West Virginia ★ 1916

Top names in West Virginia, 1916

Mary led for girls with 1,120 babies ; John for boys with 648. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,120
2	Virginia	446
3	Helen	445
4	Ruth	377
5	Margaret	374
6	Dorothy	286
7	Mildred	263
8	Ruby	232
9	Anna	215
10	Edith	207
10	Elizabeth	207
12	Thelma	203
13	Hazel	199
14	Evelyn	183
15	Edna	181
15	Opal	181
17	Pauline	170
18	Frances	163
19	Mabel	155
20	Martha	154
21	Ethel	151
22	Gladys	150
23	Marie	142
24	Nellie	140
25	Louise	132
26	Irene	130
27	Lillian	124
28	Beulah	123
29	Alice	114
30	Eva	109
31	Lucille	108
32	Juanita	106
33	Grace	99
34	Myrtle	94
35	Bessie	93
36	Emma	87
36	Josephine	87
36	Sarah	87
39	Clara	86
40	Pearl	85
41	Betty	84
42	Elsie	81
43	Freda	80
44	Rose	77
45	Gertrude	76
45	Katherine	76
47	Bertha	75
48	Eleanor	74
48	Julia	74
48	Violet	74
51	Maxine	73
52	Alma	72
52	Catherine	72
54	Goldie	71
55	Genevieve	70
55	Kathleen	70
57	Florence	69
58	Beatrice	68
58	Wilma	68
60	Ann	64
61	Georgia	63
62	Kathryn	62
63	Sylvia	61
64	Agnes	60
64	Bernice	60
64	Laura	60
64	Leona	60
68	Naomi	59
69	Ellen	58
69	Lucy	58
71	Geraldine	56
71	Jessie	56
71	Minnie	56
74	June	55
74	Lena	55
74	Mae	55
77	Wanda	53
78	Ida	52
79	Ada	49
79	Esther	49
81	Della	48
82	Velma	47
82	Vivian	47
84	Stella	45
85	Blanche	43
85	Carrie	43
85	Doris	43
85	Marjorie	43
85	Viola	43
90	Jane	39
91	Geneva	38
91	Lois	38
91	Nancy	38
91	Vera	38
95	Jean	37
95	Marguerite	37
97	Daisy	36
97	Hattie	36
97	Nina	36
100	Audrey	35

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	648
2	William	634
3	James	611
4	Charles	522
5	Robert	408
6	George	272
7	Paul	241
8	Harry	199
9	Joseph	180
10	Frank	176
11	Edward	168
12	Harold	146
13	Thomas	138
14	Woodrow	133
15	Roy	132
16	Carl	131
17	Howard	126
18	Raymond	124
19	Richard	120
20	Earl	118
21	Ralph	114
22	Walter	108
23	Albert	107
24	Clarence	103
25	Fred	98
26	Clyde	94
27	Kenneth	91
28	Henry	89
29	Arthur	81
30	Willard	80
31	Samuel	75
32	Ernest	74
32	Ray	74
34	Lawrence	72
35	Herbert	71
36	Joe	70
37	Donald	69
38	Jack	68
39	Cecil	67
40	David	64
40	Virgil	64
42	Russell	60
43	Homer	57
44	Leonard	56
45	Elmer	54
46	Chester	52
46	Eugene	52
48	Clifford	51
49	Bernard	50
50	Lester	47
51	Stanley	45
52	Alfred	42
52	Jesse	42
52	Lewis	42
55	Everett	41
56	Andrew	40
56	Sam	40
58	Frederick	39
58	Glenn	39
58	Luther	39
61	Edwin	38
62	Arnold	37
62	Norman	37
64	Edgar	36
64	Floyd	36
64	Glen	36
64	Ira	36
64	Lee	36
69	Claude	35
69	Francis	35
69	Lloyd	35
72	Leo	34
72	Louis	34
74	Gerald	32
74	Marvin	32
76	Herman	31
76	Roscoe	31
78	Delbert	30
78	Leslie	30
78	Melvin	30
81	Steve	29
82	Dennis	28
82	Willie	28
84	Boyd	27
84	Daniel	27
84	Denver	27
84	Guy	27
84	Harvey	27
84	Hubert	27
84	Jess	27
91	Curtis	26
91	Oscar	26
93	Basil	25
93	Forrest	25
93	Theodore	25
96	Hugh	24
96	Orville	24
96	Otis	24
96	Willis	24
100	Anthony	23