Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1928

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,413
2	Betty	1,267
3	Helen	502
4	Dorothy	444
5	Virginia	403
6	Margaret	366
7	Ruth	363
8	Anna	299
9	Doris	266
10	Mildred	260
11	Elizabeth	228
12	Ruby	221
13	Frances	212
14	Evelyn	208
15	Phyllis	190
16	Thelma	183
17	Alice	175
18	Juanita	172
19	Martha	170
20	Norma	169
21	Wanda	165
22	Pauline	159
23	Barbara	155
24	Irene	151
25	Patricia	149
26	Edith	147
27	Lois	145
28	Jean	144
29	Maxine	130
30	Edna	124
30	Hazel	124
32	Nancy	122
33	Gladys	120
34	Ethel	119
35	Lillian	115
36	Wilma	112
37	Marie	109
38	Eleanor	107
39	Geraldine	105
39	Louise	105
39	Rose	105
42	Kathleen	102
43	Eva	98
44	Marjorie	97
44	Nellie	97
46	Clara	96
47	Violet	94
48	June	91
49	Emma	90
49	Lucille	90

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,206
2	William	994
3	Robert	992
4	Charles	951
5	John	768
6	Donald	391
7	George	380
8	Paul	324
9	Harold	307
10	Jack	297
11	Richard	291
12	Thomas	277
13	Edward	238
14	Harry	213
15	Billy	211
16	Joseph	202
17	Kenneth	201
18	Carl	200
19	Ralph	189
20	Herbert	187
21	Frank	177
22	Eugene	176
23	Howard	173
23	Roy	173
25	Raymond	171
26	David	163
27	Clarence	159
27	Earl	159
29	Walter	136
30	Ray	132
31	Fred	120
32	Albert	118
33	Ernest	116
34	Alfred	108
35	Junior	107
36	Gene	104
37	Arthur	98
38	Henry	95
39	Lawrence	94
40	Joe	92
41	Bernard	88
41	Russell	88
41	Samuel	88
44	Leonard	85
45	Ronald	82
46	Cecil	80
47	Norman	78
48	Clifford	75
48	Clyde	75
50	Elmer	73