West Virginia · 1932

Top 100 names in West Virginia, 1932, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Mary	1,183
#2	Betty	1,157
#3	Helen	387
#4	Barbara	347
#5	Dorothy	342
#6	Patricia	304
#7	Margaret	285
#8	Anna	279
#9	Ruth	275
#10	Phyllis	257
#11	Virginia	252
#12	Norma	244
#13	Doris	233
#14	Nancy	207
#15	Lois	177
#16	Martha	175
#17	Elizabeth	175
#18	Joan	162
#19	Wanda	162
#20	Evelyn	161
#21	Frances	161
#22	Jean	157
#23	Mildred	149
#24	Alice	148
#25	Ruby	145
#26	Thelma	140
#27	Juanita	134
#28	Peggy	129
#29	Edna	115
#30	Joyce	110
#31	Shirley	107
#32	Janet	105
#33	Edith	105
#34	Pauline	103
#35	Dolores	103
#36	Wilma	102
#37	Delores	102
#38	Louise	100
#39	Joann	98
#40	Jo	96
#41	Clara	95
#42	Violet	91
#43	Emma	90
#44	Bonnie	89
#45	Geraldine	88
#46	Ethel	87
#47	Charlotte	82
#48	Hazel	82
#49	Gladys	80
#50	Loretta	80
#51	Gloria	80
#52	June	78
#53	Marjorie	76
#54	Eleanor	76
#55	Maxine	75
#56	Donna	75
#57	Sarah	72
#58	Carol	71
#59	Irene	70
#60	Freda	70
#61	Rose	70
#62	Patty	68
#63	Alma	65
#64	Nellie	65
#65	Opal	64
#66	Naomi	63
#67	Lillian	62
#68	Carolyn	60
#69	Ann	59
#70	Patsy	59
#71	Kathleen	59
#72	Janice	58
#73	Marie	58
#74	Eva	58
#75	Deloris	57
#76	Jacqueline	56
#77	Beulah	56
#78	Elsie	56
#79	Sylvia	56
#80	Bertha	56
#81	Lucille	55
#82	Geneva	55
#83	Catherine	53
#84	Billie	52
#85	Laura	52
#86	Bernice	52
#87	Pearl	51
#88	Glenna	51
#89	Vivian	50
#90	Wilda	50
#91	Joanne	49
#92	Myrtle	49
#93	Ella	49
#94	Ellen	49
#95	Leona	48
#96	Julia	48
#97	Beatrice	47
#98	Audrey	47
#99	Josephine	46
#100	Mabel	46

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
Wilda	50	28	3
Emogene	27	15	2
Freda	70	40	6
Goldie	45	26	4
Glenna	51	29	5
Patty	68	39	8
Dolly	29	17	3
Dollie	20	11	3
Virgie	23	13	3
Deloris	57	32	9
Opal	64	36	10
Beulah	56	32	9

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.