West Virginia ★ 1926

Top names in West Virginia, 1926

Mary led for girls with 1,437 babies ; James for boys with 1,203. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,437
2	Betty	1,036
3	Helen	635
4	Dorothy	488
5	Virginia	471
6	Margaret	426
7	Ruth	373
8	Anna	300
9	Mildred	281
10	Frances	257
11	Elizabeth	253
12	Ruby	218
13	Evelyn	198
14	Thelma	196
15	Martha	195
16	Doris	187
17	Alice	181
18	Pauline	179
19	Wanda	169
20	Edna	164
20	Hazel	164
22	Juanita	160
23	Louise	159
24	Jean	156
24	Norma	156
26	Edith	153
27	Irene	152
28	Ethel	142
29	Wilma	135
30	Phyllis	134
31	Gladys	131
32	Maxine	124
33	Marie	122
34	Nellie	118
35	Lucille	117
36	Emma	114
37	Lillian	113
38	Geraldine	109
38	Kathleen	109
40	Violet	108
41	Josephine	106
41	Nancy	106
43	Marjorie	105
44	Clara	103
45	Eva	101
46	Opal	100
46	Rose	100
48	Gloria	95
49	Barbara	94
50	Naomi	93
51	June	92
51	Lois	92
51	Myrtle	92
54	Geneva	90
55	Sylvia	89
56	Beatrice	87
57	Audrey	86
57	Eleanor	86
59	Alma	84
60	Beulah	83
60	Elsie	83
60	Julia	83
60	Mabel	83
64	Freda	82
65	Catherine	81
66	Sarah	76
67	Bernice	73
68	Grace	72
68	Katherine	72
68	Pearl	72
71	Charlotte	70
72	Patricia	69
73	Bertha	68
74	Lena	67
74	Lucy	67
76	Goldie	65
77	Ida	64
78	Bessie	63
78	Peggy	63
80	Genevieve	62
80	Leona	62
82	Ann	61
83	Laura	59
84	Ella	57
84	Florence	57
84	Margie	57
87	Minnie	56
88	Ellen	55
89	Hilda	54
90	Ada	53
90	Agnes	53
90	Bonnie	53
93	Kathryn	52
93	Nina	52
95	Shirley	51
95	Vera	51
95	Wilda	51
98	Jane	50
98	Joan	50
98	Stella	50

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,203
2	William	1,050
3	Robert	962
4	Charles	822
5	John	783
6	George	398
7	Paul	334
8	Donald	299
9	Harold	288
10	Jack	272
11	Richard	265
12	Thomas	243
13	Joseph	239
14	Harry	238
15	Carl	228
16	Edward	219
17	Frank	209
18	Roy	185
19	Howard	181
20	Billy	180
21	Ralph	178
22	Raymond	177
23	Eugene	175
24	Walter	154
25	Kenneth	152
26	Junior	151
27	Clarence	148
28	Earl	146
29	Henry	129
30	David	118
31	Albert	117
32	Ray	116
33	Lawrence	114
34	Ernest	113
35	Russell	106
36	Fred	103
37	Arthur	102
38	Cecil	95
39	Bernard	91
40	Samuel	87
41	Joe	85
42	Elmer	80
43	Leonard	76
44	Lewis	75
45	Gerald	73
46	Herbert	71
47	Clyde	69
48	Clifford	68
49	Virgil	66
50	Melvin	65
50	Norman	65
52	Calvin	63
52	Homer	63
52	Lester	63
52	Marvin	63
56	Glenn	62
57	Floyd	60
58	Stanley	57
59	Herman	56
60	Alfred	55
60	Bill	55
62	Vernon	54
63	Jesse	53
64	Louis	52
65	Guy	49
66	Earnest	48
66	Everett	48
68	Dale	47
68	Franklin	47
68	Lloyd	47
71	Dewey	46
72	Dennis	44
72	Gene	44
72	Willard	44
75	Claude	43
75	Daniel	43
75	Ronald	43
78	Delbert	42
78	Glen	42
78	Jimmie	42
81	Chester	41
81	Edgar	41
81	Lee	41
84	Edwin	40
85	Willie	39
86	Frederick	38
86	Luther	38
88	Francis	37
89	Arnold	36
89	Don	36
89	Leo	36
89	Wayne	36
93	Hubert	35
94	Alvin	34
94	Andrew	34
94	Sam	34
94	Victor	34
98	Bobby	33
99	Leroy	31
99	Leslie	31