West Virginia · 1916

Top 100 names in West Virginia, 1916, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Mary	1,120
#2	Virginia	446
#3	Helen	445
#4	Ruth	377
#5	Margaret	374
#6	Dorothy	286
#7	Mildred	263
#8	Ruby	232
#9	Anna	215
#10	Elizabeth	207
#11	Edith	207
#12	Thelma	203
#13	Hazel	199
#14	Evelyn	183
#15	Edna	181
#16	Opal	181
#17	Pauline	170
#18	Frances	163
#19	Mabel	155
#20	Martha	154
#21	Ethel	151
#22	Gladys	150
#23	Marie	142
#24	Nellie	140
#25	Louise	132
#26	Irene	130
#27	Lillian	124
#28	Beulah	123
#29	Alice	114
#30	Eva	109
#31	Lucille	108
#32	Juanita	106
#33	Grace	99
#34	Myrtle	94
#35	Bessie	93
#36	Sarah	87
#37	Emma	87
#38	Josephine	87
#39	Clara	86
#40	Pearl	85
#41	Betty	84
#42	Elsie	81
#43	Freda	80
#44	Rose	77
#45	Gertrude	76
#46	Katherine	76
#47	Bertha	75
#48	Julia	74
#49	Eleanor	74
#50	Violet	74
#51	Maxine	73
#52	Catherine	72
#53	Alma	72
#54	Goldie	71
#55	Genevieve	70
#56	Kathleen	70
#57	Florence	69
#58	Beatrice	68
#59	Wilma	68
#60	Ann	64
#61	Georgia	63
#62	Kathryn	62
#63	Sylvia	61
#64	Laura	60
#65	Leona	60
#66	Bernice	60
#67	Agnes	60
#68	Naomi	59
#69	Ellen	58
#70	Lucy	58
#71	Minnie	56
#72	Jessie	56
#73	Geraldine	56
#74	Mae	55
#75	Lena	55
#76	June	55
#77	Wanda	53
#78	Ida	52
#79	Esther	49
#80	Ada	49
#81	Della	48
#82	Vivian	47
#83	Velma	47
#84	Stella	45
#85	Carrie	43
#86	Viola	43
#87	Blanche	43
#88	Doris	43
#89	Marjorie	43
#90	Jane	39
#91	Nancy	38
#92	Vera	38
#93	Lois	38
#94	Geneva	38
#95	Marguerite	37
#96	Jean	37
#97	Hattie	36
#98	Nina	36
#99	Daisy	36
#100	Cora	35

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	27	18	2
Garnet	25	16	2
Vada	23	15	2
Freda	80	53	9
Wilda	21	14	3
Pansy	20	13	3
Dessie	20	13	3
Opal	181	119	25
Goldie	71	47	10
Dollie	21	14	4
Beulah	123	81	23
Gracie	20	13	4

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.