West Virginia ★ 1936

Top names in West Virginia, 1936

Mary led for girls with 1,084 babies ; James for boys with 1,287. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,084
2	Shirley	1,037
3	Betty	814
4	Barbara	514
5	Patricia	435
6	Nancy	397
7	Phyllis	328
8	Helen	295
9	Margaret	282
10	Dorothy	237
11	Norma	235
12	Ruth	232
13	Anna	231
14	Virginia	223
15	Peggy	199
16	Carol	198
17	Janet	190
18	Doris	188
19	Elizabeth	166
20	Frances	164
21	Martha	157
22	Lois	156
23	Carolyn	148
23	Donna	148
25	Janice	146
26	Wanda	145
27	Delores	143
28	Ruby	140
29	Joyce	139
30	Jo	137
31	Mildred	134
32	Alice	133
33	Jean	127
34	Joan	123
35	Wilma	117
36	Loretta	113
37	Evelyn	110
38	Charlotte	108
39	Joann	107
40	Patsy	103
41	Sylvia	97
41	Thelma	97
43	Edna	95
44	Eleanor	92
44	Rose	92
44	Shelby	92
47	Gloria	90
48	Bonnie	88
48	Hazel	88
50	Patty	86
51	Geraldine	82
51	Juanita	82
53	Emma	79
54	Nellie	78
55	Louise	74
55	Yvonne	74
57	Irene	71
58	Edith	70
58	Ethel	70
58	Pauline	70
61	Gladys	68
62	Sandra	67
62	Violet	67
64	Clara	65
64	Naomi	65
66	Dolores	64
67	Beverly	63
68	Ellen	62
68	Jane	62
70	Ann	60
70	Billie	60
70	Roberta	60
73	Freda	58
74	Ella	57
75	Sarah	56
76	Elsie	54
77	Deloris	53
78	Opal	52
78	Sally	52
80	Judith	51
80	June	51
82	Kathryn	50
82	Linda	50
82	Marilyn	50
82	Sue	50
86	Bessie	49
86	Lillian	49
86	Maxine	49
89	Geneva	48
89	Nina	48
91	Jacqueline	46
91	Marjorie	46
91	Velma	46
94	Beulah	43
94	Eva	43
94	Myrtle	43
94	Sharon	43
98	Bernice	42
98	Josephine	42
100	Alma	41

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,287
2	Robert	1,041
3	William	842
4	Charles	800
5	John	727
6	Donald	549
7	Richard	413
8	David	330
9	Thomas	326
10	George	299
10	Paul	299
12	Ronald	252
13	Kenneth	248
14	Harold	244
15	Bobby	222
16	Jack	219
17	Joseph	214
18	Billy	205
19	Franklin	191
20	Edward	185
21	Carl	181
22	Ralph	165
23	Harry	163
24	Raymond	158
25	Jackie	154
26	Jerry	145
27	Roy	144
28	Frank	139
29	Larry	128
30	Joe	126
31	Walter	124
32	Eugene	121
33	Howard	120
34	Earl	114
35	Clarence	101
36	Gerald	94
37	Lawrence	93
38	Fred	90
39	Jimmy	89
40	Ernest	88
40	Gary	88
42	Ray	81
43	Russell	80
44	Bernard	79
45	Arthur	78
45	Henry	78
45	Samuel	78
48	Albert	76
49	Johnny	73
50	Gene	72
51	Melvin	70
52	Norman	68
53	Jimmie	67
53	Leonard	67
55	Cecil	65
56	Clyde	63
57	Wayne	61
58	Daniel	59
58	Lewis	59
60	Clifford	58
60	Dale	58
62	Arnold	56
62	Glenn	56
64	Alfred	54
65	Bill	53
65	Don	53
67	Dennis	52
67	Marvin	52
69	Lowell	51
70	Roger	50
71	Tommy	49
72	Lloyd	48
73	Willard	46
74	Phillip	45
75	Curtis	44
75	Eddie	44
75	Freddie	44
75	Homer	44
75	Junior	44
75	Keith	44
75	Lee	44
82	Glen	43
82	Herbert	43
84	Darrell	42
84	Jesse	42
84	Philip	42
87	Louis	41
88	Herman	40
88	Shirley	40
90	Floyd	39
90	Vernon	39
92	Michael	38
92	Stanley	38
94	Frederick	37
95	Allen	36
95	Everett	36
95	Virgil	36
98	Chester	35
98	Elmer	35
98	Gordon	35