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Baby names in West Virginia, 2010s

2010–2019 · 142,082 recorded births

Mason was the most common name given in West Virginia across the 2010s, with 1,272 births in the decade. The state recorded 142,082 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to West Virginia in the 2010s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Coalton7
Lakyn50
Braylee121
Branson92
Braxton720
Bentlee100
Dixie73
Brantlee54

Top 25 in the 2010s

RankNameBirths
#1Mason1,272
#2Emma1,253
#3Liam1,183
#4Noah1,074
#5Olivia1,016
#6Isabella1,003
#7Jacob942
#8Hunter939
#9Elijah934
#10Ava922
#10Sophia922
#12William828
#13Levi826
#14James819
#15Landon811
#16Carter808
#16Colton808
#18Jackson804
#19Wyatt799
#20Bentley793
#21Abigail772
#22Aiden771
#23Brayden752
#23Logan752
#25Jaxon737

Other decades in West Virginia

All West Virginia names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org