West Virginia ★ 1918

Top names in West Virginia, 1918

Mary led for girls with 1,220 babies ; William for boys with 805. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,220
2	Virginia	604
3	Helen	519
4	Ruth	456
5	Margaret	401
6	Mildred	349
7	Dorothy	338
8	Anna	244
8	Ruby	244
10	Elizabeth	242
11	Frances	232
12	Edith	228
13	Thelma	225
14	Gladys	215
15	Pauline	203
16	Hazel	200
17	Ethel	185
18	Edna	178
19	Evelyn	177
19	Lillian	177
21	Irene	173
21	Martha	173
23	Louise	158
24	Marie	155
25	Betty	151
26	Opal	144
27	Nellie	142
28	Mabel	135
29	Alice	124
30	Lucille	122
31	Pearl	119
32	Juanita	115
33	Clara	112
34	Eva	101
35	Bessie	99
35	Elsie	99
35	Maxine	99
35	Rose	99
39	Emma	98
40	Kathleen	97
41	Myrtle	96
42	Violet	94
43	Freda	92
44	Grace	91
44	Sarah	91
46	Beulah	90
46	Kathryn	90
48	Eleanor	88
49	Josephine	86
50	Bertha	85
50	Florence	85
52	Catherine	83
52	Jessie	83
54	Marjorie	81
55	Sylvia	78
56	Gertrude	76
57	Julia	75
57	Katherine	75
57	Laura	75
60	Wilma	74
61	Beatrice	72
61	Georgia	72
61	Goldie	72
64	Bernice	71
65	Agnes	70
66	Alma	69
66	Ann	69
66	Genevieve	69
66	Geraldine	69
66	Nancy	69
71	Lena	68
72	Esther	66
73	Geneva	63
73	June	63
75	Ada	62
76	Viola	61
77	Doris	60
78	Jean	59
78	Marguerite	59
80	Ella	58
80	Madeline	58
80	Naomi	58
83	Blanche	57
84	Hilda	55
85	Wanda	54
86	Stella	53
86	Velma	53
88	Minnie	52
89	Ida	51
89	Lois	51
89	Mae	51
92	Charlotte	49
92	Leona	49
94	Iva	47
94	Olive	47
96	Garnet	46
97	Lucy	45
97	Norma	45
97	Phyllis	45
97	Vivian	45

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	William	805
2	James	803
3	John	716
4	Charles	632
5	Robert	562
6	George	346
7	Paul	235
8	Joseph	216
9	Harry	213
10	Harold	208
11	Edward	201
12	Thomas	196
13	Frank	195
14	Clarence	182
15	Walter	179
16	Carl	172
17	Howard	168
18	Roy	164
19	Raymond	154
20	Richard	152
21	Ralph	142
22	Earl	141
23	Albert	134
24	Jack	133
25	Henry	111
26	Kenneth	107
27	Eugene	105
28	Fred	104
29	Donald	103
30	Samuel	101
31	Arthur	100
32	Ernest	95
33	Woodrow	91
34	Bernard	87
35	Lawrence	85
36	Clyde	84
36	Joe	84
38	Cecil	82
38	David	82
40	Elmer	81
40	Herbert	81
40	Ray	81
43	Russell	75
44	Andrew	69
45	Chester	68
46	Lewis	65
46	Willard	65
48	Clifford	62
48	Louis	62
48	Virgil	62
51	Leonard	59
52	Homer	58
53	Francis	56
53	Lester	56
53	Stanley	56
56	Arnold	52
57	Edgar	49
58	Daniel	48
58	Vernon	48
58	Victor	48
61	Everett	47
61	Herman	47
63	Claude	46
63	Jesse	46
63	Luther	46
66	Glenn	45
67	Lloyd	44
68	Delbert	43
68	Theodore	43
70	Lee	42
71	Alfred	41
71	Melvin	41
73	Ira	40
74	Willie	37
75	Edwin	36
75	Gerald	36
75	Mike	36
78	Guy	35
78	Wilbur	35
80	Dennis	34
80	Hubert	34
82	Anthony	33
82	Leslie	33
82	Marvin	33
82	Sam	33
86	Oscar	32
86	Wayne	32
88	Curtis	31
88	Frederick	31
88	Gilbert	31
88	Glen	31
88	Kermit	31
88	Leo	31
94	Bill	30
95	Floyd	29
95	Michael	29
95	Orville	29
98	Allen	28
98	Dale	28
98	Norman	28