Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1915

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1915 were Mary for girls (1,054 babies) and William for boys (622). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,920 babies born in West Virginia in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1915

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

Delcie: 17 babies, 24.1× the national rate
Garnett: 28 babies, 20.5× the national rate
Macie: 16 babies, 15× the national rate
Audra: 15 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Delphia: 15 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Garnet: 26 babies, 9× the national rate
Belva: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Lona: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Glenna: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Wilda: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Boys

Okey: 15 babies, 57.2× the national rate
Denver: 34 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Burl: 15 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Basil: 26 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Kermit: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Jess: 35 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Garland: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Harley: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Boyd: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sherman: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Mary	1,054	–	1
2	Virginia	427	–	12
3	Helen	413	–	2
4	Ruth	369	–	5
5	Margaret	344	–	4
6	Mildred	290	–	6
7	Dorothy	257	–	3
8	Ruby	231	↑2	24
9	Anna	230	–	7
10	Elizabeth	221	↓2	8
11	Thelma	215	–	30
12	Evelyn	208	↑6	10
13	Hazel	197	↑2	26
14	Frances	178	↑2	9
15	Pauline	178	↑6	32
16	Edith	157	↓4	31
17	Gladys	155	↓4	21
18	Martha	148	↑4	25
19	Edna	146	↓5	20
20	Ethel	145	–	23
21	Nellie	144	↓2	63
22	Opal	138	↑4	90
23	Louise	127	↑1	18
24	Mabel	121	↓7	62
25	Marie	115	↓2	11
26	Lillian	113	↑4	15
27	Alice	108	↑4	13
28	Grace	107	–	27
29	Irene	107	↓4	17
30	Lucille	104	↓1	29
31	Beulah	99	↑8	95
32	Elsie	99	↑12	41
33	Bessie	98	–	57
34	Catherine	92	new	19
35	Eva	90	↓3	55
36	Sarah	89	↑7	51
37	Wilma	89	↓1	80
38	Violet	82	↑7	82
39	Lena	81	new	77
40	Pearl	80	↓5	56
41	Bertha	79	↑7	46
42	Julia	77	↑5	44
43	Rose	77	↓16	16
44	Eleanor	76	new	28
45	Goldie	76	↓7	>100
46	Florence	74	new	14
47	Josephine	74	↓13	22
48	Minnie	74	new	68
49	Myrtle	74	↓8	58
50	Freda	73	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	William	622	↑2	2
2	James	602	↓1	3
3	John	594	↓1	1
4	Charles	491	–	7
5	Robert	405	–	4
6	George	331	–	6
7	Paul	220	–	13
8	Joseph	208	↑1	5
9	Harry	187	↓1	19
10	Harold	161	↑1	12
11	Thomas	160	↑8	10
12	Frank	153	↓2	9
13	Edward	148	↓1	8
14	Howard	140	↑4	25
15	Carl	137	↑1	22
16	Ralph	132	↓2	21
17	Roy	126	↓4	32
18	Clarence	120	↓1	24
19	Willard	117	new	58
20	Raymond	109	–	16
21	Ernest	105	↑19	35
22	Walter	100	↓7	11
23	Richard	99	↓1	15
24	Earl	97	↓3	33
25	Albert	96	–	17
26	Henry	93	↑1	14
27	Fred	88	↓4	26
28	Jack	84	↑3	27
29	Lawrence	84	↑1	37
30	Samuel	83	↑12	39
31	Ray	82	↑7	67
32	Joe	81	↑14	38
33	Kenneth	80	↓7	28
34	Clyde	77	↓1	63
35	Elmer	72	–	45
36	Arthur	70	↓7	18
37	Eugene	68	↓9	41
38	Russell	66	↑1	51
39	Cecil	64	↓7	76
40	Donald	64	↓3	20
41	Woodrow	64	↓17	83
42	Homer	58	↓1	98
43	Bernard	57	↓9	48
44	Lester	56	new	57
45	David	55	↑4	31
46	Herbert	55	↓10	40
47	Leonard	54	new	44
48	Louis	53	new	23
49	Virgil	53	↓2	>100
50	Jesse	52	new	77

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