West Virginia ★ 1938

Top names in West Virginia, 1938

Mary led for girls with 1,087 babies ; James for boys with 1,309. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,087
2	Betty	800
3	Barbara	635
4	Shirley	634
5	Patricia	491
6	Nancy	437
7	Phyllis	292
8	Carol	280
9	Margaret	279
10	Carolyn	267
10	Janet	267
12	Ruth	259
13	Helen	253
14	Dorothy	244
15	Norma	226
16	Wanda	211
17	Virginia	202
18	Martha	200
18	Peggy	200
20	Doris	198
21	Joyce	195
22	Donna	185
23	Anna	182
24	Janice	179
25	Alice	169
25	Linda	169
27	Sandra	168
28	Elizabeth	158
29	Frances	155
30	Judith	144
31	Loretta	142
32	Lois	129
33	Charlotte	117
33	Patty	117
35	Delores	116
36	Evelyn	113
37	Jean	112
38	Jo	111
39	Shelby	105
40	Ruby	104
40	Wilma	104
42	Thelma	103
43	Juanita	102
43	Mildred	102
45	Sylvia	98
46	Bonnie	89
46	Patsy	89
48	Joan	88
49	Edna	85
49	Eleanor	85
51	Emma	84
51	Gloria	84
51	Joann	84
54	Beverly	83
54	Rose	83
56	Deloris	80
57	Rosalie	78
58	Ellen	77
58	Hazel	77
60	Sally	74
61	Judy	73
62	Ann	72
63	Sharon	70
64	Nellie	67
65	Jane	66
66	Gladys	64
66	Sarah	64
68	Geraldine	63
69	Clara	62
70	Carole	61
71	Connie	60
71	Edith	60
71	Roberta	60
74	Ethel	58
74	June	58
76	Alma	57
76	Marjorie	57
78	Julia	56
78	Kay	56
80	Kathryn	55
80	Louise	55
82	Marilyn	54
83	Pauline	53
84	Dolores	52
84	Ella	52
84	Elsie	52
84	Sue	52
88	Anita	51
88	Freda	51
88	Ida	51
88	Violet	51
92	Naomi	50
93	Margie	48
94	Eva	47
94	Marlene	47
96	Irene	46
97	Catherine	45
97	Glenna	45
97	Marie	45
100	Geneva	44

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,309
2	Robert	1,030
3	Charles	866
4	William	831
5	John	729
6	Donald	555
7	Richard	440
8	David	430
9	Ronald	359
10	Thomas	327
11	George	325
12	Paul	316
13	Larry	294
14	Jerry	262
15	Kenneth	260
16	Harold	251
17	Billy	217
18	Gary	209
18	Jack	209
20	Edward	206
21	Joseph	204
22	Carl	201
23	Bobby	185
24	Raymond	173
25	Harry	172
26	Jackie	157
27	Frank	146
28	Howard	145
28	Ralph	145
30	Franklin	131
31	Roy	129
32	Joe	126
33	Walter	109
34	Eugene	102
35	Clarence	99
35	Earl	99
37	Gerald	95
38	Lawrence	92
39	Samuel	90
40	Arthur	89
40	Fred	89
42	Roger	86
43	Michael	84
44	Henry	81
45	Bernard	79
45	Ernest	79
45	Gene	79
45	Norman	79
49	Jimmy	77
49	Johnny	77
51	Russell	76
52	Daniel	75
53	Clyde	74
54	Albert	72
55	Wayne	69
56	Dale	68
56	Melvin	68
56	Ray	68
59	Danny	65
60	Freddie	62
61	Curtis	61
61	Jimmie	61
61	Marvin	61
64	Don	59
64	Glenn	59
66	Clifford	58
66	Frederick	58
66	Tommy	58
69	Bill	57
69	Cecil	57
69	Douglas	57
72	Lloyd	56
73	Dennis	55
73	Floyd	55
73	Lewis	55
76	Arnold	53
76	Glen	53
78	Ronnie	52
79	Phillip	51
80	Edwin	50
80	Leonard	50
82	Darrell	49
82	Herbert	49
82	Stanley	49
85	Terry	46
86	Alfred	45
86	Francis	45
88	Allen	44
88	Virgil	44
90	Keith	43
90	Willard	43
92	Lowell	42
93	Claude	41
93	Delbert	41
95	Everett	40
96	Homer	38
97	Buddy	37
98	Herman	36
98	Jesse	36
98	Lester	36