Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1912

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	519
2	Virginia	248
3	Helen	176
4	Ruth	169
5	Mildred	161
6	Margaret	153
7	Hazel	145
8	Elizabeth	142
9	Anna	138
10	Gladys	130
11	Thelma	129
12	Dorothy	121
13	Ruby	106
14	Nellie	98
15	Edna	97
16	Opal	94
17	Edith	91
18	Ethel	87
18	Mabel	87
20	Frances	80
21	Evelyn	73
22	Bertha	71
23	Bessie	69
23	Pearl	69
25	Irene	68
25	Marie	68
25	Pauline	68
28	Alice	67
28	Grace	67
28	Lillian	67
31	Elsie	65
32	Beulah	64
33	Eva	58
33	Martha	58
35	Julia	56
35	Myrtle	56
37	Goldie	55
37	Louise	55
39	Alma	53
39	Lucille	53
41	Minnie	51
41	Violet	51
43	Rose	50
44	Clara	49
44	Gertrude	49
46	Laura	48
47	Ida	45
48	Catherine	44
48	Sarah	44
50	Katherine	41

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	328
2	William	280
3	John	265
4	Charles	222
5	Robert	184
6	George	134
7	Harry	117
8	Joseph	109
9	Paul	84
10	Clarence	78
10	Edward	78
12	Carl	77
12	Frank	77
14	Woodrow	72
15	Howard	71
16	Thomas	70
17	Roy	66
18	Harold	64
19	Ralph	60
20	Walter	55
21	Earl	54
22	Fred	52
23	Henry	51
24	Richard	50
25	Eugene	47
26	Raymond	46
27	Albert	43
27	Lawrence	43
29	Arthur	39
30	Clyde	37
30	Ernest	37
32	Ray	36
33	Herman	35
34	Herbert	34
35	David	32
35	Russell	32
37	Elmer	31
38	Lewis	30
39	Cecil	29
40	Bernard	28
40	Leonard	28
42	Jack	27
43	Kenneth	26
43	Samuel	26
45	Clifford	25
45	Donald	25
45	Louis	25
45	Theodore	25
45	Virgil	25
50	Andrew	24