Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1914

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1914 were Mary for girls (790 babies) and James for boys (459). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 18,792 babies born in West Virginia in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1914

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

Glenna: 26 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Garnet: 20 babies, 9× the national rate
Belva: 16 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Lona: 16 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Pansy: 23 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Wilda: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Goldie: 67 babies, 6× the national rate
Dessie: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Freda: 47 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Madge: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Okey: 18 babies, 63.8× the national rate
Denver: 20 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Delbert: 36 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Forest: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dennis: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kermit: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Roscoe: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Woodrow: 72 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Homer: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cecil: 57 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	790	–	1
2	Virginia	352	–	14
3	Helen	282	–	2
4	Ruth	250	–	5
5	Margaret	242	–	4
6	Mildred	209	↑1	7
7	Dorothy	197	↓1	3
8	Elizabeth	185	↑5	8
9	Anna	178	↑2	6
10	Ruby	176	↓1	24
11	Thelma	157	↑1	26
12	Edith	143	↓4	31
13	Gladys	137	↓3	20
14	Edna	134	↑5	19
15	Hazel	127	↓1	29
16	Frances	122	↑6	9
17	Mabel	121	↑3	58
18	Evelyn	120	–	11
19	Nellie	115	↓3	61
20	Ethel	107	↓5	21
21	Pauline	105	↑5	34
22	Martha	102	↑2	27
23	Marie	89	↑9	10
24	Louise	86	↓1	17
25	Irene	84	↑6	22
26	Opal	84	↓9	89
27	Rose	81	↑21	15
28	Grace	80	–	25
29	Lucille	80	new	30
30	Lillian	76	↓5	16
31	Alice	75	↓10	12
32	Eva	75	↑6	52
33	Bessie	73	–	55
34	Josephine	68	new	23
35	Pearl	68	↓6	56
36	Wilma	68	new	95
37	Clara	67	↑4	37
38	Goldie	67	↓3	>100
39	Beulah	66	↓12	96
40	Juanita	66	new	94
41	Myrtle	66	↓11	60
42	Beatrice	65	↑7	38
43	Sarah	63	↓4	47
44	Elsie	61	↓2	46
45	Violet	60	↑1	83
46	Bernice	59	new	43
47	Julia	59	new	42
48	Bertha	58	↑2	41
49	Emma	58	↓13	39
50	Kathryn	58	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	James	459	↑1	3
2	John	458	↑1	1
3	William	448	↓2	2
4	Charles	350	–	7
5	Robert	274	–	4
6	George	240	–	6
7	Paul	168	–	13
8	Harry	151	↑1	19
9	Joseph	148	↓1	5
10	Frank	130	↑2	9
11	Harold	123	↑2	14
12	Edward	106	↑3	8
13	Roy	105	↑6	32
14	Ralph	104	↑3	21
15	Walter	103	↑5	10
16	Carl	100	↓2	24
17	Clarence	91	↑6	22
18	Howard	91	↓2	26
19	Thomas	91	↓8	11
20	Raymond	90	↓2	16
21	Earl	86	–	33
22	Richard	80	–	17
23	Fred	72	↑1	28
24	Woodrow	72	↓14	71
25	Albert	71	↑6	15
26	Kenneth	69	↑6	30
27	Henry	68	↓1	12
28	Eugene	64	↑12	43
29	Arthur	63	↓1	18
30	Lawrence	62	↓5	35
31	Jack	60	↑5	27
32	Cecil	57	↓3	79
33	Clyde	56	↓6	63
34	Bernard	54	↑5	50
35	Elmer	53	–	46
36	Herbert	52	↓3	42
37	Donald	50	↓7	23
38	Ray	48	↑8	74
39	Russell	48	↓5	49
40	Ernest	46	↑2	38
41	Homer	46	↑3	>100
42	Samuel	43	↓4	36
43	Everett	40	↑6	90
44	Herman	40	new	51
45	Chester	39	new	56
46	Joe	38	↓9	34
47	Virgil	38	new	>100
48	Andrew	36	–	44
49	David	36	↓8	29
50	Delbert	36	new	>100

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