West Virginia ★ 1923

Top names in West Virginia, 1923

Mary led for girls with 1,522 babies ; James for boys with 1,081. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,522
2	Betty	652
3	Helen	645
4	Virginia	583
5	Margaret	510
6	Ruth	473
7	Dorothy	469
8	Mildred	360
9	Anna	326
10	Elizabeth	311
11	Ruby	305
12	Evelyn	264
13	Frances	262
14	Thelma	216
15	Martha	210
16	Juanita	199
17	Pauline	198
18	Hazel	190
19	Edith	189
20	Gladys	176
21	Irene	171
22	Doris	166
23	Alice	163
24	Ethel	154
24	Lillian	154
26	Kathleen	152
27	Louise	144
28	Nellie	141
29	Wanda	140
30	Edna	139
31	Marie	137
31	Maxine	137
33	Marjorie	135
34	Lucille	134
35	Opal	133
36	Violet	132
37	Jean	120
38	Elsie	114
39	Catherine	113
40	Geraldine	111
40	Mabel	111
42	Josephine	109
43	Emma	107
43	Myrtle	107
45	Rose	105
46	Clara	104
46	Eva	104
48	Norma	103
49	Eleanor	98
50	Grace	97
50	Sarah	97
52	Wilma	93
53	June	92
54	Bertha	90
55	Sylvia	86
56	Bessie	85
56	Lois	85
58	Beulah	84
58	Freda	84
60	Katherine	83
61	Beatrice	82
61	Phyllis	82
63	Nancy	81
64	Alma	80
64	Bernice	80
66	Margie	79
66	Pearl	79
68	Vivian	77
69	Florence	76
70	Gertrude	74
70	Goldie	74
72	Geneva	73
73	Agnes	72
73	Georgia	72
73	Laura	72
76	Madeline	71
76	Naomi	71
78	Ann	68
78	Charlotte	68
78	Julia	68
81	Leona	67
82	Lena	66
83	Ella	63
83	Genevieve	63
83	Hilda	63
83	Lucy	63
83	Velma	63
88	Barbara	62
88	Jane	62
88	Stella	62
91	Esther	61
92	Ada	59
93	Ida	55
94	Audrey	53
94	Wilda	53
96	Cora	52
96	Nina	52
98	Kathryn	50
99	Annie	48
99	Ellen	48

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,081
2	William	1,002
3	John	873
4	Robert	856
5	Charles	779
6	George	435
7	Paul	323
8	Harold	299
9	Thomas	266
10	Joseph	262
11	Edward	233
12	Frank	215
13	Carl	214
14	Harry	209
15	Ralph	207
16	Donald	205
17	Richard	198
18	Jack	196
19	Walter	180
20	Raymond	173
20	Roy	173
22	Howard	169
23	Eugene	164
24	Kenneth	153
25	Earl	135
26	Clarence	134
27	David	124
27	Henry	124
29	Fred	118
30	Junior	115
31	Ernest	114
32	Albert	111
33	Arthur	109
33	Ray	109
35	Clyde	107
36	Lawrence	102
37	Joe	98
38	Russell	97
39	Cecil	89
40	Herbert	88
41	Samuel	86
42	Billy	80
43	Homer	78
44	Bernard	72
44	Leonard	72
46	Warren	71
47	Herman	70
48	Elmer	68
49	Virgil	65
50	Chester	63
50	Lewis	63
52	Alfred	59
52	Calvin	59
52	Louis	59
55	Clifford	58
55	Floyd	58
55	Lloyd	58
58	Marvin	56
58	Norman	56
60	Melvin	55
61	Jesse	53
62	Andrew	52
63	Daniel	51
63	Edwin	51
63	Everett	51
63	Lester	51
63	Stanley	51
68	Arnold	50
68	Claude	50
68	Glenn	50
71	Edgar	49
71	Francis	49
71	Hubert	49
74	Earnest	48
74	Guy	48
76	Wallace	47
77	Bill	46
78	Frederick	45
78	Glen	45
80	Delbert	44
80	Vernon	44
82	Willard	43
83	Denver	42
84	Benjamin	41
84	Gerald	41
84	Lee	41
84	Willie	41
88	Woodrow	40
89	Franklin	39
89	Luther	39
91	Harvey	38
91	Leo	38
93	Dennis	37
93	Dewey	37
93	Ira	37
93	Oscar	37
93	Theodore	37
98	Curtis	36
98	Steve	36
100	Ronald	35