Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1938

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,087
2	Betty	800
3	Barbara	635
4	Shirley	634
5	Patricia	491
6	Nancy	437
7	Phyllis	292
8	Carol	280
9	Margaret	279
10	Carolyn	267
10	Janet	267
12	Ruth	259
13	Helen	253
14	Dorothy	244
15	Norma	226
16	Wanda	211
17	Virginia	202
18	Martha	200
18	Peggy	200
20	Doris	198
21	Joyce	195
22	Donna	185
23	Anna	182
24	Janice	179
25	Alice	169
25	Linda	169
27	Sandra	168
28	Elizabeth	158
29	Frances	155
30	Judith	144
31	Loretta	142
32	Lois	129
33	Charlotte	117
33	Patty	117
35	Delores	116
36	Evelyn	113
37	Jean	112
38	Jo	111
39	Shelby	105
40	Ruby	104
40	Wilma	104
42	Thelma	103
43	Juanita	102
43	Mildred	102
45	Sylvia	98
46	Bonnie	89
46	Patsy	89
48	Joan	88
49	Edna	85
49	Eleanor	85

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,309
2	Robert	1,030
3	Charles	866
4	William	831
5	John	729
6	Donald	555
7	Richard	440
8	David	430
9	Ronald	359
10	Thomas	327
11	George	325
12	Paul	316
13	Larry	294
14	Jerry	262
15	Kenneth	260
16	Harold	251
17	Billy	217
18	Gary	209
18	Jack	209
20	Edward	206
21	Joseph	204
22	Carl	201
23	Bobby	185
24	Raymond	173
25	Harry	172
26	Jackie	157
27	Frank	146
28	Howard	145
28	Ralph	145
30	Franklin	131
31	Roy	129
32	Joe	126
33	Walter	109
34	Eugene	102
35	Clarence	99
35	Earl	99
37	Gerald	95
38	Lawrence	92
39	Samuel	90
40	Arthur	89
40	Fred	89
42	Roger	86
43	Michael	84
44	Henry	81
45	Bernard	79
45	Ernest	79
45	Gene	79
45	Norman	79
49	Jimmy	77
49	Johnny	77