West Virginia ★ 1921

Top names in West Virginia, 1921

Mary led for girls with 1,494 babies ; James for boys with 996. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,494
2	Helen	659
3	Virginia	637
4	Ruth	518
5	Margaret	490
6	Dorothy	488
7	Betty	351
8	Mildred	341
9	Anna	301
10	Elizabeth	260
11	Frances	256
12	Evelyn	246
13	Thelma	243
14	Ruby	242
15	Pauline	229
16	Hazel	222
17	Irene	215
18	Juanita	212
19	Edith	205
20	Martha	204
21	Gladys	185
22	Alice	178
23	Edna	176
24	Lillian	174
25	Lucille	160
26	Ethel	159
27	Louise	152
28	Maxine	146
29	Marie	141
30	Nellie	140
31	Violet	139
32	Marjorie	138
33	Geraldine	132
34	Opal	129
35	Eva	123
36	Josephine	122
37	Kathleen	120
38	Beulah	118
39	Beatrice	109
39	Mabel	109
39	Wilma	109
42	Clara	107
42	Rose	107
44	Wanda	106
45	Elsie	105
46	Alma	98
46	Grace	98
46	Sarah	98
49	Catherine	96
50	Jean	95
51	Emma	94
51	Freda	94
51	Katherine	94
51	Pearl	94
55	June	93
56	Eleanor	91
56	Nancy	91
58	Bessie	89
59	Doris	88
59	Kathryn	88
59	Myrtle	88
62	Norma	87
63	Bertha	85
63	Genevieve	85
65	Julia	81
66	Bernice	79
66	Gertrude	79
68	Goldie	77
68	Vivian	77
70	Naomi	73
71	Ada	72
71	Florence	72
71	Geneva	72
74	Agnes	71
74	Leona	71
76	Georgia	70
76	Lucy	70
76	Sylvia	70
79	Lena	69
80	Laura	67
80	Madeline	67
82	Audrey	65
82	Marguerite	65
82	Phyllis	65
85	Esther	63
86	Ann	60
87	Jane	58
87	Lois	58
87	Margie	58
87	Stella	58
91	Velma	57
92	Cora	55
92	Ida	55
92	Viola	55
95	Charlotte	54
95	Dora	54
97	Mae	52
98	Ella	51
99	Alberta	50
99	Olive	50

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	996
2	William	982
3	John	833
4	Charles	806
5	Robert	766
6	George	417
7	Paul	366
8	Harold	279
9	Joseph	255
10	Thomas	252
11	Harry	250
12	Frank	240
13	Edward	228
14	Carl	213
15	Richard	196
16	Walter	195
17	Jack	190
18	Warren	181
19	Howard	180
20	Earl	179
21	Roy	178
22	Ralph	168
23	Raymond	167
24	Donald	161
25	Kenneth	156
26	Clarence	154
27	Eugene	132
27	Henry	132
29	David	125
30	Ray	119
31	Lawrence	118
32	Fred	117
33	Albert	114
34	Samuel	109
35	Arthur	106
36	Cecil	100
36	Ernest	100
38	Clyde	96
39	Herbert	91
40	Joe	90
40	Junior	90
42	Russell	89
43	Leonard	86
44	Bernard	79
44	Elmer	79
46	Virgil	78
47	Lewis	76
48	Clifford	70
49	Homer	68
50	Chester	61
50	Herman	61
52	Melvin	60
53	Lloyd	59
54	Stanley	58
55	Louis	57
55	Marvin	57
57	Jesse	56
57	Willard	56
59	Floyd	55
60	Everett	50
60	Glenn	50
60	Hubert	50
63	Alfred	48
63	Arnold	48
63	Billy	48
63	Daniel	48
63	Delbert	48
63	Gerald	48
69	Orville	47
70	Andrew	46
71	Curtis	45
71	Lester	45
73	Edgar	44
73	Edwin	44
73	Francis	44
73	Lee	44
77	Leo	42
77	Luther	42
77	Vernon	42
80	Ira	40
81	Dennis	39
82	Glen	38
82	Woodrow	38
84	Denver	37
85	Anthony	36
85	Claude	36
85	Guy	36
85	Steve	36
89	Allen	35
89	Norman	35
91	Harvey	34
91	Leroy	34
91	Ronald	34
91	Wayne	34
95	Benjamin	33
95	Wilbur	33
97	Dale	32
98	Earnest	31
98	Sam	31
100	Calvin	30