West Virginia ★ 1939

Top names in West Virginia, 1939

Mary led for girls with 1,026 babies ; James for boys with 1,210. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,026
2	Betty	700
3	Barbara	640
4	Patricia	569
5	Shirley	551
6	Nancy	472
7	Carol	332
8	Phyllis	319
9	Janet	296
10	Margaret	281
11	Carolyn	280
12	Helen	262
13	Judith	246
14	Joyce	245
15	Ruth	239
16	Linda	236
17	Dorothy	226
18	Janice	218
18	Sandra	218
20	Norma	204
21	Donna	196
21	Peggy	196
23	Martha	193
23	Virginia	193
23	Wanda	193
26	Frances	187
27	Anna	164
28	Elizabeth	154
29	Doris	138
29	Loretta	138
31	Alice	129
32	Joan	115
33	Ruby	113
34	Jo	112
34	Lois	112
36	Charlotte	111
36	Judy	111
38	Juanita	109
39	Bonnie	106
40	Wilma	103
41	Delores	102
42	Mildred	101
43	Evelyn	99
44	Emma	92
44	Sylvia	92
46	Thelma	91
47	Patty	90
48	Sharon	87
49	Eleanor	84
50	Gloria	80
51	Rose	78
52	Joann	77
53	Geraldine	76
54	Jean	75
54	Sarah	75
56	Patsy	73
56	Sally	73
58	Deloris	71
58	Hazel	71
60	Sue	69
61	Gladys	67
62	Marilyn	66
63	Beverly	65
63	Ethel	65
63	Shelby	65
66	Ann	63
67	Clara	62
67	Jane	62
67	Naomi	62
70	Lillian	60
70	Roberta	60
72	Susan	59
73	Carole	57
74	Edith	56
75	Eva	54
75	Kathryn	54
75	Yvonne	54
78	Alma	53
78	Freda	53
80	Catherine	52
80	June	52
82	Edna	51
82	Jacqueline	51
82	Marjorie	51
85	Brenda	50
85	Connie	50
85	Julia	50
85	Pauline	50
85	Violet	50
90	Rebecca	49
91	Cora	48
91	Ellen	48
91	Marie	48
94	Kay	47
95	Dolores	46
95	Vivian	46
97	Ella	45
97	Irene	45
99	Glenna	44
99	Maxine	44

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,210
2	Robert	1,048
3	Charles	859
4	William	842
5	John	775
6	David	485
7	Donald	477
8	Richard	432
9	Ronald	394
10	Thomas	364
11	Paul	339
12	George	325
13	Larry	313
14	Kenneth	295
15	Jerry	286
16	Harold	244
17	Joseph	208
18	Carl	207
19	Gary	199
20	Billy	185
21	Bobby	176
21	Edward	176
23	Jack	174
24	Ralph	163
25	Jackie	159
26	Harry	147
27	Roy	143
28	Frank	132
29	Howard	127
30	Raymond	121
31	Clarence	116
32	Earl	107
32	Michael	107
34	Franklin	104
35	Gerald	102
35	Roger	102
35	Walter	102
38	Arthur	96
39	Eugene	94
40	Lawrence	92
41	Joe	91
42	Jimmy	89
43	Fred	84
43	Melvin	84
45	Samuel	82
46	Marvin	81
47	Gene	78
47	Leonard	78
49	Daniel	77
50	Ernest	76
51	Johnny	74
52	Wayne	72
53	Bernard	69
53	Norman	69
53	Russell	69
56	Lewis	68
57	Cecil	67
57	Henry	67
59	Dennis	66
60	Darrell	62
60	Ronnie	62
62	Jimmie	60
62	Lowell	60
64	Clyde	58
64	Curtis	58
64	Tommy	58
64	Willard	58
68	Dale	57
68	Don	57
70	Glen	56
71	Freddie	55
71	Ray	55
73	Arnold	54
73	Glenn	54
75	Herbert	52
76	Albert	51
77	Clifford	50
78	Douglas	49
78	Elmer	49
78	Stanley	49
81	Allen	48
81	Eddie	48
83	Bill	47
83	Danny	47
85	Frederick	44
86	Lloyd	43
86	Phillip	43
88	Vernon	40
89	Keith	39
89	Virgil	39
91	Delbert	38
92	Alfred	36
92	Herman	36
92	Leroy	36
95	Alvin	35
95	Bob	35
97	Dewey	34
97	Floyd	34
97	Gordon	34
97	Homer	34