West Virginia ★ 1931

Top names in West Virginia, 1931

Betty led for girls with 1,190 babies ; James for boys with 1,068. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Betty	1,190
2	Mary	1,185
3	Helen	429
4	Dorothy	358
5	Virginia	312
6	Margaret	305
7	Ruth	294
8	Barbara	266
9	Patricia	247
10	Anna	240
11	Doris	231
12	Norma	225
13	Wanda	208
14	Phyllis	205
15	Frances	182
15	Nancy	182
17	Mildred	175
18	Ruby	174
19	Elizabeth	166
20	Evelyn	160
21	Martha	158
22	Alice	153
23	Jean	150
24	Joan	146
25	Juanita	142
26	Thelma	138
27	Wilma	129
28	Edna	127
29	Lois	116
30	Dolores	115
31	Peggy	111
32	Pauline	106
32	Shirley	106
34	Emma	105
34	Joyce	105
36	Clara	104
37	Edith	99
38	Geraldine	97
39	Ethel	94
40	June	92
41	Jo	88
42	Maxine	86
42	Rose	86
44	Lillian	82
45	Louise	81
46	Janet	80
46	Marjorie	80
46	Naomi	80
49	Donna	77
49	Gladys	77
51	Gloria	74
52	Violet	73
53	Hazel	72
53	Marie	72
55	Ann	71
56	Freda	69
56	Josephine	69
56	Loretta	69
59	Catherine	68
59	Eleanor	68
59	Sarah	68
62	Bonnie	67
62	Irene	67
64	Kathleen	66
65	Delores	64
65	Joann	64
65	Nellie	64
68	Bernice	61
69	Ellen	60
69	Velma	60
71	Erma	59
72	Charlotte	57
72	Katherine	57
72	Opal	57
75	Elsie	56
75	Eva	56
75	Geneva	56
78	Lucille	55
79	Jacqueline	53
80	Ella	52
81	Beulah	51
81	Georgia	51
81	Glenna	51
81	Julia	51
85	Bertha	50
85	Bessie	50
85	Laura	50
88	Grace	49
88	Patsy	49
90	Alma	48
90	Florence	48
90	Kathryn	48
90	Sylvia	48
90	Vivian	48
95	Billie	47
95	Carolyn	47
95	Janice	47
98	Audrey	46
98	Lucy	46
98	Margie	46

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,068
2	Robert	1,022
3	William	800
4	Charles	787
5	John	623
6	Donald	487
7	Richard	378
8	Paul	300
9	George	299
10	Jack	298
11	Harold	261
12	Billy	256
13	Thomas	225
14	Kenneth	208
15	Edward	192
16	Joseph	189
17	David	182
18	Carl	160
19	Harry	158
20	Howard	148
20	Ralph	148
20	Raymond	148
23	Eugene	147
24	Bobby	143
25	Frank	139
26	Roy	128
27	Clarence	123
28	Walter	115
29	Ronald	113
30	Earl	111
31	Ray	109
32	Fred	94
32	Joe	94
34	Ernest	89
35	Henry	88
35	Lawrence	88
37	Albert	83
38	Arthur	81
39	Herbert	78
40	Junior	76
41	Bill	74
42	Russell	72
43	Clyde	71
43	Samuel	71
45	Gene	68
46	Norman	67
47	Don	66
48	Melvin	65
49	Bernard	63
49	Gerald	63
51	Clifford	62
51	Jackie	62
53	Lewis	61
54	Jerry	57
54	Jimmie	57
56	Elmer	56
57	Glenn	55
58	Leonard	54
59	Herman	53
59	Marvin	53
61	Cecil	51
61	Homer	51
63	Virgil	49
64	Dale	48
64	Glen	48
66	Arnold	47
66	Lloyd	47
68	Everett	46
69	Alfred	45
69	Dennis	45
71	Tommy	44
72	Jimmy	43
72	Willard	43
74	Lester	42
75	Vernon	41
76	Curtis	40
76	Francis	40
76	Theodore	40
79	Daniel	39
80	Floyd	38
80	Luther	38
82	Edwin	37
82	Stanley	37
82	Wayne	37
85	Claude	36
85	Franklin	36
87	Andrew	35
87	Delbert	35
87	Willie	35
90	Chester	34
91	Darrell	33
91	Lee	33
91	Louis	33
94	Lowell	32
95	Alvin	31
95	Bob	31
95	Jesse	31
98	Eddie	30
98	Philip	30
100	Allen	29