Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1935

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,151
2	Betty	996
3	Shirley	885
4	Barbara	526
5	Patricia	382
6	Helen	345
7	Phyllis	322
8	Nancy	320
9	Dorothy	295
10	Margaret	286
11	Norma	266
12	Virginia	252
13	Doris	239
14	Anna	226
15	Ruth	223
16	Janet	199
17	Elizabeth	193
18	Frances	185
19	Wanda	173
20	Carol	158
21	Joan	154
22	Martha	150
23	Alice	143
24	Carolyn	142
25	Joyce	141
26	Lois	138
27	Evelyn	136
28	Donna	132
29	Ruby	129
30	Jo	127
31	Peggy	123
32	Loretta	121
33	Jean	112
34	Joann	111
34	Mildred	111
36	Bonnie	109
37	Patty	105
38	Thelma	104
39	Juanita	103
40	Dolores	102
41	Delores	100
41	Wilma	100
43	Charlotte	95
43	Rose	95
45	Patsy	93
46	Hazel	91
47	Janice	89
47	Sarah	89
49	Clara	85
49	Edith	85

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,250
2	Robert	1,065
3	William	840
4	Charles	819
5	John	706
6	Donald	598
7	Richard	420
8	Paul	315
9	George	304
10	Thomas	300
11	David	282
12	Billy	265
13	Ronald	252
14	Kenneth	238
15	Harold	234
16	Jack	214
17	Bobby	204
18	Joseph	194
19	Carl	189
20	Edward	183
21	Franklin	179
22	Harry	161
23	Raymond	152
24	Joe	146
25	Ralph	143
26	Howard	140
27	Frank	134
28	Eugene	131
28	Jerry	131
28	Roy	131
31	Earl	121
32	Walter	120
33	Jackie	113
34	Ray	111
35	Clarence	110
36	Jimmie	106
37	Larry	102
38	Jimmy	94
39	Lawrence	91
40	Fred	89
41	Arthur	84
42	Henry	82
43	Albert	81
43	Gerald	81
45	Leonard	80
46	Clyde	79
47	Cecil	78
47	Gary	78
49	Ernest	77
50	Lewis	74