Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1936

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,084
2	Shirley	1,037
3	Betty	814
4	Barbara	514
5	Patricia	435
6	Nancy	397
7	Phyllis	328
8	Helen	295
9	Margaret	282
10	Dorothy	237
11	Norma	235
12	Ruth	232
13	Anna	231
14	Virginia	223
15	Peggy	199
16	Carol	198
17	Janet	190
18	Doris	188
19	Elizabeth	166
20	Frances	164
21	Martha	157
22	Lois	156
23	Carolyn	148
23	Donna	148
25	Janice	146
26	Wanda	145
27	Delores	143
28	Ruby	140
29	Joyce	139
30	Jo	137
31	Mildred	134
32	Alice	133
33	Jean	127
34	Joan	123
35	Wilma	117
36	Loretta	113
37	Evelyn	110
38	Charlotte	108
39	Joann	107
40	Patsy	103
41	Sylvia	97
41	Thelma	97
43	Edna	95
44	Eleanor	92
44	Rose	92
44	Shelby	92
47	Gloria	90
48	Bonnie	88
48	Hazel	88
50	Patty	86

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,287
2	Robert	1,041
3	William	842
4	Charles	800
5	John	727
6	Donald	549
7	Richard	413
8	David	330
9	Thomas	326
10	George	299
10	Paul	299
12	Ronald	252
13	Kenneth	248
14	Harold	244
15	Bobby	222
16	Jack	219
17	Joseph	214
18	Billy	205
19	Franklin	191
20	Edward	185
21	Carl	181
22	Ralph	165
23	Harry	163
24	Raymond	158
25	Jackie	154
26	Jerry	145
27	Roy	144
28	Frank	139
29	Larry	128
30	Joe	126
31	Walter	124
32	Eugene	121
33	Howard	120
34	Earl	114
35	Clarence	101
36	Gerald	94
37	Lawrence	93
38	Fred	90
39	Jimmy	89
40	Ernest	88
40	Gary	88
42	Ray	81
43	Russell	80
44	Bernard	79
45	Arthur	78
45	Henry	78
45	Samuel	78
48	Albert	76
49	Johnny	73
50	Gene	72