West Virginia · 1918

Top 100 names in West Virginia, 1918, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Mary	1,220
#2	Virginia	604
#3	Helen	519
#4	Ruth	456
#5	Margaret	401
#6	Mildred	349
#7	Dorothy	338
#8	Anna	244
#9	Ruby	244
#10	Elizabeth	242
#11	Frances	232
#12	Edith	228
#13	Thelma	225
#14	Gladys	215
#15	Pauline	203
#16	Hazel	200
#17	Ethel	185
#18	Edna	178
#19	Lillian	177
#20	Evelyn	177
#21	Martha	173
#22	Irene	173
#23	Louise	158
#24	Marie	155
#25	Betty	151
#26	Opal	144
#27	Nellie	142
#28	Mabel	135
#29	Alice	124
#30	Lucille	122
#31	Pearl	119
#32	Juanita	115
#33	Clara	112
#34	Eva	101
#35	Maxine	99
#36	Bessie	99
#37	Elsie	99
#38	Rose	99
#39	Emma	98
#40	Kathleen	97
#41	Myrtle	96
#42	Violet	94
#43	Freda	92
#44	Sarah	91
#45	Grace	91
#46	Kathryn	90
#47	Beulah	90
#48	Eleanor	88
#49	Josephine	86
#50	Florence	85
#51	Bertha	85
#52	Catherine	83
#53	Jessie	83
#54	Marjorie	81
#55	Sylvia	78
#56	Gertrude	76
#57	Katherine	75
#58	Laura	75
#59	Julia	75
#60	Wilma	74
#61	Georgia	72
#62	Goldie	72
#63	Beatrice	72
#64	Bernice	71
#65	Agnes	70
#66	Genevieve	69
#67	Nancy	69
#68	Ann	69
#69	Alma	69
#70	Geraldine	69
#71	Lena	68
#72	Esther	66
#73	Geneva	63
#74	June	63
#75	Ada	62
#76	Viola	61
#77	Doris	60
#78	Jean	59
#79	Marguerite	59
#80	Madeline	58
#81	Naomi	58
#82	Ella	58
#83	Blanche	57
#84	Hilda	55
#85	Wanda	54
#86	Stella	53
#87	Velma	53
#88	Minnie	52
#89	Lois	51
#90	Ida	51
#91	Mae	51
#92	Leona	49
#93	Charlotte	49
#94	Olive	47
#95	Iva	47
#96	Garnet	46
#97	Phyllis	45
#98	Lucy	45
#99	Norma	45
#100	Vivian	45

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
Audra	23	13	1
Garnet	46	26	2
Glenna	34	19	2
Wilda	35	20	3
Freda	92	52	9
Hallie	21	12	2
Goldie	72	41	9
Dollie	24	14	4
Virgie	32	18	5
Iva	47	27	8
Willa	22	13	4
Opal	144	82	25

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.