Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1937

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,129
2	Betty	860
3	Shirley	820
4	Barbara	576
5	Patricia	472
6	Nancy	376
7	Phyllis	305
8	Margaret	288
9	Helen	277
10	Janet	261
11	Ruth	246
12	Carol	235
12	Norma	235
14	Virginia	225
15	Dorothy	218
16	Frances	216
17	Anna	213
18	Carolyn	211
19	Martha	202
20	Doris	195
21	Peggy	189
22	Wanda	184
23	Joyce	175
24	Elizabeth	172
25	Donna	160
26	Janice	140
27	Linda	139
28	Shelby	136
29	Lois	132
30	Joan	129
31	Jo	124
32	Loretta	123
33	Alice	120
33	Delores	120
35	Ruby	119
35	Sandra	119
37	Thelma	115
38	Charlotte	111
39	Joann	110
39	Mildred	110
39	Wilma	110
42	Evelyn	108
43	Jean	107
44	Sylvia	106
45	Rose	103
46	Gloria	95
47	Emma	94
47	Juanita	94
49	Deloris	92
49	Patsy	92

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,285
2	Robert	1,070
3	Charles	883
4	William	832
5	John	704
6	Donald	624
7	Richard	380
8	Thomas	352
9	Paul	331
10	George	330
11	David	323
12	Ronald	320
13	Kenneth	269
14	Billy	234
15	Harold	214
16	Larry	213
17	Bobby	207
18	Edward	204
19	Jack	190
20	Carl	187
21	Joseph	178
22	Jerry	173
23	Roy	165
24	Franklin	159
25	Raymond	148
26	Ralph	142
27	Harry	136
28	Howard	132
29	Frank	128
30	Jackie	127
31	Clarence	124
32	Gary	123
33	Earl	109
33	Gerald	109
33	Walter	109
36	Eugene	105
37	Joe	102
38	Jimmy	97
39	Fred	94
40	Ernest	93
40	Henry	93
42	Russell	90
43	Jimmie	88
44	Arthur	85
45	Wayne	82
46	Ray	81
47	Samuel	77
48	Gene	76
49	Lawrence	75
50	Bill	73