West Virginia ★ 1928

Top names in West Virginia, 1928

Mary led for girls with 1,413 babies ; James for boys with 1,206. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,413
2	Betty	1,267
3	Helen	502
4	Dorothy	444
5	Virginia	403
6	Margaret	366
7	Ruth	363
8	Anna	299
9	Doris	266
10	Mildred	260
11	Elizabeth	228
12	Ruby	221
13	Frances	212
14	Evelyn	208
15	Phyllis	190
16	Thelma	183
17	Alice	175
18	Juanita	172
19	Martha	170
20	Norma	169
21	Wanda	165
22	Pauline	159
23	Barbara	155
24	Irene	151
25	Patricia	149
26	Edith	147
27	Lois	145
28	Jean	144
29	Maxine	130
30	Edna	124
30	Hazel	124
32	Nancy	122
33	Gladys	120
34	Ethel	119
35	Lillian	115
36	Wilma	112
37	Marie	109
38	Eleanor	107
39	Geraldine	105
39	Louise	105
39	Rose	105
42	Kathleen	102
43	Eva	98
44	Marjorie	97
44	Nellie	97
46	Clara	96
47	Violet	94
48	June	91
49	Emma	90
49	Lucille	90
51	Opal	88
52	Mabel	87
53	Peggy	83
54	Josephine	82
55	Alma	81
56	Catherine	79
56	Dolores	79
56	Pearl	79
59	Beulah	78
60	Freda	77
60	Sarah	77
62	Charlotte	76
62	Glenna	76
64	Joyce	75
64	Julia	75
66	Georgia	73
67	Elsie	72
68	Audrey	70
69	Bonnie	69
70	Margie	68
71	Gloria	67
72	Geneva	66
72	Ramona	66
72	Velma	66
75	Bernice	65
75	Joan	65
75	Sylvia	65
78	Katherine	63
78	Naomi	63
80	Billie	62
80	Lena	62
82	Myrtle	61
83	Kathryn	60
83	Vivian	60
85	Florence	59
85	Genevieve	59
87	Beatrice	58
87	Ida	58
87	Laura	58
90	Ella	57
91	Bertha	56
91	Bessie	56
91	Grace	56
94	Jo	55
94	Shirley	55
96	Erma	54
96	Goldie	54
96	Loretta	54
99	Leona	50
100	Agnes	49

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,206
2	William	994
3	Robert	992
4	Charles	951
5	John	768
6	Donald	391
7	George	380
8	Paul	324
9	Harold	307
10	Jack	297
11	Richard	291
12	Thomas	277
13	Edward	238
14	Harry	213
15	Billy	211
16	Joseph	202
17	Kenneth	201
18	Carl	200
19	Ralph	189
20	Herbert	187
21	Frank	177
22	Eugene	176
23	Howard	173
23	Roy	173
25	Raymond	171
26	David	163
27	Clarence	159
27	Earl	159
29	Walter	136
30	Ray	132
31	Fred	120
32	Albert	118
33	Ernest	116
34	Alfred	108
35	Junior	107
36	Gene	104
37	Arthur	98
38	Henry	95
39	Lawrence	94
40	Joe	92
41	Bernard	88
41	Russell	88
41	Samuel	88
44	Leonard	85
45	Ronald	82
46	Cecil	80
47	Norman	78
48	Clifford	75
48	Clyde	75
50	Elmer	73
50	Gerald	73
50	Lewis	73
53	Bobby	69
54	Homer	67
55	Louis	66
56	Glen	65
57	Arnold	62
57	Virgil	62
59	Melvin	59
60	Marvin	58
61	Herman	55
62	Glenn	54
63	Bill	53
63	Vernon	53
65	Floyd	52
66	Daniel	51
67	Hubert	50
68	Edwin	49
68	Jesse	49
70	Stanley	47
71	Willard	45
72	Calvin	44
72	Curtis	44
72	Lester	44
72	Lloyd	44
72	Willie	44
77	Francis	42
78	Edgar	41
78	Guy	41
80	Chester	40
80	Delbert	40
80	Leroy	40
83	Dale	39
83	Dennis	39
83	Everett	39
86	Jimmie	38
87	Alvin	37
87	Andrew	37
87	Jimmy	37
87	Johnny	37
91	Allen	36
92	Darrell	35
92	Wayne	35
94	Dewey	34
94	Leon	34
96	Billie	33
96	Claude	33
96	Denver	33
96	Frederick	33
100	Harvey	32