West Virginia · 1933

Top 100 names in West Virginia, 1933, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,111
#2	Betty	1,036
#3	Barbara	418
#4	Helen	336
#5	Patricia	296
#6	Dorothy	272
#7	Margaret	264
#8	Virginia	259
#9	Phyllis	249
#10	Nancy	233
#11	Anna	232
#12	Ruth	229
#13	Doris	219
#14	Norma	213
#15	Wanda	199
#16	Frances	177
#17	Martha	158
#18	Elizabeth	155
#19	Janet	151
#20	Peggy	147
#21	Jean	141
#22	Lois	139
#23	Joyce	137
#24	Thelma	137
#25	Ruby	136
#26	Evelyn	133
#27	Joan	129
#28	Shirley	128
#29	Alice	127
#30	Juanita	127
#31	Mildred	110
#32	Wilma	109
#33	Hazel	106
#34	Delores	103
#35	Edith	103
#36	Dolores	98
#37	Donna	96
#38	Eleanor	94
#39	Pauline	92
#40	Emma	87
#41	Joann	85
#42	Louise	82
#43	Deloris	82
#44	Ethel	80
#45	Jo	80
#46	Rose	80
#47	Carol	79
#48	Clara	78
#49	Carolyn	77
#50	Geraldine	76
#51	Bonnie	76
#52	Janice	76
#53	Violet	75
#54	Loretta	75
#55	Patty	74
#56	Edna	74
#57	Charlotte	71
#58	Nellie	66
#59	June	66
#60	Naomi	65
#61	Gloria	64
#62	Laura	64
#63	Maxine	63
#64	Gladys	62
#65	Sarah	62
#66	Marie	62
#67	Kathleen	61
#68	Irene	61
#69	Freda	61
#70	Patsy	60
#71	Billie	60
#72	Lillian	59
#73	Eva	58
#74	Glenna	58
#75	Lucille	56
#76	Sylvia	53
#77	Opal	53
#78	Alma	52
#79	Ann	52
#80	Elsie	51
#81	Beulah	51
#82	Julia	50
#83	Nina	50
#84	Myrtle	48
#85	Marjorie	48
#86	Kathryn	46
#87	Mabel	46
#88	Bernice	46
#89	Audrey	45
#90	Vera	45
#91	Rosa	44
#92	Josephine	44
#93	Leona	43
#94	Ellen	43
#95	Sue	42
#96	Lola	42
#97	Pearl	41
#98	Jacqueline	41
#99	Geneva	41
#100	Georgia	40

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
Delma	25	15	2
Emogene	21	13	2
Glenna	58	35	5
Freda	61	37	6
Wilda	29	18	3
Deloris	82	50	9
Patty	74	45	9
Willa	30	18	5
Opal	53	32	9
Beulah	51	31	9
Goldie	21	13	4
Reba	34	21	6

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.