Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1931

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Betty	1,190
2	Mary	1,185
3	Helen	429
4	Dorothy	358
5	Virginia	312
6	Margaret	305
7	Ruth	294
8	Barbara	266
9	Patricia	247
10	Anna	240
11	Doris	231
12	Norma	225
13	Wanda	208
14	Phyllis	205
15	Frances	182
15	Nancy	182
17	Mildred	175
18	Ruby	174
19	Elizabeth	166
20	Evelyn	160
21	Martha	158
22	Alice	153
23	Jean	150
24	Joan	146
25	Juanita	142
26	Thelma	138
27	Wilma	129
28	Edna	127
29	Lois	116
30	Dolores	115
31	Peggy	111
32	Pauline	106
32	Shirley	106
34	Emma	105
34	Joyce	105
36	Clara	104
37	Edith	99
38	Geraldine	97
39	Ethel	94
40	June	92
41	Jo	88
42	Maxine	86
42	Rose	86
44	Lillian	82
45	Louise	81
46	Janet	80
46	Marjorie	80
46	Naomi	80
49	Donna	77
49	Gladys	77

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,068
2	Robert	1,022
3	William	800
4	Charles	787
5	John	623
6	Donald	487
7	Richard	378
8	Paul	300
9	George	299
10	Jack	298
11	Harold	261
12	Billy	256
13	Thomas	225
14	Kenneth	208
15	Edward	192
16	Joseph	189
17	David	182
18	Carl	160
19	Harry	158
20	Howard	148
20	Ralph	148
20	Raymond	148
23	Eugene	147
24	Bobby	143
25	Frank	139
26	Roy	128
27	Clarence	123
28	Walter	115
29	Ronald	113
30	Earl	111
31	Ray	109
32	Fred	94
32	Joe	94
34	Ernest	89
35	Henry	88
35	Lawrence	88
37	Albert	83
38	Arthur	81
39	Herbert	78
40	Junior	76
41	Bill	74
42	Russell	72
43	Clyde	71
43	Samuel	71
45	Gene	68
46	Norman	67
47	Don	66
48	Melvin	65
49	Bernard	63
49	Gerald	63