West Virginia · 1941

Top 100 names in West Virginia, 1941, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Mary	992
#2	Barbara	644
#3	Patricia	614
#4	Betty	588
#5	Linda	492
#6	Carolyn	482
#7	Nancy	449
#8	Shirley	434
#9	Judith	413
#10	Sandra	386
#11	Carol	361
#12	Janet	291
#13	Margaret	281
#14	Phyllis	279
#15	Joyce	264
#16	Ruth	244
#17	Brenda	240
#18	Helen	225
#19	Judy	212
#20	Dorothy	200
#21	Donna	197
#22	Janice	195
#23	Peggy	191
#24	Wanda	189
#25	Karen	185
#26	Martha	183
#27	Virginia	182
#28	Sharon	181
#29	Bonnie	181
#30	Norma	176
#31	Elizabeth	173
#32	Frances	157
#33	Anna	149
#34	Doris	149
#35	Alice	146
#36	Juanita	132
#37	Gloria	131
#38	Charlotte	129
#39	Lois	118
#40	Patsy	117
#41	Joan	116
#42	Loretta	109
#43	Patty	107
#44	Sue	105
#45	Delores	105
#46	Beverly	94
#47	Jo	93
#48	Rebecca	93
#49	Evelyn	92
#50	Sarah	89
#51	Ruby	89
#52	Mildred	84
#53	Wilma	84
#54	Rose	82
#55	Susan	82
#56	Connie	82
#57	Julia	78
#58	Jean	78
#59	Thelma	78
#60	Sylvia	76
#61	Eleanor	73
#62	Joann	72
#63	Emma	71
#64	Geraldine	70
#65	Rita	70
#66	Deloris	64
#67	Ann	62
#68	Gladys	62
#69	Sally	59
#70	Edith	57
#71	Carole	57
#72	Catherine	56
#73	Ellen	56
#74	Kay	55
#75	Glenna	53
#76	Marilyn	51
#77	Clara	50
#78	Hazel	50
#79	Jane	49
#80	Margie	49
#81	Ethel	48
#82	Eva	48
#83	Deanna	48
#84	Kathleen	47
#85	Naomi	47
#86	Louise	46
#87	Edna	46
#88	Freda	45
#89	Maxine	45
#90	Darlene	44
#91	June	44
#92	Ella	44
#93	Kathryn	43
#94	Nellie	43
#95	Shelby	43
#96	Marjorie	42
#97	Alma	42
#98	Cora	42
#99	Josephine	41
#100	Drema	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
Drema	40	20	0
Dreama	21	11	0
Dottie	39	20	2
Glenna	53	27	4
Wilda	21	11	2
Patty	107	55	9
Freda	45	23	4
Jewell	26	13	3
Deloris	64	33	7
Beulah	32	16	5
Opal	25	13	4
Shelby	43	22	7

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.