Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1925

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,548
2	Betty	1,044
3	Helen	637
4	Virginia	575
5	Dorothy	561
6	Margaret	466
7	Ruth	437
8	Anna	325
9	Mildred	307
10	Ruby	257
11	Elizabeth	233
12	Frances	231
13	Pauline	210
14	Thelma	207
15	Evelyn	204
16	Doris	198
17	Juanita	190
18	Martha	183
19	Edith	179
20	Edna	177
21	Gladys	172
22	Irene	166
23	Louise	165
24	Wanda	162
25	Maxine	161
26	Hazel	160
27	Lillian	152
28	Jean	143
29	Alice	139
30	Marie	137
31	Emma	136
32	Ethel	134
33	Lucille	133
34	June	128
35	Lois	126
36	Norma	123
37	Kathleen	116
37	Marjorie	116
39	Eva	113
40	Eleanor	111
40	Geraldine	111
42	Sarah	108
43	Violet	107
44	Phyllis	106
45	Clara	104
46	Freda	102
47	Nancy	101
48	Myrtle	100
48	Opal	100
50	Alma	99

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,109
2	William	1,077
3	Robert	883
4	Charles	878
5	John	821
6	George	419
7	Paul	365
8	Harold	306
9	Richard	267
10	Joseph	263
11	Jack	255
12	Donald	248
13	Thomas	246
14	Edward	236
15	Carl	218
16	Harry	212
17	Ralph	190
18	Roy	182
19	Howard	177
19	Raymond	177
21	Frank	175
22	Kenneth	173
22	Walter	173
24	Eugene	169
25	Clarence	164
26	Earl	163
27	Calvin	145
28	Ernest	139
29	Junior	134
30	David	129
31	Henry	126
32	Billy	123
33	Arthur	117
34	Ray	114
35	Albert	112
36	Fred	106
36	Joe	106
38	Clyde	95
39	Cecil	94
39	Samuel	94
41	Russell	93
42	Lawrence	87
42	Lewis	87
44	Herbert	81
45	Bernard	80
46	Leonard	77
47	Clifford	75
48	Homer	74
49	Elmer	70
50	Floyd	67