West Virginia · 1922

Top 100 names in West Virginia, 1922, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,541
#2	Virginia	674
#3	Helen	663
#4	Ruth	479
#5	Margaret	471
#6	Dorothy	435
#7	Betty	419
#8	Mildred	339
#9	Anna	313
#10	Frances	247
#11	Elizabeth	243
#12	Ruby	239
#13	Evelyn	234
#14	Martha	225
#15	Edith	225
#16	Thelma	225
#17	Pauline	211
#18	Juanita	210
#19	Gladys	196
#20	Hazel	195
#21	Opal	170
#22	Irene	163
#23	Lucille	155
#24	Louise	154
#25	Lillian	150
#26	Alice	150
#27	Edna	149
#28	Marie	147
#29	Doris	133
#30	Ethel	133
#31	Maxine	133
#32	Beulah	130
#33	Kathleen	128
#34	Mabel	127
#35	Geraldine	120
#36	Nellie	115
#37	Marjorie	113
#38	Myrtle	111
#39	Eva	109
#40	Wanda	108
#41	Rose	108
#42	Violet	106
#43	Beatrice	100
#44	Jean	98
#45	Wilma	96
#46	Sarah	96
#47	June	95
#48	Freda	94
#49	Josephine	90
#50	Julia	89
#51	Norma	89
#52	Alma	88
#53	Katherine	87
#54	Emma	87
#55	Catherine	87
#56	Clara	86
#57	Grace	86
#58	Nancy	84
#59	Eleanor	83
#60	Bertha	82
#61	Sylvia	82
#62	Elsie	80
#63	Bessie	79
#64	Pearl	78
#65	Goldie	76
#66	Madeline	76
#67	Florence	76
#68	Phyllis	74
#69	Kathryn	73
#70	Margie	73
#71	Lucy	72
#72	Lena	71
#73	Bernice	69
#74	Stella	67
#75	Agnes	66
#76	Ann	65
#77	Lois	65
#78	Geneva	65
#79	Hilda	64
#80	Esther	64
#81	Ada	64
#82	Ida	63
#83	Laura	62
#84	Minnie	61
#85	Charlotte	61
#86	Vivian	60
#87	Ella	58
#88	Georgia	58
#89	Audrey	58
#90	Naomi	58
#91	Leona	57
#92	Genevieve	57
#93	Barbara	54
#94	Nina	51
#95	Velma	51
#96	Jane	51
#97	Vera	50
#98	Marguerite	50
#99	Gertrude	49
#100	Viola	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	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Garnett	20	10	1
Audra	22	11	1
Garnet	24	12	1
Glenna	36	18	3
Freda	94	47	8
Hallie	22	11	2
Goldie	76	38	8
Wilda	26	13	3
Reva	21	11	3
Opal	170	86	21
Willa	26	13	3
Beulah	130	66	17

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.