West Virginia · 1923

Top 100 names in West Virginia, 1923, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Mary	1,522
#2	Betty	652
#3	Helen	645
#4	Virginia	583
#5	Margaret	510
#6	Ruth	473
#7	Dorothy	469
#8	Mildred	360
#9	Anna	326
#10	Elizabeth	311
#11	Ruby	305
#12	Evelyn	264
#13	Frances	262
#14	Thelma	216
#15	Martha	210
#16	Juanita	199
#17	Pauline	198
#18	Hazel	190
#19	Edith	189
#20	Gladys	176
#21	Irene	171
#22	Doris	166
#23	Alice	163
#24	Ethel	154
#25	Lillian	154
#26	Kathleen	152
#27	Louise	144
#28	Nellie	141
#29	Wanda	140
#30	Edna	139
#31	Maxine	137
#32	Marie	137
#33	Marjorie	135
#34	Lucille	134
#35	Opal	133
#36	Violet	132
#37	Jean	120
#38	Elsie	114
#39	Catherine	113
#40	Geraldine	111
#41	Mabel	111
#42	Josephine	109
#43	Emma	107
#44	Myrtle	107
#45	Rose	105
#46	Eva	104
#47	Clara	104
#48	Norma	103
#49	Eleanor	98
#50	Sarah	97
#51	Grace	97
#52	Wilma	93
#53	June	92
#54	Bertha	90
#55	Sylvia	86
#56	Lois	85
#57	Bessie	85
#58	Beulah	84
#59	Freda	84
#60	Katherine	83
#61	Phyllis	82
#62	Beatrice	82
#63	Nancy	81
#64	Alma	80
#65	Bernice	80
#66	Pearl	79
#67	Margie	79
#68	Vivian	77
#69	Florence	76
#70	Goldie	74
#71	Gertrude	74
#72	Geneva	73
#73	Laura	72
#74	Georgia	72
#75	Agnes	72
#76	Naomi	71
#77	Madeline	71
#78	Julia	68
#79	Ann	68
#80	Charlotte	68
#81	Leona	67
#82	Lena	66
#83	Ella	63
#84	Lucy	63
#85	Hilda	63
#86	Genevieve	63
#87	Velma	63
#88	Jane	62
#89	Stella	62
#90	Barbara	62
#91	Esther	61
#92	Ada	59
#93	Ida	55
#94	Wilda	53
#95	Audrey	53
#96	Nina	52
#97	Cora	52
#98	Kathryn	50
#99	Annie	48
#100	Ellen	48

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
Garnett	23	11	1
Garnet	41	20	2
Wilda	53	26	3
Hallie	21	10	2
Glenna	39	19	3
Freda	84	41	7
Goldie	74	36	7
Dortha	22	11	2
Hester	22	11	3
Neva	23	11	3
Opal	133	64	20
Virgie	29	14	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.