West Virginia · 1914

Top 100 names in West Virginia, 1914, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Mary	790
#2	Virginia	352
#3	Helen	282
#4	Ruth	250
#5	Margaret	242
#6	Mildred	209
#7	Dorothy	197
#8	Elizabeth	185
#9	Anna	178
#10	Ruby	176
#11	Thelma	157
#12	Edith	143
#13	Gladys	137
#14	Edna	134
#15	Hazel	127
#16	Frances	122
#17	Mabel	121
#18	Evelyn	120
#19	Nellie	115
#20	Ethel	107
#21	Pauline	105
#22	Martha	102
#23	Marie	89
#24	Louise	86
#25	Irene	84
#26	Opal	84
#27	Rose	81
#28	Grace	80
#29	Lucille	80
#30	Lillian	76
#31	Alice	75
#32	Eva	75
#33	Bessie	73
#34	Wilma	68
#35	Pearl	68
#36	Josephine	68
#37	Goldie	67
#38	Clara	67
#39	Juanita	66
#40	Myrtle	66
#41	Beulah	66
#42	Beatrice	65
#43	Sarah	63
#44	Elsie	61
#45	Violet	60
#46	Julia	59
#47	Bernice	59
#48	Kathryn	58
#49	Emma	58
#50	Bertha	58
#51	Catherine	57
#52	Kathleen	52
#53	Eleanor	52
#54	Katherine	51
#55	Sylvia	51
#56	Florence	50
#57	Alma	50
#58	Stella	49
#59	Georgia	47
#60	Jessie	47
#61	Freda	47
#62	Genevieve	47
#63	Blanche	46
#64	Olive	45
#65	Lucy	45
#66	Agnes	44
#67	Betty	43
#68	Lena	41
#69	Gertrude	41
#70	Madeline	40
#71	Nora	40
#72	Laura	40
#73	Ida	39
#74	Minnie	39
#75	Ella	39
#76	Esther	38
#77	Jean	36
#78	Leona	35
#79	Ada	35
#80	Naomi	34
#81	Cora	34
#82	Lois	34
#83	Viola	34
#84	Ellen	33
#85	Maxine	31
#86	Mae	31
#87	Iva	31
#88	Ann	31
#89	Hilda	30
#90	Effie	30
#91	Nancy	29
#92	Doris	29
#93	Hattie	28
#94	Geraldine	28
#95	Wanda	28
#96	Audrey	28
#97	Carrie	28
#98	Phyllis	28
#99	Anne	27
#100	Jane	26

Uniquely popular in West Virginia

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Geburten	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Glenna	26	24	2
Garnet	20	19	2
Pansy	23	21	3
Goldie	67	62	10
Freda	47	44	9
Virgie	21	20	5
Iva	31	29	8
Virginia	352	327	100
Opal	84	78	25
Reba	21	20	7
Effie	30	28	10
Nellie	115	107	39

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.