West Virginia · 1928

Top 100 names in West Virginia, 1928, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Mary	1,413
#2	Betty	1,267
#3	Helen	502
#4	Dorothy	444
#5	Virginia	403
#6	Margaret	366
#7	Ruth	363
#8	Anna	299
#9	Doris	266
#10	Mildred	260
#11	Elizabeth	228
#12	Ruby	221
#13	Frances	212
#14	Evelyn	208
#15	Phyllis	190
#16	Thelma	183
#17	Alice	175
#18	Juanita	172
#19	Martha	170
#20	Norma	169
#21	Wanda	165
#22	Pauline	159
#23	Barbara	155
#24	Irene	151
#25	Patricia	149
#26	Edith	147
#27	Lois	145
#28	Jean	144
#29	Maxine	130
#30	Hazel	124
#31	Edna	124
#32	Nancy	122
#33	Gladys	120
#34	Ethel	119
#35	Lillian	115
#36	Wilma	112
#37	Marie	109
#38	Eleanor	107
#39	Rose	105
#40	Geraldine	105
#41	Louise	105
#42	Kathleen	102
#43	Eva	98
#44	Marjorie	97
#45	Nellie	97
#46	Clara	96
#47	Violet	94
#48	June	91
#49	Emma	90
#50	Lucille	90
#51	Opal	88
#52	Mabel	87
#53	Peggy	83
#54	Josephine	82
#55	Alma	81
#56	Catherine	79
#57	Pearl	79
#58	Dolores	79
#59	Beulah	78
#60	Freda	77
#61	Sarah	77
#62	Charlotte	76
#63	Glenna	76
#64	Joyce	75
#65	Julia	75
#66	Georgia	73
#67	Elsie	72
#68	Audrey	70
#69	Bonnie	69
#70	Margie	68
#71	Gloria	67
#72	Ramona	66
#73	Velma	66
#74	Geneva	66
#75	Sylvia	65
#76	Joan	65
#77	Bernice	65
#78	Naomi	63
#79	Katherine	63
#80	Billie	62
#81	Lena	62
#82	Myrtle	61
#83	Vivian	60
#84	Kathryn	60
#85	Genevieve	59
#86	Florence	59
#87	Beatrice	58
#88	Ida	58
#89	Laura	58
#90	Ella	57
#91	Grace	56
#92	Bessie	56
#93	Bertha	56
#94	Jo	55
#95	Shirley	55
#96	Erma	54
#97	Goldie	54
#98	Loretta	54
#99	Leona	50
#100	Esther	49

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	26	13	1
Glenna	76	39	5
Emogene	29	15	2
Freda	77	39	6
Goldie	54	28	6
Wilda	29	15	3
Dolly	23	12	3
Opal	88	45	14
Beulah	78	40	12
Willa	27	14	4
Mabel	87	45	15
Virgie	21	11	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.