West Virginia · 1915

Top 100 names in West Virginia, 1915, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,054
#2	Virginia	427
#3	Helen	413
#4	Ruth	369
#5	Margaret	344
#6	Mildred	290
#7	Dorothy	257
#8	Ruby	231
#9	Anna	230
#10	Elizabeth	221
#11	Thelma	215
#12	Evelyn	208
#13	Hazel	197
#14	Pauline	178
#15	Frances	178
#16	Edith	157
#17	Gladys	155
#18	Martha	148
#19	Edna	146
#20	Ethel	145
#21	Nellie	144
#22	Opal	138
#23	Louise	127
#24	Mabel	121
#25	Marie	115
#26	Lillian	113
#27	Alice	108
#28	Grace	107
#29	Irene	107
#30	Lucille	104
#31	Beulah	99
#32	Elsie	99
#33	Bessie	98
#34	Catherine	92
#35	Eva	90
#36	Sarah	89
#37	Wilma	89
#38	Violet	82
#39	Lena	81
#40	Pearl	80
#41	Bertha	79
#42	Julia	77
#43	Rose	77
#44	Goldie	76
#45	Eleanor	76
#46	Minnie	74
#47	Florence	74
#48	Josephine	74
#49	Myrtle	74
#50	Freda	73
#51	Kathleen	72
#52	Clara	69
#53	Juanita	69
#54	Jessie	69
#55	Betty	69
#56	Kathryn	69
#57	Beatrice	68
#58	Stella	64
#59	Genevieve	63
#60	Katherine	63
#61	Bernice	63
#62	Emma	59
#63	Gertrude	59
#64	Lucy	59
#65	Blanche	59
#66	Georgia	58
#67	Maxine	58
#68	Laura	57
#69	Ida	56
#70	Sylvia	56
#71	Ann	55
#72	Marjorie	54
#73	Alma	53
#74	Leona	52
#75	Olive	51
#76	Esther	50
#77	Naomi	49
#78	Mae	49
#79	Daisy	49
#80	Vivian	48
#81	Geneva	48
#82	Doris	47
#83	Nora	46
#84	Agnes	45
#85	Nina	45
#86	Lois	44
#87	Jean	44
#88	Della	44
#89	Lillie	43
#90	Hilda	42
#91	Carrie	42
#92	Nancy	42
#93	Ella	42
#94	Geraldine	42
#95	Ada	42
#96	Audrey	40
#97	June	40
#98	Anne	38
#99	Velma	38
#100	Barbara	38

Uniquely popular in West Virginia

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Garnett	28	19	1
Garnet	26	18	2
Wilda	25	17	3
Pansy	23	16	3
Madge	30	20	4
Freda	73	49	10
Goldie	76	51	11
Gracie	26	18	4
Opal	138	93	25
Reba	34	23	7
Neva	21	14	5
Beulah	99	67	23

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.