West Virginia ★ 1930

Top names in West Virginia, 1930

Betty led for girls with 1,277 babies ; James for boys with 1,238. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Betty	1,277
2	Mary	1,253
3	Helen	450
4	Dorothy	384
5	Margaret	344
6	Virginia	339
7	Ruth	302
8	Doris	269
9	Anna	242
10	Patricia	229
11	Barbara	222
12	Mildred	216
13	Norma	203
14	Wanda	197
15	Frances	196
16	Ruby	190
17	Phyllis	189
18	Nancy	188
19	Elizabeth	180
20	Evelyn	175
21	Martha	174
22	Juanita	150
23	Wilma	148
24	Alice	145
25	Jean	144
26	Thelma	140
27	Joan	132
28	Edith	129
29	Lois	128
30	Dolores	126
31	Louise	123
32	Edna	121
32	Geraldine	121
32	Pauline	121
35	Hazel	114
36	Maxine	113
37	Rose	106
38	Peggy	104
39	Gladys	102
40	Nellie	98
41	Eva	88
42	Eleanor	86
42	Violet	86
44	Irene	85
44	Joyce	85
46	Lucille	84
46	Marie	84
48	Clara	83
48	Shirley	83
50	Lillian	82
51	Emma	80
52	Elsie	78
52	Gloria	78
52	Josephine	78
52	Marjorie	78
56	Alma	77
56	Naomi	77
58	Ethel	76
59	Jo	73
60	Joann	70
60	June	70
62	Kathleen	69
63	Opal	66
64	Bonnie	64
65	Laura	63
66	Beatrice	62
66	Ellen	62
66	Georgia	62
66	Sarah	62
70	Catherine	61
70	Freda	61
72	Bernice	60
72	Loretta	60
74	Audrey	58
74	Billie	58
76	Glenna	57
76	Grace	57
76	Jacqueline	57
79	Beulah	56
79	Janet	56
81	Pearl	55
82	Leona	54
82	Myrtle	54
84	Ann	53
84	Charlotte	53
86	Julia	52
86	Minnie	52
88	Donna	51
88	Dora	51
88	Ella	51
91	Bessie	50
91	Ida	50
91	Janice	50
91	Stella	50
91	Sylvia	50
91	Velma	50
97	Florence	49
97	Katherine	49
97	Mabel	49
97	Margie	49

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,238
2	Robert	1,049
3	William	970
4	Charles	854
5	John	735
6	Donald	446
7	Richard	375
8	George	313
9	Jack	307
10	Paul	302
11	Thomas	255
12	Billy	228
13	Harold	217
14	Kenneth	214
15	Carl	211
16	Edward	203
17	Raymond	202
18	Harry	187
19	Joseph	184
20	Roy	175
21	David	163
21	Howard	163
21	Ralph	163
24	Clarence	154
25	Bobby	152
26	Frank	137
27	Eugene	135
28	Walter	132
29	Earl	115
30	Ray	114
31	Joe	112
32	Arthur	111
32	Herbert	111
34	Ernest	102
34	Junior	102
36	Bernard	97
37	Fred	90
38	Cecil	88
39	Lawrence	87
40	Henry	85
41	Clyde	84
41	Samuel	84
43	Albert	80
44	Gene	79
45	Ronald	77
46	Leonard	74
46	Russell	74
48	Bill	64
48	Clifford	64
50	Marvin	60
51	Glenn	59
52	Melvin	58
53	Delbert	57
54	Lewis	55
54	Norman	55
56	Don	54
57	Homer	53
58	Gerald	52
58	Herman	52
60	Vernon	51
61	Daniel	50
62	Elmer	49
63	Glen	48
63	Louis	48
65	Arnold	47
65	Floyd	47
65	Johnny	47
68	Lloyd	46
69	Alfred	45
69	Dale	45
69	Virgil	45
72	Claude	44
72	Jimmie	44
72	Wayne	44
75	Andrew	43
75	Everett	43
75	Francis	43
75	Willard	43
79	Chester	42
79	Dennis	42
79	Jackie	42
79	Willie	42
83	Edwin	40
84	Edgar	39
85	Stanley	38
86	Calvin	37
86	Curtis	37
86	Jimmy	37
89	Jerry	36
90	Darrell	34
90	Frederick	34
90	Gilbert	34
93	Earnest	33
93	Hubert	33
93	Leon	33
96	Jesse	32
96	Lee	32
96	Leo	32
99	Allen	31
99	Dallas	31