Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1921

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1921 were Mary for girls (1,494 babies) and James for boys (996). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,168 babies born in West Virginia in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1921

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

Audra: 25 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Garnet: 38 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Velva: 20 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Delphia: 17 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Esta: 15 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Glenna: 38 babies, 7× the national rate
Wilda: 37 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Hallie: 26 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Freda: 94 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Emogene: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Okey: 27 babies, 55.2× the national rate
Denzil: 15 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Denver: 37 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Jennings: 15 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Dana: 18 babies, 11× the national rate
Hobert: 23 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Foster: 21 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Junior: 90 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Everette: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Burl: 16 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	1,494	–	1
2	Helen	659	↑1	3
3	Virginia	637	↓1	6
4	Ruth	518	↑1	5
5	Margaret	490	↓1	4
6	Dorothy	488	–	2
7	Betty	351	↑2	8
8	Mildred	341	↓1	7
9	Anna	301	↑2	11
10	Elizabeth	260	–	10
11	Frances	256	↓3	9
12	Evelyn	246	↑2	12
13	Thelma	243	↑2	30
14	Ruby	242	↓2	26
15	Pauline	229	↑1	37
16	Hazel	222	↑1	34
17	Irene	215	↑2	18
18	Juanita	212	↑5	57
19	Edith	205	↓6	33
20	Martha	204	↑2	21
21	Gladys	185	↓3	24
22	Alice	178	↑7	15
23	Edna	176	↑1	27
24	Lillian	174	↓3	19
25	Lucille	160	↑2	31
26	Ethel	159	↓6	32
27	Louise	152	↓1	22
28	Maxine	146	↑4	77
29	Marie	141	↓4	14
30	Nellie	140	↓2	80
31	Violet	139	↓1	81
32	Marjorie	138	↑17	16
33	Geraldine	132	↑4	62
34	Opal	129	↓3	>100
35	Eva	123	–	63
36	Josephine	122	↑2	28
37	Kathleen	120	↑2	83
38	Beulah	118	↓4	>100
39	Beatrice	109	new	41
40	Mabel	109	↓7	85
41	Wilma	109	new	72
42	Clara	107	↑8	45
43	Rose	107	↓2	20
44	Wanda	106	new	>100
45	Elsie	105	↑3	55
46	Alma	98	new	78
47	Grace	98	new	35
48	Sarah	98	new	54
49	Catherine	96	↓13	23
50	Jean	95	new	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	James	996	–	4
2	William	982	–	3
3	John	833	–	1
4	Charles	806	–	5
5	Robert	766	–	2
6	George	417	–	6
7	Paul	366	–	14
8	Harold	279	–	12
9	Joseph	255	↑1	7
10	Thomas	252	↑3	11
11	Harry	250	↑1	21
12	Frank	240	↓1	9
13	Edward	228	↓4	8
14	Carl	213	–	30
15	Richard	196	↑7	10
16	Walter	195	–	15
17	Jack	190	↑3	18
18	Warren	181	↑6	24
19	Howard	180	↑4	27
20	Earl	179	↓3	31
21	Roy	178	–	32
22	Ralph	168	↓7	23
23	Raymond	167	↓5	16
24	Donald	161	↑3	13
25	Kenneth	156	↑3	22
26	Clarence	154	↓7	28
27	Eugene	132	↓2	26
28	Henry	132	↑2	17
29	David	125	↑5	25
30	Ray	119	↑7	67
31	Lawrence	118	↑8	37
32	Fred	117	–	33
33	Albert	114	↓7	20
34	Samuel	109	↓1	44
35	Arthur	106	↓6	19
36	Cecil	100	↑5	79
37	Ernest	100	↑1	38
38	Clyde	96	↓7	69
39	Herbert	91	↓3	42
40	Joe	90	–	36
41	Junior	90	new	>100
42	Russell	89	↑1	52
43	Leonard	86	↓8	39
44	Bernard	79	↑5	45
45	Elmer	79	–	48
46	Virgil	78	↓4	98
47	Lewis	76	↓3	71
48	Clifford	70	↑2	62
49	Homer	68	↓2	>100
50	Chester	61	↓4	56

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