Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1910

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1910 were Mary for girls (380 babies) and William for boys (151). William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,719 babies born in West Virginia in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in West Virginia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Goldie: 52 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Hallie: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Virgie: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Opal: 67 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Freda: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Virginia: 144 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ina: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Elva: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Beulah: 50 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Nellie: 81 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Russell: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cecil: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ray: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Howard: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Earl: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Eugene: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Harry: 43 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Ralph: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Donald: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	380	1
2	Virginia	144	29
3	Helen	124	2
4	Ruth	118	5
5	Margaret	115	3
6	Thelma	90	25
7	Gladys	89	15
8	Anna	88	6
9	Ethel	88	13
10	Hazel	88	24
11	Elizabeth	86	7
12	Mildred	84	8
13	Nellie	81	51
14	Dorothy	75	4
15	Mabel	75	46
16	Edith	71	35
17	Evelyn	67	17
18	Opal	67	87
19	Ruby	67	27
20	Edna	63	18
21	Grace	63	23
22	Clara	57	32
23	Marie	55	9
24	Pearl	55	39
25	Lillian	54	14
26	Martha	54	28
27	Elsie	53	44
28	Goldie	52	>100
29	Bessie	51	37
30	Myrtle	51	43
31	Beulah	50	82
32	Bertha	49	33
33	Eva	49	45
34	Frances	48	11
35	Florence	46	12
36	Alice	45	10
37	Irene	41	21
38	Josephine	38	30
39	Pauline	38	42
40	Louise	36	20
41	Blanche	35	74
42	Violet	35	89
43	Sarah	34	40
44	Georgia	33	91
45	Julia	33	49
46	Beatrice	32	36
47	Catherine	32	22
48	Ida	32	47
49	Mae	32	65
50	Ada	31	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	William	151	3
2	James	134	2
3	John	125	1
4	Charles	95	7
5	Robert	70	4
6	George	68	5
7	Joseph	45	6
8	Harry	43	16
9	Frank	41	8
10	Edward	38	9
11	Walter	37	13
12	Howard	34	27
13	Clarence	33	20
14	Fred	32	22
15	Paul	32	15
16	Thomas	29	12
17	Earl	28	33
18	Ralph	28	28
19	Russell	27	58
20	Harold	26	18
21	Roy	26	29
22	Raymond	24	19
23	Albert	23	14
24	Carl	23	26
25	Henry	23	10
26	Eugene	22	39
27	Willie	21	11
28	Donald	19	44
29	Samuel	19	32
30	Arthur	18	17
31	Cecil	18	77
32	Jack	18	23
33	Richard	18	21
34	Ernest	17	31
35	Herbert	17	41
36	Ray	16	68
37	Melvin	14	75
38	Clifford	13	66
39	Kenneth	13	43
40	Leonard	13	46
41	Chester	12	61
42	Joe	12	25
43	Lawrence	12	35
44	Lester	12	64
45	Norman	12	63
46	David	11	30
47	Homer	11	98
48	Jesse	11	60
49	Louis	11	24
50	Luther	11	87

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