West Virginia ★ 1940

Top names in West Virginia, 1940

Mary led for girls with 1,046 babies ; James for boys with 1,332. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,046
2	Betty	624
3	Barbara	609
4	Patricia	558
5	Shirley	480
6	Nancy	462
7	Linda	412
8	Carolyn	348
9	Judith	346
10	Carol	309
11	Sandra	307
12	Phyllis	294
13	Janet	276
14	Margaret	272
15	Helen	240
16	Joyce	231
17	Dorothy	229
18	Wanda	226
19	Ruth	225
20	Anna	193
21	Frances	192
22	Norma	191
23	Virginia	183
24	Elizabeth	179
25	Doris	176
26	Brenda	174
27	Judy	170
28	Janice	167
29	Martha	162
30	Donna	161
31	Bonnie	159
32	Alice	152
33	Peggy	139
34	Lois	136
35	Charlotte	130
36	Loretta	126
37	Sharon	125
38	Gloria	117
39	Juanita	109
40	Delores	98
40	Joan	98
42	Jo	97
43	Rebecca	96
44	Jean	94
45	Thelma	93
46	Evelyn	91
46	Mildred	91
46	Patty	91
49	Connie	89
50	Eleanor	87
51	Sue	85
51	Wilma	85
53	Rose	83
54	Sylvia	80
55	Emma	77
55	Ruby	77
57	Patsy	76
58	Geraldine	75
59	Sarah	69
60	Edith	68
61	Jane	67
61	Karen	67
63	Edna	66
63	Joann	66
65	Ann	65
66	Ethel	64
67	Julia	63
68	Beverly	62
69	Ellen	61
70	Lillian	60
71	Hazel	59
72	Clara	58
73	Sally	56
74	Alma	55
74	Shelby	55
76	Carole	54
77	Susan	52
78	Freda	51
79	Rita	50
80	Dolores	49
80	Glenna	49
82	Anita	48
82	Kay	48
82	Marie	48
85	Deloris	47
85	Irene	47
85	June	47
88	Gladys	46
89	Ella	45
89	Laura	45
89	Naomi	45
89	Nellie	45
93	Sara	43
94	Marilyn	42
94	Marjorie	42
94	Pauline	42
97	Catherine	41
97	Deanna	41
97	Geneva	41
97	Opal	41

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,332
2	Robert	974
3	William	896
4	Charles	825
5	John	797
6	Donald	466
7	David	459
7	Richard	459
9	Larry	437
10	Thomas	405
11	Ronald	392
12	Jerry	318
13	George	310
14	Paul	294
15	Gary	253
16	Kenneth	237
17	Carl	209
17	Harold	209
19	Joseph	208
20	Billy	187
20	Edward	187
22	Roger	163
23	Jack	160
24	Bobby	157
25	Franklin	155
26	Jackie	151
27	Roy	141
28	Harry	138
29	Ralph	137
30	Walter	132
31	Frank	130
32	Raymond	129
33	Howard	127
34	Michael	121
35	Clarence	103
35	Lawrence	103
37	Joe	99
38	Fred	95
38	Gerald	95
40	Daniel	94
41	Earl	93
42	Arthur	88
42	Norman	88
44	Johnny	86
45	Russell	85
46	Melvin	82
47	Eugene	81
47	Samuel	81
49	Gene	76
50	Jimmy	75
51	Marvin	74
52	Darrell	73
52	Dennis	73
54	Albert	72
55	Jimmie	71
56	Curtis	68
56	Ernest	68
58	Henry	66
58	Ray	66
60	Allen	64
60	Lewis	64
62	Glenn	63
63	Bernard	62
64	Dale	60
65	Bill	57
65	Cecil	57
65	Don	57
68	Ronnie	56
69	Clyde	55
70	Tommy	54
71	Danny	53
71	Frederick	53
73	Wayne	52
74	Clifford	51
74	Douglas	51
74	Stephen	51
74	Wendell	51
78	Eddie	50
78	Herbert	50
78	Leonard	50
81	Stanley	49
82	Lowell	47
82	Terry	47
84	Floyd	45
84	Lloyd	45
84	Philip	45
87	Delbert	44
87	Phillip	44
89	Alfred	43
89	Elmer	43
91	Leroy	42
91	Willard	42
93	Arnold	41
93	Glen	41
95	Vernon	40
96	Everett	39
96	Freddie	39
98	Claude	37
98	Lonnie	37
98	Virgil	37