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Baby names in West Virginia in the 2000s

In West Virginia in the 2000s the most given names were Jacob (2,439 boys) and Madison (1,984 girls), of 159,333 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in West Virginia each year, the 2000s shaded
West Virginia births by year and sex10k20k30k19101930195019701990201020252000-2009BoysGirls
West Virginia births by year and sex10k20k30k19101930195019701990201020252000-2009BoysGirls
West Virginia births by year and sex10k20k30k19101930195019701990201020252000-2009BoysGirls
West Virginia births by year and sex10k20k30k19101950199020252000-2009BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

West Virginia, 2000-2009: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in West Virginia, 2000s

Girls, 2000-2009
#NameBirths
1Madison1,984
2Emily1,756
3Hannah1,575
4Alexis1,343
5Emma1,286
6Abigail1,252
7Olivia1,061
8Isabella814
9Chloe811
10Taylor806
11Haley788
12Sarah742
13Alyssa696
14Elizabeth684
15Kaylee678
16Hailey649
17Morgan622
18Savannah610
19Brianna600
20Kaitlyn590
Boys, 2000-2009
#NameBirths
1Jacob2,439
2Ethan1,622
3Hunter1,501
4Austin1,382
5Logan1,372
6Tyler1,329
7James1,300
8Michael1,279
9Joshua1,275
10Matthew1,269
11William1,202
12Andrew1,188
13Christopher1,144
14Caleb1,084
15Noah1,082
16Joseph1,036
17Zachary1,025
18Dylan1,024
19Nicholas989
20David948

Births summed over 2000-2009, per sex.

The names most over-represented in West Virginia in the 2000s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 2000-2009.

More about names in West Virginia

  1. The 2000s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. West Virginia: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. West Virginia in the 2010sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 2000The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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