Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1934

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,164
2	Betty	1,040
3	Barbara	452
4	Helen	378
5	Patricia	355
6	Dorothy	323
7	Margaret	295
8	Nancy	292
9	Phyllis	291
10	Shirley	275
11	Doris	262
12	Norma	260
13	Anna	248
14	Virginia	242
15	Ruth	233
16	Frances	210
17	Wanda	199
18	Martha	188
19	Janet	173
20	Lois	162
21	Joyce	159
22	Peggy	158
23	Elizabeth	152
24	Alice	151
25	Donna	145
26	Evelyn	142
27	Joan	141
28	Jean	135
29	Juanita	132
30	Ruby	131
31	Thelma	127
32	Mildred	119
33	Wilma	115
34	Carolyn	112
35	Edna	110
36	Jo	108
37	Hazel	107
38	Carol	103
39	Delores	102
40	Patty	100
41	Charlotte	99
42	Joann	97
43	Dolores	96
43	Loretta	96
45	Eleanor	95
46	Lillian	94
47	Bonnie	91
47	Geraldine	91
49	Pauline	87
50	Eva	86

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,270
2	Robert	1,023
3	William	845
4	Charles	831
5	John	721
6	Donald	594
7	Richard	441
8	Thomas	305
9	George	301
10	Franklin	282
11	Paul	281
12	Jack	264
13	Ronald	251
14	Billy	250
15	Harold	246
16	David	245
16	Kenneth	245
18	Carl	223
19	Bobby	180
20	Edward	177
21	Joseph	163
22	Raymond	159
22	Roy	159
24	Frank	150
25	Eugene	145
26	Ralph	144
27	Harry	142
28	Howard	137
29	Earl	125
30	Clarence	122
31	Walter	120
32	Jackie	110
33	Jerry	98
34	Joe	96
35	Gerald	94
36	Bernard	91
37	Arthur	90
38	Fred	89
38	Jimmie	89
40	Henry	88
41	Lawrence	80
41	Ray	80
43	Gene	79
43	Norman	79
45	Jimmy	78
46	Herbert	77
47	Ernest	76
47	Russell	76
47	Samuel	76
50	Albert	69