Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1929

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,287
2	Betty	1,182
3	Helen	472
4	Dorothy	425
5	Virginia	366
6	Margaret	356
7	Ruth	332
8	Doris	299
9	Anna	271
10	Evelyn	224
11	Mildred	221
12	Frances	209
13	Phyllis	195
14	Barbara	189
15	Patricia	186
16	Norma	181
17	Wanda	178
18	Elizabeth	175
18	Thelma	175
20	Ruby	162
21	Jean	150
22	Juanita	147
23	Martha	146
24	Lois	141
25	Edith	137
26	Edna	135
27	Pauline	134
28	Nancy	133
29	Wilma	129
30	Alice	126
31	Hazel	124
32	Geraldine	119
33	Joan	117
34	Emma	116
35	Gladys	110
36	Maxine	109
37	Louise	99
37	Marie	99
39	Kathleen	98
40	Violet	95
41	June	94
41	Peggy	94
43	Irene	93
44	Clara	92
45	Lillian	89
46	Eva	88
47	Rose	87
48	Ethel	85
49	Geneva	83
50	Dolores	81

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,148
2	Robert	1,044
3	William	974
4	Charles	819
5	John	691
6	Donald	361
7	George	325
8	Richard	316
9	Paul	289
10	Jack	275
11	Thomas	274
12	Billy	244
12	Harold	244
14	Edward	196
15	Carl	193
16	Harry	187
17	Joseph	184
18	Kenneth	179
19	Ralph	176
20	Herbert	171
21	David	159
22	Frank	157
23	Eugene	152
24	Raymond	149
25	Roy	146
26	Walter	145
27	Howard	129
28	Clarence	128
29	Earl	127
30	Bobby	122
31	Junior	108
32	Albert	107
33	Henry	103
34	Arthur	100
34	Fred	100
36	Ray	91
37	Ernest	89
38	Joe	88
39	Clyde	85
40	Ronald	81
41	Lawrence	80
42	Russell	75
43	Alfred	74
44	Samuel	69
45	Cecil	67
45	Lewis	67
47	Bernard	65
48	Clifford	63
48	Gerald	63
50	Melvin	62