Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1930

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Betty	1,277
2	Mary	1,253
3	Helen	450
4	Dorothy	384
5	Margaret	344
6	Virginia	339
7	Ruth	302
8	Doris	269
9	Anna	242
10	Patricia	229
11	Barbara	222
12	Mildred	216
13	Norma	203
14	Wanda	197
15	Frances	196
16	Ruby	190
17	Phyllis	189
18	Nancy	188
19	Elizabeth	180
20	Evelyn	175
21	Martha	174
22	Juanita	150
23	Wilma	148
24	Alice	145
25	Jean	144
26	Thelma	140
27	Joan	132
28	Edith	129
29	Lois	128
30	Dolores	126
31	Louise	123
32	Edna	121
32	Geraldine	121
32	Pauline	121
35	Hazel	114
36	Maxine	113
37	Rose	106
38	Peggy	104
39	Gladys	102
40	Nellie	98
41	Eva	88
42	Eleanor	86
42	Violet	86
44	Irene	85
44	Joyce	85
46	Lucille	84
46	Marie	84
48	Clara	83
48	Shirley	83
50	Lillian	82

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,238
2	Robert	1,049
3	William	970
4	Charles	854
5	John	735
6	Donald	446
7	Richard	375
8	George	313
9	Jack	307
10	Paul	302
11	Thomas	255
12	Billy	228
13	Harold	217
14	Kenneth	214
15	Carl	211
16	Edward	203
17	Raymond	202
18	Harry	187
19	Joseph	184
20	Roy	175
21	David	163
21	Howard	163
21	Ralph	163
24	Clarence	154
25	Bobby	152
26	Frank	137
27	Eugene	135
28	Walter	132
29	Earl	115
30	Ray	114
31	Joe	112
32	Arthur	111
32	Herbert	111
34	Ernest	102
34	Junior	102
36	Bernard	97
37	Fred	90
38	Cecil	88
39	Lawrence	87
40	Henry	85
41	Clyde	84
41	Samuel	84
43	Albert	80
44	Gene	79
45	Ronald	77
46	Leonard	74
46	Russell	74
48	Bill	64
48	Clifford	64
50	Marvin	60