Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1915

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,054
2	Virginia	427
3	Helen	413
4	Ruth	369
5	Margaret	344
6	Mildred	290
7	Dorothy	257
8	Ruby	231
9	Anna	230
10	Elizabeth	221
11	Thelma	215
12	Evelyn	208
13	Hazel	197
14	Frances	178
14	Pauline	178
16	Edith	157
17	Gladys	155
18	Martha	148
19	Edna	146
20	Ethel	145
21	Nellie	144
22	Opal	138
23	Louise	127
24	Mabel	121
25	Marie	115
26	Lillian	113
27	Alice	108
28	Grace	107
28	Irene	107
30	Lucille	104
31	Beulah	99
31	Elsie	99
33	Bessie	98
34	Catherine	92
35	Eva	90
36	Sarah	89
36	Wilma	89
38	Violet	82
39	Lena	81
40	Pearl	80
41	Bertha	79
42	Julia	77
42	Rose	77
44	Eleanor	76
44	Goldie	76
46	Florence	74
46	Josephine	74
46	Minnie	74
46	Myrtle	74
50	Freda	73

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	622
2	James	602
3	John	594
4	Charles	491
5	Robert	405
6	George	331
7	Paul	220
8	Joseph	208
9	Harry	187
10	Harold	161
11	Thomas	160
12	Frank	153
13	Edward	148
14	Howard	140
15	Carl	137
16	Ralph	132
17	Roy	126
18	Clarence	120
19	Willard	117
20	Raymond	109
21	Ernest	105
22	Walter	100
23	Richard	99
24	Earl	97
25	Albert	96
26	Henry	93
27	Fred	88
28	Jack	84
28	Lawrence	84
30	Samuel	83
31	Ray	82
32	Joe	81
33	Kenneth	80
34	Clyde	77
35	Elmer	72
36	Arthur	70
37	Eugene	68
38	Russell	66
39	Cecil	64
39	Donald	64
39	Woodrow	64
42	Homer	58
43	Bernard	57
44	Lester	56
45	David	55
45	Herbert	55
47	Leonard	54
48	Louis	53
48	Virgil	53
50	Jesse	52