West Virginia · 1917

Top 100 names in West Virginia, 1917, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Mary	1,230
#2	Virginia	499
#3	Helen	464
#4	Ruth	383
#5	Margaret	363
#6	Mildred	310
#7	Dorothy	282
#8	Elizabeth	270
#9	Ruby	223
#10	Hazel	220
#11	Anna	219
#12	Pauline	202
#13	Frances	190
#14	Edith	188
#15	Evelyn	187
#16	Ethel	181
#17	Thelma	179
#18	Gladys	174
#19	Martha	158
#20	Edna	150
#21	Lillian	140
#22	Opal	127
#23	Betty	127
#24	Nellie	127
#25	Alice	125
#26	Irene	123
#27	Marie	117
#28	Lucille	114
#29	Myrtle	113
#30	Mabel	112
#31	Louise	111
#32	Juanita	110
#33	Beulah	108
#34	Sarah	100
#35	Elsie	98
#36	Josephine	95
#37	Bertha	93
#38	Grace	92
#39	Catherine	92
#40	Emma	90
#41	Genevieve	90
#42	Stella	90
#43	Bessie	89
#44	Eva	89
#45	Pearl	89
#46	Alma	88
#47	Kathleen	87
#48	Florence	84
#49	Rose	83
#50	Katherine	81
#51	Clara	78
#52	Wilma	77
#53	Freda	76
#54	Violet	75
#55	Nancy	75
#56	Gertrude	74
#57	Goldie	71
#58	Julia	69
#59	Kathryn	68
#60	Beatrice	67
#61	Marjorie	66
#62	Eleanor	66
#63	Georgia	65
#64	Bernice	64
#65	Sylvia	63
#66	Ida	62
#67	Mae	62
#68	Maxine	61
#69	Minnie	61
#70	Esther	59
#71	June	59
#72	Charlotte	58
#73	Lena	58
#74	Blanche	57
#75	Ada	57
#76	Ann	56
#77	Madeline	56
#78	Agnes	56
#79	Ella	56
#80	Jessie	54
#81	Laura	53
#82	Geneva	52
#83	Naomi	52
#84	Lucy	51
#85	Marguerite	50
#86	Olive	49
#87	Vivian	49
#88	Geraldine	47
#89	Wanda	46
#90	Velma	45
#91	Nina	45
#92	Nora	44
#93	Iva	44
#94	Erma	44
#95	Annie	44
#96	Lois	43
#97	Dora	43
#98	Daisy	43
#99	Ellen	43
#100	Jane	42

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	31	19	2
Garnet	28	17	2
Orpha	22	14	2
Dessie	21	13	2
Hallie	20	12	2
Freda	76	47	9
Goldie	71	44	9
Wilda	21	13	3
Hester	20	12	3
Iva	44	27	8
Madge	22	14	4
Opal	127	79	24

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.