Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1922

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1922 were Mary for girls (1,541 babies) and James for boys (1,037). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,486 babies born in West Virginia in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1922

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

Garnett: 20 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Audra: 22 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Delphia: 18 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Garnet: 24 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Glenna: 36 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Freda: 94 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Vada: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Hallie: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Goldie: 76 babies, 5× the national rate
Jaunita: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Okey: 28 babies, 53.8× the national rate
Jennings: 16 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Denzil: 16 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Denver: 31 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Dana: 18 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Hobert: 21 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Basil: 26 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Clay: 19 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Junior: 98 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Burl: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Mary	1,541	–	1
2	Virginia	674	↑1	7
3	Helen	663	↓1	3
4	Ruth	479	–	5
5	Margaret	471	–	4
6	Dorothy	435	–	2
7	Betty	419	–	6
8	Mildred	339	–	8
9	Anna	313	–	12
10	Frances	247	↑1	10
11	Elizabeth	243	↓1	9
12	Ruby	239	↑2	26
13	Evelyn	234	↓1	13
14	Edith	225	↑5	34
15	Martha	225	↑5	21
16	Thelma	225	↓3	31
17	Pauline	211	↓2	36
18	Juanita	210	–	57
19	Gladys	196	↑2	25
20	Hazel	195	↓4	37
21	Opal	170	↑13	>100
22	Irene	163	↓5	17
23	Lucille	155	↑2	33
24	Louise	154	↑3	22
25	Alice	150	↓3	15
26	Lillian	150	↓2	19
27	Edna	149	↓4	29
28	Marie	147	↑1	14
29	Doris	133	new	11
30	Ethel	133	↓4	32
31	Maxine	133	↓3	82
32	Beulah	130	↑6	>100
33	Kathleen	128	↑4	80
34	Mabel	127	↑6	99
35	Geraldine	120	↓2	58
36	Nellie	115	↓6	83
37	Marjorie	113	↓5	16
38	Myrtle	111	new	75
39	Eva	109	↓4	64
40	Rose	108	↑3	23
41	Wanda	108	↑3	92
42	Violet	106	↓11	86
43	Beatrice	100	↓4	43
44	Jean	98	↑6	20
45	Sarah	96	↑3	51
46	Wilma	96	↓5	77
47	June	95	new	45
48	Freda	94	new	>100
49	Josephine	90	↓13	27
50	Julia	89	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	James	1,037	–	4
2	William	1,028	–	3
3	John	821	–	1
4	Charles	781	–	5
5	Robert	762	–	2
6	George	427	–	6
7	Paul	320	–	14
8	Joseph	282	↑1	7
9	Harold	280	↓1	13
10	Thomas	251	–	11
11	Harry	244	–	22
12	Frank	234	–	10
13	Edward	211	–	8
14	Jack	211	↑3	18
15	Walter	187	↑1	15
16	Ralph	182	↑6	23
17	Carl	178	↓3	30
18	Earl	177	↑2	31
19	Richard	171	↓4	9
20	Donald	169	↑4	12
21	Roy	161	–	32
22	Raymond	154	↑1	16
23	Kenneth	151	↑2	21
24	Eugene	150	↑3	25
25	Howard	146	↓6	26
26	Clarence	144	–	29
27	Albert	128	↑6	20
28	Fred	121	↑4	33
29	Henry	119	↓1	17
30	Joe	111	↑10	35
31	Herbert	104	↑8	40
32	Russell	103	↑10	49
33	Ernest	102	↑4	37
34	Arthur	101	↑1	19
35	David	101	↓6	24
36	Junior	98	↑5	>100
37	Lawrence	95	↓6	36
38	Ray	92	↓8	65
39	Clyde	90	↓1	67
40	Leonard	90	↑3	38
41	Samuel	90	↓7	43
42	Bernard	87	↑2	46
43	Elmer	87	↑2	54
44	Warren	82	↓26	45
45	Homer	81	↑4	>100
46	Cecil	79	↓10	85
47	Virgil	75	↓1	99
48	Clifford	73	–	63
49	Alfred	65	new	42
50	Lester	61	new	69

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