Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1919

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1919 were Mary for girls (1,225 babies) and James for boys (829). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,167 babies born in West Virginia in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1919

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: 44 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Delphia: 17 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Belva: 19 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Glenna: 27 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Freda: 86 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lona: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Pansy: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Wilda: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Goldie: 69 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Reva: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Okey: 26 babies, 61.4× the national rate
Hayward: 16 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Denver: 32 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Burl: 16 babies, 9× the national rate
Junior: 54 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Basil: 24 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Hobert: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Darrell: 23 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kermit: 31 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Emory: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	1,225	–	1
2	Virginia	537	–	7
3	Helen	510	–	2
4	Ruth	401	–	5
5	Margaret	398	–	4
6	Dorothy	319	↑1	3
7	Mildred	305	↓1	6
8	Anna	259	–	10
9	Edith	236	↑3	29
10	Elizabeth	229	–	8
11	Frances	225	–	9
12	Ruby	217	↓3	24
13	Evelyn	197	↑6	11
14	Pauline	193	↑1	36
15	Betty	190	↑10	15
16	Gladys	190	↓2	21
17	Edna	178	↑1	22
18	Ethel	176	↓1	28
19	Hazel	175	↓3	32
20	Thelma	174	↓7	31
21	Marie	158	↑3	12
22	Martha	156	–	25
23	Lucille	145	↑7	27
24	Irene	142	↓3	16
25	Lillian	142	↓5	17
26	Nellie	140	↑1	69
27	Louise	139	↓4	20
28	Opal	133	↓2	98
29	Alice	130	–	13
30	Violet	125	↑12	74
31	Juanita	118	↑1	73
32	Grace	117	↑12	34
33	Mabel	115	↓5	78
34	Elsie	109	↑2	47
35	Eva	105	↓1	55
36	Sarah	104	↑9	46
37	Beulah	102	↑9	>100
38	Kathleen	94	↑2	>100
39	Clara	90	↓6	43
40	Josephine	89	↑9	26
41	Catherine	88	new	23
42	Geraldine	87	new	68
43	Freda	86	–	>100
44	Myrtle	85	↓3	67
45	Pearl	85	↓14	56
46	Emma	84	↓7	45
47	Maxine	83	↓10	85
48	Rose	83	↓10	19
49	Bessie	82	↓14	59
50	Bertha	81	–	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	James	829	↑1	3
2	William	742	↓1	2
3	John	708	–	1
4	Charles	620	–	5
5	Robert	584	–	4
6	George	308	–	6
7	Paul	269	–	15
8	Edward	209	↑3	8
9	Harold	206	↑1	13
10	Joseph	201	↓2	7
11	Harry	195	↓2	20
12	Frank	191	↑1	9
13	Ralph	175	↑8	22
14	Carl	164	↑2	29
15	Thomas	159	↓3	10
16	Clarence	158	↓2	25
17	Raymond	148	↑2	14
18	Walter	146	↓3	11
19	Earl	145	↑3	31
20	Howard	145	↓3	24
21	Roy	139	↓3	32
22	Donald	125	↑7	17
23	Richard	125	↓3	12
24	Jack	124	–	21
25	Arthur	109	↑6	19
26	Kenneth	106	–	26
27	Henry	105	↓2	16
28	Fred	104	–	30
29	David	100	↑10	27
30	Ernest	94	↑2	36
31	Elmer	93	↑9	44
32	Ray	91	↑10	69
33	Albert	90	↓10	18
34	Clyde	87	↑2	67
35	Eugene	87	↓8	33
36	Lawrence	84	↓1	38
37	Herbert	80	↑4	40
38	Samuel	79	↓8	43
39	Cecil	75	↓1	78
40	Russell	73	↑3	50
41	Homer	70	new	>100
42	Bernard	69	↓8	45
43	Leonard	64	new	39
44	Clifford	61	↑4	60
45	Stanley	61	new	37
46	Joe	59	↓9	35
47	Lewis	58	↓1	74
48	Francis	54	new	34
49	Junior	54	new	>100
50	Willard	54	↓3	87

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