Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1918

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1918 were Mary for girls (1,220 babies) and William for boys (805). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 31,586 babies born in West Virginia in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1918

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

Macel: 17 babies, 32× the national rate
Audra: 23 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Garnett: 16 babies, 12× the national rate
Garnet: 46 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Madaline: 15 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Glenna: 34 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Wilda: 35 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Lona: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Freda: 92 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Hallie: 21 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Okey: 17 babies, 53.4× the national rate
Denzil: 15 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Denver: 22 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Hobert: 20 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Shirley: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Emory: 21 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Basil: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kermit: 31 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Junior: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Garland: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	1,220	–	1
2	Virginia	604	–	7
3	Helen	519	–	2
4	Ruth	456	–	5
5	Margaret	401	–	4
6	Mildred	349	–	6
7	Dorothy	338	–	3
8	Anna	244	↑3	10
9	Ruby	244	–	27
10	Elizabeth	242	↓2	9
11	Frances	232	↑2	8
12	Edith	228	↑2	30
13	Thelma	225	↑4	32
14	Gladys	215	↑4	22
15	Pauline	203	↓3	35
16	Hazel	200	↓6	33
17	Ethel	185	↓1	28
18	Edna	178	↑2	23
19	Evelyn	177	↓4	11
20	Lillian	177	↑1	15
21	Irene	173	↑5	16
22	Martha	173	↓3	25
23	Louise	158	↑8	18
24	Marie	155	↑3	12
25	Betty	151	↓3	21
26	Opal	144	↓2	94
27	Nellie	142	↓4	65
28	Mabel	135	↑2	74
29	Alice	124	↓4	13
30	Lucille	122	↓2	29
31	Pearl	119	↑14	56
32	Juanita	115	–	85
33	Clara	112	new	43
34	Eva	101	↑10	55
35	Bessie	99	↑8	61
36	Elsie	99	↓1	49
37	Maxine	99	new	87
38	Rose	99	↑11	17
39	Emma	98	↑1	46
40	Kathleen	97	↑7	99
41	Myrtle	96	↓12	62
42	Violet	94	new	83
43	Freda	92	new	>100
44	Grace	91	↓5	31
45	Sarah	91	↓11	52
46	Beulah	90	↓13	>100
47	Kathryn	90	new	63
48	Eleanor	88	new	26
49	Josephine	86	↓13	24
50	Bertha	85	↓13	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	William	805	↑1	2
2	James	803	↓1	3
3	John	716	–	1
4	Charles	632	–	5
5	Robert	562	–	4
6	George	346	–	6
7	Paul	235	–	14
8	Joseph	216	↑2	7
9	Harry	213	↓1	20
10	Harold	208	↑3	13
11	Edward	201	↑1	8
12	Thomas	196	↓1	10
13	Frank	195	↓4	9
14	Clarence	182	↑7	23
15	Walter	179	↑1	11
16	Carl	172	↓2	25
17	Howard	168	–	26
18	Roy	164	↓3	32
19	Raymond	154	–	15
20	Richard	152	↓2	12
21	Ralph	142	↓1	22
22	Earl	141	–	31
23	Albert	134	↑3	19
24	Jack	133	↑4	21
25	Henry	111	↓2	16
26	Kenneth	107	↓2	27
27	Eugene	105	–	35
28	Fred	104	↑5	33
29	Donald	103	↓4	18
30	Samuel	101	↑5	43
31	Arthur	100	↑10	17
32	Ernest	95	↑2	37
33	Woodrow	91	↓1	58
34	Bernard	87	↑9	47
35	Lawrence	85	↓6	38
36	Clyde	84	↓6	67
37	Joe	84	↑3	34
38	Cecil	82	↓2	82
39	David	82	↓8	28
40	Elmer	81	↓1	44
41	Herbert	81	↓3	40
42	Ray	81	↑7	69
43	Russell	75	↓1	50
44	Andrew	69	new	46
45	Chester	68	↓1	54
46	Lewis	65	new	74
47	Willard	65	↓10	83
48	Clifford	62	↑2	60
49	Louis	62	new	24
50	Virgil	62	↓5	99

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