Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1914

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	790
2	Virginia	352
3	Helen	282
4	Ruth	250
5	Margaret	242
6	Mildred	209
7	Dorothy	197
8	Elizabeth	185
9	Anna	178
10	Ruby	176
11	Thelma	157
12	Edith	143
13	Gladys	137
14	Edna	134
15	Hazel	127
16	Frances	122
17	Mabel	121
18	Evelyn	120
19	Nellie	115
20	Ethel	107
21	Pauline	105
22	Martha	102
23	Marie	89
24	Louise	86
25	Irene	84
25	Opal	84
27	Rose	81
28	Grace	80
28	Lucille	80
30	Lillian	76
31	Alice	75
31	Eva	75
33	Bessie	73
34	Josephine	68
34	Pearl	68
34	Wilma	68
37	Clara	67
37	Goldie	67
39	Beulah	66
39	Juanita	66
39	Myrtle	66
42	Beatrice	65
43	Sarah	63
44	Elsie	61
45	Violet	60
46	Bernice	59
46	Julia	59
48	Bertha	58
48	Emma	58
48	Kathryn	58

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	459
2	John	458
3	William	448
4	Charles	350
5	Robert	274
6	George	240
7	Paul	168
8	Harry	151
9	Joseph	148
10	Frank	130
11	Harold	123
12	Edward	106
13	Roy	105
14	Ralph	104
15	Walter	103
16	Carl	100
17	Clarence	91
17	Howard	91
17	Thomas	91
20	Raymond	90
21	Earl	86
22	Richard	80
23	Fred	72
23	Woodrow	72
25	Albert	71
26	Kenneth	69
27	Henry	68
28	Eugene	64
29	Arthur	63
30	Lawrence	62
31	Jack	60
32	Cecil	57
33	Clyde	56
34	Bernard	54
35	Elmer	53
36	Herbert	52
37	Donald	50
38	Ray	48
38	Russell	48
40	Ernest	46
40	Homer	46
42	Samuel	43
43	Everett	40
43	Herman	40
45	Chester	39
46	Joe	38
46	Virgil	38
48	Andrew	36
48	David	36
48	Delbert	36