Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1913

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	641
2	Virginia	276
3	Helen	248
4	Ruth	216
5	Margaret	197
6	Dorothy	161
7	Mildred	155
8	Edith	136
9	Ruby	135
10	Gladys	134
11	Anna	124
12	Thelma	122
13	Elizabeth	121
14	Hazel	120
15	Ethel	110
16	Nellie	107
17	Opal	101
18	Evelyn	99
19	Edna	98
20	Mabel	93
21	Alice	87
21	Frances	87
23	Louise	81
23	Martha	81
25	Lillian	79
26	Pauline	78
27	Beulah	74
27	Grace	74
29	Pearl	73
30	Myrtle	71
31	Irene	70
31	Marie	70
33	Bessie	66
34	Alma	65
34	Goldie	65
36	Emma	63
37	Jessie	60
38	Eva	59
39	Sarah	58
40	Catherine	55
40	Clara	55
42	Elsie	53
43	Georgia	51
43	Ida	51
45	Lena	50
45	Violet	50
47	Gertrude	48
47	Rose	48
49	Beatrice	47
49	Bertha	47

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	386
2	James	352
3	John	327
4	Charles	222
5	Robert	209
6	George	173
7	Paul	125
8	Joseph	120
9	Harry	117
10	Woodrow	107
11	Thomas	96
12	Frank	92
13	Harold	89
14	Carl	80
15	Edward	79
16	Howard	78
16	Ralph	78
18	Raymond	70
18	Roy	70
18	Walter	70
21	Earl	69
21	Richard	69
23	Clarence	67
24	Fred	65
24	Lawrence	65
26	Henry	61
27	Clyde	51
28	Arthur	49
29	Cecil	46
29	Donald	46
31	Albert	45
31	Kenneth	45
33	Herbert	44
33	Russell	44
35	Elmer	39
35	Jack	39
35	Joe	39
35	Samuel	39
39	Bernard	37
39	Eugene	37
41	David	36
42	Ernest	35
42	Glenn	35
44	Homer	33
45	Leonard	29
46	Ray	28
47	Alfred	27
48	Andrew	25
48	Everett	25
50	Claude	24