West Virginia ★ 1929

Top names in West Virginia, 1929

Mary led for girls with 1,287 babies ; James for boys with 1,148. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,287
2	Betty	1,182
3	Helen	472
4	Dorothy	425
5	Virginia	366
6	Margaret	356
7	Ruth	332
8	Doris	299
9	Anna	271
10	Evelyn	224
11	Mildred	221
12	Frances	209
13	Phyllis	195
14	Barbara	189
15	Patricia	186
16	Norma	181
17	Wanda	178
18	Elizabeth	175
18	Thelma	175
20	Ruby	162
21	Jean	150
22	Juanita	147
23	Martha	146
24	Lois	141
25	Edith	137
26	Edna	135
27	Pauline	134
28	Nancy	133
29	Wilma	129
30	Alice	126
31	Hazel	124
32	Geraldine	119
33	Joan	117
34	Emma	116
35	Gladys	110
36	Maxine	109
37	Louise	99
37	Marie	99
39	Kathleen	98
40	Violet	95
41	June	94
41	Peggy	94
43	Irene	93
44	Clara	92
45	Lillian	89
46	Eva	88
47	Rose	87
48	Ethel	85
49	Geneva	83
50	Dolores	81
50	Joyce	81
50	Opal	81
53	Catherine	77
53	Sarah	77
55	Beulah	76
56	Naomi	75
57	Nellie	72
58	Alma	71
58	Marjorie	71
60	Sylvia	69
61	Freda	68
61	Grace	68
63	Eleanor	65
63	Shirley	65
65	Billie	64
65	Gloria	64
65	Jo	64
65	Josephine	64
65	Lucille	64
70	Audrey	61
70	Myrtle	61
72	Carolyn	60
72	Joann	60
74	Ella	59
74	Elsie	59
76	Bonnie	57
76	Charlotte	57
78	Ramona	56
79	Lena	55
80	Pearl	54
80	Velma	54
80	Vivian	54
83	Florence	53
83	Katherine	53
85	Bernice	52
86	Jane	51
86	Laura	51
88	Ann	50
88	Beatrice	50
88	Janice	50
88	Julia	50
92	Delores	49
92	Erma	49
92	Loretta	49
92	Mabel	49
92	Roberta	49
97	Bessie	48
97	Janet	48
99	Bertha	47
99	Lucy	47

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,148
2	Robert	1,044
3	William	974
4	Charles	819
5	John	691
6	Donald	361
7	George	325
8	Richard	316
9	Paul	289
10	Jack	275
11	Thomas	274
12	Billy	244
12	Harold	244
14	Edward	196
15	Carl	193
16	Harry	187
17	Joseph	184
18	Kenneth	179
19	Ralph	176
20	Herbert	171
21	David	159
22	Frank	157
23	Eugene	152
24	Raymond	149
25	Roy	146
26	Walter	145
27	Howard	129
28	Clarence	128
29	Earl	127
30	Bobby	122
31	Junior	108
32	Albert	107
33	Henry	103
34	Arthur	100
34	Fred	100
36	Ray	91
37	Ernest	89
38	Joe	88
39	Clyde	85
40	Ronald	81
41	Lawrence	80
42	Russell	75
43	Alfred	74
44	Samuel	69
45	Cecil	67
45	Lewis	67
47	Bernard	65
48	Clifford	63
48	Gerald	63
50	Melvin	62
51	Bill	59
51	Gene	59
51	Norman	59
54	Glen	56
54	Homer	56
56	Marvin	54
57	Elmer	53
57	Leonard	53
59	Stanley	52
60	Chester	51
61	Floyd	50
61	Jesse	50
61	Lester	50
64	Curtis	49
65	Arnold	48
65	Herman	48
67	Don	46
67	Louis	46
67	Willard	46
70	Glenn	45
70	Lloyd	45
70	Virgil	45
73	Claude	44
74	Daniel	43
75	Jackie	42
75	Luther	42
77	Lee	41
78	Frederick	40
79	Andrew	39
79	Edwin	39
79	Hubert	39
79	Jimmie	39
79	Theodore	39
79	Willie	39
85	Billie	38
85	Vernon	38
87	Delbert	37
87	Denver	37
87	Everett	37
87	Leroy	37
91	Edgar	35
92	Johnny	34
92	Wayne	34
94	Leo	33
95	Leon	32
96	Anthony	31
96	Dale	31
96	Guy	31
99	Darrell	29
99	Franklin	29