Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1921

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,494
2	Helen	659
3	Virginia	637
4	Ruth	518
5	Margaret	490
6	Dorothy	488
7	Betty	351
8	Mildred	341
9	Anna	301
10	Elizabeth	260
11	Frances	256
12	Evelyn	246
13	Thelma	243
14	Ruby	242
15	Pauline	229
16	Hazel	222
17	Irene	215
18	Juanita	212
19	Edith	205
20	Martha	204
21	Gladys	185
22	Alice	178
23	Edna	176
24	Lillian	174
25	Lucille	160
26	Ethel	159
27	Louise	152
28	Maxine	146
29	Marie	141
30	Nellie	140
31	Violet	139
32	Marjorie	138
33	Geraldine	132
34	Opal	129
35	Eva	123
36	Josephine	122
37	Kathleen	120
38	Beulah	118
39	Beatrice	109
39	Mabel	109
39	Wilma	109
42	Clara	107
42	Rose	107
44	Wanda	106
45	Elsie	105
46	Alma	98
46	Grace	98
46	Sarah	98
49	Catherine	96
50	Jean	95

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	996
2	William	982
3	John	833
4	Charles	806
5	Robert	766
6	George	417
7	Paul	366
8	Harold	279
9	Joseph	255
10	Thomas	252
11	Harry	250
12	Frank	240
13	Edward	228
14	Carl	213
15	Richard	196
16	Walter	195
17	Jack	190
18	Warren	181
19	Howard	180
20	Earl	179
21	Roy	178
22	Ralph	168
23	Raymond	167
24	Donald	161
25	Kenneth	156
26	Clarence	154
27	Eugene	132
27	Henry	132
29	David	125
30	Ray	119
31	Lawrence	118
32	Fred	117
33	Albert	114
34	Samuel	109
35	Arthur	106
36	Cecil	100
36	Ernest	100
38	Clyde	96
39	Herbert	91
40	Joe	90
40	Junior	90
42	Russell	89
43	Leonard	86
44	Bernard	79
44	Elmer	79
46	Virgil	78
47	Lewis	76
48	Clifford	70
49	Homer	68
50	Chester	61