West Virginia · 1926

Top 100 names in West Virginia, 1926, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,437
#2	Betty	1,036
#3	Helen	635
#4	Dorothy	488
#5	Virginia	471
#6	Margaret	426
#7	Ruth	373
#8	Anna	300
#9	Mildred	281
#10	Frances	257
#11	Elizabeth	253
#12	Ruby	218
#13	Evelyn	198
#14	Thelma	196
#15	Martha	195
#16	Doris	187
#17	Alice	181
#18	Pauline	179
#19	Wanda	169
#20	Edna	164
#21	Hazel	164
#22	Juanita	160
#23	Louise	159
#24	Jean	156
#25	Norma	156
#26	Edith	153
#27	Irene	152
#28	Ethel	142
#29	Wilma	135
#30	Phyllis	134
#31	Gladys	131
#32	Maxine	124
#33	Marie	122
#34	Nellie	118
#35	Lucille	117
#36	Emma	114
#37	Lillian	113
#38	Kathleen	109
#39	Geraldine	109
#40	Violet	108
#41	Nancy	106
#42	Josephine	106
#43	Marjorie	105
#44	Clara	103
#45	Eva	101
#46	Rose	100
#47	Opal	100
#48	Gloria	95
#49	Barbara	94
#50	Naomi	93
#51	June	92
#52	Myrtle	92
#53	Lois	92
#54	Geneva	90
#55	Sylvia	89
#56	Beatrice	87
#57	Audrey	86
#58	Eleanor	86
#59	Alma	84
#60	Beulah	83
#61	Mabel	83
#62	Julia	83
#63	Elsie	83
#64	Freda	82
#65	Catherine	81
#66	Sarah	76
#67	Bernice	73
#68	Katherine	72
#69	Pearl	72
#70	Grace	72
#71	Charlotte	70
#72	Patricia	69
#73	Bertha	68
#74	Lucy	67
#75	Lena	67
#76	Goldie	65
#77	Ida	64
#78	Peggy	63
#79	Bessie	63
#80	Genevieve	62
#81	Leona	62
#82	Ann	61
#83	Laura	59
#84	Ella	57
#85	Florence	57
#86	Margie	57
#87	Minnie	56
#88	Ellen	55
#89	Hilda	54
#90	Bonnie	53
#91	Agnes	53
#92	Ada	53
#93	Kathryn	52
#94	Nina	52
#95	Vera	51
#96	Shirley	51
#97	Wilda	51
#98	Joan	50
#99	Jane	50
#100	Stella	50

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
Garnet	29	15	1
Wilda	51	26	3
Emogene	25	13	2
Freda	82	41	7
Glenna	43	22	4
Dortha	24	12	2
Goldie	65	33	6
Pansy	21	11	2
Hester	22	11	2
Reva	20	10	3
Naomi	93	47	15
Letha	21	11	3

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.