West Virginia ★ 1937

Top names in West Virginia, 1937

Mary led for girls with 1,129 babies ; James for boys with 1,285. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,129
2	Betty	860
3	Shirley	820
4	Barbara	576
5	Patricia	472
6	Nancy	376
7	Phyllis	305
8	Margaret	288
9	Helen	277
10	Janet	261
11	Ruth	246
12	Carol	235
12	Norma	235
14	Virginia	225
15	Dorothy	218
16	Frances	216
17	Anna	213
18	Carolyn	211
19	Martha	202
20	Doris	195
21	Peggy	189
22	Wanda	184
23	Joyce	175
24	Elizabeth	172
25	Donna	160
26	Janice	140
27	Linda	139
28	Shelby	136
29	Lois	132
30	Joan	129
31	Jo	124
32	Loretta	123
33	Alice	120
33	Delores	120
35	Ruby	119
35	Sandra	119
37	Thelma	115
38	Charlotte	111
39	Joann	110
39	Mildred	110
39	Wilma	110
42	Evelyn	108
43	Jean	107
44	Sylvia	106
45	Rose	103
46	Gloria	95
47	Emma	94
47	Juanita	94
49	Deloris	92
49	Patsy	92
51	Eleanor	91
51	Patty	91
53	Hazel	87
53	Sue	87
55	Judith	86
56	Edna	84
57	Beverly	80
58	Bonnie	79
59	Violet	78
60	Dolores	76
60	Geraldine	76
62	Gladys	71
63	Edith	70
64	Naomi	68
65	Jane	67
65	Sarah	67
67	Clara	65
67	Louise	65
67	Pauline	65
70	Ann	63
71	Freda	62
72	Ethel	60
72	Nellie	60
74	Ellen	59
74	Sally	59
76	Jacqueline	57
76	Marilyn	57
78	Carole	56
78	Lillian	56
80	Margie	54
81	Alma	53
81	Elsie	53
81	Yvonne	53
84	Marie	51
84	Marlene	51
86	Ella	50
86	Eva	50
86	Roberta	50
89	Catherine	49
89	Maxine	49
89	Sharon	49
92	Kathryn	46
93	Irene	45
93	Josephine	45
93	Nina	45
96	Anita	44
96	Bertha	44
96	Julia	44
96	Katherine	44
96	Kay	44

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,285
2	Robert	1,070
3	Charles	883
4	William	832
5	John	704
6	Donald	624
7	Richard	380
8	Thomas	352
9	Paul	331
10	George	330
11	David	323
12	Ronald	320
13	Kenneth	269
14	Billy	234
15	Harold	214
16	Larry	213
17	Bobby	207
18	Edward	204
19	Jack	190
20	Carl	187
21	Joseph	178
22	Jerry	173
23	Roy	165
24	Franklin	159
25	Raymond	148
26	Ralph	142
27	Harry	136
28	Howard	132
29	Frank	128
30	Jackie	127
31	Clarence	124
32	Gary	123
33	Earl	109
33	Gerald	109
33	Walter	109
36	Eugene	105
37	Joe	102
38	Jimmy	97
39	Fred	94
40	Ernest	93
40	Henry	93
42	Russell	90
43	Jimmie	88
44	Arthur	85
45	Wayne	82
46	Ray	81
47	Samuel	77
48	Gene	76
49	Lawrence	75
50	Bill	73
50	Melvin	73
52	Johnny	72
53	Michael	70
54	Norman	69
55	Bernard	68
56	Glenn	67
57	Roger	66
58	Clyde	63
58	Dennis	63
58	Lewis	63
61	Cecil	61
61	Marvin	61
63	Albert	60
63	Leonard	60
65	Daniel	59
66	Darrell	57
66	Don	57
66	Homer	57
69	Curtis	54
69	Dale	54
71	Clifford	53
71	Herbert	53
73	Tommy	52
74	Allen	50
75	Floyd	47
75	Frederick	47
75	Lloyd	47
75	Phillip	47
79	Douglas	46
80	Francis	45
81	Philip	44
82	Alfred	43
82	Eddie	43
82	Elmer	43
82	Willard	43
86	Arnold	42
86	Delbert	42
86	Jesse	42
86	Lowell	42
90	Chester	41
90	Freddie	41
90	Glen	41
90	Herman	41
90	Junior	41
95	Danny	40
96	Everett	38
96	Vernon	38
98	Carroll	37
99	Andrew	35
99	Denver	35