West Virginia ★ 1917

Top names in West Virginia, 1917

Mary led for girls with 1,230 babies ; James for boys with 705. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,230
2	Virginia	499
3	Helen	464
4	Ruth	383
5	Margaret	363
6	Mildred	310
7	Dorothy	282
8	Elizabeth	270
9	Ruby	223
10	Hazel	220
11	Anna	219
12	Pauline	202
13	Frances	190
14	Edith	188
15	Evelyn	187
16	Ethel	181
17	Thelma	179
18	Gladys	174
19	Martha	158
20	Edna	150
21	Lillian	140
22	Betty	127
22	Nellie	127
22	Opal	127
25	Alice	125
26	Irene	123
27	Marie	117
28	Lucille	114
29	Myrtle	113
30	Mabel	112
31	Louise	111
32	Juanita	110
33	Beulah	108
34	Sarah	100
35	Elsie	98
36	Josephine	95
37	Bertha	93
38	Catherine	92
38	Grace	92
40	Emma	90
40	Genevieve	90
40	Stella	90
43	Bessie	89
43	Eva	89
43	Pearl	89
46	Alma	88
47	Kathleen	87
48	Florence	84
49	Rose	83
50	Katherine	81
51	Clara	78
52	Wilma	77
53	Freda	76
54	Nancy	75
54	Violet	75
56	Gertrude	74
57	Goldie	71
58	Julia	69
59	Kathryn	68
60	Beatrice	67
61	Eleanor	66
61	Marjorie	66
63	Georgia	65
64	Bernice	64
65	Sylvia	63
66	Ida	62
66	Mae	62
68	Maxine	61
68	Minnie	61
70	Esther	59
70	June	59
72	Charlotte	58
72	Lena	58
74	Ada	57
74	Blanche	57
76	Agnes	56
76	Ann	56
76	Ella	56
76	Madeline	56
80	Jessie	54
81	Laura	53
82	Geneva	52
82	Naomi	52
84	Lucy	51
85	Marguerite	50
86	Olive	49
86	Vivian	49
88	Geraldine	47
89	Wanda	46
90	Nina	45
90	Velma	45
92	Annie	44
92	Erma	44
92	Iva	44
92	Nora	44
96	Daisy	43
96	Dora	43
96	Ellen	43
96	Lois	43
100	Jane	42

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	705
2	William	678
3	John	659
4	Charles	567
5	Robert	470
6	George	300
7	Paul	238
8	Harry	205
9	Frank	198
10	Joseph	196
11	Thomas	182
12	Edward	163
13	Harold	160
14	Carl	157
15	Roy	154
16	Walter	148
17	Howard	140
18	Richard	135
19	Raymond	124
20	Ralph	123
21	Clarence	120
21	Earl	120
23	Henry	114
24	Kenneth	109
25	Donald	102
26	Albert	100
27	Eugene	95
28	Jack	90
28	Lawrence	90
30	Clyde	88
31	David	86
32	Woodrow	84
33	Fred	80
34	Ernest	78
35	Samuel	76
36	Cecil	72
36	Willard	72
38	Herbert	71
39	Elmer	70
40	Joe	68
41	Arthur	63
42	Russell	62
43	Bernard	61
43	Chester	61
43	Virgil	61
46	Leonard	60
47	Homer	59
48	Gerald	54
48	Ray	54
50	Clifford	50
51	Edgar	48
51	Lloyd	48
51	Louis	48
54	Everett	47
55	Delbert	46
56	Lewis	45
57	Lee	43
57	Lester	43
59	Ira	42
59	Luther	42
59	Stanley	42
59	Willie	42
63	Alfred	41
64	Herman	40
65	Floyd	39
65	Jesse	39
65	Melvin	39
68	Andrew	38
69	Theodore	37
70	Denver	36
70	Francis	36
70	Glenn	36
73	Marvin	35
73	Oscar	35
73	Vernon	35
76	Guy	34
77	Frederick	33
77	Leo	33
79	Daniel	32
80	Orville	31
81	Glen	30
81	Michael	30
81	Norman	30
84	Dale	29
84	Edwin	29
84	Hubert	29
84	Otis	29
88	Leslie	28
88	Ronald	28
90	Claude	27
90	Gilbert	27
90	Wilbur	27
90	Willis	27
94	Harley	25
94	Okey	25
96	Anthony	24
96	Arnold	24
96	Junior	24
96	Roscoe	24
96	Wayne	24