West Virginia · 1919

Top 100 names in West Virginia, 1919, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Mary	1,225
#2	Virginia	537
#3	Helen	510
#4	Ruth	401
#5	Margaret	398
#6	Dorothy	319
#7	Mildred	305
#8	Anna	259
#9	Edith	236
#10	Elizabeth	229
#11	Frances	225
#12	Ruby	217
#13	Evelyn	197
#14	Pauline	193
#15	Betty	190
#16	Gladys	190
#17	Edna	178
#18	Ethel	176
#19	Hazel	175
#20	Thelma	174
#21	Marie	158
#22	Martha	156
#23	Lucille	145
#24	Irene	142
#25	Lillian	142
#26	Nellie	140
#27	Louise	139
#28	Opal	133
#29	Alice	130
#30	Violet	125
#31	Juanita	118
#32	Grace	117
#33	Mabel	115
#34	Elsie	109
#35	Eva	105
#36	Sarah	104
#37	Beulah	102
#38	Kathleen	94
#39	Clara	90
#40	Josephine	89
#41	Catherine	88
#42	Geraldine	87
#43	Freda	86
#44	Myrtle	85
#45	Pearl	85
#46	Emma	84
#47	Maxine	83
#48	Rose	83
#49	Bessie	82
#50	Marjorie	81
#51	Bertha	81
#52	Lena	80
#53	Julia	79
#54	Genevieve	78
#55	Jean	77
#56	Beatrice	77
#57	Stella	74
#58	Wilma	74
#59	Nancy	73
#60	Alma	73
#61	Katherine	71
#62	Florence	70
#63	Jessie	70
#64	Goldie	69
#65	Kathryn	69
#66	Sylvia	66
#67	Gertrude	66
#68	Doris	64
#69	Agnes	64
#70	Esther	63
#71	Eleanor	61
#72	Madeline	60
#73	Ann	60
#74	Ida	58
#75	Vivian	58
#76	Georgia	58
#77	June	58
#78	Lucy	57
#79	Bernice	57
#80	Wanda	56
#81	Minnie	54
#82	Ada	53
#83	Laura	53
#84	Geneva	53
#85	Vera	52
#86	Marguerite	49
#87	Mae	48
#88	Audrey	46
#89	Blanche	46
#90	Naomi	46
#91	Ellen	46
#92	Carrie	45
#93	Ella	45
#94	Garnet	44
#95	Charlotte	43
#96	Jane	43
#97	Alberta	42
#98	Viola	41
#99	Olive	40
#100	Nora	40

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
Garnet	44	26	2
Glenna	27	16	2
Freda	86	51	8
Wilda	22	13	3
Goldie	69	41	9
Reva	20	12	3
Dolly	20	12	3
Virgie	32	19	5
Hester	20	12	3
Opal	133	79	23
Beulah	102	61	20
Zelma	21	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.