West Virginia ★ 1927

Top names in West Virginia, 1927

Mary led for girls with 1,466 babies ; James for boys with 1,198. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,466
2	Betty	1,114
3	Helen	577
4	Virginia	493
5	Dorothy	480
6	Margaret	429
7	Ruth	389
8	Anna	304
9	Mildred	293
10	Frances	252
11	Doris	251
12	Elizabeth	241
13	Evelyn	228
14	Ruby	227
15	Martha	206
16	Wanda	187
17	Juanita	176
18	Pauline	174
19	Alice	172
20	Thelma	167
21	Edith	165
22	Jean	163
23	Gladys	160
23	Norma	160
25	Hazel	148
26	Lois	143
26	Phyllis	143
28	Patricia	142
29	Edna	136
29	Louise	136
31	Marie	133
32	Irene	132
33	Wilma	129
34	Ethel	122
35	Violet	119
36	Barbara	115
36	Maxine	115
38	Catherine	111
38	Emma	111
40	Lillian	108
40	Lucille	108
42	Rose	107
43	Kathleen	105
44	Geraldine	103
44	Marjorie	103
46	Nancy	102
47	Freda	93
48	Opal	90
49	Beulah	88
49	Eva	88
51	Eleanor	86
52	Clara	84
52	Nellie	84
54	Katherine	82
54	Sarah	82
56	Beatrice	81
56	Geneva	81
56	Joyce	81
59	June	80
60	Bernice	79
61	Florence	77
62	Charlotte	75
62	Gloria	75
62	Josephine	75
62	Peggy	75
66	Audrey	74
67	Naomi	73
68	Elsie	72
68	Myrtle	72
68	Sylvia	72
68	Velma	72
72	Alma	69
72	Mabel	69
74	Joan	67
75	Julia	66
76	Bessie	65
77	Agnes	63
77	Genevieve	63
77	Grace	63
77	Jessie	63
77	Laura	63
82	Bonnie	62
82	Ida	62
84	Imogene	61
85	Bertha	60
86	Ella	58
86	Kathryn	58
88	Dora	57
89	Erma	56
90	Hilda	55
90	Margie	55
90	Pearl	55
93	Ann	53
93	Goldie	53
93	Madeline	53
96	Nina	52
96	Viola	52
96	Vivian	52
99	Georgia	51
99	Rosemary	51

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,198
2	William	1,086
3	Robert	1,016
4	Charles	952
5	John	799
6	George	417
7	Paul	359
8	Donald	338
9	Jack	322
10	Richard	302
11	Harold	288
12	Thomas	282
13	Harry	246
14	Edward	236
15	Carl	229
16	Joseph	224
17	Roy	198
18	Frank	195
19	Kenneth	192
20	Clarence	189
20	Eugene	189
22	Billy	186
22	Raymond	186
24	Ralph	181
25	Howard	177
26	Junior	149
27	Earl	146
28	David	128
29	Albert	125
30	Ray	124
31	Arthur	123
31	Walter	123
33	Cecil	118
34	Lawrence	112
35	Fred	111
36	Ernest	105
37	Henry	103
38	Joe	98
39	Clyde	93
40	Herbert	88
41	Russell	87
42	Samuel	86
43	Gene	80
44	Calvin	77
45	Lewis	75
46	Clifford	73
47	Bernard	67
48	Gerald	64
49	Alfred	63
49	Willard	63
51	Melvin	61
52	Norman	60
53	Bill	58
53	Ronald	58
55	Leonard	57
56	Daniel	56
57	Lloyd	55
58	Stanley	54
59	Marvin	52
60	Elmer	50
60	Everett	50
62	Bobby	49
62	Edgar	49
62	Homer	49
62	Louis	49
66	Andrew	48
66	Glen	48
66	Virgil	48
69	Arnold	47
69	Jesse	47
71	Floyd	46
71	Luther	46
71	Willie	46
74	Claude	45
74	Don	45
76	Allen	44
76	Curtis	44
76	Lester	44
79	Dale	43
79	Delbert	43
79	Hubert	43
79	Lee	43
79	Vernon	43
84	Leo	42
85	Chester	41
85	Denver	41
85	Herman	41
88	Francis	40
89	Benjamin	39
89	Glenn	39
89	Guy	39
89	Leroy	39
89	Wayne	39
94	Edwin	38
95	Grover	35
96	Ira	34
96	Oscar	34
98	Dewey	32
98	Earnest	32
98	Garland	32