West Virginia ★ 1920

Top names in West Virginia, 1920

Mary led for girls with 1,379 babies ; James for boys with 969. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,379
2	Virginia	633
3	Helen	597
4	Margaret	438
5	Ruth	395
6	Dorothy	352
7	Mildred	349
8	Frances	256
9	Betty	253
9	Elizabeth	253
11	Anna	247
12	Ruby	239
13	Edith	217
13	Evelyn	217
13	Thelma	217
16	Pauline	197
17	Hazel	193
18	Gladys	192
19	Irene	186
20	Ethel	180
21	Lillian	174
22	Martha	172
23	Juanita	167
24	Edna	166
25	Marie	165
26	Louise	141
27	Lucille	140
28	Nellie	139
29	Alice	133
29	Violet	133
31	Opal	132
32	Maxine	122
33	Mabel	120
34	Beulah	119
35	Eva	113
36	Catherine	109
37	Geraldine	107
37	Josephine	107
39	Kathleen	104
40	Myrtle	101
41	Rose	100
42	Stella	98
43	Pearl	95
44	Freda	94
45	Emma	93
46	Katherine	92
47	June	91
48	Elsie	90
48	Marjorie	90
50	Clara	89
50	Grace	89
50	Sarah	89
53	Goldie	88
54	Florence	86
54	Lena	86
56	Alma	85
57	Beatrice	84
57	Eleanor	84
57	Georgia	84
60	Wanda	83
60	Wilma	83
62	Jean	82
63	Bessie	78
64	Vivian	76
65	Bertha	74
66	Ida	73
66	Kathryn	73
68	Agnes	72
68	Gertrude	72
68	Naomi	72
71	Bernice	71
72	Geneva	69
72	Sylvia	69
74	Mae	68
74	Nancy	68
74	Norma	68
77	Audrey	67
78	Doris	65
79	Jessie	64
79	Laura	64
81	Viola	62
82	Julia	60
83	Hilda	58
83	Leona	58
83	Madeline	58
86	Velma	57
87	Erma	56
88	Genevieve	55
88	Marguerite	55
90	Lucy	54
91	Ada	53
92	Ann	51
93	Ella	50
93	Esther	50
95	Charlotte	49
95	Nora	49
97	Garnet	46
98	Phyllis	45
99	Blanche	44
99	Minnie	44

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	969
2	William	910
3	John	831
4	Charles	726
5	Robert	589
6	George	398
7	Paul	319
8	Harold	267
9	Edward	224
10	Joseph	222
11	Frank	220
12	Harry	217
12	Thomas	217
14	Carl	200
15	Ralph	191
16	Walter	185
17	Earl	163
18	Raymond	162
19	Clarence	153
20	Jack	151
21	Roy	150
22	Richard	148
23	Howard	139
24	Warren	137
25	Eugene	126
26	Albert	122
27	Donald	119
28	Kenneth	117
29	Arthur	114
30	Henry	104
31	Clyde	101
31	Fred	101
33	Samuel	100
34	David	96
35	Leonard	94
36	Herbert	92
37	Ray	91
38	Ernest	89
38	Lawrence	89
40	Joe	82
41	Cecil	80
42	Virgil	75
43	Russell	72
44	Lewis	71
45	Elmer	70
46	Chester	68
47	Homer	65
48	Willard	64
49	Bernard	63
49	Clifford	63
51	Junior	62
52	Herman	61
53	Alfred	59
54	Lester	57
55	Louis	55
56	Andrew	49
56	Lloyd	49
56	Stanley	49
59	Glenn	48
59	Norman	48
61	Arnold	47
61	Jesse	47
63	Everett	46
63	Luther	46
65	Daniel	45
65	Delbert	45
65	Edgar	45
65	Francis	45
69	Gerald	41
70	Frederick	40
71	Claude	39
71	Glen	39
71	Melvin	39
74	Billy	38
75	Denver	37
75	Ira	37
77	Benjamin	36
77	Earnest	36
77	Lee	36
77	Marvin	36
81	Floyd	35
81	Harvey	35
81	Vernon	35
81	Willie	35
85	Allen	33
85	Hubert	33
85	Wayne	33
88	Calvin	32
88	Edwin	32
88	Franklin	32
88	Guy	32
92	Orville	31
92	Theodore	31
92	Victor	31
95	Curtis	30
95	Dennis	30
95	Michael	30
95	Tony	30
99	Philip	29
100	Bill	28