Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1932

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,183
2	Betty	1,157
3	Helen	387
4	Barbara	347
5	Dorothy	342
6	Patricia	304
7	Margaret	285
8	Anna	279
9	Ruth	275
10	Phyllis	257
11	Virginia	252
12	Norma	244
13	Doris	233
14	Nancy	207
15	Lois	177
16	Elizabeth	175
16	Martha	175
18	Joan	162
18	Wanda	162
20	Evelyn	161
20	Frances	161
22	Jean	157
23	Mildred	149
24	Alice	148
25	Ruby	145
26	Thelma	140
27	Juanita	134
28	Peggy	129
29	Edna	115
30	Joyce	110
31	Shirley	107
32	Edith	105
32	Janet	105
34	Dolores	103
34	Pauline	103
36	Delores	102
36	Wilma	102
38	Louise	100
39	Joann	98
40	Jo	96
41	Clara	95
42	Violet	91
43	Emma	90
44	Bonnie	89
45	Geraldine	88
46	Ethel	87
47	Charlotte	82
47	Hazel	82
49	Gladys	80
49	Gloria	80

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,133
2	Robert	1,083
3	William	835
4	Charles	790
5	John	662
6	Donald	496
7	Richard	334
8	George	314
9	Paul	272
10	Jack	258
11	Thomas	252
12	Billy	246
12	Harold	246
14	Kenneth	228
15	Carl	190
16	David	184
17	Harry	170
18	Edward	164
19	Frank	161
20	Ronald	160
21	Bobby	159
22	Joseph	148
23	Raymond	147
23	Roy	147
25	Eugene	144
26	Franklin	142
27	Clarence	141
28	Ralph	140
29	Earl	130
30	Walter	122
31	Howard	121
32	Ray	106
33	Joe	98
34	Russell	95
35	Ernest	94
36	Lawrence	93
37	Albert	90
38	Arthur	87
39	Fred	86
40	Herbert	80
41	Jackie	79
42	Bill	74
42	Cecil	74
42	Junior	74
45	Bernard	72
46	Glenn	70
47	Gene	66
47	Henry	66
49	Samuel	64
50	Clyde	61