

The names given most often to babies born in West Virginia in 2025, with how each one moved since 2024. 5,074 girls and 6,158 boys are in the West Virginia list.

#1 for girls
Charlotte
84 babies · #2 in the US
#1 for boys
Waylon
115 babies · #56 in the US
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Top 25 girls · West Virginia 2025

RankNameBabiesvs 2024
  1. #1CharlotteForm of Charles, meaning “free man”84▲ 4
  2. #2Amelia“vigor, bravery”82▼ 1
  3. #3LaineyEditor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #576 in 2015, #30 in 202568▼ 1
  4. #4HarperFrom a surname for “a player of the harp”62▲ 7
  5. #5WillowFrom the word “willow”61▼ 3
  6. #6Sophia“wisdom”54▼ 1
  7. #6VioletFrom the word “violet”54▲ 13
  8. #8OaklynnEditor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #153 vs #4,867 in 202553▲ 6
  9. #8Paisley“pasture”53▲ 4
  10. #10AvaEditor’s note Down from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 210 US girls in the 2025 records52▲ 3
  11. #11Eleanorpossibly “other”51▲ 5
  12. #12Olivia“olive; olive branch”50▼ 10
  13. #13AuroraItalian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”46▼ 3
  14. #13EllieEditor’s note Up from #48 in 2015 to #24 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US girls in the 2025 records46▲ 6
  15. #13Emma“entire”46▼ 6
  16. #16HazelFrom the word “hazel”45▲ 13
  17. #17AveryEditor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls40▲ 7
  18. #17EvelynSame root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”40▼ 8
  19. #17Kinsley“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”40▲ 5
  20. #17ScarlettEditor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US40▼ 10
  21. #21Lillianpossibly “lily”39▼ 5
  22. #22EllaShort form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”36▲ 9
  23. #22IvyFrom the word “ivy”36▼ 8
  24. #24LaylaEditor’s note Down from #30 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US35▲ 6
  25. #24Nova“new”35▲ 13

Top 25 boys · West Virginia 2025

RankNameBabiesvs 2024
  1. #1WaylonEditor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #222 in 2015, #56 in 2025115▲ 1
  2. #2HudsonEditor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records106▲ 2
  3. #3OliverEditor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records96▼ 2
  4. #4NoahEditor’s note Steady in the US: #1 in 2015 and #2 in 2025. About 1 in 84 US boys in the 2025 records85▲ 3
  5. #5Wyatt“war + hard, brave”70▲ 4
  6. #6CooperEditor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 202568▲ 7
  7. #7AsherEditor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 202567▲ 1
  8. #8WestonEditor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #120 in 2015, #55 in 202563▲ 3
  9. #9LiamForm of William, meaning “will + helmet”60▼ 5
  10. #9TheodoreEditor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 202560▲ 4
  11. #11James“May He Heel”59▲ 6
  12. #12Elijah“Yahweh is my god”56▼ 6
  13. #13MaverickEditor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #184 in 2015, #49 in 202555▼ 10
  14. #13William“will + helmet”55▲ 2
  15. #15Carter“son of Arthur”52▲ 2
  16. #15HenryEditor’s note Up from #29 in 2015 to #5 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 140 US boys in the 2025 records52▲ 8
  17. #15JacksonEditor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records52▲ 2
  18. #18Sawyer“one who saws”48▲ 22
  19. #19SilasEditor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #71 vs #585 in 202547▲ 3
  20. #20AtlasEditor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #487 in 2015, #75 in 202546▲ 10
  21. #20Easton“east + settlement”46▲ 20
  22. #20Grayson“steward”46▼ 10
  23. #23Colton“coal + settlement”43same
  24. #23OwenEditor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 202543▼ 3
  25. #23Samuel“God has set or God has placed”43▲ 9

Names that stand out in West Virginia

Names in the West Virginia top 100 that make up a bigger share of babies here than in the US overall. “2.0×” means the name’s share of West Virginia births is twice its share of all US births.

Girls

NameWVUSShare vs US
Wrenlee#40#3559.7×
Oaklynn#8#1538.5×
Octavia#40#3088.4×
Haisley#93#4797.9×
Everleigh#32#1946.1×
Brynlee#50#2435.9×
Adalynn#32#1845.8×
Oakley#26#1565.6×

Boys

NameWVUSShare vs US
Kaysen#94#4157.2×
Kohen#58#2956.8×
Colt#58#2856.5×
Remington#69#3076.5×
Waylon#1#565.9×
Bentley#39#2155.6×
Cohen#48#2255.2×
Holden#85#2975.1×

Counts: US Social Security Administration, state data for 2024 and 2025 (names given to 5 or more babies in West Virginia). Ranks are worked out from the counts, with ties sharing a rank, so a list can run past 25 names. Shares divide by all listed babies of the same sex. Meanings, where shown, are from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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