West Virginia · 1942

Top 100 names in West Virginia, 1942, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Mary	1,041
#2	Patricia	688
#3	Barbara	679
#4	Linda	657
#5	Carolyn	550
#6	Betty	546
#7	Shirley	485
#8	Sandra	471
#9	Carol	438
#10	Nancy	431
#11	Judith	398
#12	Joyce	330
#13	Janet	321
#14	Karen	293
#15	Margaret	276
#16	Sharon	272
#17	Brenda	263
#18	Donna	259
#19	Phyllis	258
#20	Judy	254
#21	Ruth	225
#22	Helen	222
#23	Bonnie	195
#24	Frances	195
#25	Virginia	189
#26	Elizabeth	187
#27	Dorothy	186
#28	Anna	181
#29	Wanda	177
#30	Peggy	174
#31	Martha	168
#32	Charlotte	157
#33	Janice	155
#34	Alice	149
#35	Norma	140
#36	Doris	134
#37	Gloria	131
#38	Lois	124
#39	Rebecca	120
#40	Connie	117
#41	Susan	101
#42	Wilma	96
#43	Patsy	94
#44	Evelyn	94
#45	Carole	93
#46	Delores	93
#47	Loretta	93
#48	Rita	91
#49	Joan	91
#50	Beverly	90
#51	Rose	87
#52	Patty	84
#53	Sue	84
#54	Jean	83
#55	Sarah	83
#56	Thelma	82
#57	Jo	79
#58	Mildred	79
#59	Ruby	77
#60	Juanita	77
#61	Emma	76
#62	Edna	74
#63	Sylvia	73
#64	Geraldine	67
#65	Ann	67
#66	Kay	66
#67	Sally	63
#68	Jane	62
#69	Julia	60
#70	Roberta	59
#71	Marilyn	57
#72	Ethel	55
#73	Eva	55
#74	Pauline	55
#75	Eleanor	54
#76	Lillian	54
#77	Billie	53
#78	Ellen	53
#79	Hazel	53
#80	Catherine	52
#81	Louise	52
#82	Sara	52
#83	Naomi	52
#84	Kathryn	51
#85	Deloris	50
#86	Freda	50
#87	Joann	49
#88	Elsie	49
#89	Marie	48
#90	Diana	47
#91	Clara	47
#92	Gladys	46
#93	Alma	46
#94	Glenna	43
#95	Kathleen	43
#96	Laura	43
#97	Sheila	42
#98	Nellie	42
#99	Dottie	42
#100	Edith	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	29	14	0
Dreama	27	13	0
Dottie	42	20	2
Wilda	21	10	2
Freda	50	24	4
Glenna	43	21	4
Patty	84	41	9
Opal	27	13	3
Deloris	50	24	6
Beulah	27	13	4
Naomi	52	25	7
Violet	39	19	6

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.