Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1919

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,225
2	Virginia	537
3	Helen	510
4	Ruth	401
5	Margaret	398
6	Dorothy	319
7	Mildred	305
8	Anna	259
9	Edith	236
10	Elizabeth	229
11	Frances	225
12	Ruby	217
13	Evelyn	197
14	Pauline	193
15	Betty	190
15	Gladys	190
17	Edna	178
18	Ethel	176
19	Hazel	175
20	Thelma	174
21	Marie	158
22	Martha	156
23	Lucille	145
24	Irene	142
24	Lillian	142
26	Nellie	140
27	Louise	139
28	Opal	133
29	Alice	130
30	Violet	125
31	Juanita	118
32	Grace	117
33	Mabel	115
34	Elsie	109
35	Eva	105
36	Sarah	104
37	Beulah	102
38	Kathleen	94
39	Clara	90
40	Josephine	89
41	Catherine	88
42	Geraldine	87
43	Freda	86
44	Myrtle	85
44	Pearl	85
46	Emma	84
47	Maxine	83
47	Rose	83
49	Bessie	82
50	Bertha	81

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	829
2	William	742
3	John	708
4	Charles	620
5	Robert	584
6	George	308
7	Paul	269
8	Edward	209
9	Harold	206
10	Joseph	201
11	Harry	195
12	Frank	191
13	Ralph	175
14	Carl	164
15	Thomas	159
16	Clarence	158
17	Raymond	148
18	Walter	146
19	Earl	145
19	Howard	145
21	Roy	139
22	Donald	125
22	Richard	125
24	Jack	124
25	Arthur	109
26	Kenneth	106
27	Henry	105
28	Fred	104
29	David	100
30	Ernest	94
31	Elmer	93
32	Ray	91
33	Albert	90
34	Clyde	87
34	Eugene	87
36	Lawrence	84
37	Herbert	80
38	Samuel	79
39	Cecil	75
40	Russell	73
41	Homer	70
42	Bernard	69
43	Leonard	64
44	Clifford	61
44	Stanley	61
46	Joe	59
47	Lewis	58
48	Francis	54
48	Junior	54
48	Willard	54