Discover the top 250 baby names in West Virginia from 1960 to 2021. This list showcases the most popular names chosen by parents in cities likeCharleston and reflecting the state’s cultural shifts and trends over the years. Whether you’re looking for naming inspiration or interested in naming trends, this collection offers a glimpse into the names that have resonated with families acrossWest Virginia for decades.
| Boy Name | Boy Number | Boy Rank | Girl Name | Girl Number | Girl Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | 29605 | 1 | Jessica | 18812 | 1 |
| Daniel | 26981 | 2 | Sarah | 17690 | 2 |
| Matthew | 26607 | 3 | Elizabeth | 16301 | 3 |
| Robert | 25460 | 4 | Emily | 16220 | 4 |
| Christopher | 24556 | 5 | Michelle | 13545 | 5 |
| Joshua | 24341 | 6 | Ashley | 13164 | 6 |
| David | 24115 | 7 | Lisa | 13002 | 7 |
| John | 23648 | 8 | Amanda | 12757 | 8 |
| Ryan | 22424 | 9 | Jennifer | 12174 | 9 |
| Andrew | 22184 | 10 | Stephanie | 11077 | 10 |
| William | 21998 | 11 | Kimberly | 11033 | 11 |
| Jacob | 21221 | 12 | Emma | 10789 | 12 |
| Joseph | 20845 | 13 | Samantha | 10733 | 13 |
| Michael | 18748 | 14 | Olivia | 10688 | 14 |
| Brian | 17978 | 15 | Melissa | 10493 | 15 |
| Benjamin | 16335 | 16 | Amy | 10344 | 16 |
| Anthony | 16293 | 17 | Nicole | 10225 | 17 |
| Kevin | 16245 | 18 | Rachel | 9881 | 18 |
| Jason | 15379 | 19 | Angela | 9854 | 19 |
| Alexander | 15242 | 20 | Heather | 9832 | 20 |
| Nicholas | 14967 | 21 | Hannah | 9678 | 21 |
| Thomas | 14820 | 22 | Rebecca | 9302 | 22 |
| Tyler | 14283 | 23 | Megan | 9137 | 23 |
| Brandon | 14094 | 24 | Mary | 8269 | 24 |
| Steven | 13759 | 25 | Madison | 8167 | 25 |
| Justin | 13755 | 26 | Anna | 8020 | 26 |
| Jeffrey | 13618 | 27 | Julie | 7911 | 27 |
| Eric | 13585 | 28 | Sophia | 7813 | 28 |
| Aaron | 13422 | 29 | Laura | 7621 | 29 |
| Scott | 13099 | 30 | Katherine | 7575 | 30 |
| Nathan | 12731 | 31 | Christina | 7426 | 31 |
| Richard | 12701 | 32 | Abigail | 7324 | 32 |
| Jonathan | 12684 | 33 | Isabella | 6960 | 33 |
| Kyle | 12277 | 34 | Andrea | 6922 | 34 |
| Timothy | 12219 | 35 | Natalie | 6494 | 35 |
| Samuel | 12009 | 36 | Amber | 6350 | 36 |
| Mark | 11651 | 37 | Shannon | 6077 | 37 |
| Zachary | 11136 | 38 | Kelly | 6029 | 38 |
| Charles | 10340 | 39 | Taylor | 5954 | 39 |
| Ethan | 9699 | 40 | Erin | 5942 | 40 |
| Adam | 9529 | 41 | Lauren | 5940 | 41 |
| Austin | 9094 | 42 | Grace | 5913 | 42 |
| Sean | 8512 | 43 | Sara | 5753 | 43 |
| Paul | 8500 | 44 | Ava | 5690 | 44 |
| Jordan | 8494 | 45 | Danielle | 5676 | 45 |
| Noah | 8252 | 46 | Kayla | 5540 | 46 |
| Logan | 8227 | 47 | Alexis | 5481 | 47 |
| Jeremy | 8103 | 48 | Victoria | 5455 | 48 |
| Patrick | 7786 | 49 | Susan | 5445 | 49 |
| Gabriel | 7677 | 50 | Maria | 5395 | 50 |
| Dylan | 7528 | 51 | Alyssa | 5132 | 51 |
| Kenneth | 7241 | 52 | Karen | 5132 | 52 |
| Cameron | 6988 | 53 | Chloe | 5124 | 53 |
| Jesse | 6954 | 54 | Christine | 4900 | 54 |
| Lucas | 6920 | 55 | Allison | 4793 | 55 |
| Elijah | 6848 | 56 | Teresa | 4701 | 56 |
| Isaac | 6703 | 57 | Hailey | 4619 | 57 |
| Caleb | 6470 | 58 | Tiffany | 4548 | 58 |
| Mason | 6354 | 59 | Mia | 4447 | 59 |
| Jack | 6340 | 60 | Jamie | 4419 | 60 |
| Evan | 6238 | 61 | Brittany | 4386 | 61 |
| Liam | 6226 | 62 | Heidi | 4368 | 62 |
| Jose | 6191 | 63 | Lori | 4232 | 63 |
| Travis | 6146 | 64 | Katie | 4168 | 64 |
| Cody | 6037 | 65 | Patricia | 4086 | 65 |
| Gregory | 5970 | 66 | Evelyn | 4054 | 66 |
| Ian | 5950 | 67 | Ella | 3943 | 67 |
| Christian | 5831 | 68 | Crystal | 3937 | 68 |
| Jackson | 5742 | 69 | Julia | 3937 | 69 |
| Hunter | 5561 | 70 | Amelia | 3935 | 70 |
| Todd | 5475 | 71 | Alexandra | 3883 | 71 |
| Stephen | 5424 | 72 | Courtney | 3868 | 72 |
| Luke | 5376 | 73 | Kathryn | 3848 | 73 |
| Connor | 5369 | 74 | Brianna | 3804 | 74 |
| Wyatt | 5181 | 75 | Tina | 3676 | 75 |
| Henry | 5056 | 76 | Lily | 3598 | 76 |
| Shawn | 5047 | 77 | Charlotte | 3494 | 77 |
| Donald | 4866 | 78 | Brenda | 3478 | 78 |
| Bryan | 4856 | 79 | Kathleen | 3473 | 79 |
| Douglas | 4732 | 80 | Jasmine | 3449 | 80 |
| Peter | 4701 | 81 | Kelsey | 3392 | 81 |
| Owen | 4650 | 82 | Leah | 3380 | 82 |
| Isaiah | 4622 | 83 | Zoe | 3379 | 83 |
| Aiden | 4535 | 84 | Wendy | 3342 | 84 |
| Ronald | 4401 | 85 | Madeline | 3333 | 85 |
| Oliver | 4389 | 86 | Tracy | 3317 | 86 |
| Levi | 4355 | 87 | Tammy | 3306 | 87 |
| Bradley | 4291 | 88 | Sydney | 3300 | 88 |
| Nathaniel | 4286 | 89 | Alicia | 3241 | 89 |
| Derek | 4260 | 90 | Dawn | 3218 | 90 |
| Jared | 4245 | 91 | Savannah | 3182 | 91 |
| Chad | 4149 | 92 | Audrey | 3146 | 92 |
| Jayden | 4023 | 93 | Cynthia | 3113 | 93 |
| Gary | 3934 | 94 | Lillian | 3104 | 94 |
| Trevor | 3885 | 95 | Linda | 3104 | 95 |
| Blake | 3810 | 96 | Vanessa | 3076 | 96 |
| Alex | 3808 | 97 | Claire | 3067 | 97 |
| Craig | 3604 | 98 | Morgan | 3025 | 98 |
| Shane | 3592 | 99 | Sofia | 2985 | 99 |
| Erik | 3567 | 100 | Sandra | 2964 | 100 |
| Carter | 3514 | 101 | Kristina | 2934 | 101 |
| Dustin | 3412 | 102 | Avery | 2903 | 102 |
| Gavin | 3277 | 103 | Molly | 2857 | 103 |
| Julian | 3245 | 104 | Holly | 2843 | 104 |
| Cole | 3226 | 105 | Lindsey | 2830 | 105 |
| Keith | 3213 | 106 | Mackenzie | 2828 | 106 |
| Edward | 3203 | 107 | Monica | 2795 | 107 |
| Colton | 3140 | 108 | Cheryl | 2784 | 108 |
| Joel | 3135 | 109 | Brooke | 2774 | 109 |
| Adrian | 3081 | 110 | Kristin | 2728 | 110 |
| Juan | 2903 | 111 | Deborah | 2683 | 111 |
| Chase | 2901 | 112 | Chelsea | 2680 | 112 |
| Riley | 2800 | 113 | Kaitlyn | 2627 | 113 |
| Jeffery | 2789 | 114 | Maya | 2595 | 114 |
| Landon | 2784 | 115 | Kaylee | 2590 | 115 |
| Seth | 2764 | 116 | Tara | 2555 | 116 |
| Mike | 2698 | 117 | Erica | 2531 | 117 |
| Angel | 2674 | 118 | Cassandra | 2503 | 118 |
| Brett | 2673 | 119 | Carrie | 2492 | 119 |
| Taylor | 2621 | 120 | Denise | 2482 | 120 |
| Troy | 2566 | 121 | Jill | 2469 | 121 |
| Carson | 2499 | 122 | Harper | 2460 | 122 |
| Casey | 2491 | 123 | Kristen | 2457 | 123 |
| Spencer | 2490 | 124 | Pamela | 2368 | 124 |
| Tristan | 2487 | 125 | Addison | 2357 | 125 |
| Randy | 2434 | 126 | Haley | 2352 | 126 |
| Jeff | 2374 | 127 | Paige | 2344 | 127 |
| Marcus | 2365 | 128 | Riley | 2341 | 128 |
| Brent | 2363 | 129 | April | 2324 | 129 |
| Cooper | 2297 | 130 | Barbara | 2318 | 130 |
| Tanner | 2265 | 131 | Cindy | 2301 | 131 |
| Josiah | 2252 | 132 | Debra | 2286 | 132 |
| Dennis | 2226 | 133 | Stacy | 2286 | 133 |
| Parker | 2201 | 134 | Brooklyn | 2226 | 134 |
| Sebastian | 2144 | 135 | Jordan | 2158 | 135 |
| Cory | 2128 | 136 | Diana | 2148 | 136 |
| Corey | 2088 | 137 | Robin | 2141 | 137 |
| Larry | 2065 | 138 | Tamara | 2128 | 138 |
| Brayden | 2049 | 139 | Nancy | 2111 | 139 |
| Garrett | 1995 | 140 | Alexa | 2060 | 140 |
| Hudson | 1995 | 141 | Theresa | 2041 | 141 |
| Lincoln | 1986 | 142 | Lucy | 2038 | 142 |
| Devin | 1971 | 143 | Kylie | 2036 | 143 |
| Curtis | 1960 | 144 | Catherine | 2000 | 144 |
| Eli | 1946 | 145 | Ellie | 1978 | 145 |
| Terry | 1916 | 146 | Ruby | 1969 | 146 |
| Jon | 1908 | 147 | Leslie | 1966 | 147 |
| Asher | 1861 | 148 | Bailey | 1940 | 148 |
| Jaxon | 1853 | 149 | Zoey | 1926 | 149 |
| Russell | 1817 | 150 | Sierra | 1904 | 150 |
| Steve | 1815 | 151 | Katelyn | 1883 | 151 |
| Theodore | 1814 | 152 | Donna | 1871 | 152 |
| Jeremiah | 1811 | 153 | Kim | 1866 | 153 |
| Jerry | 1784 | 154 | Naomi | 1850 | 154 |
| Raymond | 1780 | 155 | Shelby | 1824 | 155 |
| Aidan | 1778 | 156 | Michele | 1753 | 156 |
| Luis | 1765 | 157 | Debbie | 1752 | 157 |
| Jesus | 1755 | 158 | Penelope | 1744 | 158 |
| Kelly | 1661 | 159 | Stella | 1732 | 159 |
| George | 1659 | 160 | Lindsay | 1715 | 160 |
| Chris | 1646 | 161 | Sophie | 1703 | 161 |
| Bryce | 1640 | 162 | Marissa | 1702 | 162 |
| Grayson | 1577 | 163 | Caitlin | 1700 | 163 |
| Nolan | 1559 | 164 | Laurie | 1685 | 164 |
| Jay | 1537 | 165 | Isabelle | 1665 | 165 |
| Mitchell | 1471 | 166 | Diane | 1657 | 166 |
| Miles | 1466 | 167 | Carol | 1647 | 167 |
| Leo | 1457 | 168 | Eleanor | 1637 | 168 |
| Tony | 1451 | 169 | Faith | 1635 | 169 |
| Dale | 1444 | 170 | Violet | 1605 | 170 |
| Ezra | 1418 | 171 | Scarlett | 1598 | 171 |
| Darren | 1409 | 172 | Anne | 1586 | 172 |
| Ryder | 1375 | 173 | Sharon | 1575 | 173 |
| Dean | 1369 | 174 | Aria | 1564 | 174 |
| Bruce | 1363 | 175 | Hazel | 1561 | 175 |
| Dominic | 1338 | 176 | Renee | 1550 | 176 |
| Mateo | 1307 | 177 | Eva | 1523 | 177 |
| Phillip | 1286 | 178 | Kathy | 1478 | 178 |
| Roger | 1279 | 179 | Rhonda | 1476 | 179 |
| Frank | 1256 | 180 | Melanie | 1460 | 180 |
| Micah | 1227 | 181 | Makayla | 1443 | 181 |
| Carl | 1222 | 182 | Kari | 1431 | 182 |
| Elias | 1220 | 183 | Deanna | 1430 | 183 |
| Alan | 1215 | 184 | Dana | 1429 | 184 |
| Wesley | 1197 | 185 | Erika | 1429 | 185 |
| Jim | 1152 | 186 | Camila | 1427 | 186 |
| Rodney | 1143 | 187 | Layla | 1421 | 187 |
| Philip | 1121 | 188 | Mariah | 1418 | 188 |
| Carlos | 1119 | 189 | Aubrey | 1412 | 189 |
| Hayden | 1107 | 190 | Shelly | 1405 | 190 |
| Greg | 1095 | 191 | Nora | 1383 | 191 |
| Silas | 1084 | 192 | Nevaeh | 1376 | 192 |
| Tim | 1083 | 193 | Jacqueline | 1361 | 193 |
| Wayne | 1053 | 194 | Tanya | 1308 | 194 |
| Sawyer | 1052 | 195 | Stacey | 1276 | 195 |
| Emmett | 1024 | 196 | Mila | 1266 | 196 |
| Dakota | 1009 | 197 | Ann | 1261 | 197 |
| Easton | 1000 | 198 | Aaliyah | 1254 | 198 |
| Colin | 993 | 199 | Clara | 1246 | 199 |
| Maxwell | 952 | 200 | Rachael | 1243 | 200 |
| Declan | 937 | 201 | Piper | 1229 | 201 |
| Martin | 934 | 202 | Gabrielle | 1224 | 202 |
| Kaden | 921 | 203 | Paula | 1212 | 203 |
| Diego | 878 | 204 | Janet | 1208 | 204 |
| Rick | 877 | 205 | Suzanne | 1207 | 205 |
| Jaden | 855 | 206 | Aurora | 1190 | 206 |
| Brody | 838 | 207 | Ariana | 1181 | 207 |
| Gerald | 837 | 208 | Alice | 1157 | 208 |
| Dan | 820 | 209 | Gabriella | 1156 | 209 |
| Joe | 794 | 210 | Katrina | 1155 | 210 |
| Lance | 793 | 211 | Brittney | 1150 | 211 |
| Brad | 784 | 212 | Autumn | 1126 | 212 |
| Randall | 774 | 213 | Brandy | 1120 | 213 |
| Tom | 767 | 214 | Nichole | 1115 | 214 |
| Tracy | 766 | 215 | Isabel | 1113 | 215 |
| Mathew | 757 | 216 | Connie | 1110 | 216 |
| Kurt | 750 | 217 | Alexandria | 1096 | 217 |
| Bennett | 747 | 218 | Trinity | 1081 | 218 |
| Jameson | 745 | 219 | Tami | 1079 | 219 |
| Jaxson | 745 | 220 | Jenna | 1077 | 220 |
| Conner | 718 | 221 | Miranda | 1077 | 221 |
| Kai | 715 | 222 | Luna | 1074 | 222 |
| Ezekiel | 683 | 223 | Colleen | 1054 | 223 |
| Xavier | 682 | 224 | Terri | 1046 | 224 |
| Kristopher | 677 | 225 | Natasha | 1033 | 225 |
| Duane | 676 | 226 | Whitney | 1029 | 226 |
| Ryker | 662 | 227 | Shelley | 1026 | 227 |
| Danny | 648 | 228 | Peyton | 1025 | 228 |
| Greyson | 646 | 229 | Kristine | 1016 | 229 |
| Maverick | 641 | 230 | Kelli | 1014 | 230 |
| Roman | 640 | 231 | Gina | 1007 | 231 |
| Weston | 617 | 232 | Shawna | 999 | 232 |
| Shaun | 589 | 233 | Sheila | 982 | 233 |
| Bill | 583 | 234 | Jodi | 961 | 234 |
| Miguel | 576 | 235 | Paisley | 955 | 235 |
| Jace | 549 | 236 | Breanna | 954 | 236 |
| Bentley | 517 | 237 | Kendra | 950 | 237 |
| Caden | 509 | 238 | Misty | 931 | 238 |
| Ayden | 495 | 239 | Brandi | 929 | 239 |
| Leonardo | 481 | 240 | Cora | 928 | 240 |
| Marc | 466 | 241 | Madelyn | 923 | 241 |
| Rowan | 461 | 242 | Isla | 916 | 242 |
| Dave | 457 | 243 | Willow | 901 | 243 |
| Glenn | 435 | 244 | Josephine | 898 | 244 |
| Axel | 424 | 245 | Bella | 879 | 245 |
| Ron | 417 | 246 | Margaret | 875 | 246 |
| Darin | 398 | 247 | Quinn | 863 | 247 |
| Dillon | 394 | 248 | Arianna | 825 | 248 |
| Bob | 388 | 249 | Eliana | 809 | 249 |
| Kirk | 381 | 250 | Angelina | 807 | 250 |