Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1911

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1911 were Mary for girls (441 babies) and William for boys (183). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,620 babies born in West Virginia in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1911

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

Garnet: 16 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Goldie: 52 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Freda: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Virgie: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Opal: 73 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Nina: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Virginia: 161 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Elva: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Nellie: 81 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Faye: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Homer: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Everett: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Virgil: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Clyde: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ray: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Roy: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Cecil: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Howard: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Earl: 32 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lewis: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Mary	441	–	1
2	Virginia	161	–	26
3	Helen	135	–	2
4	Margaret	114	↑1	3
5	Ruby	111	↑14	22
6	Ruth	111	↓2	5
7	Thelma	111	↓1	27
8	Mildred	109	↑4	8
9	Elizabeth	97	↑2	7
10	Anna	95	↓2	6
11	Hazel	94	↓1	25
12	Gladys	88	↓5	18
13	Dorothy	85	↑1	4
14	Ethel	81	↓5	15
15	Nellie	81	↓2	54
16	Edith	78	–	31
17	Opal	73	↑1	81
18	Edna	70	↑2	17
19	Grace	69	↑2	23
20	Alice	65	↑16	11
21	Mabel	65	↓6	43
22	Eva	60	↑11	46
23	Elsie	58	↑4	41
24	Evelyn	57	↓7	16
25	Marie	57	↓2	9
26	Myrtle	56	↑4	50
27	Pauline	56	↑12	38
28	Pearl	56	↓4	48
29	Martha	53	↓3	28
30	Goldie	52	↓2	>100
31	Bessie	51	↓2	40
32	Clara	50	↓10	33
33	Frances	49	↑1	10
34	Louise	49	↑6	19
35	Beulah	48	↓4	79
36	Irene	48	↑1	21
37	Sarah	48	↑6	42
38	Lillian	46	↓13	13
39	Bertha	45	↓7	36
40	Catherine	45	↑7	20
41	Katherine	41	new	55
42	Stella	41	new	72
43	Minnie	40	new	52
44	Julia	39	↑1	44
45	Lucille	36	new	32
46	Alma	35	new	62
47	Beatrice	35	↓1	37
48	Josephine	35	↓10	29
49	Emma	34	new	35
50	Laura	34	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	William	183	–	2
2	John	151	↑1	1
3	James	146	↓1	3
4	Charles	120	–	7
5	Robert	97	–	5
6	George	74	–	4
7	Harry	60	↑1	13
8	Joseph	57	↓1	6
9	Frank	49	–	8
10	Edward	40	–	9
11	Paul	39	↑4	17
12	Raymond	38	↑10	19
13	Howard	37	↓1	28
14	Roy	37	↑7	31
15	Ralph	36	↑3	24
16	Thomas	36	–	10
17	Albert	35	↑6	15
18	Earl	32	↓1	34
19	Henry	30	↑6	11
20	Harold	28	–	16
21	Clarence	27	↓8	23
22	Fred	27	↓8	22
23	Walter	27	↓12	12
24	Carl	26	–	26
25	David	25	↑21	27
26	Kenneth	24	↑13	40
27	Lawrence	24	↑16	37
28	Clyde	22	new	61
29	Herbert	22	↑6	41
30	Richard	22	↑3	20
31	Samuel	21	↓2	30
32	Arthur	20	↓2	18
33	Elmer	20	new	48
34	Ernest	20	–	32
35	Homer	20	↑12	95
36	Donald	19	↓8	36
37	Bernard	18	new	54
38	Ray	18	↓2	71
39	Floyd	17	new	57
40	Louis	17	↑9	21
41	Everett	16	new	>100
42	Joe	16	–	29
43	Lewis	16	new	66
44	Cecil	15	↓13	76
45	Eugene	15	↓19	43
46	Russell	15	↓27	55
47	Virgil	15	new	>100
48	Clifford	14	↓10	62
49	Luther	14	↑1	100
50	Willie	14	↓23	14

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