West Virginia · 1929

Top 100 names in West Virginia, 1929, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,287
#2	Betty	1,182
#3	Helen	472
#4	Dorothy	425
#5	Virginia	366
#6	Margaret	356
#7	Ruth	332
#8	Doris	299
#9	Anna	271
#10	Evelyn	224
#11	Mildred	221
#12	Frances	209
#13	Phyllis	195
#14	Barbara	189
#15	Patricia	186
#16	Norma	181
#17	Wanda	178
#18	Thelma	175
#19	Elizabeth	175
#20	Ruby	162
#21	Jean	150
#22	Juanita	147
#23	Martha	146
#24	Lois	141
#25	Edith	137
#26	Edna	135
#27	Pauline	134
#28	Nancy	133
#29	Wilma	129
#30	Alice	126
#31	Hazel	124
#32	Geraldine	119
#33	Joan	117
#34	Emma	116
#35	Gladys	110
#36	Maxine	109
#37	Louise	99
#38	Marie	99
#39	Kathleen	98
#40	Violet	95
#41	Peggy	94
#42	June	94
#43	Irene	93
#44	Clara	92
#45	Lillian	89
#46	Eva	88
#47	Rose	87
#48	Ethel	85
#49	Geneva	83
#50	Opal	81
#51	Dolores	81
#52	Joyce	81
#53	Catherine	77
#54	Sarah	77
#55	Beulah	76
#56	Naomi	75
#57	Nellie	72
#58	Alma	71
#59	Marjorie	71
#60	Sylvia	69
#61	Freda	68
#62	Grace	68
#63	Eleanor	65
#64	Shirley	65
#65	Jo	64
#66	Gloria	64
#67	Josephine	64
#68	Billie	64
#69	Lucille	64
#70	Audrey	61
#71	Myrtle	61
#72	Carolyn	60
#73	Joann	60
#74	Elsie	59
#75	Ella	59
#76	Charlotte	57
#77	Bonnie	57
#78	Ramona	56
#79	Lena	55
#80	Velma	54
#81	Vivian	54
#82	Pearl	54
#83	Florence	53
#84	Katherine	53
#85	Bernice	52
#86	Jane	51
#87	Laura	51
#88	Beatrice	50
#89	Julia	50
#90	Janice	50
#91	Ann	50
#92	Loretta	49
#93	Roberta	49
#94	Erma	49
#95	Mabel	49
#96	Delores	49
#97	Janet	48
#98	Bessie	48
#99	Bertha	47
#100	Lucy	47

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	26	14	1
Wilda	37	20	3
Emogene	20	11	2
Freda	68	37	6
Glenna	36	20	4
Goldie	38	21	5
Willa	31	17	4
Beulah	76	42	11
Opal	81	45	13
Iva	32	18	6
Lenora	23	13	4
Naomi	75	41	14

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.