Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1939

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,026
2	Betty	700
3	Barbara	640
4	Patricia	569
5	Shirley	551
6	Nancy	472
7	Carol	332
8	Phyllis	319
9	Janet	296
10	Margaret	281
11	Carolyn	280
12	Helen	262
13	Judith	246
14	Joyce	245
15	Ruth	239
16	Linda	236
17	Dorothy	226
18	Janice	218
18	Sandra	218
20	Norma	204
21	Donna	196
21	Peggy	196
23	Martha	193
23	Virginia	193
23	Wanda	193
26	Frances	187
27	Anna	164
28	Elizabeth	154
29	Doris	138
29	Loretta	138
31	Alice	129
32	Joan	115
33	Ruby	113
34	Jo	112
34	Lois	112
36	Charlotte	111
36	Judy	111
38	Juanita	109
39	Bonnie	106
40	Wilma	103
41	Delores	102
42	Mildred	101
43	Evelyn	99
44	Emma	92
44	Sylvia	92
46	Thelma	91
47	Patty	90
48	Sharon	87
49	Eleanor	84
50	Gloria	80

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,210
2	Robert	1,048
3	Charles	859
4	William	842
5	John	775
6	David	485
7	Donald	477
8	Richard	432
9	Ronald	394
10	Thomas	364
11	Paul	339
12	George	325
13	Larry	313
14	Kenneth	295
15	Jerry	286
16	Harold	244
17	Joseph	208
18	Carl	207
19	Gary	199
20	Billy	185
21	Bobby	176
21	Edward	176
23	Jack	174
24	Ralph	163
25	Jackie	159
26	Harry	147
27	Roy	143
28	Frank	132
29	Howard	127
30	Raymond	121
31	Clarence	116
32	Earl	107
32	Michael	107
34	Franklin	104
35	Gerald	102
35	Roger	102
35	Walter	102
38	Arthur	96
39	Eugene	94
40	Lawrence	92
41	Joe	91
42	Jimmy	89
43	Fred	84
43	Melvin	84
45	Samuel	82
46	Marvin	81
47	Gene	78
47	Leonard	78
49	Daniel	77
50	Ernest	76