West Virginia · 1930

Top 100 names in West Virginia, 1930, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Betty	1,277
#2	Mary	1,253
#3	Helen	450
#4	Dorothy	384
#5	Margaret	344
#6	Virginia	339
#7	Ruth	302
#8	Doris	269
#9	Anna	242
#10	Patricia	229
#11	Barbara	222
#12	Mildred	216
#13	Norma	203
#14	Wanda	197
#15	Frances	196
#16	Ruby	190
#17	Phyllis	189
#18	Nancy	188
#19	Elizabeth	180
#20	Evelyn	175
#21	Martha	174
#22	Juanita	150
#23	Wilma	148
#24	Alice	145
#25	Jean	144
#26	Thelma	140
#27	Joan	132
#28	Edith	129
#29	Lois	128
#30	Dolores	126
#31	Louise	123
#32	Pauline	121
#33	Geraldine	121
#34	Edna	121
#35	Hazel	114
#36	Maxine	113
#37	Rose	106
#38	Peggy	104
#39	Gladys	102
#40	Nellie	98
#41	Eva	88
#42	Violet	86
#43	Eleanor	86
#44	Joyce	85
#45	Irene	85
#46	Marie	84
#47	Lucille	84
#48	Shirley	83
#49	Clara	83
#50	Lillian	82
#51	Emma	80
#52	Marjorie	78
#53	Elsie	78
#54	Josephine	78
#55	Gloria	78
#56	Naomi	77
#57	Alma	77
#58	Ethel	76
#59	Jo	73
#60	June	70
#61	Joann	70
#62	Kathleen	69
#63	Opal	66
#64	Bonnie	64
#65	Laura	63
#66	Sarah	62
#67	Georgia	62
#68	Ellen	62
#69	Beatrice	62
#70	Catherine	61
#71	Freda	61
#72	Loretta	60
#73	Bernice	60
#74	Audrey	58
#75	Billie	58
#76	Jacqueline	57
#77	Grace	57
#78	Glenna	57
#79	Beulah	56
#80	Janet	56
#81	Pearl	55
#82	Myrtle	54
#83	Leona	54
#84	Ann	53
#85	Charlotte	53
#86	Minnie	52
#87	Julia	52
#88	Dora	51
#89	Donna	51
#90	Ella	51
#91	Ida	50
#92	Sylvia	50
#93	Janice	50
#94	Bessie	50
#95	Stella	50
#96	Velma	50
#97	Margie	49
#98	Katherine	49
#99	Florence	49
#100	Mabel	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
Emogene	27	15	2
Wilda	39	21	3
Vada	20	11	2
Glenna	57	31	5
Freda	61	33	5
Goldie	44	24	5
Patty	46	25	7
Willa	29	16	5
Joanna	20	11	3
Lenora	28	15	5
Deloris	45	24	8
Virgie	21	11	4

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.