Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1927

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,466
2	Betty	1,114
3	Helen	577
4	Virginia	493
5	Dorothy	480
6	Margaret	429
7	Ruth	389
8	Anna	304
9	Mildred	293
10	Frances	252
11	Doris	251
12	Elizabeth	241
13	Evelyn	228
14	Ruby	227
15	Martha	206
16	Wanda	187
17	Juanita	176
18	Pauline	174
19	Alice	172
20	Thelma	167
21	Edith	165
22	Jean	163
23	Gladys	160
23	Norma	160
25	Hazel	148
26	Lois	143
26	Phyllis	143
28	Patricia	142
29	Edna	136
29	Louise	136
31	Marie	133
32	Irene	132
33	Wilma	129
34	Ethel	122
35	Violet	119
36	Barbara	115
36	Maxine	115
38	Catherine	111
38	Emma	111
40	Lillian	108
40	Lucille	108
42	Rose	107
43	Kathleen	105
44	Geraldine	103
44	Marjorie	103
46	Nancy	102
47	Freda	93
48	Opal	90
49	Beulah	88
49	Eva	88

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,198
2	William	1,086
3	Robert	1,016
4	Charles	952
5	John	799
6	George	417
7	Paul	359
8	Donald	338
9	Jack	322
10	Richard	302
11	Harold	288
12	Thomas	282
13	Harry	246
14	Edward	236
15	Carl	229
16	Joseph	224
17	Roy	198
18	Frank	195
19	Kenneth	192
20	Clarence	189
20	Eugene	189
22	Billy	186
22	Raymond	186
24	Ralph	181
25	Howard	177
26	Junior	149
27	Earl	146
28	David	128
29	Albert	125
30	Ray	124
31	Arthur	123
31	Walter	123
33	Cecil	118
34	Lawrence	112
35	Fred	111
36	Ernest	105
37	Henry	103
38	Joe	98
39	Clyde	93
40	Herbert	88
41	Russell	87
42	Samuel	86
43	Gene	80
44	Calvin	77
45	Lewis	75
46	Clifford	73
47	Bernard	67
48	Gerald	64
49	Alfred	63
49	Willard	63